The 1926 Boston Red Sox season was the 26th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished last in the eight-team American League (AL) with a record of 46 wins and 107 losses, games behind the New York Yankees.
After a home game at Fenway Park on May 8, 1926, a fire destroyed the third base bleachers. This was followed by a storm with severe winds on July 19, which destroyed 500 to 600 seats at the ballpark.
Regular season Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Opening Day lineup Ira Flagstead CFFred Haney 3BSy Rosenthal RFPhil Todt 1BTom Jenkins LFMike Herrera 2BDud Lee SSAlex Gaston C Howard Ehmke P
Roster 1926 Boston Red Sox Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Coaches
(Pitching)
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 Alex Gaston 98 301 67 .223 0 21 1B Phil Todt 154 599 153 .255 7 70 2B Bill Regan 108 403 106 .263 4 36 SS Topper Rigney 148 525 142 .270 4 50 3B 138 462 102 .221 0 52 OF Baby Doll Jacobson 98 394 120 .305 6 68 OF 98 415 124 .299 3 31 OF 104 285 76 .267 4 34
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 Mike Herrera 74 237 61 .257 0 19 Jack Tobin 51 209 57 .273 1 18 Wally Shaner 69 191 54 .283 0 19 Fred Bratschi 72 167 46 .275 0 19 Roy Carlyle 45 165 47 .285 2 16 John Bischoff 59 127 33 .260 0 19 Howie Fitzgerald 31 97 25 .258 0 8 Al Stokes 30 86 14 .163 0 6 Tom Jenkins 21 50 9 .180 0 6 Bill Moore 5 18 3 .167 0 0 Jack Rothrock 15 17 5 .294 0 2 Chappie Geygan 4 10 3 .300 0 0 Boob Fowler 2 8 1 .125 0 1 Dud Lee 2 7 1 .143 0 0 Emmett McCann 6 3 0 .000 0 0 Sam Langford 1 1 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 Hal Wiltse 37 196.1 8 15 4.22 59 Paul Zahniser 30 172.0 6 18 4.97 35 Slim Harriss 21 113.0 6 10 4.46 34 14 97.1 3 10 5.46 38
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 Ted Wingfield 43 190.2 11 16 4.44 30 Red Ruffing 37 166.0 6 15 4.39 58 Tony Welzer 39 139.0 4 3 4.86 29 Fred Heimach 20 102.0 2 9 5.65 17 Jack Russell 36 98.0 0 5 3.58 17 Danny MacFayden 3 13.0 0 1 4.85 1
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 Del Lundgren 18 0 2 0 7.55 11 Joe Kiefer 11 0 2 0 4.80 4 Happy Foreman 3 0 0 0 3.68 3 Rudy Sommers 2 0 0 0 13.50 0 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 Buster Ross 1 0 1 0 16.88 0
References
External links 1926 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference 1926 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com