Baseball Historians

1926 World Series - Game Seven
October 10, 1926 at Yankee Stadium
Cardinals 3, Yankees 2  Cardinals Win Best of Seven Series 4-3
It all came down to this one game.  Jesse Haines took the mound against Waite Hoyt and neither starter let their team down. 
Both teams got two out singles in the first, but neither could push […]

1926 World Series - Game Six
October 9, 1926 at Yankee Stadium
Cardinals 10, Yankees 2  Best of Seven Series Tied 3-3
The Cardinals entered Yankees Stadium needing a win to keep their championship hopes alive and they came through in grand fashion.  The Cardinals picked up three quick runs in the top of the first and while […]

1926 World Series - Game Five
October 7, 1926 at Sportsman’s Park
Yankees 3, Cardinals 2  Yankees Lead Best of Seven Series 3-2
The Yankees came to within one game of winning their second World Series in the past four years in a ten inning win over the Cardinals.  The game definitely had it’s drama and it centered […]

1926 World Series - Game Four
October 6, 1926 at Sportsman’s Park
Yankees 10, Cardinals 5  Best of Seven Series Tied 2-2
The Yankees evened things up with the Cardinals today in a blowout win over.  Babe Ruth had his first big game of the series and he hammered whoever the Cardinals threw out on the mound.  He […]

1926 World Series - Game Three
October 5, 1926 at Sportsman’s Park
Cardinals 4, Yankees 0  Cardinals Lead Best of Seven Series 2-1
Jesse Haines held the Yankees to five hits in a complete game shutout over the Yankees that put the Cardinals up by a game in their best of seven series.  It was the first ever […]

1926 World Series - Game Two
October 3, 1926 at Yankee Stadium
Cardinals 6, Yankees 2  Best of Seven Series Tied 1-1
Grover Alexander took the mound for the Cardinals in game two of the World Series and he got off to a shaky start.  After a scoreless first inning, the Yankees touched Alexander up for two runs […]

1926 World Series - Game One
October 2, 1926 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 2, Cardinals 1  Yankees Lead Best of Seven Series 1-0
The Yankees took the first game of the World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals.  It was definitely a pitchers dual as both teams combined for only three runs on nine hits.
The Cardinals actually got […]

September 26, 1926 at Crosley Field
Reds 2, Cardinals 1  (89-65)

The final game of the season, which had the top two teams in the National League going head to head, was anticlimactic because of a late September slide by the Reds.  Hi Bell threw a very nice game and left with a 1-0 lead by Bill […]

September 25, 1926 at the Polo Grounds
Giants 12, Cardinals 2  (89-64)

The Cardinals found out who their World Series opponents would be today and it’s none other then the New York Yankees.  After winning three straight pennants and a World Series earlier in the decade, the Yankees came back from a seventh place finish last year to win […]

September 24, 1926 at the Polo Grounds
Cardinals 6, Giants 4  (89-63)
It was definitely a day to celebrate as the Cardinals clinched their first ever National League pennant.  Flint Rhem was shelled in the first inning for three runs but the Cardinals got the bats going and Bill Sherdel did some quality relief pitching.  The big […]

September 19, 1926 at the Polo Grounds
Giants 6, Cardinals 5  (87-62)
Jesse Haines was bounced after four innings in this game after he gave up five runs to the Giants.  The Cardinals actually tied the game up in the fifth but a single run against Bill Sherdel in the sixth inning ended up being the difference […]

September 18, 1926 at the Baker Bowl
Cardinals 7, Phillies 3  (87-60)

Flint Rhem pitched the Cardinals to their fifth straight win and in the process, the Cardinals finally shaked the Reds.  It was Rhem’s 20th win of the season and he gave up three runs on nine hits with three strikeouts.
Jim Bottomley and Taylor Douthit both […]

September 17, 1926 at the Baker Bowl
Cardinals 10, Phillies 1  (86-60)

For the fourth straight time, the Cardinals beat the Phillies and for the third straight time, they did it by racking up at least ten runs.  More importantly, the Reds lost so the Cardinals now have a one game lead in the National League with […]

September 16, 1926 at the Baker Bowl
Cardinals 23, Phillies 3  (84-60)

The Cardinals definitely made a statement in their blowout win over the Phillies.  With the Phillies up 2-1 after two innings, the Cardinals scored 12 runs in the top of third inning to open the game up.  Flint Rhem coasted to an easy win and […]

September 15, 1926 at the Baker Bowl
Cardinals 9, Phillies 2  (83-60)
The Cardinals turned on the offense as they topped the Phillies.  The end result is, they remain just a few percentage points below the Reds in a virtual tie for the National League pennant.
Les Bell, Chick Hafey and Tommy Thevenow all had two runs in […]

September 13, 1926 at Braves Field
Braves 5, Cardinals 4  (82-60)

