1926 New York Yankees

The New York Yankees' 1926 season was their 24th season. The team finished with a record of 91-63, winning their fourth pennant, finishing 3.0 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, with the series ending with Babe Ruth being caught stealing second in the bottom of the 9th inning in game 7.

[edit] Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	91	63	.591	--
Cleveland Indians	88	66	.571	3
Philadelphia Athletics	83	67	.553	6
Washington Senators	81	69	.540	8
Chicago White Sox	81	72	.529	9½
Detroit Tigers	79	75	.513	12
St. Louis Browns	62	92	.403	29
Boston Red Sox	46	107	.301	44½

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

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
Pat Collins	102	290	83	.286	7	35
Earle Combs	145	606	113	.299	8	55
Joe Dugan	123	484	125	.288	1	64
Lou Gehrig	155	572	179	.313	16	112
Mark Koenig	147	617	167	.271	5	62
Tony Lazzeri	155	589	162	.275	18	114
Bob Meusel	108	415	130	.315	12	81
Babe Ruth	152	495	184	.372	47	150

[edit] Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Spencer Adams	28	25	3	.120	0	1
Honey Barnes	1	0	0	.000	0	0
Benny Bengough	36	84	32	.388	0	14
Roy Carlyle	35	52	20	.381	0	11
Nick Cullop	2	2	1	.500	0	0
Kiddo Davis	1	0	0	.000	0	0
Mike Gazella	66	168	30	.232	0	20
Fred Merkle	1	2	0	.000	0	0
Ben Paschal	96	258	74	.287	7	32
Hank Severeid	41	127	34	.268	0	13
Bill Skiff	6	11	1	.091	0	0
Aaron Ward	22	31	10	.323	0	3

[edit] 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
Waite Hoyt	40	217.7	16	12	3.85	79
Sam Jones	39	161	9	8	4.98	69
Herb Pennock	40	266.3	23	11	3.62	78
Urban Shocker	41	258.3	19	11	3.38	59

[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Walter Beall	20	81.7	2	4	3.53	56
Hank Johnson	1	1	0	0	18.00	0
Dutch Ruether	5	36	2	3	3.50	8

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Garland Braxton	37	5	1	2	2.67	30
Herb McQuaid	17	1	0	0	6.10	6
Bob Shawkey	29	8	7	3	3.62	63
Myles Thomas	33	6	6	0	4.23	38

[edit] World Series

Main article: 1926 World Series

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Score	Record (NYY-PIT)	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 7	New York Yankees	0	St. Louis Cardinals	4	1-2	37,708
4	October 9	New York Yankees	10	St. Louis Cardinals	5	2-2	38,825
5	October 9	New York Yankees	3	St. Louis Cardinals	2	3-2	39,552
6	October 9	New York Yankees	2	St. Louis Cardinals	10	3-3	48,615
7	October 9	New York Yankees	2	St. Louis Cardinals	3	3-4	38,093
St. Louis Cardinals win 4-3