1926 Major League Baseball season

This article is about the 1926 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1926 in baseball.

The 1926 Major League Baseball season.

Statistical leaders

	American League		National League
Type	Name	Stat	Name	Stat
AVG	Heinie Manush DET	.378	Bubbles Hargrave CIN	.353
HR	Babe Ruth NYY	47	Hack Wilson CHC	21
RBI	Babe Ruth NYY	146	Jim Bottomley STL	120
Wins	George Uhle CLE	27	Ray Kremer PIT Lee Meadows PIT Flint Rhem STL Pete Donohue CIN	20
ERA	Lefty Grove PHA	2.51	Ray Kremer PIT	2.61
SO	Lefty Grove PHA	194	Dazzy Vance BRO	140
SV	Firpo Marberry WSH	22	Chick Davies NYG	6
SB	Johnny Mostil CHW	35	Kiki Cuyler PIT	35

Major league baseball final standings

American League final standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	91	63	0.591	—	50–25	41–38
Cleveland Indians	88	66	0.571	3	49–31	39–35
Philadelphia Athletics	83	67	0.553	6	44–27	39–40
Washington Senators	81	69	0.540	8	42–30	39–39
Chicago White Sox	81	72	0.529	9½	47–31	34–41
Detroit Tigers	79	75	0.513	12	39–41	40–34
St. Louis Browns	62	92	0.403	29	40–39	22–53
Boston Red Sox	46	107	0.301	44½	25–51	21–56

National League final standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	89	65	0.578	—	47–30	42–35
Cincinnati Reds	87	67	0.565	2	53–23	34–44
Pittsburgh Pirates	84	69	0.549	4½	49–28	35–41
Chicago Cubs	82	72	0.532	7	49–28	33–44
New York Giants	74	77	0.490	13½	43–33	31–44
Brooklyn Robins	71	82	0.464	17½	38–38	33–44
Boston Braves	66	86	0.434	22	43–34	23–52
Philadelphia Phillies	58	93	0.384	29½	33–42	25–51

External links

1926 season at Baseball-reference.com

1926 MLB season by team

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington

National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

1926 World Series

Major League Baseball seasons

Pre-modern era

Beginnings	1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881

Competition	1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891

NL monopoly	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900

Modern era

Deadball era	1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920

Liveball era	1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941

World War II	1942 1943 1944 1945

Postwar	1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960

First expansion	1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968

Birth of division play	1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993

Wildcard begins	1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Wildcard expansion	2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

See also

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