Franchise Encyclopedia: 1926 / 1928
59-94, Finished 7th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Dan Howley (59-94)
Scored 724 runs, Allowed 904 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 61-92
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV (ballparks.com) · Attendance: 247,879 (8th of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 105 · one-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 109
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| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | Wally Schang# | 37 | 97 | 311 | 264 | 40 | 84 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 42 | 3 | 2 | 41 | 33 | .318 | .414 | .447 | .861 | 121 | 118 | 2 | 4 | |||
| 2 | 1B | George Sisler* | 34 | 149 | 661 | 614 | 87 | 201 | 32 | 8 | 5 | 97 | 27 | 7 | 24 | 15 | .327 | .357 | .430 | .787 | 101 | 264 | 4 | 19 | |||
| 3 | 2B | Ski Melillo | 27 | 107 | 400 | 356 | 45 | 80 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 28 | .225 | .276 | .287 | .562 | 44 | 102 | 0 | 19 | |||
| 4 | SS | Wally Gerber | 35 | 142 | 498 | 438 | 44 | 98 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 45 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 25 | .224 | .284 | .295 | .579 | 48 | 129 | 2 | 23 | |||
| 5 | 3B | Frank O'Rourke | 32 | 140 | 627 | 538 | 85 | 144 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 18 | 8 | 64 | 43 | .268 | .358 | .331 | .689 | 78 | 178 | 12 | 13 | |||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 6 | 3B | Harry Rice* | 25 | 137 | 588 | 520 | 90 | 149 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 68 | 5 | 4 | 50 | 21 | .287 | .351 | .412 | .763 | 95 | 214 | 2 | 16 | |||
| 7 | Bing Miller | 32 | 143 | 553 | 492 | 83 | 160 | 32 | 7 | 5 | 75 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 26 | .325 | .375 | .449 | .824 | 110 | 221 | 9 | 22 | ||||
| 8 | Ken Williams* | 37 | 131 | 496 | 423 | 70 | 136 | 23 | 6 | 17 | 74 | 9 | 7 | 57 | 30 | .322 | .403 | .525 | .928 | 136 | 222 | 1 | 15 | ||||
| 9 | IF | Spencer Adams* | 29 | 88 | 294 | 259 | 32 | 69 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 33 | .266 | .333 | .332 | .665 | 71 | 86 | 2 | 9 | |||
| 10 | Herschel Bennett* | 30 | 93 | 283 | 256 | 40 | 68 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 21 | .266 | .311 | .363 | .675 | 72 | 93 | 3 | 10 | ||||
| 11 | C | Steve O'Neill | 35 | 74 | 224 | 191 | 14 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 6 | .230 | .303 | .283 | .586 | 51 | 54 | 0 | 13 | |||
| 12 | Fred Schulte | 26 | 60 | 216 | 189 | 32 | 60 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 14 | .317 | .383 | .503 | .885 | 125 | 95 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 13 | C | Leo Dixon | 32 | 36 | 111 | 103 | 6 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | .194 | .245 | .243 | .488 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 14 | SS | Otto Miller | 26 | 51 | 87 | 76 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | .224 | .306 | .289 | .595 | 53 | 22 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 15 | SS | Red Kress | 20 | 7 | 27 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .304 | .385 | .609 | .993 | 151 | 14 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 16 | 1B | Guy Sturdy* | 27 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .429 | .455 | .476 | .931 | 139 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 17 | P | Milt Gaston | 31 | 37 | 106 | 96 | 13 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 26 | .260 | .297 | .438 | .735 | 86 | 42 | 0 | 5 | |||
| 18 | P | Elam Vangilder | 31 | 44 | 73 | 68 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .279 | .290 | .382 | .672 | 71 | 26 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 19 | P | Sam Jones | 34 | 32 | 65 | 55 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 18 | .109 | .246 | .145 | .392 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 20 | P | Ernie Wingard* | 26 | 43 | 60 | 56 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .179 | .233 | .411 | .644 | 62 | 23 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 21 | P | Lefty Stewart | 26 | 29 | 58 | 49 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 16 | .306 | .370 | .327 | .697 | 80 | 16 | 0 | 4 | |||
| 22 | P | Ernie Nevers | 25 | 27 | 33 | 32 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .219 | .219 | .250 | .469 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 23 | P | Tom Zachary* | 31 | 13 | 32 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .107 | .167 | .107 | .274 | -29 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 24 | P | Win Ballou | 29 | 21 | 30 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .036 | .069 | .071 | .140 | -64 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 25 | P | Alvin Crowder* | 28 | 21 | 25 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .261 | .292 | .304 | .596 | 53 | 7 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 26 | P | Chet Falk* | 22 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 27 | P | Jim Wright | 26 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | -45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 28 | P | Boom-Boom Beck | 22 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 29 | P | Stew Bolen* | 24 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1.000 | 151 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 30 | P | George Blaeholder | 23 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1.000 | 151 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 31.4 | 155 | 5900 | 5217 | 724 | 1442 | 263 | 59 | 55 | 657 | 90 | 66 | 449 | 417 | .276 | .339 | .381 | .720 | 84 | 1988 | 42 | 192 | |||||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SP | Milt Gaston | 31 | 13 | 17 | .433 | 5.00 | 37 | 30 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 254.0 | 275 | 177 | 141 | 18 | 100 | 77 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1117 | 87 | 1.476 | 9.7 | 0.6 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 0.77 | |
| 2 | SP | Elam Vangilder | 31 | 10 | 12 | .455 | 4.79 | 44 | 23 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 203.0 | 245 | 136 | 108 | 13 | 102 | 62 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1031 | 91 | 1.709 | 10.9 | 0.6 | 4.5 | 2.7 | 0.61 | |
| 3 | SP | Sam Jones | 34 | 8 | 14 | .364 | 4.32 | 30 | 26 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 189.2 | 211 | 121 | 91 | 13 | 102 | 72 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 877 | 100 | 1.650 | 10.0 | 0.6 | 4.8 | 3.4 | 0.71 | |
