1926 American League

1926 > Class Major League > League History
Overall: 616 games, 8 teams, approx. 154 games in season
Attendance: 283,986 (461/game)
Other Years: 1925 / 1927
League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1925 / 1927

League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1925 / 1927

League Standings

Regular Season

154 games

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB
New York Yankees	91	63	.591	--
Cleveland Indians	88	66	.571	3
Philadelphia Athletics	83	67	.553	6
Washington Senators	81	69	.540	8
Chicago White Sox	81	72	.529	9.5
Detroit Tigers	79	75	.513	12
St. Louis Browns	62	92	.403	29
Boston Red Sox	46	107	.301	44.5

League Batting

Tm	Aff	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH
New York Yankees	NYY	27.0	5.46	155	6104	5221	847	1508	262	75	121	788	79	62	642	580	.289	.369	.437	.806	2283	23	218
Washington Senators	WSH	29.3	5.28	152	6011	5223	802	1525	244	97	43	723	117	91	555	369	.292	.364	.401	.765	2092	38	195
Detroit Tigers	DET	28.0	5.05	157	6184	5315	793	1547	281	90	36	717	88	71	599	423	.291	.367	.398	.765	2116	34	236
Cleveland Indians	CLE	29.1	4.79	154	6005	5293	738	1529	333	49	27	648	88	42	455	332	.289	.349	.386	.735	2041	35	222
Chicago White Sox	CHW	28.8	4.71	155	6039	5220	730	1508	314	60	32	666	123	78	556	381	.289	.361	.390	.752	2038	34	229
Philadelphia Athletics	PHA	27.5	4.51	150	5833	5046	677	1359	259	65	61	621	56	45	523	452	.269	.341	.383	.724	1931	25	239
St. Louis Browns	SLB	29.8	4.40	155	5936	5259	682	1449	253	78	72	614	64	66	437	472	.276	.335	.394	.730	2074	35	205
Boston Red Sox	BOS	28.4	3.65	154	5848	5185	562	1325	249	54	32	525	52	48	465	454	.256	.321	.343	.664	1778	33	165
League Totals		28.5	4.73	1232	47960	41762	5831	11750	2195	568	424	5302	667	503	4232	3463	.281	.351	.392	.743	16353	257	1709

League Pitching

Tm	Aff	PitchAge	R/G	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
Philadelphia Athletics	PHA	30.1	3.80	83	67	.553	3.00	150	150	88	62	10	16	1346.0	1362	570	448	38	451	571	26	1	25	5735	1.347	9.1	0.3	3.0	3.8	1.27
Cleveland Indians	CLE	28.5	3.97	88	66	.571	3.40	154	154	58	96	11	4	1374.0	1412	612	519	49	450	381	44	2	24	5889	1.355	9.2	0.3	2.9	2.5	0.85
Chicago White Sox	CHW	28.1	4.29	81	72	.529	3.74	155	155	70	85	11	12	1380.0	1426	665	573	47	506	458	11	2	12	5952	1.400	9.3	0.3	3.3	3.0	0.91
New York Yankees	NYY	30.7	4.60	91	63	.591	3.86	155	155	92	63	4	20	1372.1	1442	713	588	56	478	486	26	3	21	5971	1.399	9.5	0.4	3.1	3.2	1.02
Washington Senators	WSH	31.5	5.01	81	69	.540	4.34	152	152	87	65	5	26	1348.1	1489	761	650	45	566	418	37	2	12	6007	1.524	9.9	0.3	3.8	2.8	0.74
Detroit Tigers	DET	27.8	5.29	79	75	.513	4.41	157	157	100	57	10	18	1394.2	1570	830	683	58	555	469	46	6	16	6183	1.524	10.1	0.4	3.6	3.0	0.85
Boston Red Sox	BOS	25.3	5.42	46	107	.301	4.72	154	154	101	53	6	5	1362.0	1520	835	715	45	546	336	31	4	23	6041	1.517	10.0	0.3	3.6	2.2	0.62
St. Louis Browns	SLB	28.4	5.45	62	92	.403	4.66	155	155	91	64	5	9	1368.0	1549	845	709	86	654	337	32	4	27	6161	1.610	10.2	0.6	4.3	2.2	0.52
League Totals		28.8	4.73	611	611	.500	4.02	1232	1232	687	545	62	110	10945.1	11770	5831	4885	424	4206	3456	253	24	160	47939	1.460	9.7	0.3	3.5	2.8	0.82

League Fielding

Tm	Aff	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	PB	SB	CS	CS%	Attendance	Managers
Chicago White Sox	CHW	155	4123	1894	165	122	.973	9	59	55	48%		Eddie Collins
Philadelphia Athletics	PHA	150	4035	1872	171	131	.972	10	78	64	45%		Connie Mack
Cleveland Indians	CLE	154	4131	1912	173	153	.972	4	49	41	46%		Tris Speaker
Boston Red Sox	BOS	154	4077	2166	193	143	.970	11	139	59	30%		Lee Fohl
Washington Senators	WSH	152	4045	1756	184	129	.969	9	80	59	42%		Bucky Harris
Detroit Tigers	DET	157	4186	1900	193	151	.969	8	100	70	41%		Ty Cobb
New York Yankees	NYY	155	4113	1810	210	117	.966	15	95	67	41%		Miller Huggins
St. Louis Browns	SLB	155	4094	2007	235	167	.963	11	67	86	56%	283,986	George Sisler
League Totals		1232	32804	15317	1524	1113	.969	77	667	501	43%	283,986

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