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1926 World Series (4-3): St. Louis Cardinals (89-65) over New York Yankees (91-63)

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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 2, 1926 at Yankee Stad (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    St. Louis Cardinals          1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     1  3  1
    New York Yankees             1  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  x     2  6  0

    PITCHERS: STL - Sherdel, Haines (8)
              NYY - Pennock

               WP - Herb Pennock
	       LP - Bill Sherdel
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: STL - none
              NYY - none

  ATTENDANCE: 61,658

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 3, 1926 at Yankee Stad (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  2    0  0  0    3  0  1     6 12  1
    New York Yankees             0  2  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     2  4  0

    PITCHERS: STL - Alexander
              NYY - Shocker, Shawkey (8), Jones (9)

               WP - Pete Alexander
	       LP - Urban Shocker
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: STL - Southworth, Thevenow
              NYY - none

  ATTENDANCE: 63,600

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 5, 1926 at Sportsman Pk (St. Louis Cardinals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  5  1
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  0    3  1  0    0  0  x     4  8  0

    PITCHERS: NYY - Ruether, Shawkey (5), Thomas (8)
              STL - Haines

               WP - Jesse Haines
	       LP - Dutch Ruether
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - none
              STL - Haines

  ATTENDANCE: 37,708

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 6, 1926 at Sportsman Pk (St. Louis Cardinals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             1  0  1    1  4  2    1  0  0    10 14  1
    St. Louis Cardinals          1  0  0    3  0  0    0  0  1     5 14  0

    PITCHERS: NYY - Hoyt
              STL - Rhem, Reinhart (5), Bell (5), Hallahan (7), Keen (9)

               WP - Waite Hoyt
	       LP - Art Reinhart
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Ruth (3)
              STL - none

  ATTENDANCE: 38,825

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 7, 1926 at Sportsman Pk (St. Louis Cardinals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  1    1     3  9  1
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  0    1  0  0    1  0  0    0     2  7  1

    PITCHERS: NYY - Pennock
              STL - Sherdel

               WP - Herb Pennock
	       LP - Bill Sherdel
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - none
              STL - none

  ATTENDANCE: 39,552

Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 9, 1926 at Yankee Stad (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    St. Louis Cardinals          3  0  0    0  1  0    5  0  1    10 13  2
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    1  0  0    1  0  0     2  8  1

    PITCHERS: STL - Alexander
              NYY - Shawkey, Shocker (7), Thomas (8)

               WP - Pete Alexander
	       LP - Bob Shawkey
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: STL - Bell
              NYY - none

  ATTENDANCE: 48,615

Game 7 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 10, 1926 at Yankee Stad (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  0    3  0  0    0  0  0     3  8  0
    New York Yankees             0  0  1    0  0  1    0  0  0     2  8  3

    PITCHERS: STL - Haines, Alexander (7)
              NYY - Hoyt, Pennock (7)

               WP - Jesse Haines
	       LP - Waite Hoyt
             SAVE - Pete Alexander

   HOME RUNS: STL - none
              NYY - Ruth

  ATTENDANCE: 38,093

Series Batting Stats

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St. Louis Cardinals

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Pete Alexander      3   7  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |+ 65  13  0  .200  .470   0
 Hi Bell             1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  25   3  0  .120  .334   0
 Les Bell            7  27  4  7  1  0  1   6  2  5  .259  .300  .407  0 | 581 189 17  .325  .901   9
*Jim Bottomley       7  29  4 10  3  0  0   5  1  2  .345  .367  .448  0 | 603 180 19  .299  .870   4
 Taylor Douthit      4  15  3  4  2  0  0   1  3  2  .267  .389  .400  0 | 530 163  3  .308  .752  23
 Jake Flowers        3   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  74  20  3  .270  .730   1
 Chick Hafey         7  27  2  5  2  0  0   0  0  7  .185  .185  .259  0 | 225  61  4  .271  .738   2
 Jesse Haines        3   5  1  3  0  0  1   2  0  1  .600  .600 1.200  0 |  61  13  0  .213  .480   0
 Bill Hallahan       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  16   4  0  .250  .563   0
 Wattie Holm         5  16  1  2  0  0  0   1  1  2  .125  .176  .125  0 | 144  41  0  .285  .697   3
 Rogers Hornsby      7  28  2  7  1  0  0   4  2  2  .250  .300  .286  1 | 527 167 11  .317  .851   3
 Vic Keen            1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  53   3  0  .057  .148   0
 Bob O'Farrell       7  23  2  7  1  0  0   2  2  2  .304  .346  .348  0 | 492 144  7  .293  .804   1
*Art Reinhart        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  63  20  0  .317  .741   1
 Flint Rhem          1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  96  18  1  .188  .449   0
*Bill Sherdel        2   5  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |  90  22  1  .244  .609   0
*Billy Southworth    7  29  6 10  1  1  1   4  0  0  .345  .345  .552  1 |+507 162 16  .320  .862  14
 Tommy Thevenow      7  24  5 10  1  0  1   4  0  1  .417  .440  .583  0 | 563 144  2  .256  .602   8
*Specs Toporczer     1   0  0  0  0  0  0   1  0  0        .000        0 |  88  22  0  .250  .657   1
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               7 239 31 65 12  1  4  30 11 30  .272  .303  .381  2 |         90  .286  .760  83

