1926 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1926 Pittsburgh Pirates
1926 Pittsburgh Pirates
Ballpark	Forbes Field
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Owners	Barney Dreyfuss
Managers	Bill McKechnie
Television	none
Radio	none

The 1926 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 45th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise. The defending World Series champion Pirates finished third in the National League with a record of 84–69.

Regular season

Season standings

v t e 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

Record vs. opponents

1926 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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	—

Game log

1926 Game Log: 84–69 (Home: 49–28; Away: 35–41)

April: 7–10 (Home: 2–3; Away: 5–7)

May: 16–8 (Home: 13–6; Away: 3–2)

June: 11–12 (Home: 3–3; Away: 8–9)

July: 21–10 (Home: 17–7; Away: 4–3)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
68	July 1	Cardinals	7–3	Songer (4–3)	Rhem	Adams (1)	—	35–30
69	July 2	Cardinals	3–2	Kremer (6–3)	Alexander	—	—	36–30
70	July 3	Cardinals	12–3	Aldridge (7–7)	Bell	—	—	37–30
71	July 4	@ Cubs	0–2	Root	Yde (2–5)	—	—	37–31
72	July 5	Cubs	4–1	Songer (5–3)	Kaufmann	Adams (2)	—	38–31
73	July 5	Cubs	7–10	Piercy	Meadows (8–3)	Huntzinger	—	38–32
74	July 6	Cubs	0–3	Blake	Bush (0–1)	—	—	38–33
75	July 6	Cubs	3–2 (6)	Meadows (9–3)	Osborn	—	—	39–33
76	July 7	Phillies	8–7	Aldridge (8–7)	Dean	Kremer (4)	—	40–33
77	July 8	Phillies	6–10	Ulrich	Adams (2–3)	—	—	40–34
78	July 9	Phillies	9–6	Meadows (10–3)	Mitchell	—	—	41–34
79	July 10	Phillies	9–4	Kremer (7–3)	Carlson	—	—	42–34
80	July 12	Giants	6–3	Aldridge (9–7)	Scott	—	15,000	43–34
81	July 14	Giants	8–12	Ring	Songer (5–4)	—	—	43–35
82	July 14	Giants	2–5	Fitzsimmons	Meadows (10–4)	—	40,000	43–36
83	July 15	Giants	3–0	Kremer (8–3)	Greenfield	—	—	44–36
84	July 16	Braves	9–7	Bush (1–1)	Smith	Songer (1)	—	45–36
85	July 17	Braves	7–9	Goldsmith	Aldridge (9–8)	Mogridge	—	45–37
86	July 19	Braves	10–4	Meadows (11–4)	Genewich	—	—	46–37
87	July 20	Braves	8–5	Kremer (9–3)	Benton	Bush (1)	—	47–37
88	July 21	Robins	1–0	Songer (6–4)	Petty	—	—	48–37
89	July 21	Robins	2–6	Vance	Aldridge (9–9)	—	20,000	48–38
90	July 22	Robins	14–2	Yde (3–5)	Barnes	—	—	49–38
91	July 24	Robins	12–8	Meadows (12–4)	Grimes	Songer (2)	—	50–38
92	July 24	Robins	3–2	Kremer (10–3)	McGraw	—	25,000	51–38
93	July 25	@ Robins	1–3	Petty	Bush (1–2)	—	20,000	51–39
94	July 26	@ Robins	3–2	Yde (4–5)	Vance	Adams (3)	—	52–39
95	July 27	@ Giants	4–3	Songer (7–4)	Barnes	Kremer (5)	—	53–39
96	July 28	@ Giants	6–0	Meadows (13–4)	Scott	—	10,000	54–39
97	July 30	@ Phillies	1–6	Carlson	Kremer (10–4)	—	—	54–40
98	July 31	@ Phillies	10–5	Yde (5–5)	Mitchell	—	—	55–40

August: 16–12 (Home: 9–4; Away: 7–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
99	August 2	@ Phillies	3–8	Dean	Songer (7–5)	—	—	55–41
100	August 3	@ Phillies	14–2	Bush (2–2)	Ulrich	—	—	56–41
101	August 4	@ Braves	0–14	Smith	Aldridge (9–10)	—	—	56–42
102	August 4	@ Braves	5–2	Meadows (14–4)	Benton	—	—	57–42
103	August 5	@ Braves	4–3	Kremer (11–4)	Goldsmith	—	—	58–42
104	August 6	@ Braves	5–4	Yde (6–5)	Genewich	Aldridge (1)	—	59–42
105	August 7	@ Braves	0–2	Wertz	Songer (7–6)	—	—	59–43
106	August 7	@ Braves	0–2 (8)	Smith	Bush (2–3)	—	—	59–44
107	August 9	@ Robins	9–3	Kremer (12–4)	Petty	—	—	60–44
108	August 10	@ Robins	10–2	Meadows (15–4)	McWeeny	—	—	61–44
109	August 11	@ Robins	2–4	Vance	Aldridge (9–11)	McGraw	—	61–45
110	August 18	Braves	4–1	Kremer (13–4)	Smith	—	—	62–45
111	August 18	Braves	3–4	Wertz	Meadows (15–5)	—	—	62–46
112	August 19	Phillies	1–3 (10)	Carlson	Songer (7–7)	—	—	62–47
113	August 19	Phillies	4–0	Yde (7–5)	Ulrich	—	—	63–47
114	August 21	Phillies	4–2	Bush (3–3)	Dean	—	—	64–47
115	August 21	Phillies	8–5	Kremer (14–4)	Knight	—	—	65–47
116	August 23	Robins	3–7	Petty	Meadows (15–6)	—	—	65–48
117	August 23	Robins	10–2	Yde (8–5)	Barnes	—	—	66–48
118	August 24	Robins	10–1	Kremer (15–4)	Grimes	—	—	67–48
119	August 25	Robins	1–2	McGraw	Aldridge (9–12)	—	—	67–49
120	August 26	Giants	15–7	Meadows (16–6)	Fitzsimmons	Morrison (1)	—	68–49
121	August 27	Giants	4–0	Bush (4–3)	Barnes	—	—	69–49
122	August 28	Giants	8–7	Meadows (17–6)	Greenfield	Morrison (2)	—	70–49
123	August 29	@ Cardinals	2–2 (10)			—	40,000	70–49
124	August 30	@ Cardinals	3–0	Kremer (16–4)	Rhem	—	—	71–49
125	August 30	@ Cardinals	3–5	Haines	Bush (4–4)	—	—	71–50
126	August 31	@ Cardinals	1–6	Sherdel	Meadows (17–7)	—	—	71–51
127	August 31	@ Cardinals	1–2	Sothoron	Morrison (6–6)	—	23,279	71–52

