The following are the baseball events of the year 1926 throughout the world.
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American League | National League | |||
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 SLC | 120 |
Wins | George Uhle CLE | 27 | Pete Donohue CIN, Ray Kremer PIT, Lee Meadows PIT, & Flint Rhem SLC |
20 |
ERA | Lefty Grove PHA | 2.51 | Ray Kremer PIT | 2.61 |
Ks | Lefty Grove PHA | 194 | Dazzy Vance BKN | 140 |
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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 | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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 |
Negro National League (West) | ||||
Club | Wins | Losses | Win % | GB |
Kansas City Monarchs | 56 | 19 | .747 | |
Chicago American Giants | 57 | 23 | .713 | |
St. Louis Stars | 49 | 29 | .628 | |
Detroit Stars | 46 | 40 | .535 | |
Indianapolis ABCs | 43 | 43 | .500 | |
Cuban Stars | 16 | 47 | .254 | |
Dayton Marcos | 7 | 32 | .179 | |
Cleveland Elite Giants | 5 | 32 | .135 |
Eastern Colored League (East) | ||||
Club | Wins | Losses | Win % | GB |
Atlantic City Bacharach Giants | 63 | 15 | .808 | |
Hilldale | 53 | 34 | .630 | |
Harrisburg Giants | 25 | 17 | .595 | |
Cuban Stars | 22 | 17 | .564 | |
New York Lincoln Giants | 23 | 30 | .434 | |
Baltimore Black Sox | 23 | 36 | .390 | |
Brooklyn Royal Giants | 3 | 15 | .167 | |
Newark Stars | 1 | 10 | .091 | |
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5 | 1 | .833 |
†Homestead was not in the league, but these games counted in the standings.