The 1926 New York Yankees season was the team's 24th season. The team finished with a record of 91–63, winning their fourth pennant, finishing three games ahead of the Cleveland Indians. New York was managed by Miller Huggins. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they lost in 7 games to the St. Louis Cardinals, with the series ending with Babe Ruth being caught stealing second in the bottom of the 9th inning in Game 7.
1926 New York Yankees | ||
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American League Champions | ||
League | American League | |
Ballpark | Yankee Stadium | |
City | New York City, New York | |
Owners | Jacob Ruppert | |
General managers | Ed Barrow | |
Managers | Miller Huggins | |
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Regular season edit
Season standings edit
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 91 | 63 | 0.591 | — | 50–25 | 41–38 |
Cleveland Indians | 88 | 66 | 0.571 | 3 | 49–31 | 39–35 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 83 | 67 | 0.553 | 6 | 44–27 | 39–40 |
Washington Senators | 81 | 69 | 0.540 | 8 | 42–30 | 39–39 |
Chicago White Sox | 81 | 72 | 0.529 | 9½ | 47–31 | 34–41 |
Detroit Tigers | 79 | 75 | 0.513 | 12 | 39–41 | 40–34 |
St. Louis Browns | 62 | 92 | 0.403 | 29 | 40–39 | 22–53 |
Boston Red Sox | 46 | 107 | 0.301 | 44½ | 25–51 | 21–56 |
Record vs. opponents edit
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 6–16 | 6–16 | 7–15 | 5–17 | 8–14 | 11–11–1 | 3–18 | |||||
Chicago | 16–6 | — | 13–9 | 14–8–2 | 8–14 | 6–15 | 13–9 | 11–11 | |||||
Cleveland | 16–6 | 9–13 | — | 11–11 | 11–11 | 14–8 | 11–11 | 16–6 | |||||
Detroit | 15–7 | 8–14–2 | 11–11 | — | 10–12 | 11–11 | 12–10 | 12–10–1 | |||||
New York | 17–5 | 14–8 | 11–11 | 12–10 | — | 9–13 | 16–6 | 12–10–1 | |||||
Philadelphia | 14–8 | 15–6 | 8–14 | 11–11 | 13–9 | — | 15–7 | 7–12 | |||||
St. Louis | 11–11–1 | 9–13 | 11–11 | 10–12 | 6–16 | 7–15 | — | 8–14 | |||||
Washington | 18–3 | 11–11 | 6–16 | 10–12–1 | 10–12–1 | 12–7 | 14–8 | — |
Roster edit
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Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders
Other batters |
Manager
Coaches |
Player stats edit
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 |
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C | Pat Collins | 102 | 290 | 83 | .286 | 7 | 35 |
1B | Lou Gehrig | 155 | 572 | 179 | .313 | 16 | 112 |
2B | Tony Lazzeri | 155 | 589 | 162 | .275 | 18 | 114 |
3B | Joe Dugan | 123 | 484 | 125 | .288 | 1 | 64 |
SS | Mark Koenig | 147 | 617 | 167 | .271 | 5 | 62 |
OF | Babe Ruth | 152 | 495 | 184 | .372 | 47 | 150 |
OF | Earle Combs | 145 | 606 | 113 | .299 | 8 | 55 |
OF | Bob Meusel | 108 | 415 | 130 | .315 | 12 | 81 |
Other batters edit
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Ben Paschal | 96 | 258 | 74 | .287 | 7 | 32 |
Mike Gazella | 66 | 168 | 39 | .232 | 0 | 20 |
Hank Severeid | 41 | 127 | 34 | .268 | 0 | 13 |
Benny Bengough | 36 | 84 | 32 | .388 | 0 | 14 |
Roy Carlyle | 35 | 52 | 20 | .381 | 0 | 11 |
Aaron Ward | 22 | 31 | 10 | .323 | 0 | 3 |
Spencer Adams | 28 | 25 | 3 | .120 | 0 | 1 |
Bill Skiff | 6 | 11 | 1 | .091 | 0 | 0 |
Nick Cullop | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 0 |
Fred Merkle | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Honey Barnes | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
Kiddo Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 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 |
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Herb Pennock | 40 | 266.1 | 23 | 11 | 3.62 | 78 |
Urban Shocker | 41 | 258.2 | 19 | 11 | 3.38 | 59 |
Waite Hoyt | 40 | 217.2 | 16 | 12 | 3.85 | 79 |
Dutch Ruether | 5 | 36.0 | 2 | 3 | 3.50 | 8 |
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 |
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Sam Jones | 39 | 161.0 | 9 | 8 | 4.98 | 69 |
Myles Thomas | 33 | 140.1 | 6 | 6 | 4.23 | 38 |
Bob Shawkey | 29 | 104.1 | 8 | 7 | 3.62 | 63 |
Walter Beall | 20 | 81.2 | 2 | 4 | 3.53 | 56 |
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 |
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Garland Braxton | 37 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2.67 | 30 |
Herb McQuaid | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.10 | 6 |
Hank Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.00 | 0 |
1926 World Series edit
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 5 | 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 |