1926_Major_League_Baseball_season

1926 Major League Baseball season

1926 Major League Baseball season

Sports season

The 1926 Major League Baseball season began on April 13, 1926. The regular season ended on September 29, with the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Yankees as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 23rd World Series on October 2 and ended with Game 7 on October 10. The Cardinals defeated the Yankees, four games to three.

This article is about the 1926 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1926 in baseball.
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Locations of AL teams for the 1923–1931 MLB seasons
American League
Locations of NL teams for the 1923–1931 MLB seasons
National League

This was the fifth of eight seasons that "League Awards", a precursor to the Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award (introduced in 1931), were issued.

Teams

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Schedule

See also: Major League Baseball schedule

The 1926 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place since the 1904 season (except for 1919) and would be used until 1961 in the American League and 1962 in the National League.

Opening Day, April 13, featured all sixteen teams, continuing the trend which started with the 1924 season. The American League would see its final day of the regular season was on September 27, while the National League would see its final day of the regular season on September 29 with a doubleheader between the Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Braves. The World Series took place between October 2 and October 10.

Rule changes

The 1926 season saw the following rule changes:[1]

Standings

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Postseason

Bracket

World Series
   
AL New York Yankees 3
NL St. Louis Cardinals 4

Managers

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League leaders

American League

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National League

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Awards and honors

Home field attendance

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Notable events

  • August 26 – Dutch Levsen of the Cleveland Indians becomes the last pitcher to win both games of a doubleheader, hurling two 9 inning games back to back, winning 6–1 and 5–1.[18][19] Levsen is also the last pitcher to throw two nine-inning complete games on the same day.[19]

References

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    World's Strangest Baseball stories. Watermill Press. 1993. p. 72. ISBN 0-8167-2850X.
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    Preston, JG (September 13, 2009). "A thorough account of pitchers who have started both games of a doubleheader in the major leagues". prestonjg.wordpress.com. Retrieved September 15, 2020.


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