1926 World Series

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The 1926 World Series was a Major League Baseball championship between the St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Yankees, remembered for the Cardinals’ first title and Babe Ruth’s dramatic but failed steal attempt to end the series.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Major League Baseball championship series
World Series
americanLeagueChampion New York Yankees
babeRuthGame4HomeRuns 3
babeRuthHomeRuns 4
babeRuthOnBaseTimesInGame4 5
babeRuthWalks 11
cardinalsFirstWorldSeriesTitle true
cardinalsManager Rogers Hornsby
cardinalsStarPlayer Grover Cleveland Alexander
Rogers Hornsby
cardinalsTeamCaptain Rogers Hornsby
championshipOf Major League Baseball
chronologicalOrder 23rd World Series
city New York City
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
surface form: St. Louis
decisivePlayDescription Babe Ruth was thrown out attempting to steal second base for the final out of Game 7
endDate 1926-10-10
finalSeriesResult Cardinals won 4 games to 3
followedBy 1927 World Series
game1Date 1926-10-02
game2Date 1926-10-03
game3Date 1926-10-05
game4Date 1926-10-06
game5Date 1926-10-07
game6Date 1926-10-09
game7Date 1926-10-10
game7LosingPitcher Bob Shawkey
game7WinningPitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander
league National League
surface form: National League vs American League
loser New York Yankees
mostValuablePlayer Babe Ruth
nationalLeagueChampion St. Louis Cardinals
notableEvent Babe Ruth was caught stealing to end Game 7
numberOfGames 7
participatingTeam New York Yankees
St. Louis Cardinals
precededBy 1925 World Series
seasonOfLeague 1926 Major League Baseball season
seriesClinchingGame Game 7
seriesClinchingScore St. Louis Cardinals 3, New York Yankees 2
sport baseball
startDate 1926-10-02
venue Sportsman's Park
surface form: Sportsman’s Park

Yankee Stadium
winner St. Louis Cardinals
yankeesManager Miller Huggins
yankeesStarPlayer Babe Ruth
Lou Gehrig

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Bill Dinneen officiatedWorldSeries 1926 World Series
1925 World Series games nextEdition 1926 World Series
subject surface form: 1925 World Series
1925 World Series nextWorldSeries 1926 World Series
1927 World Series precededBy 1926 World Series