1926 Philadelphia Athletics

83-67 • 0.553 Win% • 3rd in AL

📊 Season Record

83 Wins
67 Losses
0.553 Win %
3rd Rank
677 R 570 RA
Diff +107

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⚡ Quick Stats

677 Runs Scored
570 Runs Allowed
+107 Run Diff
691K Attendance

📈 vs. 1926 AL Average

Batting Avg .269 4% below the 1926 league average (.281)
OBP .337 3% below the 1926 league average (.347)
SLG .305 2% below the 1926 league average (.311)
Team ERA 3.00 25% better than the 1926 league average (4.02)
Runs Scored 677 7% below the 1926 league average (729 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumShibe Park
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Home Games 71
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Total Attendance 691,500
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Avg per Game 9,739

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Bill Wambsganss 0.352 2 Al Simmons 0.341 3 Walt French 0.305 4 Jim Poole 0.294 5 Bing Miller 0.291

Home Runs

1 Al Simmons 19 2 Mickey Cochrane 8 3 Joe Hauser 8 4 Jim Poole 8 5 Bill Lamar 5

RBI

1 Al Simmons 109 2 Jim Poole 63 3 Bill Lamar 50 4 Chick Galloway 49 5 Mickey Cochrane 47
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Al Simmons 147 583 90 199 0 0 19 109 48 49 11 0.341
Jimmy Dykes 124 429 54 123 0 0 1 44 49 34 6 0.287
Bill Lamar 116 419 62 119 0 0 5 50 18 15 4 0.284
Chick Galloway 133 408 37 98 0 0 0 49 31 20 8 0.240
Max Bishop 122 400 77 106 0 0 0 33 116 41 4 0.265
Walt French 112 397 51 121 0 0 1 36 18 24 2 0.305
Mickey Cochrane 120 370 50 101 0 0 8 47 56 15 5 0.273
Jim Poole 112 361 49 106 0 0 8 63 23 25 4 0.294
Sammy Hale 111 327 49 92 0 0 4 43 13 36 1 0.281
Joe Hauser 91 229 31 44 0 0 8 36 39 35 1 0.192
Frank Welch 75 174 26 49 0 0 4 23 26 9 2 0.282
Cy Perkins 63 148 14 43 0 0 0 19 18 7 0 0.291
Bing Miller 38 110 13 32 0 0 2 13 11 6 4 0.291
Lefty Grove 45 81 6 8 0 0 0 6 5 42 0 0.099
Alex Metzler 20 67 8 16 0 0 0 12 7 5 1 0.239
Eddie Rommel 37 61 6 6 0 0 0 2 6 8 0 0.098
Bill Wambsganss 54 54 11 19 0 0 0 1 8 8 1 0.352
Sam Gray 38 51 6 11 0 0 0 2 5 10 0 0.216
Dave Barbee 19 47 7 8 0 0 1 5 2 4 0 0.170
Howard Ehmke 21 46 2 7 0 0 0 5 2 6 1 0.152
Jack Quinn 31 46 4 8 0 0 0 3 3 9 0 0.174
Rube Walberg 40 46 0 7 0 0 0 4 2 13 0 0.152
Frank Sigafoos 13 43 4 11 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0.256
Jimmie Foxx 26 32 8 10 0 0 0 5 1 6 1 0.312
Joe Pate 47 27 1 4 0 0 0 4 3 3 0 0.148
Tom Jenkins 6 23 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.174
Charlie Engle 19 19 7 2 0 0 0 0 10 6 0 0.105
Slim Harriss 12 17 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0.059
Fred Heimach 14 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0.100
Lefty Willis 13 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.222
Stan Baumgartner 10 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.333

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Lefty Willis 1.39 2 Lefty Grove 2.51 3 Joe Pate 2.71 4 Rube Walberg 2.80 5 Howard Ehmke 2.81

Wins

1 Lefty Grove 13 2 Howard Ehmke 12 3 Rube Walberg 12 4 Sam Gray 11 5 Eddie Rommel 11

Strikeouts

1 Lefty Grove 194 2 Sam Gray 82 3 Rube Walberg 72 4 Jack Quinn 58 5 Howard Ehmke 55
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Lefty Grove 13 13 2.51 45 33 6 258.0 101 194
Eddie Rommel 11 11 3.08 37 26 0 219.0 54 52
Jack Quinn 10 11 3.41 31 21 1 163.2 36 58
Rube Walberg 12 10 2.80 40 19 2 151.0 60 72
Sam Gray 11 12 3.64 38 18 0 150.2 50 82
Howard Ehmke 12 4 2.81 20 18 0 147.1 50 55
Joe Pate 9 0 2.71 47 2 6 113.0 51 24
Slim Harriss 3 5 4.11 12 10 0 57.0 22 13
Lefty Willis 0 0 1.39 13 1 1 32.1 12 13
Fred Heimach 1 0 2.84 13 1 0 31.2 5 8
Stan Baumgartner 1 1 4.03 10 1 0 22.1 10 0

👥 Roster (31)

Dave Barbee Stan Baumgartner Max Bishop Mickey Cochrane Jimmy Dykes Howard Ehmke Charlie Engle Jimmie Foxx Walt French Chick Galloway Sam Gray Lefty Grove +19 more

31 players

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