The 1926 Philadelphia Phillies season was a season in Major League Baseball. The Phillies finished eighth in the National League with a record of 58 wins and 93 losses. Manager Connor Shears was fired following the season due to the team's performance as well as several documented incidents involving alcohol and relationships with female hotel employees while on road trips.
1926 Philadelphia Phillies | ||
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League | National League | |
Ballpark | Baker Bowl | |
City | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
Owners | William Baker | |
Managers | Connor Shears | |
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Regular season edit
Season standings edit
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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St. Louis Cardinals | 89 | 65 | 0.578 | — | 47–30 | 42–35 |
Cincinnati Reds | 87 | 67 | 0.565 | 2 | 53–23 | 34–44 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 84 | 69 | 0.549 | 4½ | 49–28 | 35–41 |
Chicago Cubs | 82 | 72 | 0.532 | 7 | 49–28 | 33–44 |
New York Giants | 74 | 77 | 0.490 | 13½ | 43–33 | 31–44 |
Brooklyn Robins | 71 | 82 | 0.464 | 17½ | 38–38 | 33–44 |
Boston Braves | 66 | 86 | 0.434 | 22 | 43–34 | 23–52 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 58 | 93 | 0.384 | 29½ | 33–42 | 25–51 |
Record vs. opponents edit
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 6–15 | 12–10 | 12–10–1 | 12–10 | 7–15 | 10–11 | 7–15 | |||||
Brooklyn | 15–6 | — | 14–8 | 4–18 | 9–13 | 13–9 | 9–13–2 | 7–15 | |||||
Chicago | 10–12 | 8–14 | — | 13–9–1 | 14–8 | 16–6 | 10–12 | 11–11 | |||||
Cincinnati | 10–12–1 | 18–4 | 9–13–1 | — | 7–15 | 16–6–1 | 13–9 | 14–8 | |||||
New York | 10–12 | 13–9 | 8–14 | 15–7 | — | 12–7 | 6–16 | 10–12 | |||||
Philadelphia | 15–7 | 9–13 | 6–16 | 6–16–1 | 7–12 | — | 8–14 | 7–15 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 11–10 | 13–9–2 | 12–10 | 9–13 | 16–6 | 14–8 | — | 9–13–2 | |||||
St. Louis | 15–7 | 15–7 | 11–11 | 8–14 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 13–9–2 | — |
Roster edit
1926 Philadelphia Phillies | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders | Manager
Coaches |
Player stats edit
Batting edit
Starters by position edit
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 | Jimmie Wilson | 90 | 279 | 85 | .305 | 4 | 32 |
1B | Jack Bentley | 75 | 240 | 62 | .258 | 2 | 27 |
2B | Bernie Friberg | 144 | 478 | 128 | .268 | 1 | 51 |
SS | Heinie Sand | 149 | 567 | 154 | .272 | 4 | 37 |
3B | Clarence Huber | 118 | 376 | 92 | .245 | 1 | 34 |
OF | Freddy Leach | 129 | 492 | 162 | .329 | 11 | 71 |
OF | Cy Williams | 107 | 336 | 116 | .345 | 18 | 53 |
OF | Johnny Mokan | 127 | 456 | 138 | .303 | 6 | 62 |
Other batters edit
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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Russ Wrightstone | 112 | 368 | 113 | .307 | 7 | 57 |
Al Nixon | 93 | 311 | 91 | .293 | 4 | 41 |
Butch Henline | 99 | 283 | 80 | .283 | 2 | 30 |
George Harper | 56 | 194 | 61 | .314 | 7 | 38 |
Ray Grimes | 32 | 101 | 30 | .297 | 0 | 15 |
Dick Attreau | 17 | 61 | 14 | .230 | 0 | 5 |
Bob Rice | 19 | 54 | 8 | .148 | 0 | 10 |
Denny Sothern | 14 | 53 | 13 | .245 | 3 | 10 |
Bubber Jonnard | 19 | 34 | 4 | .118 | 0 | 2 |
Wally Kimmick | 20 | 28 | 6 | .214 | 0 | 2 |
Ed Cotter | 17 | 26 | 8 | .308 | 0 | 1 |
George Stutz | 6 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Buskey | 5 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Lee Dunham | 5 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 1 |
Lew Wendell | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Chick Keating | 4 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching edit
Starting pitchers edit
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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Hal Carlson | 35 | 267.1 | 17 | 12 | 3.23 | 55 |
Wayland Dean | 33 | 203.2 | 8 | 16 | 4.91 | 52 |
Clarence Mitchell | 28 | 178.2 | 9 | 14 | 4.58 | 52 |
Other pitchers edit
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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Claude Willoughby | 47 | 168.0 | 8 | 12 | 5.95 | 37 |
Dutch Ulrich | 45 | 147.2 | 8 | 13 | 4.08 | 52 |
Jack Knight | 35 | 142.2 | 3 | 12 | 6.62 | 29 |
Ray Pierce | 37 | 84.2 | 2 | 7 | 5.63 | 18 |
Ernie Maun | 14 | 37.2 | 1 | 4 | 6.45 | 9 |
Jack Bentley | 7 | 25.1 | 0 | 2 | 8.17 | 7 |
Art Decatur | 2 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 0 |
Relief pitchers edit
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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Ed Baecht | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.11 | 14 |
Lefty Taber | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.56 | 0 |
Mike Kelly | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.45 | 2 |
Pete Rambo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.73 | 4 |
Rusty Yarnall | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18.00 | 0 |
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