1926 in baseball

Year in baseball
this year = 1926

Champions

*World Series: St. Louis Cardinals over New York Yankees (4-3)
*Negro League World Series: Chicago American Giants over Bacharach Giants (5-4-2)

Awards and honors

*League Award
**George Burns, Cleveland Indians, 1B
**Bob O'Farrell, St. Louis Cardinals, C

tatistical Leaders

Negro League Baseball final standings

Negro National League final standings

*Kansas City won the first half, Chicago won the second half.
*Chicago beat Kansas City 5 games to 4 games in a play-off.

Eastern Colored League final standings

†Homestead was not in the league, but these games counted in the standings.

Events

*April 19 - Ira Flagstead of the Boston Red Sox ties a record by starting 3 double plays in one game from the outfield.

*August 11 - Tris Speaker of Cleveland hit his 700th career double, but the Indians lost to the Chicago White Sox, 7-2. The double came in the third inning off Joe Edwards.

*August 21 - Ted Lyons pitches a no-hitter in a 6-0 Chicago White Sox win over the Boston Red Sox.

*October 10 - The St. Louis Cardinals defeat the New York Yankees, 3-2, in Game 7 of the World Series to win their first World Championship, four games to three. In Game 4, Babe Ruth hit three home runs, a World Series record equaled only twice since. The Series would feature 13 future Hall of Famers.

Births

*January 6 - Ralph Branca
*January 18 - Bob Scherbarth
*January 31 - Tom Alston
*February 12 - Joe Garagiola
*June 14 - Don Newcombe
*August 6 - Clem Labine
*August 25 - Jim Suchecki
*August 28 - Bob Trice
*September 19 - Duke Snider
*August 25 - Bob Milliken
*September 19 - Murray Wall
*September 30 - Robin Roberts
*October 12 - John Irvin Kennedy
*October 13 - Eddie Yost
*November 6 - Harley Hisner
*November 18 - Roy Sievers
*November 22 - Lew Burdette
*December 13 - Carl Erskine

Deaths

*January 31 - Lou Bierbauer, 60, second baseman for Philadelphia and Pittsburgh who batted .300 three times, led league in assists five times
*February 12 - Francis Richter, 72, sportswriter, editor of annual Reach Guides since 1901, revered for his authoritative commentary on the state of the sport; established first newspaper sports department in 1872, founded "Sporting Life" newspaper in 1883; helped form 1882 American Association, assisted in 1891 merger with NL; declined NL presidency in 1907
*February 24 - Eddie Plank, 50, pitcher for the Athletics who became the first left-hander to win 200 games, continuing until he had compiled 326 victories; eight-time 20-game winner pitched 2-hit victory in final game of 1913 World Series; 2246 strikeouts ranked sixth all-time upon retirement, 69 shutouts ranked fourth; top left-hander with 410 complete games, held AL career marks for left-handers in games, innings and starts
*March 27 - John "Kick" Kelly, 69, umpire in the 1880s who officiated in three World Championship Series; played 16 games in 1879 with Syracuse and Troy, also managed Louisville
*August 20 - Cal McVey, 75, early star with 1869 Red Stockings who batted .431 in National Association's 1871 debut season, topped .300 mark through 1878; led NA in hits, RBI and total bases twice each, in runs and doubles once
*October 10 - Brownie Foreman, 51, 19th century pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Cincinnati Reds