1926 Philadelphia Athletics Statistics
American League (AL)
Team Record: 83-67
Finished 3rd in the AL
Attendance: 691,500, Avg. 15,367
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Manager: Connie Mack (83-67)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1926 Philadelphia Athletics RosterTeam Record: 83-67
Finished 3rd in the AL
Attendance: 691,500, Avg. 15,367
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Manager: Connie Mack (83-67)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1926 Philadelphia Athletics Results
The Philadelphia Athletics of the American League ended the 1926 season with a record of 83 wins and 67 losses, finishing third in the AL.
The Athletics allowed 570 runs, least in the league. Philadelphia plated 677 runs. Al Simmons paced the squad with 19 home runs and drove in 109 runs, while leading batters with significant playing time with a .341 average. Lefty Grove topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 2.51 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Connie Mack coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lefty Grove | 13 | 13 | .500 | 2.51 | 45 | 33 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 258.0 | 227 | 97 | 72 | 6 | 101 | 0 | 194 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1072 |
| Howard Ehmke | 12 | 4 | .750 | 2.81 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 147.3 | 125 | 54 | 46 | 1 | 50 | 0 | 55 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 612 |
| Rube Walberg | 12 | 10 | .545 | 2.80 | 40 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 151.0 | 168 | 67 | 47 | 4 | 60 | 0 | 72 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 653 |
| Eddie Rommel | 11 | 11 | .500 | 3.08 | 37 | 26 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 219.0 | 225 | 91 | 75 | 10 | 54 | 0 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 926 |
| Sam Gray | 11 | 12 | .478 | 3.64 | 38 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 150.7 | 164 | 81 | 61 | 9 | 50 | 0 | 82 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 657 |
| Jack Quinn | 10 | 11 | .476 | 3.41 | 31 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 163.7 | 191 | 74 | 62 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 58 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 709 |
| Joe Pate | 9 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.71 | 47 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 113.0 | 109 | 38 | 34 | 3 | 51 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 489 |
| Slim Harriss | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.11 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 57.0 | 66 | 34 | 26 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 261 |
| Fred Heimach | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.84 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.7 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 125 |
| Stan Baumgartner | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.03 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.3 | 28 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 103 |
| Lefty Willis | 0 | 0 | 1.39 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32.3 | 31 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 133 | |
| Totals | 83 | 67 | .553 | 3.00 | 306 | 150 | 89 | 62 | 10 | 16 | 1346.0 | 1362 | 569 | 448 | 38 | 451 | 0 | 571 | 31 | 1 | 22 | 5740 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Simmons | 147 | 642 | 583 | 90 | 199 | 53 | 10 | 19 | 109 | 11 | 3 | 48 | 49 | .341 | .392 | .564 | .957 | 329 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Dykes | 124 | 499 | 429 | 54 | 123 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 44 | 6 | 2 | 49 | 34 | .287 | .370 | .392 | .762 | 168 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Walt French | 112 | 441 | 397 | 51 | 121 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 36 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 24 | .305 | .340 | .393 | .733 | 156 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Lamar | 116 | 457 | 419 | 62 | 119 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 50 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 15 | .284 | .315 | .389 | .704 | 163 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Poole | 112 | 394 | 361 | 49 | 106 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 63 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 25 | .294 | .339 | .452 | .791 | 163 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Bishop | 122 | 529 | 400 | 77 | 106 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 4 | 5 | 116 | 41 | .265 | .431 | .325 | .756 | 130 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Mickey Cochrane | 120 | 452 | 370 | 50 | 101 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 47 | 5 | 2 | 56 | 15 | .273 | .369 | .408 | .777 | 151 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| Chick Galloway | 133 | 459 | 408 | 37 | 98 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 49 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 20 | .240 | .295 | .301 | .597 | 123 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Sammy Hale | 111 | 353 | 327 | 49 | 92 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 43 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 36 | .281 | .311 | .440 | .751 | 144 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Welch | 75 | 213 | 174 | 26 | 49 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 9 | .282 | .381 | .408 | .789 | 71 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Hauser | 91 | 275 | 229 | 31 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 35 | .192 | .312 | .341 | .653 | 78 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Cy Perkins | 63 | 181 | 148 | 14 | 43 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 7 | .291 | .371 | .331 | .702 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Bing Miller | 38 | 129 | 110 | 13 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 6 | .291 | .355 | .436 | .792 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Wambsganss | 54 | 66 | 54 | 11 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | .352 | .444 | .407 | .852 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Metzler | 20 | 75 | 67 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | .239 | .311 | .284 | .594 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Sigafoos | 13 | 44 | 43 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .256 | .256 | .256 | .512 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Gray | 38 | 61 | 51 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .216 | .286 | .275 | .560 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmie Foxx | 26 | 35 | 32 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .313 | .333 | .438 | .771 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Quinn | 31 | 56 | 46 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .174 | .240 | .217 | .457 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Barbee | 19 | 50 | 47 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .170 | .220 | .298 | .518 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lefty Grove | 45 | 95 | 81 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 42 | .099 | .151 | .136 | .287 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Howard Ehmke | 21 | 57 | 46 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .152 | .188 | .174 | .361 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Rube Walberg | 40 | 53 | 46 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .152 | .188 | .152 | .340 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Rommel | 37 | 77 | 61 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | .098 | .179 | .115 | .294 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Jenkins | 6 | 24 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .174 | .174 | .261 | .435 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Pate | 47 | 32 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .148 | .233 | .222 | .456 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lefty Willis | 13 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Engle | 19 | 31 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | .105 | .433 | .105 | .539 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Stan Baumgartner | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Heimach | 14 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .100 | .100 | .200 | .300 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Slim Harriss | 12 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .059 | .111 | .059 | .170 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1829 | 5822 | 5037 | 677 | 1359 | 259 | 65 | 61 | 619 | 56 | 44 | 521 | 452 | .270 | .341 | .383 | .725 | 1931 | 0 | 26 | 238 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Poole | 1B | 101 | 0 | 0.0 | 881 | 55 | 8 | 71 | .992 | 9.267 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bing Miller | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Hauser | 1B | 65 | 0 | 0.0 | 630 | 35 | 3 | 39 | .996 | 1.231 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Wambsganss | 2B | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Dykes | 2B | 44 | 0 | 0.0 | 100 | 136 | 5 | 26 | .979 | 5.364 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Max Bishop | 2B | 119 | 0 | 0.0 | 235 | 365 | 8 | 55 | .987 | 5.042 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sammy Hale | 3B | 77 | 0 | 0.0 | 82 | 152 | 13 | 16 | .947 | 3.039 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Dykes | 3B | 82 | 0 | 0.0 | 95 | 188 | 15 | 16 | .950 | 3.451 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cy Perkins | C | 55 | 0 | 0.0 | 205 | 38 | 4 | 5 | .984 | 4.418 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmie Foxx | C | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mickey Cochrane | C | 115 | 0 | 0.0 | 502 | 90 | 15 | 9 | .975 | 5.148 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Welch | OF | 49 | 0 | 0.0 | 75 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .975 | 1.612 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Simmons | OF | 147 | 0 | 0.0 | 333 | 11 | 9 | 5 | .975 | 2.340 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Poole | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bing Miller | OF | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.588 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alex Metzler | OF | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.176 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Lamar | OF | 107 | 0 | 0.0 | 199 | 10 | 10 | 2 | .954 | 1.953 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Jenkins | OF | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sammy Hale | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Walt French | OF | 99 | 0 | 0.0 | 186 | 12 | 6 | 7 | .971 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmie Foxx | OF | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Barbee | OF | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lefty Willis | P | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .875 | .538 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rube Walberg | P | 40 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 2 | .907 | .975 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Rommel | P | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 67 | 3 | 1 | .965 | 2.216 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Quinn | P | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 47 | 4 | 3 | .932 | 1.774 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Pate | P | 47 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 46 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.064 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Heimach | P | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.462 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Slim Harriss | P | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lefty Grove | P | 45 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 53 | 3 | 3 | .952 | 1.311 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sam Gray | P | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 29 | 7 | 2 | .829 | .895 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Howard Ehmke | P | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 37 | 3 | 2 | .936 | 2.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stan Baumgartner | P | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Wambsganss | SS | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 26 | 3 | 5 | .923 | 2.118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Sigafoos | SS | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 31 | 4 | 5 | .915 | 3.583 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chick Galloway | SS | 133 | 0 | 0.0 | 274 | 315 | 41 | 49 | .935 | 4.429 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Engle | SS | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 27 | 3 | 6 | .930 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Dykes | SS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1638 | 0 | 0.0 | 4042 | 1869 | 174 | 336 | .971 | 3.609 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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