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1926 New York Yankees vs. St. Louis Cardinals World Series Scorecard
Presented is a 1926 scorecard for the World Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Yankees. The scorecard, which is also a program, was hand-scored for Game 4, held on Oct. 6th at the Cardinals' home field, Sportsman's Park. The scorecard/program measures 7.75x10.5", and it has 20 pages, including covers. The teams opened the Series in '26 by splitting two games at Yankee Stadium. The Series moved to St. Louis, and on Oct. 5th the Cards took Game 3, by a 4-0 score. The offered scorecard was one designed to be used for any of the three games scheduled in St. Louis. The prospective starting lineups are machine printed on the two-page scorecard section of the program, along with five possible pitchers for each team. In an era when teams more generally used a set lineup than today, all of the listed position players (including one listing of two alternates) both batted in the listed scorecard order and played their listed position. Charles Rhem was hand circled in the scorecard as the Cardinals starting pitcher and Waite Hoyt was hand circled as the Yankees starting hurler. The program was scored in a basic manner, by an unknown hand. As the hand scored scorecard indicates, the Yankees, thanks to Babe Ruth's three home runs, defeated the Cardinals, before 38,825 fans, 10-8. Hoyt got the win, and Art Reinhart, in relief for the Cards, had the loss. Ruth hit bases empty home runs in the 2nd and 4th innings and had a two-run home run in the 6th frame, the first time any player had hit three home runs in a World Series game. Ruth's three blast record has only been equaled twice, and never topped. The Cardinals went on to win the World Series in seven games. The scorecard/program is full of future Hall of Famers: For St. Louis, Rogers Hornsby (player-manager), Grover Cleveland Alexander, Jim Bottomly, Chick Hafey, Jesse Haines, and Billy Southworth. Future Hall of Famers for the Yankees: Miller Huggins (mgr.), Babe Ruth, Earle Combs, Lou Gehrig, Waite Hoyt, Tony Lazzeri, and Herb Pennock. The scorecard/program also includes brief biographies of all the players. Because the program is almost 97 years old, there is some slight darkening of the pages, a few tiny stains, and some folds, most notably ones on the front and back covers. Overall, the program is in very good condition, and the hand scored scorecard section lists that game's batting accomplishments of some of baseball's all-time stars.
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