1926 Philadelphia Athletics season

March 2026 November 2013 Philadelphia Athletics 1926 American League Shibe Park Philadelphia 83 67 y 3rd Connie Mack, Tom Shibe and John Shibe Connie Mack 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.SI.com – Statitudes – Statitudes: Opening Day 2002, By the Numbers – Sunday March 30, 2003 01:50 AM Season standings Philadelphia Athletics Record vs. opponents PHA Roster 1926 Philadelphia Athletics Roster Pitchers Stan Baumgartner Howard Ehmke Sam Gray Lefty Grove Slim Harriss Fred Heimach Joe Pate Jack Quinn Eddie Rommel Rube Walberg Lefty Willis Catchers Mickey Cochrane Jimmie Foxx Cy Perkins Infielders Max Bishop Jimmy Dykes Charlie Engle Chick Galloway Sammy Hale Joe Hauser Jim Poole Frank Sigafoos Bill Wambsganss Outfielders Dave Barbee Walter French Tom Jenkins Bill Lamar Alex Metzler Bing Miller Al Simmons Frank Welch Manager Connie Mack 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 C Mickey Cochrane 120 370 101 .273 8 47 1B Jim Poole Jim Poole (first baseman) 112 361 106 .294 8 63 2B Max Bishop 122 400 106 .265 0 33 SS Chick Galloway 133 408 98 .240 0 49 3B Jimmy Dykes 124 429 123 .287 1 42 OF Al Simmons 147 583 199 .341 19 110 OF Bill Lamar 116 419 119 .284 5 51 OF Walter French Walter French (baseball) 112 397 121 .305 1 36 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 Sammy Hale 111 327 92 .281 4 44 Joe Hauser 91 229 44 .192 8 36 Frank Welch Frank Welch (baseball) 75 174 49 .282 4 23 Cy Perkins 63 148 43 .291 0 19 Bing Miller 38 110 32 .291 2 13 Alex Metzler 20 67 16 .239 0 11 Bill Wambsganss 54 54 19 .352 0 2 Dave Barbee 19 47 8 .170 1 5 Frank Sigafoos 13 43 11 .256 0 2 Jimmie Foxx 26 32 10 .313 0 5 Tom Jenkins Tom Jenkins (baseball) 6 23 4 .174 0 0 Charlie Engle Charlie Engle (baseball) 19 19 2 .105 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 Lefty Grove 45 258.0 13 13 2.51 194 Eddie Rommel 37 219.0 11 11 3.08 52 Jack Quinn Jack Quinn (baseball) 31 163.2 10 11 3.41 58 Howard Ehmke 20 147.1 12 4 2.81 55 Slim Harriss 12 57.0 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 Rube Walberg 40 151.0 12 10 2.80 72 Sam Gray Sam Gray (baseball) 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 Joe Pate 47 9 0 7 2.71 24 Lefty Willis 13 0 0 1 1.39 13 Fred Heimach 13 1 0 0 2.84 8 Stan Baumgartner 10 1 1 0 4.03 0 League leaders Lefty Grove American League leader, StrikeoutsBaseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.51, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, 978-1-55365-507-7 References External links 1926 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference 1926 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:Philadelphia Athletics seasons Philadelphia Athletics season Oakland Category:1926 in Philadelphia