# 1926 Philadelphia Athletics season

The 1926 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing third in the American League with a record of 83 wins and 67 losses.

## Regular season

38-year-old Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators threw a 15-inning shutout against the A's for his record sixth Opening Day shutout.

### 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 | Mickey Cochrane | 120 | 370 | 101 | .273 | 8 | 47 |
| 1B | Jim Poole | 112 | 361 | 106 | .294 | 8 | 63 |
| 2B | Max Bishop | 122 | 400 | 106 | .265 | 0 | 33 |
| SS | Chick Galloway | 133 | 408 | 98 | .240 | 0 | 49 |
| 3B | Jimmy Dykes | 124 | 429 | 123 | .287 | 1 | 42 |
| OF | Al Simmons | 147 | 583 | 199 | .341 | 19 | 110 |
| OF | Bill Lamar | 116 | 419 | 119 | .284 | 5 | 51 |
| OF | Walter French | 112 | 397 | 121 | .305 | 1 | 36 |

#### 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 |
| Sammy Hale | 111 | 327 | 92 | .281 | 4 | 44 |
| Joe Hauser | 91 | 229 | 44 | .192 | 8 | 36 |
| Frank Welch | 75 | 174 | 49 | .282 | 4 | 23 |
| Cy Perkins | 63 | 148 | 43 | .291 | 0 | 19 |
| Bing Miller | 38 | 110 | 32 | .291 | 2 | 13 |
| Alex Metzler | 20 | 67 | 16 | .239 | 0 | 11 |
| Bill Wambsganss | 54 | 54 | 19 | .352 | 0 | 2 |
| Dave Barbee | 19 | 47 | 8 | .170 | 1 | 5 |
| Frank Sigafoos | 13 | 43 | 11 | .256 | 0 | 2 |
| Jimmie Foxx | 26 | 32 | 10 | .313 | 0 | 5 |
| Tom Jenkins | 6 | 23 | 4 | .174 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Engle | 19 | 19 | 2 | .105 | 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 |
| Lefty Grove | 45 | 258.0 | 13 | 13 | 2.51 | 194 |
| Eddie Rommel | 37 | 219.0 | 11 | 11 | 3.08 | 52 |
| Jack Quinn | 31 | 163.2 | 10 | 11 | 3.41 | 58 |
| Howard Ehmke | 20 | 147.1 | 12 | 4 | 2.81 | 55 |
| Slim Harriss | 12 | 57.0 | 3 | 5 | 4.11 | 13 |

#### 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 |
| Rube Walberg | 40 | 151.0 | 12 | 10 | 2.80 | 72 |
| Sam Gray | 38 | 150.2 | 11 | 12 | 3.64 | 82 |

#### 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 |
| Joe Pate | 47 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 2.71 | 24 |
| Lefty Willis | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.39 | 13 |
| Fred Heimach | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.84 | 8 |
| Stan Baumgartner | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.03 | 0 |

## League leaders

* Lefty Grove
** American League leader, Strikeouts