1926 St. Louis Cardinals | ||
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World Series Champions National League Champions | ||
League | National League | |
Ballpark | Sportsman's Park | |
City | St. Louis, Missouri | |
Record | 89–65 (.578) | |
League place | 1st | |
Owners | Sam Breadon | |
General managers | Branch Rickey | |
Managers | Rogers Hornsby | |
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The 1926 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 45th season in St. Louis, Missouri and their 35th in the National League. The Cardinals went 89–65 during the season and finished first in the National League, winning their first National League pennant. In the World Series, they defeated the New York Yankees in 7 games, ending it by throwing out Babe Ruth at second base in the ninth inning of Game 7 to preserve a 3–2 victory. This was Rogers Hornsby's only full season as manager for the team.
Catcher Bob O'Farrell won the MVP Award this year, batting .293, with 7 home runs and 68 RBIs. Led by RBI champion Jim Bottomley, the offense scored the most runs in the NL.
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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 |
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 6–15 | 12–10 | 12–10–1 | 12–10 | 7–15 | 10–11 | 7–15 | |||||
Brooklyn | 15–6 | — | 14–8 | 4–18 | 9–13 | 13–9 | 9–13–2 | 7–15 | |||||
Chicago | 10–12 | 8–14 | — | 13–9–1 | 14–8 | 16–6 | 10–12 | 11–11 | |||||
Cincinnati | 10–12–1 | 18–4 | 9–13–1 | — | 7–15 | 16–6–1 | 13–9 | 14–8 | |||||
New York | 10–12 | 13–9 | 8–14 | 15–7 | — | 12–7 | 6–16 | 10–12 | |||||
Philadelphia | 15–7 | 9–13 | 6–16 | 6–16–1 | 7–12 | — | 8–14 | 7–15 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 11–10 | 13–9–2 | 12–10 | 9–13 | 16–6 | 14–8 | — | 9–13–2 | |||||
St. Louis | 15–7 | 15–7 | 11–11 | 8–14 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 13–9–2 | — |
1926 St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders
Other batters |
Manager
Coaches |
= Indicates team leader |
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Bob O'Farrell | 147 | 492 | 144 | .293 | 7 | 68 |
1B | Jim Bottomley | 154 | 603 | 180 | .299 | 19 | 120 |
2B | Rogers Hornsby | 134 | 527 | 167 | .317 | 11 | 93 |
3B | Les Bell | 155 | 581 | 189 | .325 | 17 | 100 |
SS | Tommy Thevenow | 156 | 563 | 144 | .256 | 2 | 63 |
RF | Billy Southworth | 99 | 391 | 124 | .317 | 11 | 69 |
LF | Ray Blades | 107 | 416 | 127 | .305 | 8 | 43 |
CF | Taylor Douthit | 139 | 530 | 163 | .308 | 3 | 52 |
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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OF | Chick Hafey | 78 | 225 | 61 | .271 | 4 | 38 |
OF | Heinie Mueller | 52 | 191 | 51 | .267 | 3 | 28 |
OF | Wattie Holm | 55 | 144 | 41 | .285 | 0 | 21 |
2B | Specs Toporcer | 64 | 88 | 22 | .250 | 0 | 9 |
IF | Jake Flowers | 40 | 74 | 20 | .270 | 3 | 9 |
C | Ernie Vick | 24 | 51 | 10 | .196 | 0 | 4 |
C | Bill Warwick | 9 | 14 | 5 | .357 | 0 | 2 |
PH | Jack Smith | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Flint Rhem | 34 | 258.0 | 20 | 7 | 3.21 | 72 |
Bill Sherdel | 34 | 234.2 | 16 | 12 | 3.49 | 59 |
Jesse Haines | 32 | 183.0 | 13 | 4 | 3.25 | 46 |
Vic Keen | 26 | 152.0 | 10 | 9 | 4.56 | 29 |
Pete Alexander | 23 | 148.1 | 9 | 7 | 2.91 | 35 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Art Reinhart | 27 | 143.0 | 10 | 5 | 4.22 | 26 |
Hi Bell | 27 | 85.0 | 6 | 6 | 3.18 | 27 |
Bill Hallahan | 19 | 56.2 | 1 | 4 | 3.65 | 28 |
Syl Johnson | 19 | 49.0 | 0 | 3 | 4.22 | 10 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Allan Sothoron | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4.22 | 19 |
Walt Huntzinger | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4.24 | 9 |
Eddie Dyer | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11.57 | 4 |
Ed Clough | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.50 | 0 |
Duster Mails | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Game | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | Score | Record
(NYY-STL) |
Attendance | |
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1 | October 2 | St. Louis Cardinals | 1 | New York Yankees | 2 | 1–0 | 61,658 | |
2 | October 3 | St. Louis Cardinals | 6 | New York Yankees | 2 | 1–1 | 63,600 | |
3 | October 4 | New York Yankees | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals | 4 | 1–2 | 37,708 | |
4 | October 6 | New York Yankees | 10 | St. Louis Cardinals | 5 | 2–2 | 38,825 | |
5 | October 7 | New York Yankees | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals | 2 | 3–2 | 39,552 | |
6 | October 9 | St.Louis Cardinals | 10 | New York Yankees | 2 | 3–3 | 48,615 | |
7 | October 10 | St. Louis Cardinals | 3 | New York Yankees | 2 | 3-4 | 38,093 | |
St. Louis Cardinals win 4–3 |
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AA | Syracuse Stars | International League | Burt Shotton |
A | Houston Buffaloes | Texas League | Joe Mathes |
C | Fort Smith Twins | Western Association | Everitt Booe |
D | Austin Senators | Texas Association | Chuck Miller |