1926 National League

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The 1926 season of the National League was the fifty-first season of the league.

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Standings

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	St. Louis Cardinals	156	89	65	2	.571	-.-	817 (5.24)	678 (4.35)	0.286	0.345	0.415	3.67	0.969
2	Cincinnati Reds	157	87	67	3	.554	2.0	747 (4.76)	651 (4.15)	0.290	0.346	0.400	3.42	0.972
3	Pittsburgh Pirates	157	84	69	4	.535	4.5	769 (4.90)	689 (4.39)	0.285	0.339	0.396	3.67	0.965
4	Chicago Cubs	155	82	72	1	.529	7.0	682 (4.40)	602 (3.88)	0.278	0.335	0.390	3.26	0.974
5	New York Giants	151	74	77	0	.490	13.5	663 (4.39)	668 (4.42)	0.278	0.322	0.384	3.77	0.970
6	Brooklyn Robins	155	71	82	2	.458	17.5	623 (4.02)	705 (4.55)	0.263	0.325	0.358	3.82	0.963
7	Boston Braves	153	66	86	1	.431	22.0	624 (4.08)	719 (4.70)	0.277	0.331	0.350	4.01	0.967
8	Philadelphia Phillies	152	58	93	1	.382	29.5	687 (4.52)	900 (5.92)	0.281	0.335	0.390	5.03	0.964

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Kiki Cuyler	Pittsburgh Pirates	157
At Bats	Sparky Adams	Chicago Cubs	624
Runs Scored	Kiki Cuyler	Pittsburgh Pirates	113
Hits	Eddie Brown	Boston Braves	201
Doubles	Jim Bottomley	St. Louis Cardinals	40
Triples	Paul Waner	Pittsburgh Pirates	22
Home Runs	Hack Wilson	Chicago Cubs	21
Total Bases	Jim Bottomley	St. Louis Cardinals	305
Runs Batted In	Jim Bottomley	St. Louis Cardinals	120
Stolen Bases	Kiki Cuyler	Pittsburgh Pirates	35
Walks	Hack Wilson	Chicago Cubs	69
Hit by Pitch	Ray Blades	St. Louis Cardinals	11
Strikeouts	Bernie Friberg	Philadelphia Phillies	77
Sacrifice Hits	Taylor Douthit	St. Louis Cardinals	37
Batting Average	Bubbles Hargrave	Cincinnati Reds	0.353
On-Base Percentage	Cuckoo Christensen	Cincinnati Reds	0.426
Slugging Percentage	Cy Williams	Philadelphia Phillies	0.568
On-Base plus Slugging	Cy Williams	Philadelphia Phillies	0.986
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Cy Williams	Philadelphia Phillies	158

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Pete Donohue Ray Kremer Lee Meadows Flint Rhem	Cincinnati Reds Pittsburgh Pirates Pittsburgh Pirates St. Louis Cardinals	20
Losses	Jesse Petty Charley Root	Brooklyn Robins Chicago Cubs	17
Win-Loss Percentage	Ray Kremer	Pittsburgh Pirates	0.769
Appearances	Jack Scott	New York Giants	50
Games Started	Pete Donohue	Cincinnati Reds	38
Complete Games	Carl Mays	Cincinnati Reds	24
Shutouts	Pete Donohue	Cincinnati Reds	5
Games Finished	Chick Davies	New York Giants	29
Saves	Chick Davies	New York Giants	6
Innings Pitched	Pete Donohue	Cincinnati Reds	285.2
Batters Faced	Pete Donohue	Cincinnati Reds	1191
Hits Allowed	Pete Donohue	Cincinnati Reds	298
Home Runs Allowed	Kent Greenfield	New York Giants	17
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Sheriff Blake	Chicago Cubs	92
Hit Batsmen	Don Songer	Pittsburgh Pirates	11
Strikeouts	Dazzy Vance	Brooklyn Robins	140
Wild Pitches	Jimmy Ring Claude Willoughby	New York Giants Philadelphia Phillies	9
Balks	16 players tied		1
Runs Allowed	Wayland Dean	Philadelphia Phillies	136
Earned Runs Allowed	Wayland Dean Claude Willoughby	Philadelphia Phillies Philadelphia Phillies	111
Earned Run Average	Ray Kremer	Pittsburgh Pirates	2.61
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Pete Alexander	Chicago Cubs/St. Louis Cardinals	1.108

Postseason

In the World Series, the National League champion St. Louis Cardinals defeated the American League's New York Yankees, 4 games to 3.

Award winners

The winner of the league's League Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Bob O'Farrell, a catcher with the St. Louis Cardinals. In the award's voting, he had 79 out of a possible 80 points.

Umpires

• Bob Hart
• Bill Klem
• Barry McCormick
• Peter McLaughlin
• Charlie Moran
• Hank O'Day
• Cy Pfirman
• Ernie Quigley
• Beans Reardon
• Cy Rigler
• Monroe Sweeney
• Frank Wilson