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1926 Boston Braves Statistics
Team Record: 66-86
Finished 7th in the NL
Attendance: 303,598, Avg. 6,625
Ballpark: Braves Field
Manager: Dave Bancroft (66-86)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
1926 Boston Braves Results
The Boston Braves of the National League ended the 1926 season with a record of 66 wins and 86 losses, finishing seventh in the NL.
The Braves scored 624 runs and gave up 719 runs. Eddie Brown drove in 84 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time with a .328 average. Larry Benton led the team with 14 wins, while Johnny Werts recorded a 3.28 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Dave Bancroft coached the team.
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Pitching:
Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Larry Benton | 14 | 14 | .500 | 3.85 | 43 | 27 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 231.7 | 244 | 113 | 99 | 10 | 81 | 0 | 103 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 996 |
Johnny Werts | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3.28 | 32 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 189.3 | 212 | 85 | 69 | 6 | 47 | 0 | 65 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 820 |
Bob Smith | 10 | 13 | .435 | 3.75 | 33 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 201.3 | 199 | 91 | 84 | 10 | 75 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 845 |
Joe Genewich | 8 | 16 | .333 | 3.88 | 37 | 26 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 216.0 | 239 | 114 | 93 | 6 | 63 | 0 | 59 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 943 |
George Mogridge | 6 | 10 | .375 | 4.50 | 39 | 10 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 142.0 | 173 | 82 | 71 | 6 | 36 | 0 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 619 |
Hal Goldsmith | 5 | 7 | .417 | 4.37 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 101.0 | 135 | 62 | 49 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 451 |
Bunny Hearn | 4 | 9 | .308 | 4.22 | 34 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 117.3 | 121 | 63 | 55 | 2 | 56 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 511 |
Johnny Cooney | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.00 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 83.3 | 106 | 52 | 37 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 386 |
Kyle Graham | 3 | 3 | .500 | 7.93 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36.3 | 54 | 32 | 32 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 178 |
Foster Edwards | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.72 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 103 |
Bill Vargus | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
Rosy Ryan | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.58 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 29 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 88 |
Totals | 66 | 86 | .434 | 4.01 | 285 | 153 | 93 | 60 | 9 | 9 | 1365.3 | 1536 | 718 | 608 | 46 | 455 | 0 | 408 | 36 | 0 | 23 | 5954 |
Batting:
Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eddie Brown | 153 | 650 | 612 | 71 | 201 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 84 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 20 | .328 | .355 | .415 | .770 | 254 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
Dave Bancroft | 127 | 541 | 453 | 70 | 141 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 64 | 29 | .311 | .399 | .384 | .783 | 174 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
Andy High | 130 | 533 | 476 | 55 | 141 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 66 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 9 | .296 | .351 | .387 | .737 | 184 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
Jimmy Welsh | 134 | 563 | 490 | 69 | 136 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 57 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 28 | .278 | .333 | .378 | .711 | 185 | 0 | 8 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
Dick Burrus | 131 | 540 | 486 | 59 | 131 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 61 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 16 | .270 | .324 | .335 | .659 | 163 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
Zack Taylor | 125 | 470 | 432 | 36 | 110 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 27 | .255 | .303 | .319 | .622 | 138 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Jack Smith | 96 | 359 | 322 | 46 | 100 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 0 | 28 | 12 | .311 | .369 | .388 | .758 | 125 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Eddie Taylor | 92 | 327 | 272 | 37 | 73 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 26 | .268 | .368 | .313 | .681 | 85 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
Doc Gautreau | 79 | 317 | 266 | 36 | 71 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 35 | 24 | .267 | .356 | .331 | .687 | 88 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
Frank Wilson | 87 | 265 | 236 | 22 | 56 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 21 | .237 | .300 | .309 | .609 | 73 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Eddie Moore | 54 | 212 | 184 | 17 | 49 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 12 | .266 | .325 | .304 | .629 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
Les Mann | 50 | 141 | 129 | 23 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 9 | .302 | .348 | .419 | .766 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Johnny Cooney | 64 | 147 | 126 | 17 | 38 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 7 | .302 | .367 | .357 | .724 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Smith | 40 | 87 | 84 | 10 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .298 | .314 | .417 | .731 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bernie Neis | 30 | 103 | 93 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 10 | .215 | .277 | .312 | .589 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Johnny Werts | 32 | 72 | 64 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .266 | .319 | .328 | .647 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Frank Gibson | 24 | 52 | 47 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .340 | .392 | .426 | .818 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Oscar Siemer | 31 | 77 | 73 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .205 | .227 | .219 | .446 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Jimmy Johnston | 23 | 67 | 57 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | .246 | .358 | .316 | .674 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Larry Benton | 45 | 87 | 78 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | .154 | .185 | .167 | .352 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Genewich | 37 | 77 | 67 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .164 | .222 | .194 | .416 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Hal Goldsmith | 19 | 41 | 38 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .211 | .250 | .263 | .513 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
