1926_Philadelphia_Athletics_season

1926 Philadelphia Athletics
1926 Philadelphia Athletics
League	American League
Ballpark	Shibe Park
City	Philadelphia
Owners	Connie Mack, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
Managers	Connie Mack
	← 1925 1927 →

1926 Philadelphia Athletics season

Major League Baseball team season

The 1926 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing third in the American League with a record of 83 wins and 67 losses.

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v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	91	63	0.591	—	50–25	41–38
Cleveland Indians	88	66	0.571	3	49–31	39–35
Philadelphia Athletics	83	67	0.553	6	44–27	39–40
Washington Senators	81	69	0.540	8	42–30	39–39
Chicago White Sox	81	72	0.529	9½	47–31	34–41
Detroit Tigers	79	75	0.513	12	39–41	40–34
St. Louis Browns	62	92	0.403	29	40–39	22–53
Boston Red Sox	46	107	0.301	44½	25–51	21–56

1926 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	6–16	6–16	7–15	5–17	8–14	11–11–1	3–18
Chicago	16–6	—	13–9	14–8–2	8–14	6–15	13–9	11–11
Cleveland	16–6	9–13	—	11–11	11–11	14–8	11–11	16–6
Detroit	15–7	8–14–2	11–11	—	10–12	11–11	12–10	12–10–1
New York	17–5	14–8	11–11	12–10	—	9–13	16–6	12–10–1
Philadelphia	14–8	15–6	8–14	11–11	13–9	—	15–7	7–12
St. Louis	11–11–1	9–13	11–11	10–12	6–16	7–15	—	8–14
Washington	18–3	11–11	6–16	10–12–1	10–12–1	12–7	14–8	—

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Mickey Cochrane	120	370	101	.273	8	47
1B	Jim Poole	112	361	106	.294	8	63
2B	Max Bishop	122	400	106	.265	0	33
SS	Chick Galloway	133	408	98	.240	0	49
3B	Jimmy Dykes	124	429	123	.287	1	42
OF	Al Simmons	147	583	199	.341	19	110
OF	Bill Lamar	116	419	119	.284	5	51
OF	Walter French	112	397	121	.305	1	36

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Sammy Hale	111	327	92	.281	4	44
Joe Hauser	91	229	44	.192	8	36
Frank Welch	75	174	49	.282	4	23
Cy Perkins	63	148	43	.291	0	19
Bing Miller	38	110	32	.291	2	13
Alex Metzler	20	67	16	.239	0	11
Bill Wambsganss	54	54	19	.352	0	2
Dave Barbee	19	47	8	.170	1	5
Frank Sigafoos	13	43	11	.256	0	2
Jimmie Foxx	26	32	10	.313	0	5
Tom Jenkins	6	23	4	.174	0	0
Charlie Engle	19	19	2	.105	0	0

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Lefty Grove	45	258.0	13	13	2.51	194
Eddie Rommel	37	219.0	11	11	3.08	52
Jack Quinn	31	163.2	10	11	3.41	58
Howard Ehmke	20	147.1	12	4	2.81	55
Slim Harriss	12	57.0	3	5	4.11	13

1926 Philadelphia Athletics season

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Joe Pate	47	9	0	7	2.71	24
Lefty Willis	13	0	0	1	1.39	13
Fred Heimach	13	1	0	0	2.84	8
Stan Baumgartner	10	1	1	0	4.03	0

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Rube Walberg	40	151.0	12	10	2.80	72
Sam Gray	38	150.2	11	12	3.64	82