1926 New York Yankees season

1926 New York Yankees
1926 New York Yankees
American League Champions
League	American League
Ballpark	Yankee Stadium
City	New York City, New York
Owners	Jacob Ruppert
General managers	Ed Barrow
Managers	Miller Huggins

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

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American League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	91	63	.591	—	50‍–‍25	41‍–‍38
Cleveland Indians	88	66	.571	3	49‍–‍31	39‍–‍35
Philadelphia Athletics	83	67	.553	6	44‍–‍27	39‍–‍40
Washington Senators	81	69	.540	8	42‍–‍30	39‍–‍39
Chicago White Sox	81	72	.529	9½	47‍–‍31	34‍–‍41
Detroit Tigers	79	75	.513	12	39‍–‍41	40‍–‍34
St. Louis Browns	62	92	.403	29	40‍–‍39	22‍–‍53
Boston Red Sox	46	107	.301	44½	25‍–‍51	21‍–‍56

Record vs. opponents

1926 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	6–16	6–16	7–15	5–17	8–14	11–11–1	3–18
Chicago	16–6	—	13–9	14–8–2	8–14	6–15	13–9	11–11
Cleveland	16–6	9–13	—	11–11	11–11	14–8	11–11	16–6
Detroit	15–7	8–14–2	11–11	—	10–12	11–11	12–10	12–10–1
New York	17–5	14–8	11–11	12–10	—	9–13	16–6	12–10–1
Philadelphia	14–8	15–6	8–14	11–11	13–9	—	15–7	7–12
St. Louis	11–11–1	9–13	11–11	10–12	6–16	7–15	—	8–14
Washington	18–3	11–11	6–16	10–12–1	10–12–1	12–7	14–8	—

Roster

1926 New York Yankees

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Nick Cullop

Manager

Miller Huggins

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	Pat Collins	102	290	83	.286	7	35
1B	Lou Gehrig	155	572	179	.313	16	112
2B	Tony Lazzeri	155	589	162	.275	18	114
3B	Joe Dugan	123	484	125	.288	1	64
SS	Mark Koenig	147	617	167	.271	5	62
OF	Babe Ruth	152	495	184	.372	47	150
OF	Earle Combs	145	606	113	.299	8	55
OF	Bob Meusel	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
Ben Paschal	96	258	74	.287	7	32
Mike Gazella	66	168	39	.232	0	20
Hank Severeid	41	127	34	.268	0	13
Benny Bengough	36	84	32	.388	0	14
Roy Carlyle	35	52	20	.381	0	11
Aaron Ward	22	31	10	.323	0	3
Spencer Adams	28	25	3	.120	0	1
Bill Skiff	6	11	1	.091	0	0
Nick Cullop	2	2	1	.500	0	0
Fred Merkle	1	2	0	.000	0	0
Honey Barnes	1	0	0	----	0	0
Kiddo Davis	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
Herb Pennock	40	266.1	23	11	3.62	78
Urban Shocker	41	258.2	19	11	3.38	59
Waite Hoyt	40	217.2	16	12	3.85	79
Dutch Ruether	5	36.0	2	3	3.50	8

Other pitchers