Sports season
1926 MLB season |
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League | American League (AL) National League (NL) |
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Sport | Baseball |
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Duration | Regular season:- April 13 – September 27, 1926 (AL)
- April 13 – September 29, 1926 (NL)
World Series:- October 2 – October 10, 1926
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Number of games | 154 |
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Number of teams | 16 (8 per league) |
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Regular Season |
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Season MVP | AL: George Burns (CLE) NL: Bob O'Farrell (SLC) |
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AL champions | New York Yankees |
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AL runners-up | Cleveland Indians |
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NL champions | St. Louis Cardinals |
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NL runners-up | Cincinnati Reds |
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World Series |
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Champions | St. Louis Cardinals |
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Runners-up | New York Yankees |
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MLB seasons |
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Locations of teams for the 1920–1931 National League seasons
National League
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.
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.
Teams
League | Team | City | Stadium | Capacity | Manager |
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 |
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]
Standings
American League | National League |
Postseason
Bracket
Managerial changes
Off-season
Team | Former Manager | New Manager |
Chicago Cubs | George Gibson | Joe McCarthy |
League leaders
American League
National League
Awards and honors
Home field attendance
Team name | Wins | %± | Home attendance | %± | Per game |
New York Yankees[2] | 91 | 31.9% | 1,027,675 | 47.4% | 13,702 |
Chicago Cubs[3] | 82 | 20.6% | 885,063 | 42.2% | 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] | 81 | 2.5% | 710,339 | -14.6% | 8,992 |
New York Giants[8] | 74 | -14.0% | 700,362 | -10.1% | 9,215 |
Cincinnati Reds[9] | 87 | 8.8% | 672,987 | 44.8% | 8,740 |
St. Louis Cardinals[10] | 89 | 15.6% | 668,428 | 65.1% | 8,461 |
Brooklyn Robins[11] | 71 | 4.4% | 650,819 | -1.3% | 8,563 |
Cleveland Indians[12] | 88 | 25.7% | 627,426 | 49.7% | 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% | 285,155 | 6.5% | 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 |
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.[18][19] Levsen is also the last pitcher to throw two nine-inning complete games on the same day.[19]
References
- ^ "MLB Rule Changes | Baseball Almanac". www.baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Philadelphia Phillies 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
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