The Cardinals and the Yankees, 1926: A Classic Season and St. Louis in Seven

by Paul E. Doutrich

The two pennant winners in 1926, the National League's Cardinals and the American League's Yankees, were a study in contrasts. The Yankees were heavily composed of first- and second-generation Americans and based in New York, the epicenter of baseball; the Cardinals, on the other hand, were mostly a collection of farm boys playing at the western fringe of the major leagues. But both teams arrived battle-tested, as St. Louis had fought a long, close race with Cincinnati and New York had survived a dramatic late-season run by Cleveland. Their classic World Series meeting went seven games and produced one of the legendary pitcher-batter confrontations of baseball history.

Genres: Baseball

204 pages, Paperback

First published December 10, 2010

About the author

Paul Doutrich is a professor emeritus of American history at York College of Pennsylvania where he taught for thirty years. He now lives on Cape Cod in Brewster, Massachusetts.

Reviews

[Tom Gase · Rating 4 out of 5]

A really good book on the 1926 baseball season and World Series, which was played between the New York Yankees consisting of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Bob Meusel, Tony Lazerri, etc, against the St. Louis Cardinals consisting of Rogers Hornsby and Grover Pete Alexander. The World Series was full of drama, in fact, Ronald Reagan would eventually play Alexander in a movie about it. The author does a good job describing not only the baseball season, but what was going on off the field in the world. I love books about baseball seasons and this was just what I wanted. My only thing keeping it from being a five-star book is it seemed too short. Could have used maybe some information on some other teams and players for the regular season part instead of just focusing on St. Louis and New York. But it was close to perfect. Baseball fans will love.

[Chad Olson · Rating 4 out of 5]

How the Cardinals won the whole damn thing in 1926