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1926 St. Louis Cardinals (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1925/1927)
89-65, Finished 1st in National League
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World Series Champs
Scored 817 runs, Allowed 678 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 90-64
Managed by Rogers Hornsby

Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 668,428 (6th of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 104, Pitching - 102
  (one-year): Batting - 102, Pitching - 100
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

Postseason:  Won World Series (4-3) over New York Yankees

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Game Results

Season Summary   89-65 , Final Rank: 1, GB: up 2.0
Days in First:                  31 (last on September 26, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:          27 (last on September 18)
Most Games under .500:           5 (last on May 13)

Biggest Lead:                  3.0 (last on September 25)
Farthest Behind Leader:        8.0 (last on May 29)

Longest Winning Streak:          8 (August 15 to August 22)
Longest Losing Streak:           5 (April 29 to May 3 and July 1 to July 5)

Most Runs Allowed:              19 (July 11)
Most Runs Scored:               23 (September 16)

Times Shutout by Opponent:       7
Times Opponent Shutout:         10

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        89  65     817     678    .578

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           47  30     411     359    .610
Road           42  35     406     319    .545

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April           8   8      69      72    .500
May            15  16     163     159    .484
June           16   6     127      88    .727
July           14  16     172     172    .467
August         22   8     138      98    .733
September      14  11     148      89    .560

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     41  36     389     364    .532
Second Half    48  29     428     314    .623
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        19  23     168     172    .452

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        27  17     320     235    .614

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
BRO            15   7     134      95    .682
BSN            15   7     116      92    .682
CHC            11  11     123     116    .500
CIN             8  14      86     103    .364
NYG            12  10      90      99    .545
PHI            15   7     164      84    .682
PIT            13   9     104      89    .591

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Tue, Apr 13     STL  PIT  W   7-6        1-0     1    Tied  2:10 F Rhem                            +
  2 Wed, Apr 14     STL  PIT  L   3-10       1-1     2     1.0  2:17 R Kremer                          -
  3 Thu, Apr 15     STL  PIT  W   2-0        2-1     2     1.0  1:39 V Keen                            +
  4 Fri, Apr 16     STL  PIT  W   3-2        3-1     1    Tied  2:05 A Sothoron                        ++
  5 Sat, Apr 17     STL  CHC  W   3-2        4-1     1    Tied  1:49 B Sherdel                         +++
  6 Sun, Apr 18     STL  CHC  W  10-5        5-1     1  up 0.5  2:04 F Rhem                            ++++
  7 Mon, Apr 19     STL  CHC  L   4-5        5-2     2     0.5  3:00 P Jones                           -
  8 Tue, Apr 20     STL  CHC  L   0-7        5-3     3     1.0  1:55 W Cooper                          --
  9 Thu, Apr 22     STL @PIT  W   5-3        6-3     2     1.0  2:03 V Keen                            +
 10 Fri, Apr 23     STL @PIT  L   2-3        6-4     2     2.0  1:47 V Aldridge                        -
 11 Sat, Apr 24     STL @PIT  W   9-3        7-4     2     1.0  1:48 F Rhem                            +
 12 Sun, Apr 25     STL @CIN  L   0-4        7-5     2     1.0  1:40 R Lucas                           -
 13 Mon, Apr 26     STL @CIN  L   2-3        7-6     4     1.0  1:47 J May                             --
 14 Wed, Apr 28     STL @CIN  W   5-3        8-6     2     1.5  2:12 V Keen                            +
 15 Thu, Apr 29     STL @CHC  L   5-6        8-7     4     1.5  2:05 C Root                            -
 16 Fri, Apr 30     STL @CHC  L   9-10       8-8     5     2.0  3:01 P Jones                           --
 17 Sat, May  1     STL @CHC  L   8-11       8-9     5     2.0  2:12 B Piercy                          ---
 18 Sun, May  2     STL @CHC  L   5-6        8-10    6     3.0  2:23 P Alexander                       ----
 19 Mon, May  3     STL  CIN  L   6-9        8-11    6     4.0  2:04 E Rixey                           -----
 20 Tue, May  4     STL  CIN  W   3-2        9-11    6     4.0  1:41 H Bell                            +
 21 Wed, May  5     STL  CIN  L   1-6        9-12    7     4.5  1:56 R Lucas                           -
 22 Thu, May  6     STL  BRO  W   3-1       10-12    5     3.5  1:46 F Rhem                      3,000 +
 23 Fri, May  7     STL  BRO  L   1-7       10-13    6     4.5  1:38 B Grimes                          -
 24 Sat, May  8     STL  BRO  L   3-5       10-14    6     5.5  0:00 D McWeeny                   5,000 --

