1926 Washington Senators season
1926 Washington Senators | ||||
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League | American League | |||
Ballpark | Griffith Stadium | |||
City | Washington, D.C. | |||
Owners | Clark Griffith and William Richardson | |||
Managers | Bucky Harris | |||
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The 1926 Washington Senators won 81 games, lost 69, and finished in fourth place in the American League. They were managed by Bucky Harris and played home games at Griffith Stadium.
Regular season
Season standings
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 91 | 63 | .591 | — | 50–25 | 41–38 |
Cleveland Indians | 88 | 66 | .571 | 3 | 49–31 | 39–35 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 83 | 67 | .553 | 6 | 44–27 | 39–40 |
Washington Senators | 81 | 69 | .540 | 8 | 42–30 | 39–39 |
Chicago White Sox | 81 | 72 | .529 | 9½ | 47–31 | 34–41 |
Detroit Tigers | 79 | 75 | .513 | 12 | 39–41 | 40–34 |
St. Louis Browns | 62 | 92 | .403 | 29 | 40–39 | 22–53 |
Boston Red Sox | 46 | 107 | .301 | 44½ | 25–51 | 21–56 |
Record vs. opponents
1926 American League record
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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 | — |
Roster
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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 |
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C | Muddy Ruel | 117 | 368 | 110 | .299 | 1 | 55 |
1B | Joe Judge | 134 | 453 | 132 | .291 | 7 | 92 |
2B | Bucky Harris | 141 | 537 | 152 | .283 | 1 | 63 |
SS | Buddy Myer | 132 | 434 | 132 | .304 | 1 | 60 |
3B | Ossie Bluege | 139 | 487 | 132 | .271 | 3 | 65 |
OF | Goose Goslin | 147 | 568 | 201 | .354 | 17 | 109 |
OF | Sam Rice | 152 | 641 | 216 | .337 | 3 | 75 |
OF | Earl McNeely | 124 | 442 | 134 | .303 | 0 | 48 |
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 |
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Joe Harris | 92 | 257 | 79 | .307 | 5 | 55 |
Roger Peckinpaugh | 57 | 147 | 35 | .238 | 1 | 14 |
Bennie Tate | 59 | 142 | 38 | .268 | 1 | 12 |
Stuffy Stewart | 62 | 63 | 17 | .270 | 0 | 9 |
Danny Taylor | 21 | 50 | 15 | .300 | 1 | 5 |
Bobby Reeves | 20 | 49 | 11 | .224 | 0 | 7 |
Hank Severeid | 22 | 34 | 7 | .206 | 0 | 4 |
Jack Tobin | 27 | 33 | 7 | .212 | 0 | 3 |
Tex Jeanes | 21 | 30 | 7 | .233 | 0 | 3 |
Russ Ennis | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 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 |
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Walter Johnson | 33 | 260.2 | 15 | 16 | 3.63 | 125 |
Stan Coveleski | 36 | 245.1 | 14 | 11 | 3.12 | 50 |
Dutch Ruether | 23 | 169.1 | 12 | 6 | 4.84 | 48 |
George Murray | 12 | 81.1 | 6 | 3 | 5.64 | 28 |
Joe Bush | 12 | 71.1 | 1 | 8 | 6.69 | 27 |
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 |
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General Crowder | 19 | 100.0 | 7 | 4 | 3.96 | 26 |
Curly Ogden | 22 | 96.1 | 4 | 4 | 4.30 | 21 |
Alex Ferguson | 19 | 47.2 | 3 | 4 | 7.74 | 16 |
Dick Jones | 4 | 21.0 | 2 | 1 | 4.29 | 3 |
Emilio Palmero | 7 | 17.0 | 2 | 2 | 4.76 | 6 |
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 |
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Firpo Marberry | 64 | 12 | 7 | 22 | 3.00 | 43 |
Bill Morrell | 26 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5.30 | 16 |
Harry Kelley | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.10 | 6 |
Lefty Thomas | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.19 | 3 |
Jimmy Uchrinscko | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.13 | 0 |
Bump Hadley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 0 |
Frank Loftus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |
References
- 1926 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference
- 1926 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com