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1926 St. Louis Cardinals season

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.

1926 St. Louis Cardinals
World Series Champions
National League Champions
LeagueNational League
BallparkSportsman's Park
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record89–65 (.578)
League place1st
OwnersSam Breadon
General managersBranch Rickey
ManagersRogers Hornsby
← 1925 Seasons 1927 →

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.

Regular season edit

  • September 22, 1926: Tommy Thevenow hit the second and last home run of the season, and of his career. Thevenow would play for another 12 seasons and set a major league record by not hitting a home run in 3,347 at-bats.[1]

Season standings edit

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

Record vs. opponents edit

1926 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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 —


Notable transactions edit

Roster edit

1926 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats edit

= Indicates team leader

Batting edit

Starters by position edit

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
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

Other batters edit

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
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

Pitching edit

Starting pitchers edit

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
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

Other pitchers edit

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
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

Relief pitchers edit

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
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

Awards and honors edit

League top five finishers edit

Les Bell

  • #3 in NL in RBI (100)
  • #4 in NL in home runs (17)

Ray Blades

  • #4 in NL in on-base percentage (.409)

Jim Bottomley

  • NL leader in RBI (120)
  • #2 in NL in home runs (19)

Taylor Douthit

  • #3 in NL in stolen bases (23)

Flint Rhem

  • NL leader in wins (20)

1926 World Series edit

Main article: 1926 World Series
Game Date Visitor Score Home Score Record

(NYY-STL)

Attendance
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

Farm system edit

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
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

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References edit

  1. ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 334, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  2. ^ Heinie Mueller page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links edit

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