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Sun, May  9     STL  BRO  L   1-3       10-15    7     6.5  2:19 B McGraw                          ---
 26 Mon, May 10     STL  NYG  W   5-4       11-15    7     5.5  0:00 V Keen                          0 +
 27 Tue, May 11     STL  NYG  W   6-5       12-15    6     5.5  2:07 F Rhem                          0 ++
 28 Wed, May 12     STL  NYG  L   1-2       12-16    6     6.5  1:44 J Ring                            -
 29 Thu, May 13     STL  NYG  L   1-12      12-17    7     7.0  0:00 V Barnes                    1,500 --
 30 Sat, May 15     STL  BSN  W  12-7       13-17    6     7.0  1:58 V Keen                            +
 31 Sun, May 16     STL  BSN  W  13-2       14-17    5     7.0  1:54 F Rhem                            ++
 32 Mon, May 17     STL  BSN  W   8-5       15-17    5     6.0  1:49 B Sherdel                         +++
 33 Wed, May 19     STL  PHI  L   2-6       15-18    5     7.0  1:51 H Carlson                         -
 34 Thu, May 20     STL  PHI  W   4-1       16-18    5     7.0  1:32 V Keen                            +
 35 Fri, May 21     STL  PHI  W  12-4       17-18    5     7.0  1:50 F Rhem                            ++
 36 Sat, May 22     STL  PHI  W   9-2       18-18    5     7.0  1:47 B Sherdel                         +++
 37 Sun, May 23     STL  PHI  L   5-7       18-19    5     7.0  2:12 H Carlson                         -
 38 Mon, May 24     STL  CIN  W  11-6       19-19    5     6.0  2:22 J Haines                          +
 39 Tue, May 25     STL  CIN  W   9-7       20-19    5     5.0  2:09 V Keen                            ++
 40 Wed, May 26     STL  CIN  W   8-5       21-19    4     4.0  2:00 E Dyer                            +++
 41 Thu, May 27     STL @CIN  L   3-4       21-20    5     6.0  1:45 P Donohue                         -
 42                 STL @CIN  L   1-2       21-21    5     6.0  2:05 C Mays                            --
 43 Fri, May 28     STL @CIN  L   4-12      21-22    5     7.0  2:40 E Rixey                           ---
 44 Sat, May 29     STL @CIN  L   1-3       21-23    5     8.0  1:44 J May                             ----
 45 Sun, May 30     STL @CHC  W   5-2       22-23    5     7.0  1:43 F Rhem                            +
 46 Mon, May 31     STL @CHC  W   5-3       23-23    5     7.0  2:01 H Bell                            ++
 47                 STL @CHC  L   7-8       23-24    5     7.0  2:21 C Root                            -
 48 Tue, Jun  1     STL @CHC  L   9-10      23-25    6     7.5  2:11 B Piercy                          --
