# 1926 Washington Senators season

The 1926 Washington Senators won 81 games, lost 69, and finished in fourth place in the American League. They were managed by Bucky Harris and played home games at Griffith Stadium.

## 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 | Muddy Ruel | 117 | 368 | 110 | .299 | 1 | 55 |
| 1B | Joe Judge | 134 | 453 | 132 | .291 | 7 | 92 |
| 2B | Bucky Harris | 141 | 537 | 152 | .283 | 1 | 63 |
| SS | Buddy Myer | 132 | 434 | 132 | .304 | 1 | 60 |
| 3B | Ossie Bluege | 139 | 487 | 132 | .271 | 3 | 65 |
| OF | Goose Goslin | 147 | 568 | 201 | .354 | 17 | 109 |
| OF | Sam Rice | 152 | 641 | 216 | .337 | 3 | 75 |
| OF | Earl McNeely | 124 | 442 | 134 | .303 | 0 | 48 |

#### 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 |
| Joe Harris | 92 | 257 | 79 | .307 | 5 | 55 |
| Roger Peckinpaugh | 57 | 147 | 35 | .238 | 1 | 14 |
| Bennie Tate | 59 | 142 | 38 | .268 | 1 | 12 |
| Stuffy Stewart | 62 | 63 | 17 | .270 | 0 | 9 |
| Danny Taylor | 21 | 50 | 15 | .300 | 1 | 5 |
| Bobby Reeves | 20 | 49 | 11 | .224 | 0 | 7 |
| Hank Severeid | 22 | 34 | 7 | .206 | 0 | 4 |
| Jack Tobin | 27 | 33 | 7 | .212 | 0 | 3 |
| Tex Jeanes | 21 | 30 | 7 | .233 | 0 | 3 |
| Russ Ennis | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 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 |
| Walter Johnson | 33 | 260.2 | 15 | 16 | 3.63 | 125 |
| Stan Coveleski | 36 | 245.1 | 14 | 11 | 3.12 | 50 |
| Dutch Ruether | 23 | 169.1 | 12 | 6 | 4.84 | 48 |
| George Murray | 12 | 81.1 | 6 | 3 | 5.64 | 28 |
| Joe Bush | 12 | 71.1 | 1 | 8 | 6.69 | 27 |

#### 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 |
| General Crowder | 19 | 100.0 | 7 | 4 | 3.96 | 26 |
| Curly Ogden | 22 | 96.1 | 4 | 4 | 4.30 | 21 |
| Alex Ferguson | 19 | 47.2 | 3 | 4 | 7.74 | 16 |
| Dick Jones | 4 | 21.0 | 2 | 1 | 4.29 | 3 |
| Emilio Palmero | 7 | 17.0 | 2 | 2 | 4.76 | 6 |

#### 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 |
| Firpo Marberry | 64 | 12 | 7 | 22 | 3.00 | 43 |
| Bill Morrell | 26 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5.30 | 16 |
| Harry Kelley | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.10 | 6 |
| Lefty Thomas | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.19 | 3 |
| Jimmy Uchrinscko | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.13 | 0 |
| Bump Hadley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 0 |
| Frank Loftus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |