1926 Detroit Tigers season

The 1926 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished sixth in the American League with a record of 79–75, 12 games behind the New York Yankees.

1926 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
OwnersFrank Navin
ManagersTy Cobb
Local televisionnone
Local radioWWJ (AM)
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Heinie Manush won the AL batting title this year, hitting .378, denying Babe Ruth of the Triple Crown. Ruth led the AL in home runs and RBI, but finished second to Manush in batting average at .372.

Regular season

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9163 0.591 — 50–25 41–38
Cleveland Indians 8866 0.571 3 49–31 39–35
Philadelphia Athletics 8367 0.553 6 44–27 39–40
Washington Senators 8169 0.540 8 42–30 39–39
Chicago White Sox 8172 0.529 9½ 47–31 34–41
Detroit Tigers 7975 0.513 12 39–41 40–34
St. Louis Browns 6292 0.403 29 40–39 22–53
Boston Red Sox 46107 0.301 44½ 25–51 21–56

Record vs. opponents
1926 American League record

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston —6–166–167–155–178–1411–11–13–18
Chicago 16–6—13–914–8–28–146–1513–911–11
Cleveland 16–69–13—11–1111–1114–811–1116–6
Detroit 15–78–14–211–11—10–1211–1112–1012–10–1
New York 17–514–811–1112–10—9–1316–612–10–1
Philadelphia 14–815–68–1411–1113–9—15–77–12
St. Louis 11–11–19–1311–1110–126–167–15—8–14
Washington 18–311–116–1610–12–110–12–112–714–8—

Roster
1926 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CClyde Manion7517635.199015
1BLu Blue128429123.287152
2BCharlie Gehringer123459127.277148
SSJackie Tavener156532141.265158
3BJack Warner10031178.251034
OFHarry Heilmann141502184.3679101
OFBob Fothergill110387142.367373
OFHeinie Manush136498188.3781486

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
Frank O'Rourke11136388.242141
Al Wingo10829884.282145
Johnny Neun9724272.298015
Ty Cobb7923379.339462
Johnny Bassler6617453.305023
Larry Woodall6714634.233015
Les Burke387517.22704
Billy Mullen11131.07700
Ray Hayworth12113.27305

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
Earl Whitehill36252.116133.99109
Sam Gibson35196.11293.4861
Ed Wells36178.012104.1558
Lil Stoner32159.27105.4757
Rudy Kneisch217.0012.654

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
Ken Holloway36139.0465.1243
Rip Collins30122.0882.7344
Augie Johns35112.2645.3540
Wilbur Cooper813.20411.202

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
Hooks Dauss3512694.2027
George Smith231206.9515
Clyde Barfoot111224.887
Jess Doyle20014.152

Farm system
See also: Minor league baseball
Level Team League Manager
AA Toronto Maple Leafs International League Dan Howley
A Fort Worth Panthers Texas League Jake Atz
C Wheeling Stogies Middle Atlantic League Ed Lennox and John Hummel

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Toronto[1]

Notes
  1. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007
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