# 1926 Cleveland Indians season

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

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 91 | 63 | .591 | — | 50‍–‍25 | 41‍–‍38 |
| Cleveland Indians | 88 | 66 | .571 | 3 | 49‍–‍31 | 39‍–‍35 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 83 | 67 | .553 | 6 | 44‍–‍27 | 39‍–‍40 |
| Washington Senators | 81 | 69 | .540 | 8 | 42‍–‍30 | 39‍–‍39 |
| Chicago White Sox | 81 | 72 | .529 | 9½ | 47‍–‍31 | 34‍–‍41 |
| Detroit Tigers | 79 | 75 | .513 | 12 | 39‍–‍41 | 40‍–‍34 |
| St. Louis Browns | 62 | 92 | .403 | 29 | 40‍–‍39 | 22‍–‍53 |
| Boston Red Sox | 46 | 107 | .301 | 44½ | 25‍–‍51 | 21‍–‍56 |

### Record vs. opponents

1926 American League recordvte Sources: :
| 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
## 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 |