1926 Major League Baseball season

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1926 MLB season
League American League (AL)
National League (NL)
Sport Baseball
DurationRegular season:
  • April 13 – September 27, 1926 (AL)
  • April 13 – September 29, 1926 (NL)
World Series:
  • October 2–10, 1926
Number of games154
Number of teams16 (8 per league)
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
Locations of teams for the 1923–1931 American League seasons
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Locations of teams for the 1920–1931 National League seasons
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The 1926 major league baseball season began on April 13, 1926. The regular season ended on September 29, with the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Yankees as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 23rd World Series on October 2 and ended with Game 7 on October 10. The Cardinals defeated the Yankees, four games to three.

Contents

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.

Schedule

The 1926 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place since the 1904 season (except for 1919) and would be used until 1961 in the American League and 1962 in the National League.

Opening Day, April 13, featured all sixteen teams, continuing the trend which started with the 1924 season. The American League would see its final day of the regular season was on September 27, while the National League would see its final day of the regular season on September 29 with a doubleheader between the Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Braves. The World Series took place between October 2 and October 10.

Rule changes

The 1926 season saw the following rule changes: [1]

Teams

LeagueTeamCityStadiumCapacityManager
American League Boston Red Sox Boston, Massachusetts Fenway Park 35,000 Lee Fohl
Chicago White Sox Chicago, Illinois Comiskey Park 28,000 Eddie Collins
Cleveland Indians Cleveland, Ohio Dunn Field 21,414 Tris Speaker
Detroit Tigers Detroit, Michigan Navin Field 30,000 Ty Cobb
New York Yankees New York, New York Yankee Stadium 58,000 Miller Huggins
Philadelphia Athletics Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Shibe Park 27,500 Connie Mack
St. Louis Browns St. Louis, Missouri Sportsman's Park 34,023 George Sisler
Washington Senators Washington, D.C. Griffith Stadium 27,000 Bucky Harris
National League Boston Braves Boston, Massachusetts Braves Field 40,000 Dave Bancroft
Brooklyn Robins New York, New York Ebbets Field 28,000 Wilbert Robinson
Chicago Cubs Chicago, Illinois Cubs Park 20,000 Joe McCarthy
Cincinnati Reds Cincinnati, Ohio Redland Field 20,696 Jack Hendricks
New York Giants New York, New York Polo Grounds 55,000 John McGraw
Philadelphia Phillies Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Baker Bowl 18,000 Art Fletcher
Pittsburgh Pirates Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Forbes Field 41,000 Bill McKechnie
St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis, Missouri Sportsman's Park 34,023 Rogers Hornsby

Standings

American League

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9163.591—50‍–‍2541‍–‍38
Cleveland Indians 8866.571349‍–‍3139‍–‍35
Philadelphia Athletics 8367.553644‍–‍2739‍–‍40
Washington Senators 8169.540842‍–‍3039‍–‍39
Chicago White Sox 8172.5299½47‍–‍3134‍–‍41
Detroit Tigers 7975.5131239‍–‍4140‍–‍34
St. Louis Browns 6292.4032940‍–‍3922‍–‍53
Boston Red Sox 46107.30144½25‍–‍5121‍–‍56

National League

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 8965.578—47‍–‍3042‍–‍35
Cincinnati Reds 8767.565253‍–‍2334‍–‍44
Pittsburgh Pirates 8469.5494½49‍–‍2835‍–‍41
Chicago Cubs 8272.532749‍–‍2833‍–‍44
New York Giants 7477.49013½43‍–‍3331‍–‍44
Brooklyn Robins 7182.46417½38‍–‍3833‍–‍44
Boston Braves 6686.4342243‍–‍3423‍–‍52
Philadelphia Phillies 5893.38429½33‍–‍4225‍–‍51

Postseason

Bracket

World Series
   
AL New York Yankees 3
NL St. Louis Cardinals 4

Managerial changes

Off-season

TeamFormer ManagerNew Manager
Chicago Cubs George Gibson Joe McCarthy
New York Giants Hughie Jennings John McGraw

League leaders

American League

National League

Awards and honors

Home field attendance

Team nameWins%±Home attendance%±Per game
New York Yankees [2] 9131.9%1,027,67547.4%13,702
Chicago Cubs [3] 8220.6%885,06342.2%11,347
Pittsburgh Pirates [4] 84−11.6%798,542−0.7%10,108
Philadelphia Athletics [5] 83−5.7%714,508−17.8%10,063
Detroit Tigers [6] 79−2.5%711,914−13.3%8,789
Chicago White Sox [7] 812.5%710,339−14.6%8,992
New York Giants [8] 74−14.0%700,362−10.1%9,215
Cincinnati Reds [9] 878.8%672,98744.8%8,740
St. Louis Cardinals [10] 8915.6%668,42865.1%8,461
Brooklyn Robins [11] 714.4%650,819−1.3%8,563
Cleveland Indians [12] 8825.7%627,42649.7%7,843
Washington Senators [13] 81−15.6%551,580−32.5%7,454
Boston Braves [14] 66−5.7%303,598−3.2%3,943
Boston Red Sox [15] 46−2.1%285,1556.5%3,703
St. Louis Browns [16] 62−24.4%283,986−38.7%3,595
Philadelphia Phillies [17] 58−14.7%240,600−21.1%3,166

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