# 1926 Brooklyn Robins season

The 1926 Brooklyn Robins season was the 18th and final season for long–time team star Zack Wheat.

## Offseason

* October 6, 1925: Zack Taylor, Jimmy Johnston and Eddie Brown were traded by the Robins to the Boston Braves for Jesse Barnes, Mickey O'Neil and Gus Felix.
* January 1926: Chick Fewster was purchased by the Robins from the Cleveland Indians.

## 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 | — |

### Game log

Legend :
| | Dodgers win |
| | Dodgers loss |
| | Postponement |
| Bold | Dodgers team member |
1926 Game Log :
April (13–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 13New Yorks Giants3–0Petty45,000
2April 14New Yorks Giants5–9Ring
3April 16New Yorks Giants2–3Scott
4April 17Phillies3–15Mitchell10,000
5April 18Phillies2–1Petty25,000
6April 19PhilliesMcGraw2,000
7April 22New Yorks Giants26,000
8April 23New Yorks Giants7,000
9April 24New Yorks Giants2–1
10April 25New Yorks Giants8–620,000
11April 276–5
12April 285–4
13April 283–1
14April 308–4 :
May (12–16)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
15May 1Phillies
16May 2Boston Braves
17May 3Boston Braves
18May 4Boston Braves
19May 6 :

### Notable transactions

* June 15, 1926: Sam Bohne was purchased by the Robins from the Cincinnati Reds.

### 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 O'Neil | 75 | 201 | 42 | .209 | 0 | 20 |
| 1B | Babe Herman | 137 | 496 | 158 | .319 | 11 | 81 |
| 2B | Chick Fewster | 105 | 337 | 82 | .243 | 2 | 24 |
| 3B | William Marriott | 109 | 360 | 96 | .267 | 3 | 42 |
| SS | Johnny Butler | 147 | 501 | 135 | .269 | 1 | 68 |
| OF | Zack Wheat | 111 | 411 | 119 | .290 | 5 | 35 |
| OF | Dick Cox | 124 | 398 | 118 | .296 | 1 | 45 |
| OF | Gus Felix | 134 | 432 | 121 | .280 | 3 | 53 |

#### 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 |
| Merwin Jacobson | 110 | 288 | 71 | .247 | 0 | 23 |
| Jack Fournier | 87 | 243 | 69 | .284 | 11 | 48 |
| Rabbit Maranville | 78 | 234 | 55 | .235 | 0 | 24 |
| Charlie Hargreaves | 85 | 208 | 52 | .250 | 2 | 23 |
| Sam Bohne | 47 | 125 | 25 | .200 | 1 | 11 |
| Hank DeBerry | 48 | 115 | 33 | .287 | 0 | 13 |
| Jerry Standaert | 66 | 113 | 39 | .345 | 0 | 14 |
| Max Carey | 27 | 100 | 26 | .260 | 0 | 7 |
| Whitey Witt | 63 | 85 | 22 | .259 | 0 | 3 |
| Moose Clabaugh | 11 | 14 | 1 | .071 | 0 | 1 |
| Snooks Dowd | 2 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Milt Stock | 3 | 8 | 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 |
| Jesse Petty | 38 | 275.2 | 17 | 17 | 2.84 | 101 |
| Burleigh Grimes | 30 | 225.1 | 12 | 13 | 3.71 | 64 |
| Dazzy Vance | 24 | 169.0 | 9 | 10 | 3.89 | 140 |
| Jesse Barnes | 31 | 158.0 | 10 | 11 | 5.24 | 29 |

#### 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 |
| Doug McWeeny | 42 | 216.1 | 11 | 13 | 3.04 | 96 |
| Bob McGraw | 33 | 174.1 | 9 | 13 | 4.59 | 49 |

#### 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 |
| Rube Ehrhardt | 44 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3.90 | 25 |
| George Boehler | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.41 | 10 |
| Leon Williams | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 3 |
| Dutch Stryker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 0 |
| Ray Moss | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |