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1926 MLB Season Overview

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The 1926 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 13 to October 10, 1926. The St. Louis Cardinals and New York Yankees were the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The Cardinals then defeated the Yankees in the World Series, four games to three. This was the fifth of eight seasons that "League Awards", a precursor to the Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award (introduced in 1931), were issued.

The 1926 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 13 to October 10, 1926. The St. Louis Cardinals and New York Yankees were the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The Cardinals then defeated the Yankees in the World Series, four games to three. This was the fifth of eight seasons that "League Awards", a precursor to the Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award (introduced in 1931), were issued.

Other baseball leagues in 1926:
Negro

1926 MLB champion St. Louis Cardinals

1926 St. Louis Cardinals

1926 MLB Season
St. Louis Cardinals

16 teams competed during the regular season

St. Louis Cardinals defeated New York Yankees for the championship

Commissioner

Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis

NL President

John Heydler

AL President

Ban Johnson

1 Comment

Davan S. Mani says:

April 17, 2020 at 11:36 pm

what a year. the competitiveness of the ABL really brought the NBA out of its duldrums.

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