1926 New York Yankees season
The 1926 New York Yankees season was the team's 24th season in New York, and its 26th season overall. The team finished with a record of 91–63, winning their fourth pennant, finishing three games ahead of the Cleveland Indians. New York was managed by Miller Huggins. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they lost in 7 games to the St. Louis Cardinals, with the series ending with Babe Ruth being caught stealing second in the bottom of the 9th inning in game 7.Regular season
Record vs. opponents
Roster
Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
C | | 102 | 290 | 83 | .286 | 7 | 35 |
1B | | 155 | 572 | 179 | .313 | 16 | 112 |
2B | | 155 | 589 | 162 | .275 | 18 | 114 |
3B | | 123 | 484 | 125 | .288 | 1 | 64 |
SS | | 147 | 617 | 167 | .271 | 5 | 62 |
OF | | 152 | 495 | 184 | .372 | 47 | 150 |
OF | | 145 | 606 | 113 | .299 | 8 | 55 |
OF | | 108 | 415 | 130 | .315 | 12 | 81 |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| 96 | 258 | 74 | .287 | 7 | 32 |
| 66 | 168 | 39 | .232 | 0 | 20 |
| 41 | 127 | 34 | .268 | 0 | 13 |
| 36 | 84 | 32 | .388 | 0 | 14 |
| 35 | 52 | 20 | .381 | 0 | 11 |
| 22 | 31 | 10 | .323 | 0 | 3 |
| 28 | 25 | 3 | .120 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 11 | 1 | .091 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| 40 | 266.3 | 23 | 11 | 3.62 | 78 |
| 41 | 258.3 | 19 | 11 | 3.38 | 59 |
| 40 | 217.7 | 16 | 12 | 3.85 | 79 |
| 5 | 36 | 2 | 3 | 3.50 | 8 |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| 39 | 161 | 9 | 8 | 4.98 | 69 |
| 33 | 140.3 | 6 | 6 | 4.23 | 38 |
| 29 | 104.3 | 8 | 7 | 3.62 | 63 |
| 20 | 81.7 | 2 | 4 | 3.53 | 56 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| 37 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2.67 | 30 |
| 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.10 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.00 | 0 |