1926 Cleveland Indians season

Major League Baseball team season
1926 Cleveland Indians
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkDunn Field
CityCleveland, Ohio
OwnersEstate of Jim Dunn
ManagersTris Speaker
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The 1926 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished second in the American League with a record of 88–66, 3 games behind the New York Yankees.

Regular season

Season standings

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American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 91 63 0.591 — 50–25 41–38
Cleveland Indians 88 66 0.571 3 49–31 39–35
Philadelphia Athletics 83 67 0.553 6 44–27 39–40
Washington Senators 81 69 0.540 8 42–30 39–39
Chicago White Sox 81 72 0.529 9½ 47–31 34–41
Detroit Tigers 79 75 0.513 12 39–41 40–34
St. Louis Browns 62 92 0.403 29 40–39 22–53
Boston Red Sox 46 107 0.301 44½ 25–51 21–56

Record vs. opponents

1926 American League record
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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston — 6–16 6–16 7–15 5–17 8–14 11–11–1 3–18
Chicago 16–6 — 13–9 14–8–2 8–14 6–15 13–9 11–11
Cleveland 16–6 9–13 — 11–11 11–11 14–8 11–11 16–6
Detroit 15–7 8–14–2 11–11 — 10–12 11–11 12–10 12–10–1
New York 17–5 14–8 11–11 12–10 — 9–13 16–6 12–10–1
Philadelphia 14–8 15–6 8–14 11–11 13–9 — 15–7 7–12
St. Louis 11–11–1 9–13 11–11 10–12 6–16 7–15 — 8–14
Washington 18–3 11–11 6–16 10–12–1 10–12–1 12–7 14–8 —


Roster

1926 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

  • Harry Mathews
  • Jack McCallister

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Luke Sewell 126 433 103 .238 0 48
1B George Burns 151 603 216 .358 4 115
2B Freddy Spurgeon 149 614 181 .295 0 50
SS Joe Sewell 154 578 187 .324 4 84
3B Rube Lutzke 142 475 124 .261 0 58
OF Homer Summa 154 581 179 .308 4 78
OF Charlie Jamieson 143 555 166 .299 2 43
OF Tris Speaker 150 539 164 .304 7 86

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Glenn Myatt 56 117 29 .248 0 13
Ike Eichrodt 37 80 25 .313 0 7
Ernie Padgett 36 62 13 .210 0 6
Pat McNulty 48 56 14 .250 0 6
Cliff Lee 21 40 7 .175 1 2
Guy Lacy 13 24 4 .167 1 2
Ray Knode 31 24 8 .333 0 2
Chick Autry 3 7 1 .143 0 0
Johnny Hodapp 3 5 1 .200 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
George Uhle 39 318.1 27 11 2.83 159
Dutch Levsen 33 237.1 16 13 3.41 53
Joe Shaute 34 206.2 14 10 3.53 47
Sherry Smith 27 188.1 11 10 3.73 25
Garland Buckeye 32 165.2 6 9 3.10 36
Jake Miller 18 82.2 7 4 3.27 24

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Benn Karr 30 113.1 5 6 5.00 23
Willis Hudlin 8 32.1 1 3 2.78 6

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Ray Benge 8 1 0 0 3.86 3
Norm Lehr 4 0 0 0 3.07 4
By Speece 2 0 0 0 0.00 1

References

  • 1926 Cleveland Indians season at Baseball Reference
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