The 1926 Washington Senators won 81 games, lost 69, and finished in fourth place in the American League. They were managed by Bucky Harris and played home games at Griffith Stadium.
Smiles summarizes the 1926 campaign: The Senators won 15 fewer games in 1926 than they had in 1925, dropping to fourth place at 81-69. But the story of the 1926 A.L. season was more about the Yankees' resurgence than the Senators' collapse. The Yankees started the season 13-3. In May they won 16 consecutive games, scoring an average of almost seven runs per game. On May 26 the Yankees were 30-9 and the Senators were nine games out at 22-19. Through June, July and August, the Senators struggled to stay around .500. On August 23 they were 59-59 and in fifth place, 16 games behind the Yankees. Between August 24 and September 6, the Senators won 13 of 14 to raise their record to 72-60. They passed the Tigers and Athletics to move into third place, but it was too late to catch the Yankees, whom they trailed by 10 games.
The Yankees cooled off in September and finished 91-63, three games ahead of the Indians and eight ahead of the fourth-place Senators. The Yankees got full years out of Ruth and, of course, Gehrig. The Babe ran away with the major league titles in RBI (146), runs (139), and home runs (47), and batted .372. Gehrig hit .313, was second in runs with 135, and led in triples with 20. Herb Pennock, Urban Shocker, and Waite Hoyt combined to win 58 games for the Yankees. As a team the Yankees slugged .437 and had an ERA of 3.86. The Senators slugged .364 and had a team ERA of 4.34.
Only Walter Johnson won as many as 15 games for the Senators, and he lost 16. Marberry was the only Senators pitcher to perform up to form. He led the league in appearances (64), games finished (47), and saves (22). The Senators lost the Yankees' number in '26, losing 12 of 22 to them after going 15-7 and 13-9 the two previous seasons. As troubling as the drop to third place was the 300,000 drop in attendance, to 551,580. (Bucky Harris by Jack Smiles.)
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