 49 Wed, Jun  2     STL @CHC  W  14-6       24-25    5     7.0  2:08 J Haines                          +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Sat, Jun  5     STL @PHI  W   4-0       25-25    4     4.5  1:45 F Rhem                            ++
 51                 STL @PHI  W   7-4       26-25    4     4.5  2:00 H Bell                            +++
 52 Wed, Jun  9     STL @NYG  W   4-2       27-25    4     3.0  0:00 B Sherdel                       0 ++++
 53 Thu, Jun 10     STL @NYG  W   3-2       28-25    3     3.0  0:00 F Rhem                          0 +++++
 54 Fri, Jun 11     STL @NYG  W  10-2       29-25    3     3.0  0:00 V Keen                          0 ++++++
 55 Mon, Jun 14     STL @BRO  L   5-8       29-26    3     2.5  0:00 B McGraw                        0 -
 56 Tue, Jun 15     STL @BRO  W   4-0       30-26    3     1.5  0:00 B Sherdel                       0 +
 57 Thu, Jun 17     STL @BSN  W   4-2       31-26    2     0.5  2:01 F Rhem                            ++
 58                 STL @BSN  W   6-2       32-26    2     0.5  1:52 V Keen                            +++
 59 Sat, Jun 19     STL @BSN  W   4-0       33-26    2     1.0  1:45 J Haines                          ++++
 60                 STL @BSN  W   3-2       34-26    2     1.0  1:34 H Bell                            +++++
 61 Sun, Jun 20     STL @BRO  W   9-0       35-26    2     0.5  1:55 B Sherdel                         ++++++
 62 Mon, Jun 21     STL @PIT  L  11-13      35-27    3     1.5  2:28 R Oldham                          -
 63 Tue, Jun 22     STL  PIT  L   1-3       35-28    3     2.5  1:35 L Meadows                         --
 64 Wed, Jun 23     STL  PIT  W   6-2       36-28    3     1.5  1:48 J Haines                          +
 65 Thu, Jun 24     STL  PIT  -   3-3       36-28    3     1.5  1:38                                   +
 66 Sat, Jun 26     STL  CHC  W   8-7       37-28    2     2.0  2:21 B Hallahan                        ++
 67 Sun, Jun 27     STL  CHC  W   3-2       38-28    2     2.5  1:48 P Alexander                       +++
 68                 STL  CHC  L   0-5       38-29    2     2.5  2:01 S Blake                           -
 69 Mon, Jun 28     STL  CHC  L   3-11      38-30    2     3.5  1:55 C Root                            --
 70 Wed, Jun 30     STL @PIT  W   6-2       39-30    2     3.5  1:36 J Haines                          +
 71 Thu, Jul  1     STL @PIT  L   3-7       39-31    2     3.5  1:57 D Songer                          -
 72 Fri, Jul  2     STL @PIT  L   2-3       39-32    2     4.5  1:46 R Kremer                          --
 73 Sat, Jul  3     STL @PIT  L   3-12      39-33    3     4.0  1:49 V Aldridge                        ---
 74 Sun, Jul  4     STL  CIN  L   2-7       39-34    3     5.0  2:04 J May                             ----

