1926 Knoxville Smokies

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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 GB
Greeneville 98 50 .662 -
Asheville 80 66 .548 17
Augusta 80 67 .544 17 ½
Charlotte 77 72 .517 21 ½
Spartanburg 74 74 .500 24
Macon 71 74 .490 25 ½
Knoxville 68 79 .463 29 ½
Columbia 40 106 .274 57

1926 SALLY League Team Names and Managers

Team Manager 1 Manager 2 Manager 3
Asheville Tourists Larry Gardner
Augusta Tygers Gabby Street
Charlotte Hornets Ray Kennedy
Columbia Comers Bert Brenner Bill Purtell
Greenville Spinners Frank Walker Bill Purtell 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 Knoxville Individual Batting

Name Position Games AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SO SB BA
Mike Burke 1B 151 566 104 196 103 31 4 15 45 11 4 .346
Chick Knaupp 2B 115 431 41 105 31 14 1 1 29 16 9 .244
Don Rutherford SS 85 309 53 81 26 17 5 0 43 26 7 .262
Fred Werber 3B / OF 112 448 82 127 53 8 9 2 49 35 19 .283
Julian Tangeman OF 143 542 103 170 77 32 9 6 47 27 9 .314
John Jones OF 77 270 42 88 27 16 5 8 30 16 4 .326
John Gill OF 57 206 34 58 24 13 3 4 10 19 6 .281
Leo Hartline C 124 358 55 104 41 14 2 1 65 23 4 .291
Golden Holt 3B / OF / 2B 149 544 74 149 103 33 3 14 36 54 6 .274
Hack Henderson SS 64 237 41 57 26 6 2 0 38 23 2 .241
Elmer Myers P 57 142 15 34 14 2 2 2 1 8 2 .239
A. Brown P 45 110 14 34 10 11 1 0 2 13 1 .309
Leo Skidmore P 44 86 8 14 6 1 0 1 0 27 0 .163
Jack Crouch C 33 105 13 29 11 5 3 0 6 12 0 .276
Maurice DeLoof OF 19 43 7 11 2 2 1 2 2 7 0 .255
Earl Walker OF 17 37 4 12 5 2 0 2 2 4 0 .324
John Miller P 16 45 3 7 2 1 0 0 2 11 0 .156
Phil Sawyer P 16 28 4 5 0 1 0 0 5 6 0 .179
H.H. Bennett P 14 31 6 9 3 1 1 0 2 4 0 .290
Johnson OF 11 37 3 10 3 4 0 0 1 0 0 .270

1926 Knoxville Individual Pitching

Name W L PCT G IP H BB SP ERA
Elmer Myers 26 11 .703 40 283 306 57 88 3.65
Leo Skidmore 15 13 .536 41 260 268 114 89 4.33
A. Brown 7 18 .280 33 222 271 116 95 5.07
John Miller 5 3 .625 15 97 116 47 16 4.63
H.H. Bennett 4 6 .400 13 83 89 34 31 4.66
Phil Sawyer 4 7 .364 16 88 122 32 19 6.24
Earl Walker 1 7 .125 15 67 92 52 42 6.99

References / Resources

  • The Sporting News at Paper of Record
  • various newspapers at GenealogyBank.com and Newspapers.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 301
  • Wright, Marshall D. The South Atlantic League, 1904-1963, McFarland & Co., Inc., 2009, page 128
  • 1926 Knoxville Smokies page at bbref.com

Credit

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

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