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1926 Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
title	1926 MLB season
league	American League (AL)
National League (NL)
sport	Baseball
duration	Regular season:{{Bulleted list
no_of_games	154
no_of_teams	16 (8 per league)
season	Regular Season
MVP	AL: George Burns ([CLE](1926-cleveland-indians-season))
NL: Bob O'Farrell ([STL](1926-st-louis-cardinals-season))
MVP_link	Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award#League Awards
conf1	AL
conf1_champ	[New York Yankees](1926-new-york-yankees-season)
conf1_runner-up	[Cleveland Indians](1926-cleveland-indians-season)
conf2	NL
conf2_champ	[St. Louis Cardinals](1926-st-louis-cardinals-season)
conf2_runner-up	[Cincinnati Reds](1926-cincinnati-reds-season)
finals	World Series
finals_link	1926 World Series
finals_champ	[St. Louis Cardinals](1926-st-louis-cardinals-season)
finals_runner-up	[New York Yankees](1926-new-york-yankees-season)
seasonslist	List of MLB seasons
seasonslistnames	MLB
prevseason_link	1925 Major League Baseball season
prevseason_year	1925
nextseason_link	1927 Major League Baseball season
nextseason_year	1927

National League (NL) | April 13 – September 27, 1926 (AL) | April 13 – September 29, 1926 (NL)}}World Series:{{Bulleted list | October 2–10, 1926}} NL: Bob O'Farrell (STL) | conf1_runner-up = Cleveland Indians | conf2_runner-up = Cincinnati Reds | finals_runner-up = New York Yankees 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, capturing their first championship in franchise history. Going into the season, the defending World Series champions were the Pittsburgh Pirates from the season.

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 season (except for ) and would be used until in the American League and in the National League.

Opening Day, April 13, featured all sixteen teams, continuing the trend which started with the 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:

A pitcher is now allowed to use a rosin bag prior to pitching the ball.
A sacrifice hit is now awarded when any base runner advances on a fly out.

Teams

League	Team	City
Boston, Massachusetts	Fenway Park	27,000
Chicago, Illinois	Comiskey Park	28,000
Cleveland, Ohio	Dunn Field	21,414
Detroit, Michigan	Navin Field	30,000
New York, New York	Yankee Stadium	58,000
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Shibe Park	27,500
St. Louis, Missouri	Sportsman's Park	34,023
Washington, D.C.	Griffith Stadium	27,000
Boston, Massachusetts	Braves Field	40,000
New York, New York	Ebbets Field	28,000
Chicago, Illinois	Cubs Park	20,000
Cincinnati, Ohio	Redland Field	20,696
New York, New York	Polo Grounds	55,000
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Baker Bowl	18,000
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Forbes Field	41,000
St. Louis, Missouri	Sportsman's Park	34,023

Standings

American League

National League

Tie games

12 tie games (5 in AL, 7 in NL), which are not factored into winning percentage or games behind (and were often replayed again) occurred throughout the season.

American League

Boston Red Sox, 1
Chicago White Sox, 2
Detroit Tigers, 3
New York Yankees, 1
St. Louis Browns, 1
Washington Senators, 2

National League

Boston Braves, 1
Brooklyn Robins, 2
Chicago Cubs, 1
Cincinnati Reds, 3
Philadelphia Phillies, 1
Pittsburgh Pirates, 4
St. Louis Cardinals, 2

Postseason

The postseason began on October 2 and ended on October 10 with the St. Louis Cardinals defeating the New York Yankees in the 1926 World Series in seven games.

Bracket

Managerial changes

Off-season

Team	Former Manager	New Manager	Chicago Cubs	New York Giants
George Gibson	Joe McCarthy
Hughie Jennings	John McGraw

League leaders

Any team shown in small text indicates a previous team a player was on during the season.

American League

Stat	Player	Total
AVG	Heinie Manush (DET)	.378
OPS	Babe Ruth (NYY)	1.253
HR	Babe Ruth (NYY)	47
RBI	Babe Ruth (NYY)	153
R	Babe Ruth (NYY)	139
H	George Burns (CLE)
Sam Rice (WSH)	216
SB	Johnny Mostil (CWS)	35

Stat	Player	Total
W	George Uhle (CLE)	27
L	Milt Gaston (SLB)
Paul Zahniser (BOS)	18
ERA	Lefty Grove (PHA)	2.51
K	Lefty Grove (PHA)	194
IP	George Uhle (CLE)	318.1
SV	Firpo Marberry (WSH)	22
WHIP	Herb Pennock (NYY)	1.265

National League

Stat	Player	Total
AVG	Bubbles Hargrave (CIN)	.353
OPS	Cy Williams (PHI)	.986
HR	Hack Wilson (CHC)	21
RBI	Jim Bottomley (STL)	120
R	Kiki Cuyler (PIT)	113
H	Eddie Brown (BSN)	201
SB	Kiki Cuyler (PIT)	35

Stat	Player	Total
W	Pete Donohue (CIN)
Ray Kremer (PIT)
Lee Meadows (PIT)
Flint Rhem (STL)	20
L	Jesse Petty (BRO)
Charlie Root (CHC)	17
ERA	Ray Kremer (PIT)	2.61
K	Dazzy Vance (BRO)	140
IP	Pete Donohue (CIN)	285.2
SV	Chick Davies (NYG)	6
WHIP	Grover Alexander (STL/CHC)	1.108

Milestones

Pitchers

Dutch Levsen (CLE):
- Became the last pitcher to win both games of a doubleheader, hurling two 9 inning games back to back, winning 6–1 and 5–1. Levsen is also the last pitcher to throw two nine-inning complete games on the same day.

Awards and honors

League Award: Bob O'Farrell (STL, National); George Burns (CLE, American)

Home field attendance

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

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