1926 Detroit Tigers season explained

Detroit Tigers
Season:	1926
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Navin Field
City:	Detroit, Michigan
Owners:	Frank Navin
Managers:	Ty Cobb
Radio:	WWJ (AM)

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.

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

Roster

1926 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

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		75	176	35	.199	0	15
1B		128	429	123	.287	1	52
2B		123	459	127	.277	1	48
SS		156	532	141	.265	1	58
3B		100	311	78	.251	0	34
OF		141	502	184	.367	9	101
OF		110	387	142	.367	3	73
OF		136	498	188	.378	14	86

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
	111	363	88	.242	1	41
	108	298	84	.282	1	45
	97	242	72	.298	0	15
	79	233	79	.339	4	62
	66	174	53	.305	0	23
	67	146	34	.233	0	15
	38	75	17	.227	0	4
	11	13	1	.077	0	0
	12	11	3	.273	0	5

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
	36	252.1	16	13	3.99	109
	35	196.1	12	9	3.48	61
	36	178.0	12	10	4.15	58
	32	159.2	7	10	5.47	57
	2	17.0	0	1	2.65	4

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
	36	139.0	4	6	5.12	43
	30	122.0	8	8	2.73	44
	35	112.2	6	4	5.35	40
	8	13.2	0	4	11.20	2

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
	35	12	6	9	4.20	27
	23	1	2	0	6.95	15
	11	1	2	2	4.88	7
	2	0	0	1	4.15	2

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Toronto^[1]

External links

• 1926 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

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