1926 St. Louis Browns | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Sportsman's Park | |
City | St. Louis, Missouri | |
Record | 62–92 (.403) | |
League place | 7th | |
Owners | Phil Ball | |
Managers | George Sisler | |
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The 1926 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 7th in the American League with a record of 62 wins and 92 losses.
Regular season
- April 26, 1926, football star Ernie Nevers made his major league baseball debut in a game with the Browns.[1]
Season standings
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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
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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
= Indicates team leader |
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 | Wally Schang | 103 | 285 | 94 | .330 | 8 | 50 |
1B | George Sisler | 150 | 613 | 178 | .290 | 7 | 71 |
2B | Ski Melillo | 99 | 385 | 98 | .255 | 1 | 30 |
3B | Marty McManus | 149 | 549 | 156 | .284 | 9 | 68 |
SS | Wally Gerber | 131 | 411 | 111 | .270 | 0 | 42 |
OF | Ken Williams | 108 | 347 | 97 | .280 | 17 | 74 |
OF | Bing Miller | 94 | 353 | 117 | .331 | 4 | 53 |
OF | Harry Rice | 148 | 578 | 181 | .313 | 9 | 59 |
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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Gene Robertson | 78 | 247 | 62 | .251 | 1 | 20 |
Pinky Hargrave | 92 | 235 | 66 | .281 | 7 | 40 |
Herschel Bennett | 80 | 225 | 60 | .267 | 1 | 24 |
Cedric Durst | 80 | 219 | 52 | .237 | 3 | 18 |
Baby Doll Jacobson | 50 | 182 | 52 | .286 | 2 | 21 |
Leo Dixon | 33 | 89 | 17 | .191 | 0 | 8 |
Bobby LaMotte | 36 | 79 | 16 | .203 | 0 | 9 |
Jimmy Austin | 1 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 1 |
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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Tom Zachary | 34 | 247.1 | 14 | 15 | 3.60 | 53 |
Milt Gaston | 32 | 214.1 | 10 | 18 | 4.33 | 39 |
Joe Giard | 22 | 90.0 | 3 | 10 | 7.00 | 18 |
Charlie Robertson | 8 | 28.0 | 1 | 2 | 8.36 | 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 |
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Elam Vangilder | 42 | 181.0 | 9 | 11 | 5.17 | 40 |
Ernie Wingard | 39 | 169.0 | 5 | 8 | 3.57 | 30 |
Win Ballou | 43 | 154.0 | 11 | 10 | 4.79 | 59 |
Dixie Davis | 27 | 83.0 | 3 | 8 | 4.66 | 39 |
Ernie Nevers | 11 | 74.2 | 2 | 4 | 4.46 | 16 |
Chet Falk | 18 | 74.0 | 4 | 4 | 5.35 | 7 |
Claude Jonnard | 12 | 36.0 | 0 | 2 | 6.00 | 13 |
Ernie Wingard was team leader in saves with 3.
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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Stew Bolen | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.14 | 7 |
George Sisler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 |
Notes
References
- 1926 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
- 1926 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com
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