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The 1926 season of the American League was the twenty-sixth season of the league.

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Standings

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	New York Yankees	155	91	63	1	.587	-.-	847 (5.46)	713 (4.60)	0.289	0.367	0.437	3.86	0.966
2	Cleveland Indians	154	88	66	0	.571	3.0	738 (4.79)	612 (3.97)	0.289	0.345	0.386	3.40	0.972
3	Philadelphia Athletics	150	83	67	0	.553	6.0	677 (4.51)	570 (3.80)	0.269	0.338	0.383	3.00	0.972
4	Washington Senators	152	81	69	2	.533	8.0	802 (5.28)	761 (5.01)	0.292	0.360	0.401	4.34	0.969
5	Chicago White Sox	155	81	72	2	.523	9.5	730 (4.71)	665 (4.29)	0.289	0.357	0.390	3.74	0.974
6	Detroit Tigers	157	79	75	3	.503	12.0	793 (5.05)	830 (5.29)	0.291	0.363	0.398	4.41	0.969
7	St. Louis Browns	155	62	92	1	.400	29.0	682 (4.40)	845 (5.45)	0.276	0.331	0.394	4.66	0.963
8	Boston Red Sox	154	46	107	1	.299	44.5	562 (3.65)	835 (5.42)	0.256	0.317	0.343	4.72	0.971

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Jackie Tavener	Detroit Tigers	156
At Bats	Sam Rice	Washington Senators	641
Runs Scored	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	139
Hits	George Burns Sam Rice	Cleveland Indians Washington Senators	216
Doubles	George Burns	Cleveland Indians	64
Triples	Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	20
Home Runs	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	47
Total Bases	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	365
Runs Batted In	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	150
Stolen Bases	Johnny Mostil	Chicago White Sox	35
Caught Stealing	Sam Rice	Washington Senators	23
Walks	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	144
Hit by Pitch	Johnny Mostil	Chicago White Sox	10
Strikeouts	Tony Lazzeri	New York Yankees	96
Sacrifice Hits	Freddy Spurgeon	Cleveland Indians	35
Batting Average	Heinie Manush	Detroit Tigers	0.378
On-Base Percentage	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	0.516
Slugging Percentage	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	0.737
On-Base plus Slugging	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	1.253
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	227

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	George Uhle	Cleveland Indians	27
Losses	Milt Gaston Paul Zahniser	St. Louis Browns Boston Red Sox	18
Win-Loss Percentage	George Uhle	Cleveland Indians	0.711
Appearances	Firpo Marberry	Washington Senators	64
Games Started	George Uhle	Cleveland Indians	36
Complete Games	George Uhle	Cleveland Indians	32
Shutouts	Ed Wells	Detroit Tigers	4
Games Finished	Firpo Marberry	Washington Senators	47
Saves	Firpo Marberry	Washington Senators	22
Innings Pitched	George Uhle	Cleveland Indians	318.1
Batters Faced	George Uhle	Cleveland Indians	1367
Hits Allowed	George Uhle	Cleveland Indians	300
Home Runs Allowed	Tom Zachary	St. Louis Browns	14
Base-on-Balls Allowed	George Uhle	Cleveland Indians	118
Hit Batsmen	George Uhle	Cleveland Indians	13
Strikeouts	Lefty Grove	Philadelphia Athletics	194
Wild Pitches	Win Ballou George Uhle	St. Louis Browns Cleveland Indians	8
Balks	Walter Beall Rip Collins	New York Yankees Detroit Tigers	3
Runs Allowed	Earl Whitehill	Detroit Tigers	136
Earned Runs Allowed	Earl Whitehill	Detroit Tigers	112
Earned Run Average	Lefty Grove	Philadelphia Athletics	2.51
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Herb Pennock	New York Yankees	1.265

Postseason

In the World Series, the American League champion New York Yankees were defeated by the National League's St. Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 3.

Award winners

The winner of the league's League Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was George Burns, a first baseman with the Cleveland Indians. In the award's voting, he had 63 out of a possible 64 points.

Umpires

• Tom Connolly
• Bill Dinneen
• Billy Evans
• Harry Geisel
• George Hildebrand
• Bill McGowan
• George Moriarty
• Dick Nallin
• Red Ormsby
• Brick Owens
• Pants Rowland