1926 Pittsburgh Pirates
Record: 75-79
Finish: 3rd in NL NL West Division
Runs Scored: 646
Runs Allowed: 701
Exp W-L: 71-83
 
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Attendance: 1,655,029
Manager: Doug Morton

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 56-75, 8th in the National League
AA: 62-69, 5th in the National League
A: 67-64, 5th in the National League
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
RF *Lefty O'Doul 29 147 574 61 163 24 4 4 67 1 0 45 26 .284 .335 .361 .696 67.4 12.1 2.8
CF *Turkey Stearnes 25 147 536 92 138 28 10 11 87 43 14 76 30 .257 .350 .409 .758 78.3 14.8 3.1
1B  Bill Kelly 27 148 534 80 161 42 2 17 70 0 0 72 73 .301 .384 .483 .867 89.4 20.6 3.8
3B *Specs Toporczer 27 150 530 62 135 17 2 3 44 11 8 45 32 .255 .321 .311 .633 53.0 6.7 5.1
2B  Frank O'Rourke 31 143 492 53 142 23 6 0 51 9 7 15 17 .289 .309 .360 .668 50.3 7.3 5.0
CF  Mandy Brooks 28 145 441 53 97 14 6 7 53 20 11 55 34 .220 .308 .327 .634 48.4 5.3 4.8
C  Muddy Ruel 30 126 398 51 115 9 1 1 47 1 0 30 14 .289 .335 .324 .659 42.9 6.1 7.6
RF *Billy Southworth 33 130 390 52 81 13 6 3 37 15 20 43 28 .208 .286 .295 .581 31.2 0.8 4.5
CF *Jimmy Welsh 23 100 188 30 49 10 4 1 26 4 3 9 11 .261 .302 .372 .674 18.9 2.4 1.1
1B *Joe Judge 32 106 120 20 35 7 2 0 16 2 2 20 8 .292 .407 .383 .790 18.1 3.6 0.5
P  Jim Lyle 25 41 117 12 26 6 2 0 10 0 0 6 26 .222 .260 .308 .568 8.1 0.1 0.0
C  Butch Henline 31 39 111 11 26 3 0 0 11 0 1 15 9 .234 .325 .261 .587 9.6 0.9 1.8
3B  Babe Pinelli 30 58 115 10 19 1 1 1 7 0 0 11 8 .165 .238 .217 .455 4.4 0.0 1.5
P *Harry Courtney 27 40 117 9 22 1 0 1 8 0 0 1 11 .188 .195 .222 .417 1.8 0.0 0.0
SS  Joe Dugan 29 83 93 12 32 5 1 0 9 0 0 6 1 .344 .390 .419 .809 13.4 3.2 0.7
LF  Bill Barrett 26 79 94 14 18 1 5 1 5 2 1 6 16 .191 .240 .340 .580 6.2 0.0 0.8
P  George Payne 36 31 75 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 17 .027 .039 .027 .066 -4.7 0.0 0.0
P  Syl Johnson 25 25 61 5 12 2 0 0 6 0 0 2 22 .197 .219 .230 .448 3.2 0.0 0.0
2B *Lloyd Christenbury 32 17 59 6 17 3 2 0 9 0 1 6 2 .288 .354 .407 .761 7.8 1.5 0.2
SS *Charlie Hollocher 30 45 54 2 14 2 0 1 13 0 0 7 2 .259 .333 .352 .685 6.8 0.8 0.8
C  Cy Perkins 30 14 45 4 8 1 0 0 7 0 0 5 8 .178 .260 .200 .460 2.2 0.0 1.0
P *Carl Yowell 23 15 32 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .188 .212 .219 .431 1.3 0.0 0.0
P *Watty Clark 24 18 18 1 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 5 .111 .158 .111 .269 -0.1 0.0 0.0
2B  Frank Parkinson 31 8 16 2 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 .250 .294 .438 .732 2.2 0.3 0.2
P  Charley Root 27 4 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .091 .091 .091 .182 -0.4 0.0 0.0
LF  Taylor Douthit 25 17 10 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 .400 .400 .500 .900 1.0 0.1 0.0
RF *Max Flack 36 8 6 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 .333 .429 .500 .929 1.2 0.5 0.0
P  Rusty Pence 26 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Dutch Henry 24 7 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.500 2.500 1.6 0.6 0.0
P  Dick McCabe 30 37 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Paul Zahniser 29 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.4 1955 5245 646 1333 216 54 52 597 108 69 481 412 .254 .318 .346 .663 562.8 87.5 45.3
