1926 Philadelphia Athletics season

1926 Philadelphia Athletics
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Owner(s) Connie Mack, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
Manager(s) Connie Mack
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The 1926 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing third in the American League with a record of 83 wins and 67 losses.

Regular season

38-year-old Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators threw a 15-inning shutout against the A's for his record sixth Opening Day shutout.[1]

Season standings

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

Record vs. opponents

1926 American League Records

Sources:

Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL 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 —

Roster

1926 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
1B Poole, JimJim Poole 112 361 106 .294 8 63

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Jenkins, TomTom Jenkins 6 23 4 .174 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Grove, LeftyLefty Grove 45 258 13 13 2.51 194
Ehmke, HowardHoward Ehmke 20 147.1 12 4 2.81 55
Harriss, SlimSlim Harriss 12 57 3 5 4.11 13

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Gray, SamSam Gray 38 150.2 11 12 3.64 82

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Baumgartner, StanStan Baumgartner 10 1 1 0 4.03 0

League leaders

References

  1. ↑ SI.com – Statitudes – Statitudes: Opening Day 2002, By the Numbers – Sunday March 30, 2003 01:50 AM
  2. ↑ Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.51, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7

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