1926 Philadelphia Athletics season
The 1926 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing third in the American League with a record of 83 wins and 67 losses.Regular season
38-year-old Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators threw a 15-inning shutout against the A's for his record sixth Opening Day shutout.Record vs. opponents
Roster
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 | | 120 | 370 | 101 | .273 | 8 | 47 |
1B | | 112 | 361 | 106 | .294 | 8 | 63 |
2B | | 122 | 400 | 106 | .265 | 0 | 33 |
SS | | 133 | 408 | 98 | .240 | 0 | 49 |
3B | | 124 | 429 | 123 | .287 | 1 | 42 |
OF | | 147 | 583 | 199 | .341 | 19 | 110 |
OF | | 116 | 419 | 119 | .284 | 5 | 51 |
OF | | 112 | 397 | 121 | .305 | 1 | 36 |
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 | 327 | 92 | .281 | 4 | 44 |
| 91 | 229 | 44 | .192 | 8 | 36 |
| 75 | 174 | 49 | .282 | 4 | 23 |
| 63 | 148 | 43 | .291 | 0 | 19 |
| 38 | 110 | 32 | .291 | 2 | 13 |
| 20 | 67 | 16 | .239 | 0 | 11 |
| 54 | 54 | 19 | .352 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 | 47 | 8 | .170 | 1 | 5 |
| 13 | 43 | 11 | .256 | 0 | 2 |
| 26 | 32 | 10 | .313 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | 23 | 4 | .174 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | 19 | 2 | .105 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| 45 | 258 | 13 | 13 | 2.51 | 194 |
| 37 | 219 | 11 | 11 | 3.08 | 52 |
| 31 | 163.2 | 10 | 11 | 3.41 | 58 |
| 20 | 147.1 | 12 | 4 | 2.81 | 55 |
| 12 | 57 | 3 | 5 | 4.11 | 13 |
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 |
| 40 | 151 | 12 | 10 | 2.80 | 72 |
| 38 | 150.2 | 11 | 12 | 3.64 | 82 |
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 |
| 47 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 2.71 | 24 |
| 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.39 | 13 |
| 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.84 | 8 |
| 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.03 | 0 |
- Lefty Grove
- * American League leader, Strikeouts