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1926 Pittsburgh Pirates season

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1926 Pittsburgh Pirates
LeagueNational League
BallparkForbes Field
CityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1]
OwnersBarney Dreyfuss
ManagersBill McKechnie
← 1925 Seasons 1927 →

The 1926 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 45th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise. The defending World Series champion Pirates finished third in the National League with a record of 84–69.

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Regular season

Season standings

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
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

1926 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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 —


Game log

1926 Game Log: 84–69 (Home: 49–28; Away: 35–41)
April: 7–10 (Home: 2–3; Away: 5–7)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 April 13 @ Cardinals 6–7 Rhem Aldridge (0–1) — 17,000 0–1
2 April 14 @ Cardinals 10–3 Kremer (1–0) Bell — — 1–1
3 April 15 @ Cardinals 0–2 Keen Morrison (0–1) — — 1–2
4 April 16 @ Cardinals 2–3 Sothoron Sheehan (0–1) — — 1–3
5 April 17 @ Reds 3–4 Donohue Yde (0–1) May 5,500 1–4
6 April 18 @ Reds 3–1 Aldridge (1–1) Luque — 20,000 2–4
7 April 19 @ Reds 1–2 Mays Kremer (1–1) — 2,000 2–5
8 April 20 @ Reds 2–5 Lucas Morrison (0–2) — 4,700 2–6
9 April 22 Cardinals 3–5 (10) Keen Morrison (0–3) — — 2–7
10 April 23 Cardinals 3–2 Aldridge (2–1) Johnson — — 3–7
11 April 24 Cardinals 3–9 Rhem Kremer (1–2) — — 3–8
12 April 25 @ Cubs 3–4 Bush Yde (0–2) — — 3–9
13 April 26 @ Cubs 8–6 Meadows (1–0) Piercy Oldham (1) — 4–9
14 April 27 @ Cubs 2–0 Morrison (1–3) Alexander — — 5–9
15 April 28 @ Cubs 9–4 Aldridge (3–1) Kaufmann — — 6–9
16 April 29 Reds 9–16 Luque Sheehan (0–2) — — 6–10
17 April 30 Reds 13–4 Meadows (2–0) Mays — — 7–10
May: 16–8 (Home: 13–6; Away: 3–2)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
18 May 1 Reds 3–2 Morrison (2–3) Lucas Kremer (1) — 8–10
19 May 2 @ Reds 3–4 Donohue Aldridge (3–2) — 18,000 8–11
20 May 5 Braves 3–2 Meadows (3–0) Smith — — 9–11
21 May 6 Braves 1–3 Wertz Morrison (2–4) Hearn — 9–12
22 May 7 Braves 11–10 (11) Adams (1–0) Benton — — 10–12
23 May 8 Braves 5–9 Graham Yde (0–3) — — 10–13
24 May 11 Phillies 11–1 Kremer (2–2) Mitchell — — 11–13
25 May 12 Phillies 14–3 Meadows (4–0) Knight — — 12–13
26 May 13 Phillies 0–6 Carlson Aldridge (3–3) — — 12–14
27 May 14 Robins 5–5 (7) — — 12–14
28 May 15 Robins 2–0 Morrison (3–4) McGraw — — 13–14
29 May 17 Robins 7–6 (12) Oldham (1–0) Ehrhardt — — 14–14
30 May 18 Robins 4–4 — — 14–14
31 May 19 Giants 6–3 Aldridge (4–3) Scott — — 15–14
32 May 20 Giants 4–5 Greenfield Morrison (3–5) Davies 12,000 15–15
33 May 21 Giants 7–5 Kremer (3–2) Ring — — 16–15
34 May 22 Giants 6–5 Morrison (4–5) Greenfield — 25,000 17–15
35 May 23 @ Reds 7–2 Yde (1–3) Donohue — 22,000 18–15
36 May 24 @ Cubs 1–3 Blake Aldridge (4–4) — — 18–16
37 May 25 @ Cubs 5–2 Morrison (5–5) Root — — 19–16
38 May 27 Cubs 2–5 Kaufmann Oldham (1–1) — — 19–17
39 May 28 Cubs 6–5 (11) Meadows (5–0) Bush — — 20–17
40 May 29 Cubs 9–7 Adams (2–0) Root Oldham (2) — 21–17
41 May 30 @ Reds 4–3 Meadows (6–0) Luque — 16,000 22–17
42 May 31 Reds 2–7 Mays Songer (0–1) — — 22–18
43 May 31 Reds 9–5 Morrison (6–5) Lucas — — 23–18
June: 11–12 (Home: 3–3; Away: 8–9)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