  Rank among 8 NL teams 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 6 4 3 7 8 8 8 8 8  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Jim Lyle 25 18 17 .514 41 41 0 348.0 366 142 16 65 97 3.67 24.6
*Harry Courtney 27 15 21 .417 40 40 0 320.7 359 152 6 82 64 4.27 15.4
 George Payne 36 13 12 .520 31 29 0 234.3 242 107 13 74 60 4.11 10.7
 Syl Johnson 25 11 10 .524 25 22 0 190.3 202 77 9 58 62 3.64 13.5
*Carl Yowell 23 3 6 .333 15 11 0 97.0 106 38 3 33 21 3.53 6.6
*Watty Clark 24 5 3 .625 18 6 1 63.7 63 27 5 31 16 3.82 5.1
 Dick McCabe 30 4 5 .444 37 0 12 48.7 45 13 2 8 3 2.40 10.4
 Charley Root 27 1 2 .333 4 4 0 33.0 37 18 6 12 15 4.91 0.8
 Rusty Pence 26 2 2 .500 13 0 0 17.3 16 7 0 11 4 3.64 1.5
*Dutch Henry 24 3 0 1.000 7 1 0 15.7 11 4 1 9 0 2.30 2.5
 Paul Zahniser 29 0 1 .000 14 0 0 13.3 19 5 0 7 0 3.38 1.0
Team Totals 26.9 75 79 .487 245 154 13 1382.0 1466 590 61 390 342 3.84 92.2
Rank among 8 NL teams 5 5 5 5 1 4 6 3 1 6 3  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 34.3
M.Ruel 1026.3 113 121 272 86 14 0 .962 36.3
B.Henline 244.0 28 32 63 15 0 0 1.000 39.3
C.Perkins 110.7 13 14 38 7 0 0 1.000 50.0
J.Judge 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1382.0 154 168 373 108 14 0 .972 37.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.90
B.Kelly 1232.0 138 147 1755 115 12 150 .994 13.66
J.Judge 145.7 16 26 220 11 2 10 .991 14.27
B.Southworth 4.3 0 5 9 0 0 0 1.000 18.71
Team Total 1382.0 154 178 1984 126 14 160 .993 13.74
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 6.70
F.O'Rourke 1077.7 127 130 289 538 26 95 .970 6.91
B.Barrett 162.7 13 41 49 75 3 13 .976 6.86
S.Toporczer 92.7 11 11 21 47 8 10 .895 6.60
J.Dugan 41.7 3 11 14 22 0 12 1.000 7.78
F.Parkinson 6.0 0 1 2 2 1 1 .800 6.00
M.Brooks 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1382.0 154 195 375 684 38 131 .965 6.90
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .940 2.98
B.Southworth 943.0 109 115 48 267 15 15 .955 3.01
B.Pinelli 231.7 28 32 9 84 6 9 .939 3.61
J.Dugan 95.0 6 29 3 18 4 0 .840 1.99
F.O'Rourke 87.0 11 13 9 25 2 0 .944 3.52
C.Hollocher 14.0 0 8 2 10 0 1 1.000 7.71
B.Barrett 11.0 0 6 0 5 0 2 1.000 4.09
F.Parkinson 0.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1382.0 154 204 71 409 27 27 .947 3.13
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 5.88
S.Toporczer 1134.0 137 139 207 560 46 94 .943 6.09
C.Hollocher 110.7 12 22 17 49 1 10 .985 5.37
J.Dugan 75.3 0 33 14 37 5 11 .911 6.09
F.Parkinson 38.0 5 6 6 18 1 2 .960 5.68
B.Southworth 14.0 0 6 1 3 0 1 1.000 2.57
B.Pinelli 5.0 0 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60
B.Barrett 4.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Judge 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1382.0 154 213 245 671 53 118 .945 5.97
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 2.10
T.Stearnes 1110.0 122 129 233 8 17 2 .934 1.95
L.Christenbury 132.7 16 16 32 0 6 0 .842 2.17
J.Welsh 117.0 15 15 25 0 0 0 1.000 1.92
T.Douthit 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
M.Flack 2.4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.75
B.Barrett 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1368.1 153 164 292 8 23 2 .929 1.97
