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.
1926 Detroit Tigers | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Navin Field | |
City | Detroit, Michigan | |
Owners | Frank Navin | |
Managers | Ty Cobb | |
Radio | WWJ (AM) | |
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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 edit
Season standings edit
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 edit
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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 edit
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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 | 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 | 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 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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Frank O'Rourke | 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 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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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 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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Ken Holloway | 36 | 139.0 | 4 | 6 | 5.12 | 43 |
Rip Collins | 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 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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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 edit
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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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: Toronto[1]
Notes edit
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007