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 2B 3B HR RBI SB BA SLG TB
Mike Burke 1B 151 566 104 196 31 4 15 103 4 .346 .495 280
John Jones OF 77 270 42 88 16 5 8 27 4 .326 .511 138
Earl Walker OF 17 37 4 12 2 0 2 5 0 .324 .541 20
Julian Tangeman OF 143 542 103 170 32 9 6 77 9 .314 .439 238
A. Brown P 45 110 14 34 11 1 0 10 1 .309 .427 47
Leo Hartline C 124 358 55 104 14 2 1 41 4 .291 .349 125
H.H. Bennett P 14 31 6 9 1 1 0 3 0 .290 .387 12
Fred Werber 3B / OF 112 448 82 127 8 9 2 53 19 .283 .355 159
John Gill OF 57 206 34 58 13 3 4 24 6 .282 .432 89
Jack Crouch C 33 105 13 29 5 3 0 11 0 .276 .381 40
Golden Holt 3B / OF / 2B 149 544 74 149 33 3 14 103 6 .274 .423 230
Johnson OF 11 37 3 10 4 0 0 3 0 .270 .378 14
Don Rutherford SS 85 309 53 81 17 5 0 26 7 .262 .350 108
Maurice DeLoof OF 19 43 7 11 2 1 2 2 0 .256 .488 21
Chick Knaupp 2B 115 431 41 105 14 1 1 31 9 .244 .288 124
Hack Henderson SS 64 237 41 57 6 2 0 26 2 .241 .283 67
Elmer Myers P 57 142 15 34 2 2 2 14 2 .239 .324 46
Phil Sawyer P 16 28 4 5 1 0 0 0 0 .179 .214 6
Leo Skidmore P 44 86 8 14 1 0 1 6 0 .163 .209 18
John Miller P 16 45 3 7 1 0 0 2 0 .156 .178 8

1926 Knoxville Individual Pitching

Name W L PCT ERA G IP H BB SO WHIP H9 BB9 SO9 SO/W
Elmer Myers 26 11 .703 3.65 40 283 306 57 88 1.283 9.731 1.813 2.799 1.544
Leo Skidmore 15 13 .536 4.33 41 260 268 114 89 1.469 9.277 3.946 3.081 0.781
A. Brown 7 18 .280 5.07 33 222 271 116 95 1.743 10.986 4.703 3.851 0.819
John Miller 5 3 .625 4.63 15 97 116 47 16 1.680 10.763 4.361 1.485 0.340
H.H. Bennett 4 6 .400 4.66 13 83 89 34 31 1.482 9.651 3.687 3.361 0.912
Phil Sawyer 4 7 .364 6.24 16 88 122 32 19 1.750 12.477 3.273 1.943 0.594
Earl Walker 1 7 .125 6.99 15 67 92 52 42 2.149 12.358 6.985 5.642 0.808

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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