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 2.74
M.Brooks 1124.3 128 132 341 11 3 3 .992 2.82
T.Stearnes 147.0 17 18 45 2 3 0 .940 2.88
J.Welsh 100.0 9 22 26 0 1 0 .963 2.34
B.Barrett 6.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
T.Douthit 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
B.Southworth 0.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1382.0 154 177 414 13 7 3 .984 2.78
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .950 2.13
L.O'Doul 1224.0 138 142 249 8 15 1 .945 1.89
J.Welsh 130.7 15 20 41 0 1 0 .976 2.82
B.Southworth 11.0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82
J.Judge 10.3 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.87
M.Flack 10.1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.78
T.Douthit 4.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Barrett 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1392.1 155 177 295 8 16 1 .950 1.96
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 2.41
J.Lyle 348.0 41 41 26 64 1 1 .989 2.33
H.Courtney 320.7 40 40 14 67 4 4 .953 2.27
G.Payne 234.3 29 31 12 43 0 4 1.000 2.11
S.Johnson 190.3 22 25 14 46 1 3 .984 2.84
C.Yowell 97.0 11 15 3 22 0 0 1.000 2.32
W.Clark 63.7 6 18 8 13 1 1 .955 2.97
D.McCabe 48.7 0 37 2 15 0 1 1.000 3.14
C.Root 33.0 4 4 0 12 0 3 1.000 3.27
R.Pence 17.3 0 13 0 7 0 2 1.000 3.64
D.Henry 15.7 1 7 1 2 0 1 1.000 1.72
P.Zahniser 13.3 0 14 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.68
Team Total 1382.0 154 245 80 292 7 20 .982 2.42
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Kelly .301
On-Base Pct Kelly .384
Slugging Pct Kelly .483
OPS Kelly .867
XR Kelly 89.4
Games Toporczer 150
At-Bats O'Doul 574
Runs Stearnes 92
Hits O'Doul 163
Total Bases Kelly 258
Singles O'Doul 131
Doubles Kelly 42
Triples Stearnes 10
Homeruns Kelly 17
RBIs Stearnes 87
Stolen Bases Stearnes 43
Caught Stealing Southworth 20
Walks Stearnes 76
Strikeouts Kelly 73
ERA Johnson 3.64
Wins Lyle 18
Losses Courtney 21
Winning Pct Johnson .524
Saves McCabe 12
Games Pitched Lyle 41
Games Started Lyle 41
Complete Games Lyle 29
Shutouts Courtney 2
Innings Pitched Lyle 348.0
Hits Allowed Lyle 366
Homeruns Allowed Lyle 16
Strikeouts Lyle 97
Walks Allowed Courtney 82
Walks per 9IP Lyle 1.7
Hits per 9IP Payne 9.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Johnson 2.9
WHiP Lyle 1.24
OAVG Payne .265
OOBP Lyle .305
OSLG Courtney .372
OOPS Courtney .700
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Charlie Hollocher $ 7,000,000
Turkey Stearnes $ 5,571,429
Frank O'Rourke $ 5,210,000
Bill Kelly $ 4,064,286
Lloyd Christenbury $ 3,500,000
Dick McCabe $ 3,000,000
George Payne $ 2,578,571
Lefty O'Doul $ 1,800,000
Joe Judge $ 1,780,000
Billy Southworth $ 1,247,143
Butch Henline $ 671,429
Syl Johnson $ 492,857
Cy Perkins $ 350,000
Muddy Ruel $ 350,000
Babe Pinelli $ 350,000
Mandy Brooks $ 300,000
Carl Yowell $ 300,000
Watty Clark $ 300,000
Harry Courtney $ 300,000
Taylor Douthit $ 300,000
Joe Dugan $ 300,000
Jimmy Welsh $ 300,000
Jim Lyle $ 300,000
Frank Parkinson $ 300,000
Rusty Pence $ 300,000
Specs Toporczer $ 300,000
Bill Barrett $ 300,000
Charley Root $ 300,000
Paul Zahniser $ 300,000
Dutch Henry $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
5/16 Released Max Flack