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Mon, Jul  5     STL  CIN  L   0-4       39-35    3     5.0  1:35 P Donohue                         -----
 76                 STL  CIN  W   7-5       40-35    3     5.0  2:02 J Haines                          +
 77 Tue, Jul  6     STL  CIN  L   2-5       40-36    3     6.0  1:42 C Mays                            -
 78 Wed, Jul  7     STL  CIN  W  11-2       41-36    3     5.0  2:02 A Reinhart                        +
 79 Fri, Jul  9     STL  BSN  W   2-1       42-36    3     3.5  1:32 B Sherdel                         ++
 80 Sat, Jul 10     STL  BSN  W  18-6       43-36    3     2.5  2:07 J Haines                          +++
 81 Sun, Jul 11     STL  BSN  W   7-2       44-36    3     2.0  1:33 P Alexander                       ++++
 82                 STL  BSN  L   5-19      44-37    3     2.0  2:06 H Goldsmith                       -
 83 Mon, Jul 12     STL  BSN  L   6-8       44-38    3     3.0  2:32 G Mogridge                        --
 84 Tue, Jul 13     STL  BRO  W  12-10      45-38    3     3.0  1:55 B Sherdel                   3,500 +
 85 Wed, Jul 14     STL  BRO  L   2-5       45-39    3     4.0  1:52 D McWeeny                         -
 86 Thu, Jul 15     STL  BRO  W  11-5       46-39    3     3.0  0:00 A Reinhart                  3,000 +
 87 Fri, Jul 16     STL  BRO  L   7-8       46-40    3     3.5  2:30 D McWeeny                         -
 88 Sat, Jul 17     STL  PHI  W  13-5       47-40    3     2.5  1:43 F Rhem                            +
 89 Sun, Jul 18     STL  PHI  W   9-7       48-40    2     1.5  2:10 A Sothoron                        ++
 90 Mon, Jul 19     STL  PHI  L   3-4       48-41    3     2.5  2:17 C Willoughby                      -
 91 Thu, Jul 22     STL  NYG  L   3-5       48-42    3     4.5  1:50 V Barnes                          --
 92 Fri, Jul 23     STL  NYG  W   6-1       49-42    3     3.5  0:00 B Sherdel                       0 +
 93 Sat, Jul 24     STL  NYG  L   3-5       49-43    3     3.5  0:00 J Scott                         0 -
 94 Sun, Jul 25     STL  NYG  W   6-5       50-43    3     2.5  2:20 A Reinhart                        +
 95 Tue, Jul 27     STL @PHI  W   9-5       51-43    3     3.0  1:45 P Alexander                       ++
 96 Wed, Jul 28     STL @PHI  L   3-6       51-44    3     3.5  2:12 W Dean                            -
 97                 STL @PHI  W   5-4       52-44    3     3.5  1:53 V Keen                            +
 98 Fri, Jul 30     STL @NYG  W   5-2       53-44    3     2.5  0:00 F Rhem                          0 ++
 99 Sat, Jul 31     STL @NYG  L   6-8       53-45    3     4.0  0:00 J Scott                         0 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100                 STL @NYG  L   1-6       53-46    3     4.0  0:00 V Barnes                        0 --
101 Sun, Aug  1     STL @NYG  L   2-7       53-47    3     4.5  1:30 H McQuillan                       ---
102 Mon, Aug  2     STL @NYG  L   2-4       53-48    3     4.5  0:00 J Ring                      7,500 ----
103 Wed, Aug  4     STL @BRO  W   8-4       54-48    3     4.5  0:00 B Sherdel                       0 +
104 Thu, Aug  5     STL @BRO  W  11-9       55-48    3     4.5  0:00 H Bell                          0 ++
105 Fri, Aug  6     STL @BRO  W   7-3       56-48    3     4.5  0:00 A Reinhart                      0 +++
106 Sat, Aug  7     STL @BRO  W   6-3       57-48    3     2.5  0:00 H Bell                          0 ++++
107                 STL @BRO  W   3-0       58-48    3     2.5  0:00 P Alexander                     0 +++++
108 Sun, Aug  8     STL @BRO  W   3-2       59-48    2     2.0  2:15 B Sherdel                         ++++++
109 Mon, Aug  9     STL @BSN  L   0-5       59-49    2     3.0  1:50 L Benton                          -
110 Tue, Aug 10     STL @BSN  W   3-1       60-49    2     3.0  1:54 F Rhem                            +
111 Wed, Aug 11     STL @BSN  W   2-0       61-49    2     2.0  1:50 J Haines                          ++
112 Sat, Aug 14     STL  CHC  L   2-3       61-50    2     2.5  1:48 S Blake                           -
113 Sun, Aug 15     STL  CHC  W   7-2       62-50    2     2.0  1:37 F Rhem                            +
114 Mon, Aug 16     STL  CHC  W   5-4       63-50    2     1.5  2:10 J Haines                          ++
115 Tue, Aug 17     STL  BRO  W   8-7       64-50    2     1.0  0:00 P Alexander                 3,500 +++