44 June 3 Cubs 3–2 Yde (2–3) Root — — 24–18
45 June 4 Cubs 5–1 Meadows (7–0) Bush — — 25–18
46 June 6 @ Robins 0–3 Grimes Aldridge (4–5) — 30,000 25–19
47 June 8 @ Robins 4–3 Songer (1–1) McWeeny Kremer (2) — 26–19
48 June 9 @ Phillies 9–7 (10) Kremer (4–2) Knight — — 27–19
49 June 10 @ Phillies 9–13 Mitchell Adams (2–1) — — 27–20
50 June 11 @ Phillies 11–13 Willoughby Aldridge (4–6) — — 27–21
51 June 12 @ Phillies 8–2 Songer (2–1) Carlson — — 28–21
52 June 14 @ Braves 2–3 Benton Yde (2–4) Mogridge — 28–22
53 June 16 @ Braves 6–3 Aldridge (5–6) Genewich — — 29–22
54 June 17 @ Giants 5–6 (13) Fitzsimmons Adams (2–2) — — 29–23
55 June 18 @ Giants 8–3 Songer (3–1) Scott — — 30–23
56 June 19 @ Giants 4–2 Kremer (5–2) Ring — 30,000 31–23
57 June 20 @ Giants 8–0 Aldridge (6–6) Greenfield — 40,000 32–23
58 June 21 Cardinals 13–11 Oldham (2–1) Huntzinger Kremer (3) — 33–23
59 June 22 @ Cardinals 3–1 Meadows (8–0) Keen — — 34–23
60 June 23 @ Cardinals 2–6 Haines Songer (3–2) — — 34–24
61 June 24 @ Cardinals 3–3 — — 34–24
62 June 25 Reds 8–9 Lucas Oldham (2–2) — — 34–25
63 June 26 Reds 1–9 Mays Meadows (8–1) — — 34–26
64 June 27 @ Reds 0–16 Donohue Songer (3–3) — 25,000 34–27
65 June 28 @ Reds 1–6 Rixey Aldridge (6–7) — 5,500 34–28
66 June 29 @ Reds 3–6 Mays Kremer (5–3) — 6,600 34–29
67 June 30 Cardinals 2–6 Haines Meadows (8–2) — — 34–30
July: 21–10 (Home: 17–7; Away: 4–3)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
68 July 1 Cardinals 7–3 Songer (4–3) Rhem Adams (1) — 35–30
69 July 2 Cardinals 3–2 Kremer (6–3) Alexander — — 36–30
70 July 3 Cardinals 12–3 Aldridge (7–7) Bell — — 37–30
71 July 4 @ Cubs 0–2 Root Yde (2–5) — — 37–31
72 July 5 Cubs 4–1 Songer (5–3) Kaufmann Adams (2) — 38–31
73 July 5 Cubs 7–10 Piercy Meadows (8–3) Huntzinger — 38–32
74 July 6 Cubs 0–3 Blake Bush (0–1) — — 38–33
75 July 6 Cubs 3–2 (6) Meadows (9–3) Osborn — — 39–33
76 July 7 Phillies 8–7 Aldridge (8–7) Dean Kremer (4) — 40–33
77 July 8 Phillies 6–10 Ulrich Adams (2–3) — — 40–34
78 July 9 Phillies 9–6 Meadows (10–3) Mitchell — — 41–34
79 July 10 Phillies 9–4 Kremer (7–3) Carlson — — 42–34
80 July 12 Giants 6–3 Aldridge (9–7) Scott — 15,000 43–34
81 July 14 Giants 8–12 Ring Songer (5–4) — — 43–35
82 July 14 Giants 2–5 Fitzsimmons Meadows (10–4) — 40,000 43–36
83 July 15 Giants 3–0 Kremer (8–3) Greenfield — — 44–36
84 July 16 Braves 9–7 Bush (1–1) Smith Songer (1) — 45–36
85 July 17 Braves 7–9 Goldsmith Aldridge (9–8) Mogridge — 45–37
86 July 19 Braves 10–4 Meadows (11–4) Genewich — — 46–37
87 July 20 Braves 8–5 Kremer (9–3) Benton Bush (1) — 47–37
88 July 21 Robins 1–0 Songer (6–4) Petty — — 48–37
89 July 21 Robins 2–6 Vance Aldridge (9–9) — 20,000 48–38
90 July 22 Robins 14–2 Yde (3–5) Barnes — — 49–38
91 July 24 Robins 12–8 Meadows (12–4) Grimes Songer (2) — 50–38
92 July 24 Robins 3–2 Kremer (10–3) McGraw — 25,000 51–38
93 July 25 @ Robins 1–3 Petty Bush (1–2) — 20,000 51–39
94 July 26 @ Robins 3–2 Yde (4–5) Vance Adams (3) — 52–39
95 July 27 @ Giants 4–3 Songer (7–4) Barnes Kremer (5) — 53–39
96 July 28 @ Giants 6–0 Meadows (13–4) Scott — 10,000 54–39
97 July 30 @ Phillies 1–6 Carlson Kremer (10–4) — — 54–40
98 July 31 @ Phillies 10–5 Yde (5–5) Mitchell — — 55–40
August: 16–12 (Home: 9–4; Away: 7–8)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
99 August 2 @ Phillies 3–8 Dean Songer (7–5) — — 55–41
100 August 3 @ Phillies 14–2 Bush (2–2) Ulrich — — 56–41
101 August 4 @ Braves 0–14 Smith Aldridge (9–10) — — 56–42
102 August 4 @ Braves 5–2 Meadows (14–4) Benton — — 57–42
