1926 Washington Senators season
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Owner(s) | Clark Griffith and William Richardson |
Manager(s) | Bucky Harris |
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The 1926 Washington Senators won 81 games, lost 69, and finished in fourth place in the American League. They were managed by Bucky Harris and played home games at Griffith Stadium.
Regular season[]
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 | PHI | STL | 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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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 |
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C | Muddy Ruel | 117 | 368 | 110 | .299 | 1 | 55 |
1B | Joe Judge | 134 | 453 | 132 | .291 | 7 | 92 |
2B | Bucky Harris | 141 | 537 | 152 | .283 | 1 | 63 |
SS | Buddy Myer | 132 | 434 | 132 | .304 | 1 | 60 |
3B | Ossie Bluege | 139 | 487 | 132 | .271 | 3 | 65 |
OF | Goose Goslin | 147 | 568 | 201 | .354 | 17 | 109 |
OF | Sam Rice | 152 | 641 | 216 | .337 | 3 | 75 |
OF | Earl McNeely | 124 | 442 | 134 | .303 | 0 | 48 |
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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Joe Harris | 92 | 257 | 79 | .307 | 5 | 55 |
Roger Peckinpaugh | 57 | 147 | 35 | .238 | 1 | 14 |
Bennie Tate | 59 | 142 | 38 | .268 | 1 | 12 |
Stuffy Stewart | 62 | 63 | 17 | .270 | 0 | 9 |
Danny Taylor | 21 | 50 | 15 | .300 | 1 | 5 |
Bobby Reeves | 20 | 49 | 11 | .224 | 0 | 7 |
Hank Severeid | 22 | 34 | 7 | .206 | 0 | 4 |
Jack Tobin | 27 | 33 | 7 | .212 | 0 | 3 |
Tex Jeanes | 21 | 30 | 7 | .233 | 0 | 3 |
Russ Ennis | 1 | 0 | 0 | --- | 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 |
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Walter Johnson | 33 | 260.2 | 15 | 16 | 3.63 | 125 |
Stan Coveleski | 36 | 245.1 | 14 | 11 | 3.12 | 50 |
Dutch Ruether | 23 | 169.1 | 12 | 6 | 4.84 | 48 |
George Murray | 12 | 81.1 | 6 | 3 | 5.64 | 28 |
Joe Bush | 12 | 71.1 | 1 | 8 | 6.69 | 27 |
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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General Crowder | 19 | 100 | 7 | 4 | 3.96 | 26 |
Curly Ogden | 22 | 96.1 | 4 | 4 | 4.30 | 21 |
Alex Ferguson | 19 | 47.2 | 3 | 4 | 7.74 | 16 |
Dick Jones | 4 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 4.29 | 3 |
Emilio Palmero | 7 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 4.76 | 6 |
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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Firpo Marberry | 64 | 12 | 7 | 22 | 3.00 | 43 |
Bill Morrell | 26 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5.30 | 16 |
Harry Kelley | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.10 | 6 |
Lefty Thomas | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.19 | 3 |
Jimmy Uchrinscko | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.13 | 0 |
Bump Hadley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 0 |
Frank Loftus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |
References[]
- Minnesota Twins seasons
- 1926 Major League Baseball season
- 1926 in sports in Washington, D.C.