Major League Baseball team season
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 [ edit ] Season standings [ edit ] Record vs. opponents [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 1926 Game Log: 84–69 (Home: 49–28; Away: 35–41) April: 7–10 (Home: 2–3; Away: 5–7)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 13 @ Cardinals 6–7 Rhem Aldridge (0–1) — 17,000 0–1 2 April 14 @ Cardinals 10–3 Kremer (1–0) Bell — — 1–1 3 April 15 @ Cardinals 0–2 Keen Morrison (0–1) — — 1–2 4 April 16 @ Cardinals 2–3 Sothoron Sheehan (0–1) — — 1–3 5 April 17 @ Reds 3–4 Donohue Yde (0–1) May 5,500 1–4 6 April 18 @ Reds 3–1 Aldridge (1–1) Luque — 20,000 2–4 7 April 19 @ Reds 1–2 Mays Kremer (1–1) — 2,000 2–5 8 April 20 @ Reds 2–5 Lucas Morrison (0–2) — 4,700 2–6 9 April 22 Cardinals 3–5 (10) Keen Morrison (0–3) — — 2–7 10 April 23 Cardinals 3–2 Aldridge (2–1) Johnson — — 3–7 11 April 24 Cardinals 3–9 Rhem Kremer (1–2) — — 3–8 12 April 25 @ Cubs 3–4 Bush Yde (0–2) — — 3–9 13 April 26 @ Cubs 8–6 Meadows (1–0) Piercy Oldham (1) — 4–9 14 April 27 @ Cubs 2–0 Morrison (1–3) Alexander — — 5–9 15 April 28 @ Cubs 9–4 Aldridge (3–1) Kaufmann — — 6–9 16 April 29 Reds 9–16 Luque Sheehan (0–2) — — 6–10 17 April 30 Reds 13–4 Meadows (2–0) Mays — — 7–10
May: 16–8 (Home: 13–6; Away: 3–2)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 18 May 1 Reds 3–2 Morrison (2–3) Lucas Kremer (1) — 8–10 19 May 2 @ Reds 3–4 Donohue Aldridge (3–2) — 18,000 8–11 20 May 5 Braves 3–2 Meadows (3–0) Smith — — 9–11 21 May 6 Braves 1–3 Wertz Morrison (2–4) Hearn — 9–12 22 May 7 Braves 11–10 (11) Adams (1–0) Benton — — 10–12 23 May 8 Braves 5–9 Graham Yde (0–3) — — 10–13 24 May 11 Phillies 11–1 Kremer (2–2) Mitchell — — 11–13 25 May 12 Phillies 14–3 Meadows (4–0) Knight — — 12–13 26 May 13 Phillies 0–6 Carlson Aldridge (3–3) — — 12–14 27 May 14 Robins 5–5 (7) — — 12–14 28 May 15 Robins 2–0 Morrison (3–4) McGraw — — 13–14 29 May 17 Robins 7–6 (12) Oldham (1–0) Ehrhardt — — 14–14 30 May 18 Robins 4–4 — — 14–14 31 May 19 Giants 6–3 Aldridge (4–3) Scott — — 15–14 32 May 20 Giants 4–5 Greenfield Morrison (3–5) Davies 12,000 15–15 33 May 21 Giants 7–5 Kremer (3–2) Ring — — 16–15 34 May 22 Giants 6–5 Morrison (4–5) Greenfield — 25,000 17–15 35 May 23 @ Reds 7–2 Yde (1–3) Donohue — 22,000 18–15 36 May 24 @ Cubs 1–3 Blake Aldridge (4–4) — — 18–16 37 May 25 @ Cubs 5–2 Morrison (5–5) Root — — 19–16 38 May 27 Cubs 2–5 Kaufmann Oldham (1–1) — — 19–17 39 May 28 Cubs 6–5 (11) Meadows (5–0) Bush — — 20–17 40 May 29 Cubs 9–7 Adams (2–0) Root Oldham (2) — 21–17 41 May 30 @ Reds 4–3 Meadows (6–0) Luque — 16,000 22–17 42 May 31 Reds 2–7 Mays Songer (0–1) — — 22–18 43 May 31 Reds 9–5 Morrison (6–5) Lucas — — 23–18
June: 11–12 (Home: 3–3; Away: 8–9)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 44 June 3 Cubs 3–2 Yde (2–3) Root — — 24–18 45 June 4 Cubs 5–1 Meadows (7–0) Bush — — 25–18 46 June 6 @ Robins 0–3 Grimes Aldridge (4–5) — 30,000 25–19 47 June 8 @ Robins 4–3 Songer (1–1) McWeeny Kremer (2) — 26–19 48 June 9 @ Phillies 9–7 (10) Kremer (4–2) Knight — — 27–19 49 June 10 @ Phillies 9–13 Mitchell Adams (2–1) — — 27–20 50 June 11 @ Phillies 11–13 Willoughby Aldridge (4–6) — — 27–21 51 June 12 @ Phillies 8–2 Songer (2–1) Carlson — — 28–21 52 June 14 @ Braves 2–3 Benton Yde (2–4) Mogridge — 28–22 53 June 16 @ Braves 6–3 Aldridge (5–6) Genewich — — 29–22 54 June 17 @ Giants 5–6 (13) Fitzsimmons Adams (2–2) — — 29–23 55 June 18 @ Giants 8–3 Songer (3–1) Scott — — 30–23 56 June 19 @ Giants 4–2 Kremer (5–2) Ring — 30,000 31–23 57 June 20 @ Giants 8–0 Aldridge (6–6) Greenfield — 40,000 32–23 58 June 21 Cardinals 13–11 Oldham (2–1) Huntzinger Kremer (3) — 33–23 59 June 22 @ Cardinals 3–1 Meadows (8–0) Keen — — 34–23 60 June 23 @ Cardinals 2–6 Haines Songer (3–2) — — 34–24 61 June 24 @ Cardinals 3–3 — — 34–24 62 June 25 Reds 8–9 Lucas Oldham (2–2) — — 34–25 63 June 26 Reds 1–9 Mays Meadows (8–1) — — 34–26 64 June 27 @ Reds 0–16 Donohue Songer (3–3) — 25,000 34–27 65 June 28 @ Reds 1–6 Rixey Aldridge (6–7) — 5,500 34–28 66 June 29 @ Reds 3–6 Mays Kremer (5–3) — 6,600 34–29 67 June 30 Cardinals 2–6 Haines Meadows (8–2) — — 34–30
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 [ edit ] 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
Games Won Lost Win % RS RA Home 77 49 28 0.636 437 365 Away 76 35 41 0.461 318 310 Total 153 84 69 0.549 769 689
Opening Day lineup [ edit ] 1926 Pittsburgh Pirates Roster Pitchers Catchers Infielders
Outfielders Manager
Player stats [ edit ] Batting [ edit ] Starters by position [ edit ] Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Other batters [ edit ] Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pitching [ edit ] Starting pitchers [ edit ] Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Other pitchers [ edit ] Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Relief pitchers [ edit ] Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
References [ edit ]
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