1926 Major League Baseball season

Sports season

1926 MLB season
League	Major League Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 13 – October 10, 1926
Number of games	154
Number of teams	16
Regular Season
Season MVP	AL: George Burns (CLE) NL: Bob O'Farrell (SLC)
AL champions	New York Yankees
AL runners-up	Cleveland Indians
NL champions	St. Louis Cardinals
NL runners-up	Cincinnati Reds
World Series
Champions	St. Louis Cardinals
Runners-up	New York Yankees
MLB seasons
← 1925 1927 →

The 1926 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 13 to October 10, 1926. The St. Louis Cardinals and New York Yankees were the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The Cardinals then defeated the Yankees in the World Series, four games to three.

This was the fifth of eight seasons that "League Awards", a precursor to the Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award (introduced in 1931), were issued.

Awards and honors

League Award
- George Burns, Cleveland Indians, 1B
- Bob O'Farrell, St. Louis Cardinals, C

Statistical leaders

	American League		National League
Type	Name	Stat	Name	Stat
AVG	Heinie Manush DET	.378	Bubbles Hargrave CIN	.353
HR	Babe Ruth NYY	47	Hack Wilson CHC	21
RBI	Babe Ruth NYY	146	Jim Bottomley SLC	120
Wins	George Uhle CLE	27	Ray Kremer PIT Lee Meadows PIT Flint Rhem SLC Pete Donohue CIN	20
ERA	Lefty Grove PHA	2.51	Ray Kremer PIT	2.61
SO	Lefty Grove PHA	194	Dazzy Vance BKN	140
SV	Firpo Marberry WSH	22	Chick Davies NYG	6
SB	Johnny Mostil CWS	35	Kiki Cuyler PIT	35

Standings

American League

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	91	63	0.591	—	50–25	41–38
Cleveland Indians	88	66	0.571	3	49–31	39–35
Philadelphia Athletics	83	67	0.553	6	44–27	39–40
Washington Senators	81	69	0.540	8	42–30	39–39
Chicago White Sox	81	72	0.529	9½	47–31	34–41
Detroit Tigers	79	75	0.513	12	39–41	40–34
St. Louis Browns	62	92	0.403	29	40–39	22–53
Boston Red Sox	46	107	0.301	44½	25–51	21–56

National League

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	89	65	0.578	—	47–30	42–35
Cincinnati Reds	87	67	0.565	2	53–23	34–44
Pittsburgh Pirates	84	69	0.549	4½	49–28	35–41
Chicago Cubs	82	72	0.532	7	49–28	33–44
New York Giants	74	77	0.490	13½	43–33	31–44
Brooklyn Robins	71	82	0.464	17½	38–38	33–44
Boston Braves	66	86	0.434	22	43–34	23–52
Philadelphia Phillies	58	93	0.384	29½	33–42	25–51

Postseason

Bracket

World Series

AL	New York Yankees	3

NL	St. Louis Cardinals	4

Managers

American League

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Red Sox	Lee Fohl
Chicago White Sox	Eddie Collins
Cleveland Indians	Tris Speaker	Finished 2nd
Detroit Tigers	Ty Cobb
New York Yankees	Miller Huggins	Won AL pennant
Philadelphia Athletics	Connie Mack	Finished 3rd
St. Louis Browns	George Sisler
Washington Senators	Bucky Harris

National League

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Braves	Dave Bancroft
Brooklyn Robins	Wilbert Robinson
Chicago Cubs	Joe McCarthy
Cincinnati Reds	Jack Hendricks	Finished 2nd
New York Giants	John McGraw
Philadelphia Phillies	Art Fletcher
Pittsburgh Pirates	Bill McKechnie	Finished 3rd
St. Louis Cardinals	Rogers Hornsby	Won 1st NL pennant and World Series

Home field attendance

Team name	Wins	%±	Home attendance	%±	Per game
New York Yankees^[1]	91	31.9%	1,027,675	47.4%	13,702
Chicago Cubs^[2]	82	20.6%	885,063	42.2%	11,347
Pittsburgh Pirates^[3]	84	-11.6%	798,542	-0.7%	10,108
Philadelphia Athletics^[4]	83	-5.7%	714,508	-17.8%	10,063
Detroit Tigers^[5]	79	-2.5%	711,914	-13.3%	8,789
Chicago White Sox^[6]	81	2.5%	710,339	-14.6%	8,992
New York Giants^[7]	74	-14.0%	700,362	-10.1%	9,215
Cincinnati Reds^[8]	87	8.8%	672,987	44.8%	8,740
St. Louis Cardinals^[9]	89	15.6%	668,428	65.1%	8,461
Brooklyn Robins^[10]	71	4.4%	650,819	-1.3%	8,563
Cleveland Indians^[11]	88	25.7%	627,426	49.7%	7,843
Washington Senators^[12]	81	-15.6%	551,580	-32.5%	7,454
Boston Braves^[13]	66	-5.7%	303,598	-3.2%	3,943
Boston Red Sox^[14]	46	-2.1%	285,155	6.5%	3,703
St. Louis Browns^[15]	62	-24.4%	283,986	-38.7%	3,595
Philadelphia Phillies^[4]	58	-14.7%	240,600	-21.1%	3,166

Notable events

August 26 - Dutch Levsen of the Cleveland Indians becomes the last pitcher to win both games of a doubleheader, hurling two 9 inning games back to back, winning 6-1 and 5–1.^[16]^[17] Levsen is also the last pitcher to throw two nine-inning complete games on the same day.^[17]

References

^ "New York Yankees Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Chicago Cubs Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Pittsburgh Pirates Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Detroit Tigers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Chicago White Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "San Francisco Giants Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Cincinnati Reds Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "St. Louis Cardinals Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Los Angeles Dodgers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Cleveland Indians Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Minnesota Twins Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Atlanta Braves Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Boston Red Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Baltimore Orioles Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ World's Strangest Baseball stories. Watermill Press. 1993. p. 72. ISBN 0-8167-2850X.
^ ^a ^b Preston, JG (September 13, 2009). "A thorough account of pitchers who have started both games of a doubleheader in the major leagues". prestonjg.wordpress.com. Retrieved September 15, 2020.

External links

1926 Major League Baseball season schedule at Baseball Reference

v t e 1926 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1926 World Series

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