1926 Cleveland Indians season

1926 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Dunn Field (since 1901)
Cleveland, Ohio (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Estate of Jim Dunn
Manager(s)	Tris Speaker
Local television	none
Local radio	WTAM
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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

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 Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	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 Ray Benge Garland Buckeye Willis Hudlin Benn Karr Norm Lehr Dutch Levsen Jake Miller Joe Shaute Sherry Smith By Speece George Uhle		Catchers Chick Autry Glenn Myatt Luke Sewell Infielders George Burns Johnny Hodapp Ray Knode Guy Lacy Rube Lutzke Ernie Padgett Joe Sewell Freddy Spurgeon		Outfielders Ike Eichrodt Charlie Jamieson Cliff Lee Pat McNulty Tris Speaker Homer Summa		Manager Tris Speaker Coaches Henry Matthews 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
OF	Speaker, TrisTris 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
Autry, ChickChick Autry	3	7	1	.143	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
Uhle, GeorgeGeorge Uhle	39	318.1	27	11	2.83	159
Levsen, DutchDutch Levsen	33	237.1	16	13	3.41	53
Shaute, JoeJoe Shaute	34	206.2	14	10	3.53	47
Smith, SherrySherry Smith	27	188.1	11	10	3.73	25
Buckeye, GarlandGarland Buckeye	32	165.2	6	9	3.10	36
Miller, JakeJake 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

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
Benge, RayRay Benge	8	1	0	0	3.86	3

References

• 1926 Cleveland Indians season at Baseball Reference