# 1926 St. Louis Browns season

The 1926 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 7th in the American League with a record of 62 wins and 92 losses.

## Regular season

* April 26, 1926, football star Ernie Nevers made his major league baseball debut in a game with the Browns.

### 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

* = Indicates team leader

### 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 | Wally Schang | 103 | 285 | 94 | .330 | 8 | 50 |
| 1B | George Sisler | 150 | 613 | 178 | .290 | 7 | 71 |
| 2B | Ski Melillo | 99 | 385 | 98 | .255 | 1 | 30 |
| 3B | Marty McManus | 149 | 549 | 156 | .284 | 9 | 68 |
| SS | Wally Gerber | 131 | 411 | 111 | .270 | 0 | 42 |
| OF | Ken Williams | 108 | 347 | 97 | .280 | 17 | 74 |
| OF | Bing Miller | 94 | 353 | 117 | .331 | 4 | 53 |
| OF | Harry Rice | 148 | 578 | 181 | .313 | 9 | 59 |

#### 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 |
| Gene Robertson | 78 | 247 | 62 | .251 | 1 | 20 |
| Pinky Hargrave | 92 | 235 | 66 | .281 | 7 | 40 |
| Herschel Bennett | 80 | 225 | 60 | .267 | 1 | 24 |
| Cedric Durst | 80 | 219 | 52 | .237 | 3 | 18 |
| Baby Doll Jacobson | 50 | 182 | 52 | .286 | 2 | 21 |
| Leo Dixon | 33 | 89 | 17 | .191 | 0 | 8 |
| Bobby LaMotte | 36 | 79 | 16 | .203 | 0 | 9 |
| Jimmy Austin | 1 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 1 |

### 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 |
| Tom Zachary | 34 | 247.1 | 14 | 15 | 3.60 | 53 |
| Milt Gaston | 32 | 214.1 | 10 | 18 | 4.33 | 39 |
| Joe Giard | 22 | 90.0 | 3 | 10 | 7.00 | 18 |
| Charlie Robertson | 8 | 28.0 | 1 | 2 | 8.36 | 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 |
| Elam Vangilder | 42 | 181.0 | 9 | 11 | 5.17 | 40 |
| Ernie Wingard | 39 | 169.0 | 5 | 8 | 3.57 | 30 |
| Win Ballou | 43 | 154.0 | 11 | 10 | 4.79 | 59 |
| Dixie Davis | 27 | 83.0 | 3 | 8 | 4.66 | 39 |
| Ernie Nevers | 11 | 74.2 | 2 | 4 | 4.46 | 16 |
| Chet Falk | 18 | 74.0 | 4 | 4 | 5.35 | 7 |
| Claude Jonnard | 12 | 36.0 | 0 | 2 | 6.00 | 13 |
Ernie Wingard was team leader in saves with 3.

#### 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 |
| Stew Bolen | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.14 | 7 |
| George Sisler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 |