# 1926 Detroit Tigers season

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.
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
### 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 | — |

### 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 | 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

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 |
| 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
#### 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 |
| 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

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

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

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| 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