1926 World Series

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The 1926 World Series was a Major League Baseball championship between the St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Yankees, remembered for the Cardinals’ first title and Babe Ruth’s dramatic but failed steal attempt to end the series.

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1926 World Series canonical 8

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Major League Baseball championship series ⓘ
World Series ⓘ
americanLeagueChampion New York Yankees ⓘ
babeRuthGame4HomeRuns 3 ⓘ
babeRuthHomeRuns 4 ⓘ
babeRuthOnBaseTimesInGame4 5 ⓘ
babeRuthWalks 11 ⓘ
cardinalsFirstWorldSeriesTitle true ⓘ
cardinalsManager Rogers Hornsby ⓘ
cardinalsStarPlayer Grover Cleveland Alexander ⓘ
Rogers Hornsby ⓘ
cardinalsTeamCaptain Rogers Hornsby ⓘ
championshipOf Major League Baseball ⓘ
chronologicalOrder 23rd World Series ⓘ
city New York City ⓘ
St. Louis ⓘ
decisivePlayDescription Babe Ruth was thrown out attempting to steal second base for the final out of Game 7 ⓘ
endDate 1926-10-10 ⓘ
finalSeriesResult Cardinals won 4 games to 3 ⓘ
followedBy 1927 World Series ⓘ
game1Date 1926-10-02 ⓘ
game2Date 1926-10-03 ⓘ
game3Date 1926-10-05 ⓘ
game4Date 1926-10-06 ⓘ
game5Date 1926-10-07 ⓘ
game6Date 1926-10-09 ⓘ
game7Date 1926-10-10 ⓘ
game7LosingPitcher Bob Shawkey ⓘ
game7WinningPitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander ⓘ
league National League vs American League ⓘ
linked to: National League
loser New York Yankees ⓘ
mostValuablePlayer Babe Ruth ⓘ
nationalLeagueChampion St. Louis Cardinals ⓘ
notableEvent Babe Ruth was caught stealing to end Game 7 ⓘ
numberOfGames 7 ⓘ
participatingTeam New York Yankees ⓘ
St. Louis Cardinals ⓘ
precededBy 1925 World Series ⓘ
seasonOfLeague 1926 Major League Baseball season ⓘ
seriesClinchingGame Game 7 ⓘ
seriesClinchingScore St. Louis Cardinals 3, New York Yankees 2 ⓘ
sport baseball ⓘ
startDate 1926-10-02 ⓘ
venue Sportsman’s Park ⓘ
linked to: Sportsman's Park

Yankee Stadium ⓘ
winner St. Louis Cardinals ⓘ
yankeesManager Miller Huggins ⓘ
yankeesStarPlayer Babe Ruth ⓘ
Lou Gehrig ⓘ

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Bill Dinneen → officiatedWorldSeries → 1926 World Series ⓘ
1925 World Series → nextEdition → 1926 World Series ⓘ
subject linked to: 1925 World Series games
1925 World Series → nextWorldSeries → 1926 World Series ⓘ
1927 World Series → precededBy → 1926 World Series ⓘ
23rd World Series → alsoKnownAs → 1926 World Series ⓘ