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

New York Yankees

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
*Spencer Adams       2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  25   3  0  .120  .374   1
 Pat Collins         3   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 290  83  7  .286  .850   3
*Earle Combs         7  28  3 10  2  0  0   2  5  2  .357  .455  .429  0 | 606 181  8  .299  .781   8
 Joe Dugan           7  24  2  8  1  0  0   2  1  1  .333  .360  .375  0 | 434 125  1  .288  .690   2
 Mike Gazella        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0       1.000        0 | 168  39  0  .232  .603   2
*Lou Gehrig          7  23  1  8  2  0  0   4  5  4  .348  .464  .435  0 | 572 179 16  .313  .969   6
 Waite Hoyt          2   6  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  76  16  0  .211  .461   0
 Sam Jones           1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  49  10  0  .204  .488   1
#Mark Koenig         7  32  2  4  1  0  0   2  0  6  .125  .125  .156  0 | 617 167  5  .271  .682   4
 Tony Lazzeri        7  26  2  5  1  0  0   3  1  6  .192  .207  .231  0 | 589 162 18  .275  .800  16
 Bob Meusel          7  21  3  5  1  1  0   0  6  1  .238  .393  .381  0 | 413 130 12  .315  .843  16
 Ben Paschal         5   4  0  1  0  0  0   1  1  2  .250  .400  .250  0 | 258  74  7  .287  .792   7
#Herb Pennock        3   7  1  1  1  0  0   0  0  0  .143  .143  .286  0 |  85  18  0  .212  .537   0
*Dutch Ruether       3   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |+113  25  1  .221  .532   0
*Babe Ruth           7  20  6  6  0  0  4   5 11  2  .300  .548  .900  1 | 495 184 47  .372 1.253  11
 Hank Severeid       7  22  1  6  1  0  0   1  1  2  .273  .304  .318  0 |+161  41  0  .255  .645   1
 Bob Shawkey         3   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  35   9  0  .257  .602   0
 Urban Shocker       2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |  76  13  0  .171  .468   0
 Myles Thomas        2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  43   5  0  .116  .252   0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               7 223 21 54 10  1  4  20 31 31  .242  .333  .350  1 |        121  .289  .804  79

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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St. Louis Cardinals

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Pete Alexander      3   1.33 2-0  1  2 20.3 12  3  4 17 |+12-10 200  3.05  1.11  47  2
*Bill Sherdel        2   2.12 0-2  0  1 17.0 15  4  8  3 | 16-12 235  3.49  1.30  59   
 Jesse Haines        3   1.08 2-0  0  1 16.7 13  2  9  5 | 13-4  183  3.25  1.28  46  1
 Flint Rhem          1   6.75 0-0  0  0  4.0  7  3  2  4 | 20-7  258  3.21  1.22  72   
 Hi Bell             1   9.00 0-0  0  0  2.0  4  2  1  1 |  6-6   85  3.18  1.16  27  2
*Bill Hallahan       1   4.50 0-0  0  0  2.0  2  1  3  1 |  1-4   57  3.65  1.36  28   
 Vic Keen            1   0.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  0  0  0  0 | 10-9  152  4.56  1.45  29   
*Art Reinhart        1    inf 0-1  0  0  0.0  1  4  4  0 | 10-5  143  4.22  1.44  26   
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   2.71 4-3  1  4 63.0 54 19 31 31 |            3.67 1.300   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

New York Yankees

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
*Herb Pennock        3   1.23 2-0  0  2 22.0 13  3  4  8 | 23-11 266  3.62  1.27  78  2
 Waite Hoyt          2   1.20 1-1  0  1 15.0 19  2  1 10 | 16-12 218  3.85  1.31  79  4
 Bob Shawkey         3   5.40 0-1  0  0 10.0  8  6  2  7 |  8-7  104  3.62  1.33  63  3
 Urban Shocker       2   5.87 0-1  0  0  7.7 13  5  0  3 | 19-11 258  3.38  1.33  59  2
*Dutch Ruether       1   4.15 0-1  0  0  4.3  7  2  2  1 |+14-9  205  4.60  1.61  56   
 Myles Thomas        2   3.00 0-0  0  0  3.0  3  1  0  0 |  6-6  140  4.23  1.46  38   
 Sam Jones           1   9.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  2  1  2  1 |  9-8  161  4.98  1.65  69  5
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   2.86 3-4  0  3 63.0 65 20 11 30 |            3.86 1.400   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

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