103 August 5 @ Braves 4–3 Kremer (11–4) Goldsmith — — 58–42
104 August 6 @ Braves 5–4 Yde (6–5) Genewich Aldridge (1) — 59–42
105 August 7 @ Braves 0–2 Wertz Songer (7–6) — — 59–43
106 August 7 @ Braves 0–2 (8) Smith Bush (2–3) — — 59–44
107 August 9 @ Robins 9–3 Kremer (12–4) Petty — — 60–44
108 August 10 @ Robins 10–2 Meadows (15–4) McWeeny — — 61–44
109 August 11 @ Robins 2–4 Vance Aldridge (9–11) McGraw — 61–45
110 August 18 Braves 4–1 Kremer (13–4) Smith — — 62–45
111 August 18 Braves 3–4 Wertz Meadows (15–5) — — 62–46
112 August 19 Phillies 1–3 (10) Carlson Songer (7–7) — — 62–47
113 August 19 Phillies 4–0 Yde (7–5) Ulrich — — 63–47
114 August 21 Phillies 4–2 Bush (3–3) Dean — — 64–47
115 August 21 Phillies 8–5 Kremer (14–4) Knight — — 65–47
116 August 23 Robins 3–7 Petty Meadows (15–6) — — 65–48
117 August 23 Robins 10–2 Yde (8–5) Barnes — — 66–48
118 August 24 Robins 10–1 Kremer (15–4) Grimes — — 67–48
119 August 25 Robins 1–2 McGraw Aldridge (9–12) — — 67–49
120 August 26 Giants 15–7 Meadows (16–6) Fitzsimmons Morrison (1) — 68–49
121 August 27 Giants 4–0 Bush (4–3) Barnes — — 69–49
122 August 28 Giants 8–7 Meadows (17–6) Greenfield Morrison (2) — 70–49
123 August 29 @ Cardinals 2–2 (10) — 40,000 70–49
124 August 30 @ Cardinals 3–0 Kremer (16–4) Rhem — — 71–49
125 August 30 @ Cardinals 3–5 Haines Bush (4–4) — — 71–50
126 August 31 @ Cardinals 1–6 Sherdel Meadows (17–7) — — 71–51
127 August 31 @ Cardinals 1–2 Sothoron Morrison (6–6) — 23,279 71–52
September: 13–17 (Home: 5–5; Away: 8–12)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
128 September 1 @ Cardinals 2–5 Reinhart Kremer (16–5) — 20,000 71–53
129 September 3 @ Cubs 3–2 (10) Hill (1–0) Kaufmann — — 72–53
130 September 4 @ Cubs 2–11 Bush Bush (4–5) — — 72–54
131 September 4 @ Cubs 2–3 Jones Koupal (0–1) — — 72–55
132 September 5 @ Cubs 6–7 (6) Osborn Songer (7–8) Huntzinger 16 72–56
133 September 6 Cardinals 1–8 Rhem Morrison (6–7) — — 72–57
134 September 6 Cardinals 4–2 Kremer (17–5) Sothoron — — 73–57
135 September 7 Cardinals 0–8 Sherdel Aldridge (9–13) — — 73–58
136 September 8 Reds 6–1 Meadows (18–7) Donohue — — 74–58
137 September 8 Reds 11–0 Hill (2–0) Luque — — 75–58
138 September 9 Cubs 2–1 Bush (5–5) Jones — — 76–58
139 September 9 Cubs 1–10 Kaufmann Koupal (0–2) — — 76–59
140 September 10 Reds 5–2 Kremer (18–5) Rixey — — 77–59
141 September 10 Reds 2–5 Lucas Morrison (6–8) — — 77–60
142 September 11 Reds 6–10 Mays Hill (2–1) — — 77–61
143 September 12 @ Giants 5–1 Aldridge (10–13) Fitzsimmons Bush (2) — 78–61
144 September 12 @ Giants 7–1 Meadows (19–7) Greenfield — 40,000 79–61
145 September 13 @ Giants 5–9 Ring Hill (2–2) Davies — 79–62
146 September 14 @ Giants 5–0 Kremer (19–5) McQuillan — — 80–62
147 September 15 @ Giants 5–6 Scott Bush (5–6) — — 80–63
148 September 16 @ Robins 1–2 Barnes Meadows (19–8) — — 80–64
149 September 17 @ Robins 1–3 Vance Hill (2–3) — — 80–65
150 September 18 @ Robins 1–3 McWeeny Yde (8–6) — — 80–66
151 September 19 @ Robins 7–4 Kremer (20–5) Grimes — 20,000 81–66
152 September 20 @ Phillies 4–0 Bush (6–6) Willoughby — — 82–66
153 September 21 @ Phillies 2–7 Mitchell Meadows (19–9) — — 82–67
154 September 22 @ Phillies 9–3 Hill (3–3) Dean — — 83–67
155 September 23 @ Braves 1–2 Edwards Kremer (20–6) Benton — 83–68
156 September 25 @ Braves 11–8 Meadows (20–9) Mogridge Bush (3) — 84–68
157 September 25 @ Braves 2–5 Genewich Yde (8–7) — — 84–69
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie
Bold = Pirates team member