116 Wed, Aug 18     STL  BRO  W   6-2       65-50    2     0.5  1:52 A Reinhart                        ++++
117 Thu, Aug 19     STL  BRO  W   6-2       66-50    1    Tied  3:19 B Sherdel                         +++++
118 Fri, Aug 20     STL  NYG  W   6-2       67-50    1  up 0.5  1:54 F Rhem                          0 ++++++
119 Sat, Aug 21     STL  NYG  W   3-1       68-50    1    Tied  0:00 P Alexander                     0 +++++++
120 Sun, Aug 22     STL  NYG  W   4-2       69-50    1  up 0.5  1:33 J Haines                          ++++++++
121 Tue, Aug 24     STL  BSN  L   1-2       69-51    1    Tied  1:48 L Benton                          -
122                 STL  BSN  W   6-5       70-51    1    Tied  1:56 A Reinhart                        +
123 Wed, Aug 25     STL  BSN  W   4-3       71-51    1  up 1.0  2:15 P Alexander                       ++
124 Thu, Aug 26     STL  PHI  L   2-3       71-52    1    Tied  1:44 W Dean                            -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125 Fri, Aug 27     STL  PHI  L   7-9       71-53    3     1.0  2:16 D Ulrich                          --
126 Sat, Aug 28     STL  PHI  W   9-3       72-53    3     1.0  1:36 A Reinhart                        +
127 Sun, Aug 29     STL  PIT  -   2-2       72-53    3     1.0  1:54                                   +
128 Mon, Aug 30     STL  PIT  L   0-3       72-54    3     1.0  1:46 R Kremer                        0 -
129                 STL  PIT  W   5-3       73-54    3     1.0  2:05 J Haines                          +
130 Tue, Aug 31     STL  PIT  W   6-1       74-54    1  up 0.5  1:37 B Sherdel                       0 ++
131                 STL  PIT  W   2-1       75-54    1  up 0.5  1:40 A Sothoron                        +++
132 Wed, Sep  1     STL  PIT  W   5-2       76-54    1  up 1.0       A Reinhart                 20,000 ++++
133 Thu, Sep  2     STL @CHC  W   2-0       77-54    1  up 2.0  1:30 P Alexander                       +++++
134                 STL @CHC  W   9-1       78-54    1  up 2.0  1:50 F Rhem                            ++++++
135 Fri, Sep  3     STL @CIN  L   2-4       78-55    1  up 1.0       C Mays                            -
136 Sat, Sep  4     STL @CIN  L   0-5       78-56    1    Tied       P Donohue                         --
137 Sun, Sep  5     STL @CIN  W   7-3       79-56    1  up 1.0  1:45 P Alexander                       +
138 Mon, Sep  6     STL @PIT  W   8-1       80-56    1  up 1.0  1:48 F Rhem                            ++
139                 STL @PIT  L   2-4       80-57    1  up 1.0  1:45 R Kremer                        0 -
140 Tue, Sep  7     STL @PIT  W   8-0       81-57    1  up 2.0  0:00 B Sherdel                       0 +
141 Fri, Sep 10     STL @BSN  L   3-11      81-58    1  up 2.5  0:00 G Mogridge                      0 -
142 Sat, Sep 11     STL @BSN  W   2-0       82-58    1  up 2.0  0:00 J Haines                        0 +
143                 STL @BSN  L   3-4       82-59    1  up 2.0  0:00 J Cooney                        0 -
144 Mon, Sep 13     STL @BSN  L   4-5       82-60    1    Tied  0:00 L Benton                        0 --
145 Wed, Sep 15     STL @PHI  W   9-2       83-60    2     0.5  0:00 J Haines                        0 +
146 Thu, Sep 16     STL @PHI  W  23-3       84-60    1    Tied  0:00 F Rhem                          0 ++
147                 STL @PHI  W  10-2       85-60    1    Tied  0:00 A Reinhart                 10,000 +++
148 Fri, Sep 17     STL @PHI  W  10-1       86-60    1  up 1.0  0:00 B Sherdel                       0 ++++
149 Sat, Sep 18     STL @PHI  W   7-3       87-60    1  up 1.5  0:00 F Rhem                          0 +++++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150                 STL @PHI  L   2-3       87-61    1  up 1.5  0:00 H Carlson                       0 -
151 Sun, Sep 19     STL @NYG  L   5-6       87-62    1  up 1.0  1:41 H McQuillan                       --
152 Tue, Sep 21     STL @BRO  L   3-4       87-63    1  up 2.0  0:00 J Petty                         0 ---
153 Wed, Sep 22     STL @BRO  W  15-7       88-63    1  up 2.5  0:00 A Reinhart                      0 +
154 Fri, Sep 24     STL @NYG  W   6-4       89-63    1  up 3.0  0:00 B Sherdel                       0 ++
155 Sat, Sep 25     STL @NYG  L   2-12      89-64    1  up 3.0  0:00 J Scott                     8,000 -
156 Sun, Sep 26     STL @CIN  L   1-2       89-65    1  up 2.0  1:36 P Donohue                         --

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