On November 11, 1926, the Chicago White Sox fire one Hall of Famer and replace him with another. The White Sox fire Eddie Collins as both player and manager, despite his record of 81-72 and .344 average. He will rejoin the Philadelphia Athletics as a player-coach. In his place, Chicago hires catcher Ray Schalk, who will guide the White…
On November 3, 1926, Ty Cobb resigns as manager of the Detroit Tigers after a 79-75 season and announces his retirement as a player. Early in 1927, Cobb will sign a one-year contract with Connie Mack’s Philadelphia A’s and return as a player hitting .357. It will later be revealed that Cobb’s resignation in Detroit,…
On November 2, 1926 – The Detroit Tigers release Ty Cobb. The release ends his 22-year association with the team. The Georgia Peach, was Detroit’s player-manager for the past six seasons, he compiled a 479-444 (.509) winning record. Despite the winning record the club never finished closer than 16 games from first place. Mainly because…
1926 – Stuffy McInnis is named manager of the Philadelphia Phillies, succeeding Art Fletcher. Fletcher will sign on with the Yankees as coach.
1926 – “Ruth, by Losing 36 Baseballs, Breaks Up Game in Montreal.” The barnstorming Babe Ruth and his buddy Urban Shocker are the Yankee ringers infiltrating an exhibition game north of the border. The Associated Press reports: “Babe Ruth stopped a perfectly good ball game here today when, knocking thirty-six balls out of the grounds, he forced the game to be called shortly after the start of the 9th inning because the management had no more spheres. Ruth enjoyed a Roman holiday to the delight of 3,000 fans, who braved a chilling wind to see the home-run hero’s mighty bat give Guybourg a 4 to 3 victory over Beaurivage. Ruth’s performance included two home runs. He also played shortstop, first base, pitched and umpired.”
On October 12, 1926, Babe Ruth visited Wilkes-Barre’s Artillery Park to play in an exhibition game between Hughestown and Larksville. Suiting up for Hughestown, the Yankee slugger challenged Larksville’s hurler Ernie Corkran to throw him his “best stuff” — a fastball right down the heart of the plate. Corkran obliged and Ruth crushed the pitch…
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On October 10, 1926, After pitching a complete Game 6, 39-year-old Grover Cleveland Alexander appears from the bullpen Through the cold, misty fog that had descended upon the field, the 38,000 plus in attendance and the Yankee bench were surprised to see the great Pete Alexander appear. Most assumed Alexander would be unable to pitch…
1926 – The St. Louis Cardinals’ Grover Alexander scatters eight hits in Game 6 of the World Series while St. Louis tees off New York at Yankee Stadium for a 10 – 2 romp that sends the Series to a seventh game.
VINTAGE BASEBALL MEMORABILIA Vintage Baseball Memorabilia Octover 7, 1926 – Game 5 of the World Series, with the Series tied at 2-2‚ 39‚552 pack Sportsman’s Park to watch Herb Pennock and Bill Sherdel duel again. The Cards score first on a double by Jim Bottomley and single by Les Bell. Ragged play costs the Cards…
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