September: 13–17 (Home: 5–5; Away: 8–12)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
128	September 1	@ Cardinals	2–5	Reinhart	Kremer (16–5)	—	20,000	71–53
129	September 3	@ Cubs	3–2 (10)	Hill (1–0)	Kaufmann	—	—	72–53
130	September 4	@ Cubs	2–11	Bush	Bush (4–5)	—	—	72–54
131	September 4	@ Cubs	2–3	Jones	Koupal (0–1)	—	—	72–55
132	September 5	@ Cubs	6–7 (6)	Osborn	Songer (7–8)	Huntzinger	16	72–56
133	September 6	Cardinals	1–8	Rhem	Morrison (6–7)	—	—	72–57
134	September 6	Cardinals	4–2	Kremer (17–5)	Sothoron	—	—	73–57
135	September 7	Cardinals	0–8	Sherdel	Aldridge (9–13)	—	—	73–58
136	September 8	Reds	6–1	Meadows (18–7)	Donohue	—	—	74–58
137	September 8	Reds	11–0	Hill (2–0)	Luque	—	—	75–58
138	September 9	Cubs	2–1	Bush (5–5)	Jones	—	—	76–58
139	September 9	Cubs	1–10	Kaufmann	Koupal (0–2)	—	—	76–59
140	September 10	Reds	5–2	Kremer (18–5)	Rixey	—	—	77–59
141	September 10	Reds	2–5	Lucas	Morrison (6–8)	—	—	77–60
142	September 11	Reds	6–10	Mays	Hill (2–1)	—	—	77–61
143	September 12	@ Giants	5–1	Aldridge (10–13)	Fitzsimmons	Bush (2)	—	78–61
144	September 12	@ Giants	7–1	Meadows (19–7)	Greenfield	—	40,000	79–61
145	September 13	@ Giants	5–9	Ring	Hill (2–2)	Davies	—	79–62
146	September 14	@ Giants	5–0	Kremer (19–5)	McQuillan	—	—	80–62
147	September 15	@ Giants	5–6	Scott	Bush (5–6)	—	—	80–63
148	September 16	@ Robins	1–2	Barnes	Meadows (19–8)	—	—	80–64
149	September 17	@ Robins	1–3	Vance	Hill (2–3)	—	—	80–65
150	September 18	@ Robins	1–3	McWeeny	Yde (8–6)	—	—	80–66
151	September 19	@ Robins	7–4	Kremer (20–5)	Grimes	—	20,000	81–66
152	September 20	@ Phillies	4–0	Bush (6–6)	Willoughby	—	—	82–66
153	September 21	@ Phillies	2–7	Mitchell	Meadows (19–9)	—	—	82–67
154	September 22	@ Phillies	9–3	Hill (3–3)	Dean	—	—	83–67
155	September 23	@ Braves	1–2	Edwards	Kremer (20–6)	Benton	—	83–68
156	September 25	@ Braves	11–8	Meadows (20–9)	Mogridge	Bush (3)	—	84–68
157	September 25	@ Braves	2–5	Genewich	Yde (8–7)	—	—	84–69

Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie
Bold = Pirates team member

Detailed records

National League
Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
Boston Braves	11	10	0.524	97	102
Brooklyn Robins	13	9	0.591	113	77
Chicago Cubs	12	10	0.545	83	91
Cincinnati Reds	9	13	0.409	102	119
New York Giants	16	6	0.727	131	83
Philadelphia Phillies	14	8	0.636	154	113
Pittsburgh Pirates
St. Louis Cardinals	9	13	0.409	89	104
Total	84	69	0.549	769	689
Season Total	84	69	0.549	769	689

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
April	17	7	10	0.412	80	77
May	24	16	8	0.667	137	112
June	23	11	12	0.478	118	134
July	31	21	10	0.677	178	135
August	28	16	12	0.571	137	102
September	30	13	17	0.433	119	129
Total	153	84	69	0.549	769	689

Total	153	84	69	0.549	769	689
	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home	77	49	28	0.636	437	365
Away	76	35	41	0.461	318	310

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1926 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Bill McKechnie

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	Earl Smith	105	292	101	.346	2	46
3B	Pie Traynor	152	574	182	.317	3	92
OF	Max Carey	86	324	72	.222	0	28
OF	Paul Waner	144	536	180	.336	8	79

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
Roy Spencer	28	43	17	.395	0	4

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
Vic Aldridge	30	190	10	13	4.07	61

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
Don Songer	35	126.1	7	8	3.13	27
Joe Bush	19	110.2	6	6	3.01	38

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
Babe Adams	19	2	3	3	6.14	7
Bud Culloton	4	0	0	0	7.36	1
Chet Nichols	3	0	0	0	8.22	2

References

^ From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.

[1] From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.

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