George Mogridge | 40 | 51 | 46 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .174 | .174 | .239 | .413 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Shanty Hogan | 4 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .500 | .786 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bunny Hearn | 34 | 34 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .100 | .156 | .100 | .256 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Harry Riconda | 4 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kyle Graham | 15 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rosy Ryan | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Foster Edwards | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sid Womack | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Vargus | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 1715 | 5870 | 5216 | 624 | 1444 | 209 | 62 | 16 | 560 | 81 | 0 | 426 | 348 | .277 | .335 | .350 | .685 | 1825 | 0 | 29 | 199 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
George Mogridge | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Johnny Cooney | 1B | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 241 | 24 | 1 | 27 | .996 | 8.548 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dick Burrus | 1B | 128 | 0 | 0.0 | 1153 | 103 | 12 | 97 | .991 | 9.813 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Eddie Moore | 2B | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 90 | 123 | 6 | 27 | .973 | 5.462 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jimmy Johnston | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Andy High | 2B | 49 | 0 | 0.0 | 101 | 132 | 17 | 21 | .932 | 4.755 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Doc Gautreau | 2B | 74 | 0 | 0.0 | 170 | 205 | 23 | 42 | .942 | 5.068 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Eddie Taylor | 3B | 62 | 0 | 0.0 | 54 | 101 | 9 | 10 | .945 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Harry Riconda | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .818 | 2.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Eddie Moore | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jimmy Johnston | 3B | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 22 | 5 | 3 | .865 | 2.286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Andy High | 3B | 81 | 0 | 0.0 | 99 | 155 | 10 | 15 | .962 | 3.136 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dave Bancroft | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Sid Womack | C | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Zack Taylor | C | 123 | 0 | 0.0 | 394 | 123 | 8 | 17 | .985 | 4.203 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Oscar Siemer | C | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 81 | 11 | 8 | 2 | .920 | 3.067 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Shanty Hogan | C | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .852 | 5.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Frank Gibson | C | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 37 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.769 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Frank Wilson | OF | 56 | 0 | 0.0 | 121 | 6 | 9 | 1 | .934 | 2.268 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jimmy Welsh | OF | 129 | 0 | 0.0 | 283 | 23 | 11 | 8 | .965 | 2.372 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jack Smith | OF | 83 | 0 | 0.0 | 206 | 8 | 6 | 0 | .973 | 2.578 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bernie Neis | OF | 23 | 0 | 0.0 | 60 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .925 | 2.696 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Les Mann | OF | 46 | 0 | 0.0 | 79 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .966 | 1.826 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jimmy Johnston | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Johnny Cooney | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Eddie Brown | OF | 153 | 0 | 0.0 | 401 | 10 | 15 | 2 | .965 | 2.686 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Johnny Werts | P | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 54 | 2 | 2 | .971 | 2.125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bill Vargus | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Smith | P | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 60 | 2 | 6 | .972 | 2.091 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Rosy Ryan | P | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .714 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
George Mogridge | P | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 43 | 3 | 5 | .946 | 1.359 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bunny Hearn | P | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.176 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Kyle Graham | P | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Hal Goldsmith | P | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 28 | 1 | 2 | .973 | 1.895 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Joe Genewich | P | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 53 | 2 | 4 | .971 | 1.838 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Foster Edwards | P | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Johnny Cooney | P | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 21 | 2 | 1 | .933 | 1.474 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Larry Benton | P | 43 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.070 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Eddie Taylor | SS | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 63 | 73 | 4 | 18 | .971 | 4.121 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Eddie Moore | SS | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 24 | 34 | 5 | 5 | .921 | 4.143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dave Bancroft | SS | 123 | 0 | 0.0 | 317 | 398 | 33 | 75 | .956 | 5.813 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1606 | 0 | 0.0 | 4091 | 1946 | 208 | 397 | .967 | 3.759 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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