1926 Detroit Tigers season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Detroit Tigers 1926 American League Navin Field Detroit, Michigan 79 75 y 6th Frank Navin Ty Cobb WWJ (AM) The 1926 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished sixth in the American League with a record of 79–75, 12 games behind the New York Yankees. Heinie Manush won the AL batting title this year, hitting .378, denying Babe Ruth of the Triple Crown. Ruth led the AL in home runs and RBI, but finished second to Manush in batting average at .372. Regular season Season standings Detroit Tigers Record vs. opponents DET Roster 1926 Detroit Tigers Roster Pitchers Clyde Barfoot Rip Collins Wilbur Cooper Hooks Dauss Jess Doyle Sam Gibson Ken Holloway Augie Johns Rudy Kneisch George Smith Lil Stoner Ed Wells Earl Whitehill Catchers Johnny Bassler Ray Hayworth Clyde Manion Larry Woodall Infielders Lu Blue Les Burke Charlie Gehringer Billy Mullen Johnny Neun Frank O'Rourke Jackie Tavener Jack Warner Outfielders Ty Cobb Bob Fothergill Harry Heilmann Heinie Manush Al Wingo Manager Ty Cobb Coaches George McBride 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 Clyde Manion 75 176 35 .199 0 15 1B Lu Blue 128 429 123 .287 1 52 2B Charlie Gehringer 123 459 127 .277 1 48 SS Jackie Tavener 156 532 141 .265 1 58 3B Jack Warner Jack Warner (third baseman) 100 311 78 .251 0 34 OF Harry Heilmann 141 502 184 .367 9 101 OF Bob Fothergill 110 387 142 .367 3 73 OF Heinie Manush 136 498 188 .378 14 86 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 Frank O'Rourke Frank O'Rourke (baseball) 111 363 88 .242 1 41 Al Wingo 108 298 84 .282 1 45 Johnny Neun 97 242 72 .298 0 15 Ty Cobb 79 233 79 .339 4 62 Johnny Bassler 66 174 53 .305 0 23 Larry Woodall 67 146 34 .233 0 15 Les Burke 38 75 17 .227 0 4 Billy Mullen 11 13 1 .077 0 0 Ray Hayworth 12 11 3 .273 0 5 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 Earl Whitehill 36 252.1 16 13 3.99 109 Sam Gibson 35 196.1 12 9 3.48 61 Ed Wells 36 178.0 12 10 4.15 58 Lil Stoner 32 159.2 7 10 5.47 57 Rudy Kneisch 2 17.0 0 1 2.65 4 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 Ken Holloway 36 139.0 4 6 5.12 43 Rip Collins Rip Collins (pitcher) 30 122.0 8 8 2.73 44 Augie Johns 35 112.2 6 4 5.35 40 Wilbur Cooper 8 13.2 0 4 11.20 2 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 Hooks Dauss 35 12 6 9 4.20 27 George Smith 23 1 2 0 6.95 15 Clyde Barfoot 11 1 2 2 4.88 7 Jess Doyle 2 0 0 1 4.15 2 Farm system Minor league baseball AA Toronto Maple Leafs International League Dan Howley A Fort Worth Panthers Texas League Jake Atz C Wheeling Stogies Middle Atlantic League Ed Lennox and John Hummel LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: TorontoJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007 Notes External links Baseball 1926 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference Category:Detroit Tigers seasons Detroit Tigers season Detroit Tigers Category:1926 in Detroit