Babe Ruth was thrown out attempting to steal second base for the final out of Game 7

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Babe Ruth was thrown out attempting to steal second base for the final out of Game 7, a dramatic and controversial baserunning play that ended the 1926 World Series.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World Series play ⓘ
baseball event ⓘ
ballpark Yankee Stadium ⓘ
baseRunningAction attempted steal of second base ⓘ
batterAtPlate Bob Meusel ⓘ
catcher Bob O'Farrell ⓘ
city New York City ⓘ
controversial true ⓘ
date 1926-10-10 ⓘ
era live-ball era ⓘ
fielderRecordingOut Tommy Thevenow ⓘ
finalOutOf Game 7 of the 1926 World Series ⓘ
historicalSignificance first World Series won by the St. Louis Cardinals ⓘ
inning ninth inning ⓘ
involvesPlayer Babe Ruth ⓘ
league Major League Baseball ⓘ
losingTeam New York Yankees ⓘ
managerOfCardinals Rogers Hornsby ⓘ
managerOfYankees Miller Huggins ⓘ
notableFor being one of the few World Series ended on a baserunning out ⓘ
ending a World Series on a caught stealing ⓘ
occursInGame Game 7 of the 1926 World Series ⓘ
occursInSeries 1926 World Series ⓘ
outsBeforePlay two outs ⓘ
pitcherOnMound Grover Cleveland Alexander ⓘ
playType caught stealing ⓘ
result Babe Ruth was tagged out at second base ⓘ
final out of the 1926 World Series ⓘ
scoreAtTimeOfPlay St. Louis Cardinals 3–2 New York Yankees ⓘ
seriesClinchingPlay true ⓘ
seriesFormat best-of-seven ⓘ
seriesOutcome St. Louis Cardinals win 1926 World Series ⓘ
seriesScoreAfterPlay St. Louis Cardinals 4–3 New York Yankees ⓘ
sport baseball ⓘ
strategicContext Babe Ruth represented the tying run ⓘ
linked to: Babe Ruth
umpireAtSecondBase Hank O'Day ⓘ
linked to: Hank O’Day
winningTeam St. Louis Cardinals ⓘ

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1926 World Series → decisivePlayDescription → Babe Ruth was thrown out attempting to steal second base for the final out of Game 7 ⓘ
Babe Ruth was thrown out attempting to steal second base for the final out of Game 7 → result → Babe Ruth was tagged out at second base ⓘ
linked to: Babe Ruth was thrown out attempting to steal second base for the final out of Game 7