1926 St. Louis Browns season

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1926 St. Louis Browns season - Wikipedia

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1926 St. Louis Browns

League

American League

Ballpark

Sportsman's Park

City

St. Louis, Missouri

Record

62–92 (.403)

League place

7th

Owners

Phil Ball

Managers

George Sisler

← 1925

Seasons

1927 →

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

v
t
e
American League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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 v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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

1926 St. Louis Browns

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

George Sisler

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
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

^[2]

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
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

^[2]

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
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
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
Stew Bolen	5	0	0	0	6.14	7
George Sisler	1	0	0	0	0.00	3

Notes

References

1926 MLB season by team

Major League Baseball

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

Negro National League

Eastern Colored League

Baltimore Orioles

Established in 1901
Formerly the Milwaukee Brewers and the St. Louis Browns
Based in Baltimore, Maryland

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Ballparks

Spring training: Majestic Park; West End Park; Coffee Pot Park; Wright Field; Tech Field; Perris Hill Park; Yuma Municipal Stadium; City Island Ball Park; Scottsdale Stadium; Miami Stadium; Ed Smith Stadium; Al Lang Stadium; Fort Lauderdale Stadium

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

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Key personnel

Owner: David Rubenstein
Executive Vice President/General Manager: Mike Elias
Manager: Brandon Hyde

World Series
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American League
pennants (7)

AL East
division titles (10)

AL Wild Card
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Announcers: Kevin Brown; Geoff Arnold; Scott Garceau; Melanie Newman; Jim Palmer; Ben McDonald

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