1926 Boston Braves season

1926 Boston Braves
1926 Boston Braves
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1876);
Location
	Braves Field (since 1915); Boston, Massachusetts (since 1871);
Results
Record	66–86 (.434)
League place	7th
Other information
Owners	Emil Fuchs
Managers	Dave Bancroft
Local television	none
Local radio	WNAC; (Fred Hoey)
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The 1926 Boston Braves season was the 56th season of the franchise.

Regular season

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	89	65	0.578	—	47–30	42–35
Cincinnati Reds	87	67	0.565	2	53–23	34–44
Pittsburgh Pirates	84	69	0.549	4½	49–28	35–41
Chicago Cubs	82	72	0.532	7	49–28	33–44
New York Giants	74	77	0.490	13½	43–33	31–44
Brooklyn Robins	71	82	0.464	17½	38–38	33–44
Boston Braves	66	86	0.434	22	43–34	23–52
Philadelphia Phillies	58	93	0.384	29½	33–42	25–51

1926 National League record 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	—

1926 Boston Braves

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

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	Zack Taylor	125	432	110	.255	0	42
1B	Dick Burrus	131	486	131	.270	3	61
2B	Doc Gautreau	79	266	71	.267	0	8
SS	Dave Bancroft	127	453	141	.311	1	44
3B	Andy High	130	476	141	.296	2	66
OF	Jack Smith	96	322	100	.311	2	25
OF	Eddie Brown	153	612	201	.328	2	84
OF	Jimmy Welsh	134	490	136	.278	3	57

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
Ed Taylor	92	272	73	.268	0	33
Frank Wilson	87	236	56	.237	0	23
Eddie Moore	54	184	49	.266	0	15
Leslie Mann	50	129	39	.302	1	20
Johnny Cooney	64	126	38	.302	0	18
Bernie Neis	30	93	20	.215	0	8
Oscar Siemer	31	73	15	.205	0	5
Jimmy Johnston	23	57	14	.246	1	5
Frank Gibson	24	47	16	.340	0	7
Shanty Hogan	4	14	4	.286	0	5
Harry Riconda	4	12	2	.167	0	0
Sid Womack	1	3	0	.000	0	1

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Larry Benton	43	231.2	14	14	3.85	103
Joe Genewich	37	216.0	8	16	3.88	59
Bob Smith	33	201.1	10	13	3.75	44
Johnny Werts	32	189.1	11	9	3.28	65
Hal Goldsmith	19	101.0	5	7	4.37	16
Foster Edwards	3	25.0	2	0	0.72	4

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
George Mogridge	39	142.0	6	10	4.50	46
Bunny Hearn	34	117.1	4	9	4.22	40
Johnny Cooney	19	83.1	3	3	4.00	23
Kyle Graham	15	36.1	3	3	7.93	7
Rosy Ryan	7	19.0	0	2	7.58	1

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Bill Vargus	4	0	0	0	3.00	0

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	Providence Rubes	Eastern League	Rube Marquard

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Providence[1]

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997

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