| 4 | SP | Lefty Stewart* | 26 | 8 | 11 | .421 | 4.28 | 27 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 155.2 | 187 | 83 | 74 | 7 | 43 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 675 | 101 | 1.478 | 10.8 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.00 | |
| 5 | SP | Win Ballou | 29 | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.78 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 90.1 | 105 | 56 | 48 | 4 | 46 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 396 | 91 | 1.672 | 10.5 | 0.4 | 4.6 | 1.7 | 0.37 | |
| 6 | SP | Tom Zachary* | 31 | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.37 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 78.1 | 110 | 48 | 38 | 4 | 27 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 360 | 99 | 1.749 | 12.6 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 0.48 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 7 | RP | Ernie Wingard* | 26 | 2 | 13 | .133 | 6.56 | 38 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 156.1 | 213 | 132 | 114 | 7 | 79 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 738 | 66 | 1.868 | 12.3 | 0.4 | 4.5 | 1.6 | 0.35 | |
| 8 | RP | Ernie Nevers | 25 | 3 | 8 | .273 | 4.94 | 27 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 94.2 | 105 | 61 | 52 | 8 | 35 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 397 | 88 | 1.479 | 10.0 | 0.8 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 0.63 | |
| 9 | RP | Alvin Crowder | 28 | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.01 | 21 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 73.2 | 71 | 44 | 41 | 3 | 42 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 331 | 87 | 1.534 | 8.7 | 0.4 | 5.1 | 3.7 | 0.71 | |
| 10 | RP | Chet Falk* | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.74 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.2 | 25 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 76 | 2.234 | 14.4 | 0.6 | 5.7 | 1.1 | 0.20 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 11 | Jim Wright | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.50 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 96 | 1.000 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | ||
| 12 | Boom-Boom Beck | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.56 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 78 | 1.765 | 11.9 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 1.20 | ||
| 13 | Stew Bolen* | 24 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.38 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 52 | 1.966 | 13.0 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 6.5 | 1.40 | ||
| 14 | George Blaeholder | 23 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 87 | 1.333 | 8.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 0.50 | ||
| Team Totals | 29.2 | 59 | 94 | .386 | 4.95 | 155 | 155 | 75 | 80 | 4 | 8 | 1353.1 | 1592 | 904 | 744 | 79 | 604 | 385 | 21 | 4 | 34 | 6188 | 88 | 1.623 | 10.6 | 0.5 | 4.0 | 2.6 | 0.64 | |||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 7 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 3400 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spencer Adams | 29 | 82 | 370 | 159 | 190 | 21 | 35 | .943 | 4.26 | 2B-3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Win Ballou | 29 | 21 | 29 | 7 | 20 | 2 | 1 | .931 | 1.29 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Boom-Boom Beck | 22 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.67 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| George Blaeholder | 23 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.00 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Stew Bolen | 24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.67 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Alvin Crowder | 28 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 0.62 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Leo Dixon | 32 | 35 | 158 | 116 | 32 | 10 | 1 | .937 | 4.23 | 0 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Chet Falk | 22 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.78 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Milt Gaston | 31 | 37 | 80 | 18 | 58 | 4 | 9 | .950 | 2.05 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Wally Gerber | 35 | 142 | 758 | 290 | 427 | 41 | 91 | .946 | 5.05 | SS-3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Sam Jones | 34 | 30 | 49 | 12 | 35 | 2 | 0 | .959 | 1.57 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Red Kress | 20 | 7 | 38 | 12 | 25 | 1 | 4 | .974 | 5.29 | SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Ski Melillo | 27 | 101 | 558 | 229 | 293 | 36 | 72 | .935 | 5.17 | 2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Otto Miller | 26 | 46 | 89 | 29 | 54 | 6 | 9 | .933 | 1.80 | SS-3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Ernie Nevers | 25 | 27 | 40 | 5 | 31 | 4 | 0 | .900 | 1.33 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Steve O'Neill | 35 | 60 | 241 | 180 | 57 | 4 | 8 | .983 | 3.95 | 4 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Frank O'Rourke | 32 | 140 | 568 | 246 | 299 | 23 | 47 | .960 | 3.89 | 3B-2B-1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Harry Rice | 25 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 2 | .833 | 2.14 | 3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Wally Schang | 37 | 75 | 293 | 213 | 73 | 7 | 10 | .976 | 3.81 | 9 | C | |||||||||||||||
| George Sisler | 34 | 149 | 1529 | 1374 | 131 | 24 | 138 | .984 | 10.10 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Lefty Stewart | 26 | 27 | 52 | 7 | 45 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.93 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Guy Sturdy | 27 | 5 | 38 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .974 | 7.40 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Elam Vangilder | 31 | 44 | 43 | 9 | 32 | 2 | 0 | .953 | 0.93 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Ernie Wingard | 26 | 38 | 62 | 14 | 45 | 3 | 1 | .952 | 1.55 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Jim Wright | 26 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Tom Zachary | 31 | 13 | 21 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 2 | .952 | 1.54 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 31.0 | 155 | 6261 | 4050 | 1958 | 253 | 450 | .960 | 3.76 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 1 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary |