1926 St. Louis Cardinals season
- 1926 St. Louis Cardinals season
MLB yearly infobox-pre1969
name = St. Louis Cardinals
season = 1926
misc = 1926 World Series Champions
1926 National League Champions
current league = National League
y1 = 1892
Uniform 
ballpark = Sportsman's Park
y4 = 1920
city = St. Louis, Missouri
y5 = 1882
owners = Sam Breadon
managers = Rogers Hornsby
television =
radio = unknown
espntn = stl
brtn = stl
The St. Louis Cardinals 1926 season was the team's 45th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 35th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 89-65 during the season and finished 1st in the National League, winning their first National League pennant. In the World Series, the Cardinals defeated the New York Yankees in 7 games, ending it by throwing out Babe Ruth at second base in the ninth-inning of Game 7 to preserve a 3-2 victory.
Catcher Bob O'Farrell won the MVP Award this year, batting .293, with 7 home runs and 68 RBIs.
Regular season
*On September 22, Tommy Thevenow hit the second and last home run of his career. Thevenow would play for another 12 seasons and set a major league record by not hitting a home run in 3,347 at-bats. [Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.334, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0]
eason standings
Transactions
*June 14, 1926: Heinie Mueller was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the New York Giants for Billy Southworth. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/muellhe01.shtml]
Roster
Starting pitchers
World Series
External links
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/STL/1926.shtml 1926 St. Louis Cardinals]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1926&t=SLN 1926 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]
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