1926 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 1926 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

1926

World Series Champions

St. Louis Cardinals

Runner Up

New York Yankees

Most Valuable Players

AL: George Burns NL: Bob O'Farrell

Cy Young Winners

AL: NL:

Rookies of the Year

AL: NL:

Managers of the Year

AL: NL:

#1 Draft Pick

All-Star Game

Teams

Players

499

Attendance

9,832,982

Payroll

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1926 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
American League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	New York Yankees	T - S - R	154	91	63	.591	--	847	714	133	Lost World Series (Cardinals)	1,027,675	1	---	Miller Huggins	Yankee Stadium I
2	2	3	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R	154	88	66	.571	3.0	738	611	127	dnq	627,426	11	---	Tris Speaker	League Park
3	3	5	Philadelphia Athletics	T - S - R	150	83	67	.553	6.0	677	569	108	dnq	714,508	4	---	Connie Mack	Shibe Park
4	4	7	Washington Senators I	T - S - R	150	81	69	.540	8.0	802	771	31	dnq	551,580	12	---	Bucky Harris	Griffith Stadium
5	5	9	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R	153	81	72	.529	9.5	731	665	66	dnq	710,339	6	---	Eddie Collins	Comiskey Park
6	6	10	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R	154	79	75	.513	12.0	793	829	-36	dnq	711,914	5	---	Ty Cobb	Navin Field
7	7	14	St. Louis Browns	T - S - R	154	62	92	.403	29.0	682	849	-167	dnq	283,986	15	---	George Sisler	Sportsman's Park
8	8	16	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R	153	46	107	.301	44.5	561	838	-277	dnq	285,155	14	---	Lee Fohl	Fenway Park
National League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	2	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R	154	89	65	.578	--	817	678	139	Won World Series (Yankees)	668,428	9	---	Rogers Hornsby	Sportsman's Park
2	2	4	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R	154	87	67	.565	2.0	747	651	96	dnq	672,987	8	---	Jack Hendricks	Redland Field
3	3	6	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R	153	84	69	.549	4.5	769	686	83	dnq	798,542	3	---	Bill McKechnie	Forbes Field
4	4	8	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R	154	82	72	.532	7.0	682	602	80	dnq	885,063	2	---	Joe McCarthy	Cubs Park
5	5	11	New York Giants	T - S - R	151	74	77	.490	13.5	663	664	-1	dnq	700,362	7	---	John McGraw	Polo Grounds
6	6	12	Brooklyn Robins	T - S - R	153	71	82	.464	17.5	623	707	-84	dnq	650,819	10	---	Wilbert Robinson	Ebbets Field
7	7	13	Boston Braves	T - S - R	152	66	86	.434	22.0	624	718	-94	dnq	303,598	13	---	Dave Bancroft	Braves Field
8	8	15	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R	151	58	93	.384	29.5	687	900	-213	dnq	240,600	16	---	Art Fletcher	Baker Bowl
16 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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