1926 Major League Baseball season

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.

Standings[edit]

American League[edit] 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[edit] 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

Red Sox White Sox Indians Tigers Athletics Browns Yankees Senators Locations of AL teams for the 1923–1931 MLB seasons American League Braves Robins Cubs Reds Giants Phillies Pirates Cardinals Locations of NL teams for the 1923–1931 MLB seasons National League

Postseason[edit]

Bracket[edit]

Managers[edit]

League leaders[edit]

American League[edit]

National League[edit]

Awards and honors[edit]

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

Home field attendance[edit]

Notable events[edit]

• 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.^[17][18] Levsen is also the last pitcher to throw two nine-inning complete games on the same day.^[18]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• 1926 Major League Baseball season schedule at Baseball Reference