1926 New York Yankees season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees March 2026 November 2013 New York Yankees 1926 American League champions American League Yankee Stadium New York City, New York 91 63 y 1st Jacob Ruppert Ed Barrow 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 240px|right|thumb|The 1926 New York Yankees Season standings New York Yankees Record vs. opponents NYY Roster 1926 New York Yankees Roster Pitchers Walter Beall Garland Braxton Waite Hoyt Hank Johnson Sam Jones Herb McQuaid Herb Pennock Dutch Ruether Bob Shawkey Urban Shocker Myles Thomas Catchers Honey Barnes Benny Bengough Pat Collins Hank Severeid Bill Skiff Infielders Spencer Adams Joe Dugan Mike Gazella Lou Gehrig Mark Koenig Tony Lazzeri Fred Merkle Aaron Ward Outfielders Roy Carlyle Earle Combs Kiddo Davis Bob Meusel Ben Paschal Babe Ruth Other batters Nick Cullop Manager Miller Huggins Coaches Fred Merkle Charley O'Leary 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 baseball 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 145 606 181 .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 Aaron Ward (baseball) 22 31 10 .323 0 3 Spencer Adams 28 25 3 .120 0 1 Bill Skiff 6 11 1 .091 0 0 Nick Cullop Nick Cullop (outfielder) 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 Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Sam Jones Sad Sam Jones 39 161.0 9 8 4.98 69 Myles Thomas 33 140.1 6 6 4.23 38 Bob Shawkey 29 104.1 8 7 3.62 63 Walter Beall 20 81.2 2 4 3.53 56 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts 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 Hank Johnson Hank Johnson (baseball) 1 0 0 1 18.00 0 1926 World Series 1926 World Series GameDateVisitorScoreHomeScoreRecord (NYY-STL)Attendance1October 2St. Louis Cardinals1New York Yankees21–061,6582October 3St. Louis Cardinals6New York Yankees21–163,6003October 5New York Yankees0St. Louis Cardinals41–237,7084October 6New York Yankees10St. Louis Cardinals52–238,8255October 7New York Yankees3St. Louis Cardinals23–239,5526October 9St. Louis Cardinals10New York Yankees23–348,6157October 10St. Louis Cardinals3New York Yankees23–4 38,093 St. Louis Cardinals win 4–3 References 1926 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference 1926 World Series 1926 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:New York Yankees seasons New York Yankees New York Yankees Category:1920s in the Bronx Category:American League champion seasons