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.
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster 1926 New York Yankees 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 C 102 290 83 .286 7 35 1B 155 572 179 .313 16 112 2B 155 589 162 .275 18 114 3B 123 484 125 .288 1 64 SS 147 617 167 .271 5 62 OF 152 495 184 .372 47 150 OF 145 606 181 .299 8 55 OF 108 415 130 .315 12 81
Other batters 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 96 258 74 .287 7 32 66 168 39 .232 0 20 41 127 34 .268 0 13 36 84 32 .388 0 14 35 52 20 .381 0 11 22 31 10 .323 0 3 28 25 3 .120 0 1 6 11 1 .091 0 0 2 2 1 .500 0 0 1 2 0 .000 0 0 1 0 0 ---- 0 0 1 0 0 ---- 0 0
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 40 266.1 23 11 3.62 78 41 258.2 19 11 3.38 59 40 217.2 16 12 3.85 79 5 36.0 2 3 3.50 8
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 39 161.0 9 8 4.98 69 33 140.1 6 6 4.23 38 29 104.1 8 7 3.62 63 20 81.2 2 4 3.53 56
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 37 5 1 2 2.67 30 17 1 0 0 6.10 6 1 0 0 1 18.00 0
1926 World Series
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeScoreRecord (NYY-STL)Attendance1October 2St. Louis Cardinals1New York Yankees21–061,6582October 3St. Louis Cardinals6New York Yankees21–163,6003October 5New York Yankees0St. Louis Cardinals41–237,7084October 6New York Yankees10St. Louis Cardinals52–238,8255October 7New York Yankees3St. Louis Cardinals23–239,5526October 9St. Louis Cardinals10New York Yankees23–348,6157October 10St. Louis Cardinals3New York Yankees23–4 38,093 St. Louis Cardinals win 4–3
References 1926 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference 1926 World Series 1926 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com