# 1926 Boston Red Sox season

The 1926 Boston Red Sox season was the 26th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished last in the eight-team American League (AL) with a record of 46 wins and 107 losses, 44+1⁄2 games behind the New York Yankees.
After a home game at Fenway Park on May 8, 1926, a fire destroyed the third base bleachers. This was followed by a storm with severe winds on July 19, which destroyed 500 to 600 seats at the ballpark.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican 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 | 9½ | 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

1926 American League recordvte Sources: :
| 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 | — |

### Opening Day lineup

| Ira Flagstead | CF |
| Fred Haney | 3B |
| Sy Rosenthal | RF |
| Phil Todt | 1B |
| Tom Jenkins | LF |
| Mike Herrera | 2B |
| Dud Lee | SS |
| Alex Gaston | C |
| Howard Ehmke | P |

### Roster
## 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 | Alex Gaston | 98 | 301 | 67 | .223 | 0 | 21 |
| 1B | Phil Todt | 154 | 599 | 153 | .255 | 7 | 70 |
| 2B | Bill Regan | 108 | 403 | 106 | .263 | 4 | 36 |
| SS | Topper Rigney | 148 | 525 | 142 | .270 | 4 | 50 |
| 3B | Fred Haney | 138 | 462 | 102 | .221 | 0 | 52 |
| OF | Baby Doll Jacobson | 98 | 394 | 120 | .305 | 6 | 68 |
| OF | Ira Flagstead | 98 | 415 | 124 | .299 | 3 | 31 |
| OF | Sy Rosenthal | 104 | 285 | 76 | .267 | 4 | 34 |

#### 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 |
| Mike Herrera | 74 | 237 | 61 | .257 | 0 | 19 |
| Jack Tobin | 51 | 209 | 57 | .273 | 1 | 18 |
| Wally Shaner | 69 | 191 | 54 | .283 | 0 | 19 |
| Fred Bratschi | 72 | 167 | 46 | .275 | 0 | 19 |
| Roy Carlyle | 45 | 165 | 47 | .285 | 2 | 16 |
| John Bischoff | 59 | 127 | 33 | .260 | 0 | 19 |
| Howie Fitzgerald | 31 | 97 | 25 | .258 | 0 | 8 |
| Al Stokes | 30 | 86 | 14 | .163 | 0 | 6 |
| Tom Jenkins | 21 | 50 | 9 | .180 | 0 | 6 |
| Bill Moore | 5 | 18 | 3 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Rothrock | 15 | 17 | 5 | .294 | 0 | 2 |
| Chappie Geygan | 4 | 10 | 3 | .300 | 0 | 0 |
| Boob Fowler | 2 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 1 |
| Dud Lee | 2 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
| Emmett McCann | 6 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Langford | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 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 |
| Hal Wiltse | 37 | 196.1 | 8 | 15 | 4.22 | 59 |
| Paul Zahniser | 30 | 172.0 | 6 | 18 | 4.97 | 35 |
| Slim Harriss | 21 | 113.0 | 6 | 10 | 4.46 | 34 |
| Howard Ehmke | 14 | 97.1 | 3 | 10 | 5.46 | 38 |

#### 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 |
| Ted Wingfield | 43 | 190.2 | 11 | 16 | 4.44 | 30 |
| Red Ruffing | 37 | 166.0 | 6 | 15 | 4.39 | 58 |
| Tony Welzer | 39 | 139.0 | 4 | 3 | 4.86 | 29 |
| Fred Heimach | 20 | 102.0 | 2 | 9 | 5.65 | 17 |
| Jack Russell | 36 | 98.0 | 0 | 5 | 3.58 | 17 |
| Danny MacFayden | 3 | 13.0 | 0 | 1 | 4.85 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| Del Lundgren | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7.55 | 11 |
| Joe Kiefer | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.80 | 4 |
| Happy Foreman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.68 | 3 |
| Rudy Sommers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 0 |
| Bill Clowers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Buster Ross | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16.88 | 0 |