# 1926 Philadelphia Phillies season

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.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 89 | 65 | .578 | — | 47‍–‍30 | 42‍–‍35 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 87 | 67 | .565 | 2 | 53‍–‍23 | 34‍–‍44 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 84 | 69 | .549 | 4½ | 49‍–‍28 | 35‍–‍41 |
| Chicago Cubs | 82 | 72 | .532 | 7 | 49‍–‍28 | 33‍–‍44 |
| New York Giants | 74 | 77 | .490 | 13½ | 43‍–‍33 | 31‍–‍44 |
| Brooklyn Robins | 71 | 82 | .464 | 17½ | 38‍–‍38 | 33‍–‍44 |
| Boston Braves | 66 | 86 | .434 | 22 | 43‍–‍34 | 23‍–‍52 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 58 | 93 | .384 | 29½ | 33‍–‍42 | 25‍–‍51 |

### Record vs. opponents

1926 National League recordvte Sources: :
| 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
## 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 | 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

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 |
| 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
#### 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 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

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

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