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1926 Washington Senators season

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1926 Washington Senators
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkGriffith Stadium
CityWashington, D.C.
OwnersClark Griffith and William Richardson
ManagersBucky Harris
← 1925 Seasons 1927 →

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

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Season standings

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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 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

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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

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1926 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 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

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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
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

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
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

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
General Crowder 19 100.0 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 21.0 2 1 4.29 3
Emilio Palmero 7 17.0 2 2 4.76 6

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
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

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