The Cardinals lost a heartbreaker and in the process, dropped into a tie for first place with the Cincinnati Reds.  Bill Sherdel gave up the tying run in the eighth that sent the game into extra frames.  Grover Alexander took over with two outs in the […]

September 10, 1926 at Braves Field
Braves 11, Cardinals 3  (81-58)
Grover Alexander was roughed in the later innings in the Cardinals series opener against the Boston Braves.  The game was actually tied 3-3 heading into the eighth inning when the Braves exploded for six runs in that frame.
Taylor Douthit, Billy Southworth and Rogers Hornsby all had […]

September 7, 1926 at Forbes Field
Cardinals 8, Pirates 0  (81-57)
The Cardinals made a statement in their final game of the season against the defending World Series champs.  Bill Sherdel threw a nine hit shutout and the Cardinals ran up the score in the Cardinals win.
Taylor Douthit and Chick Hafey led the way for the Cardinals.  […]

September 6, 1926 at Forbes Field
Cardinals 8, Pirates 1  (80-56)
A big fifth inning and some great pitching by Flint Rhem pushed the Cardinals over the Pirates in the first game of the doubleheader.  Rhem gave up one run on only four hits with six walks in the win.
Chick Hafey and Ray Blades led the way […]

September 5, 1926 at Crosley Field
Cardinals 7, Reds 3  (79-56)
Grover Alexander picked up another win for the Cardinals and he’s been solid down the stretch.  He gave up three runs on nine hits and one walk with two strikeouts.
Les Bell homered and Tommy Thevenow drove in two runs.  Ray Blades, Chick Hafey and Bob O’Farrell […]

September 4, 1926 at Crosley Field
Reds 5, Cardinals 0  (78-56)
The Cardinals gave up first place with a lost to the Reds.  The Reds now lead the Cardinals by a half game in the American League with two games remaining between the two teams.
It was a scary moment in the first inning when Rogers Hornsby collpased […]

September 3, 1926 at Crosley Field
Reds 4, Cardinals 2  (78-55)
Jesse Haines was outdueled by Carl Mays in the Cardinals loss to the Reds.  Haines gave up four runs on seven hits in six innings of work.  He walked two and struck out one.
Bob O’Farrell tripled twice, drove in a run and scored one of the Cardinals’ […]

September 2, 1926 at Wrigley Field
Cardinals 2, Cubs 0  (77-54)
The Cardinals own their fifth straight game behind a masterful three hit shutout by Grover Alexander.  Oddly, Alexander didn’t strikeout a single Cub despite mowing them down one after another.  Alexander even helped out his own cause with two hits and a run.
Taylor Douthit led the […]

September 1, 1926 at Sportsman’s Park
Cardinals 5, Pirates 2  (76-54)
Rogers Hornsby led the way for the Cardinals in the series finale over the Pirates.  He homered and tripled in the win and he scored one run.  Les Bell also had a solid day at the plate.  He had two hits and two runs.
Art Reinhart threw […]

August 31, 1926 at Sportsman’s Park
Cardinals 6, Pirates 1  (74-54)
Bill Sherdel was phenomonal in the first game of the Cardinals doubleheader with the Pirates.  He gave up only one run in the fourth inning and the Pirates were able to get only seven hits off him the entire game.  He walked none and struck out […]

August 30, 1926 at Sportsman’s Park
Pirates 3, Cardinals 0  (72-54)
The Cardinals were held to two hits in the opener of their first of two doubleheader against the Pirates.  Les Bell and Bob O’Farrell singled, and that was the extent of the Cardinals offense.
Flint Rhem gave up three runs on eight hits in eight innings of […]

August 29, 2006 at Sportsman’s Park
Cardinals 2, Pirates 2  (72-53)

The game only took an hour and fifty three minutes, but the fans who sat through the entire game were there for almost five hours.  After two different rain delays and ten innings of play, the big series opener between the Pirates and the Cardinals ended […]

August 28, 1926 at Sportman’s Park
Cardinals 9, Phillies 3  (72-53)
The Cardinals really turned on the offense in their win over the Phillies.  Jim Bottomley, Taylor Douthit and Tommy Thevenow all scored twice.  Thevenow led the way and he finished a homerun short of hitting for the cycle.
Art Reinhart cruised to an easy win.  He gave up […]

August 27, 1926 at Sportman’s Park
Phillies 9, Cardinals 7  (71-53)
Vic Keen and Bill Sherdel were knocked around to the tune of nine runs in the first six innings.  The Cardinals tried to mount a comeback but they fell two runs short.  Neither team scored in the final three frames and Bill Sherdel walked away with […]

August 26, 1926 at Sportsman’s Park
Phillies 3, Cardinals 2  (71-52)
With a month left in the season, the National League pennant race was really heating up.  The Cardinals loss today put them into a virtual three team tie with the Reds and Pirates for first place in the National League.  The Pirates actually got the nod […]