Detailed records

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1926 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

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 Earl Smith 105 292 101 .346 2 46
1B George Grantham 141 449 143 .318 8 70
2B Hal Rhyne 109 366 92 .251 2 39
SS Glenn Wright 119 458 141 .308 8 77
3B Pie Traynor 152 574 182 .317 3 92
OF Max Carey 86 324 72 .222 0 28
OF Kiki Cuyler 157 614 197 .321 8 92
OF Paul Waner 144 536 180 .336 8 79

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
Johnny Gooch 86 218 59 .271 1 42
Clyde Barnhart 76 203 39 .192 0 10
Johnny Rawlings 61 181 42 .232 0 20
Eddie Moore 43 132 30 .227 0 19
Stuffy McInnis 47 127 38 .299 0 13
Joe Cronin 38 83 22 .265 0 11
Carson Bigbee 42 68 15 .221 2 4
Walter Mueller 19 62 15 .242 0 3
Fred Brickell 24 55 19 .345 0 4
Roy Spencer 28 43 17 .395 0 4
Eddie Murphy 16 17 2 .118 0 6
Adam Comorosky 8 15 4 .267 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
Ray Kremer 37 231.1 20 6 2.61 74
Lee Meadows 36 226.2 20 9 3.97 54
Vic Aldridge 30 190.0 10 13 4.07 61
Carmen Hill 6 39.2 3 3 3.40 8

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
Emil Yde 37 187.1 8 7 3.65 34
Don Songer 35 126.1 7 8 3.13 27
Johnny Morrison 26 122.1 6 8 3.38 39
Joe Bush 19 110.2 6 6 3.01 38
Tom Sheehan 9 31.0 0 2 6.68 16
Lou Koupal 6 19.2 0 2 3.20 7

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
Babe Adams 19 2 3 3 6.14 7
Red Oldham 17 2 2 2 5.62 16
Roy Mahaffey 4 0 0 0 0.00 3
Bud Culloton 4 0 0 0 7.36 1
Chet Nichols 3 0 0 0 8.22 2

References

  1. ^ From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
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