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== News and Notes ==
 
== News and Notes ==
* The Memphis Southern League Club has sold Outfielder George Rhinehardt to the Knoxville Club of the South Atlantic League.  In 1925, his first full year as a member of Memphis, Rhinehardt had a batting average of .303 and ranked second in fielding with an average of .951.  He is the sixth Memphis player to be assigned to Knoxville within a month's time, the others being Fritz Werber, Goldie Holt, Leonard Harline and Williams and Bates, two pitchers bought from Corinth of the Tri-State League and sent to Knoxville without having a tryout with Memphis. - ''The Sporting News'' - February 4, 1926, page 8== P
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* The Memphis Southern League Club has sold Outfielder George Rhinehardt to the Knoxville Club of the South Atlantic League.  In 1925, his first full year as a member of Memphis, Rhinehardt had a batting average of .303 and ranked second in fielding with an average of .951.  He is the sixth Memphis player to be assigned to Knoxville within a month's time, the others being Fritz Werber, Goldie Holt, Leonard Harline and Williams and Bates, two pitchers bought from Corinth of the Tri-State League and sent to Knoxville without having a tryout with Memphis. - ''The Sporting News'' - February 4, 1926, page 8
  
 
== 1926 SALLY League Final Standings ==
 
== 1926 SALLY League Final Standings ==

Revision as of 14:54, 9 March 2021

Overview

The Class B South Atlantic League of 1926 started and ended with eight teams. This was the second season that the Knoxville team was in the SALLY League. Frank Moffett was the manager for the Smokies. The club ended up in seventh place in the final standings with a 68-79 record (.463).

News and Notes

  • The Memphis Southern League Club has sold Outfielder George Rhinehardt to the Knoxville Club of the South Atlantic League. In 1925, his first full year as a member of Memphis, Rhinehardt had a batting average of .303 and ranked second in fielding with an average of .951. He is the sixth Memphis player to be assigned to Knoxville within a month's time, the others being Fritz Werber, Goldie Holt, Leonard Harline and Williams and Bates, two pitchers bought from Corinth of the Tri-State League and sent to Knoxville without having a tryout with Memphis. - The Sporting News - February 4, 1926, page 8

1926 SALLY League Final Standings

Team Won Lost Pct
Greeneville 98 49 .667
Asheville 80 66 .548
Augusta 80 67 .544
Charlotte 77 72 .517
Spartanburg 74 74 .500
Macon 71 74 .490
Knoxville 68 79 .456
Columbia 40 106 .274

1926 SALLY League Team Names and Managers

Team Manager
Asheville Tourists Larry Gardner
Augusta Tygers Gabby Street
Charlotte Hornets Ray Kennedy
Columbia Comers Bert Brenner
Greenville Spinners Frank Walker
Knoxville Smokies Frank Moffett
Macon Peaches Ernie Burke
Spartanburg Spartans Mike Kelly

Knoxville Pre-season Club Members

Players

Nickname Name Position Bats Throws 1925 Club(s) BA Field Avg Age Height Weight
Fritz Werber 3B L R Dyersburg .351 .920 21 6 160
Goldie Holt Infield R R Corinth .304 .939 22 5-7 160
Mike Burke 1B R R Chattanooga .326 .951 32 6-2 185
Topsy Turner 2B L R Jackson, Miss. .268 .960 24 5-9 170
Hack Henderson SS R R Knoxville .230 .896 25 5-9 160
Goose Rhinehardt OF L L Memphis .303 .951 26 6 190
Harty Hartline C R R Memphis – Brook - - 28 5-10 165
Slug Gill OF L R Knoxville .327 .926 21 6-2 175
Dick Tangeman OF L R Knoxville .326 .925 22 5-10 165

Pitchers

Nickname Name Position Bats Throws 1925 Club(s) Win Loss Age Height Weight
Phil Sawyer P L R Knoxville 9 14 24 5-11 175
Shovel Hodge P R R Knoxville 5 6 23 5-9 175
Red Walker P L R Knoxville 2 5 24 5-7 175
Sid Hensick P R R Dyersburg – Memphis 15 5 23 5-11 165
Leo Skidmore P R R Hagerstown 9 9 22 5-11 165
Lefty Miller P L L Semi-pro - - 20 6-1 180
Dee DeLoof P L R Kitchener 9 19 22 5-9 160
Jim Manning P R R Knoxville – Spartanburg 8 13 23 6-1 170

Statistics

1926 League Batting

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1926 Knoxville Individual Batting

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1926 SALLY League Fielding

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1926 Knoxville Individual Fielding

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1926 Knoxville Individual Pitching

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References / Resources

  • The Sporting News at Paper of Record
  • various newspapers at GenealogyBank.com
  • Allen, Ronald R. Same Old Smokies: A brief history of baseball in Knoxville, Tennessee, 1865-1954, self published, 2008
  • Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles. Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, Baseball America, 2007, page ?
  • 1926 Knoxville Smokies page at bbref.com

Credit

This page was assembled and presented by Mark D. Aubrey.

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