1926 St. Louis Cardinals season

1926 St. Louis Cardinals
1926 World Series Champions
1926 National League Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record 89–65 (.578)
League place 1st
Other information
Owner(s) Sam Breadon
General manager(s) Branch Rickey
Manager(s) 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.

Regular season

  • 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

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 8965 0.578 — 47–30 42–35
Cincinnati Reds 8767 0.565 2 53–23 34–44
Pittsburgh Pirates 8469 0.549 4½ 49–28 35–41
Chicago Cubs 8272 0.532 7 49–28 33–44
New York Giants 7477 0.490 13½ 43–33 31–44
Brooklyn Robins 7182 0.464 17½ 38–38 33–44
Boston Braves 6686 0.434 22 43–34 23–52
Philadelphia Phillies 5893 0.384 29½ 33–42 25–51

Record vs. opponents

1926 National League Records

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —6–1512–1012–10–112–107–1510–117–15
Brooklyn 15–6—14–84–189–1313–99–13–27–15
Chicago 10–128–14—13–9–114–816–610–1211–11
Cincinnati 10–12–118–49–13–1—7–1516–6–113–914–8
New York 10–1213–98–1415–7—12–76–1610–12
Philadelphia 15–79–136–166–16–17–12—8–147–15
Pittsburgh 11–1013–9–212–109–1316–614–8—9–13–2
St. Louis 15–715–711–118–1412–1015–713–9–2—

Notable transactions

Roster

1926 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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
CBob O'Farrell147492144.293768
1BJim Bottomley154603180.29919120
2BRogers Hornsby134527167.3171193
3BLes Bell155581189.32517100
SSTommy Thevenow156563144.256263
RFBilly Southworth99391124.3171169
LFRay Blades107416127.305843
CFTaylor Douthit139530163.308352

Other batters

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
OFChick Hafey7822561.271438
OFHeinie Mueller5219151.267328
OFWattie Holm5514441.285021
2BSpecs Toporcer648822.25009
IFJake Flowers407420.27039
CErnie Vick245110.19604
CBill Warwick9145.35702
PHJack Smith110.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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 Rhem342582073.2172
Bill Sherdel34234.216123.4959
Jesse Haines321831343.2546
Vic Keen261521094.5629
Pete Alexander23148.1972.9135

Other pitchers

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 Reinhart271431054.2226
Hi Bell2785663.1827
Bill Hallahan1956.2143.6528
Syl Johnson1949034.2210

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Allan Sothoron153304.2219
Walt Huntzinger90404.249
Eddie Dyer610011.574
Ed Clough100022.500
Duster Mails10100.000

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

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

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

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

  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
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