New York Yankees vs St. Louis Cardinals
October 6, 1926 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 6, 1926 at Sportsman's Park III. The New York Yankees defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Yankees 10, St. Louis Cardinals 5

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Combs cf 5 2 2 1
Koenig ss 6 1 1 1
Ruth lf 3 4 3 4
Meusel rf 2 1 1 0
Gehrig 1b 3 0 2 1
Lazzeri 2b 3 1 1 1
Dugan 3b 4 0 1 2
Severeid c 4 1 3 0
Hoyt p 4 0 0 0
Totals 34 10 14 10
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Douthit cf 5 1 2 1
Southworth rf 5 0 3 0
Hornsby 2b 5 1 2 1
Bottomley 1b 4 0 1 0
Bell L. 3b 4 0 1 1
Hafey lf 5 1 1 0
O'Farrell c 4 1 2 0
Thevenow ss 4 1 2 1
Rhem p 1 0 0 0
  Toporcer ph 0 0 0 1
  Reinhart p 0 0 0 0
  Bell H. p 0 0 0 0
  Flowers ph 1 0 0 0
  Hallahan p 0 0 0 0
  Holm ph 1 0 0 0
  Keen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 5 14 5
New York 101 142 10010141
St. Louis 100 300 0015140
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Hoyt  W (1-0) 9.0 14 5 2 1 8
Totals
9.0
14
5
2
1
8
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Rhem   4.0 7 3 3 2 4
  Reinhart  L (0-1) 0.0 1 4 4 4 0
  Bell   2.0 4 2 2 1 1
  Hallahan   2.0 2 1 1 3 1
  Keen   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
10
10
10
6

  E–Koenig (2).  2B–New York Lazzeri (1,off Rhem); Dugan (1,off Rhem); Koenig (1,off Reinhart); Gehrig (1,off H Bell); Combs (1,off Hallahan), St. Louis Thevenow (1,off Hoyt); Douthit (2,off Hoyt).  HR–New York Ruth 3 (3,1st inning off Rhem 0 on, 2 out,3rd inning off Rhem 0 on, 2 out,6th inning off H Bell 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Hoyt (1,off Hallahan); Gehrig (1,off Hallahan).  SF–Lazzeri (1,off H Bell); L Bell (1,off Hoyt); Toporcer (1,off Hoyt).  SB–Hornsby (1,2nd base off Hoyt/Severeid).  BK–H Bell (1).  U-HP–Bill Klem (NL), 1B–Bill Dinneen (AL), 2B–Hank O'Day (NL), 3B–George Hildebrand (AL).  T–2:38.  A–38,825.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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