1926 American League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1926 American League Most Valuable Player Award, the League Award, was George Burns of the Cleveland Indians.

Award Voting

† indicates playoff team

Player	Team	Points	Points Share (Max Points)	First Votes		AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG		W - L	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	ERA
George Burns	Cleveland Indians	63	0.984 (64)	Unk		603	97	216	4	114	13	28	33	0.358	0.394	0.494		Did not pitch
Johnny Mostil	Chicago White Sox	33	0.516 (64)	Unk		600	120	197	4	42	35	79	55	0.328	0.415	0.467		Did not pitch
Herb Pennock	New York Yankees †	32	0.500 (64)	Unk		85	8	18	0	6	0	10	8	0.212	0.302	0.235		23 - 11	2	266.1	294	11	43	78	3.62
Sam Rice	Washington Senators	18	0.281 (64)	Unk		641	98	216	3	76	24	42	20	0.337	0.380	0.445		Did not pitch
Al Simmons	Philadelphia Athletics	16	0.250 (64)	Unk		583	90	199	19	109	11	48	49	0.341	0.392	0.564		Did not pitch
Harry Heilmann	Detroit Tigers	16	0.250 (64)	Unk		502	90	184	9	103	6	67	19	0.367	0.445	0.534		Did not pitch
Heinie Manush	Detroit Tigers	16	0.250 (64)	Unk		498	95	188	14	86	11	31	28	0.378	0.421	0.564		Did not pitch
Lefty Grove	Philadelphia Athletics	12	0.188 (64)	Unk		81	6	8	0	6	0	5	42	0.099	0.151	0.136		13 - 13	6	258.0	227	6	101	194	2.51
Goose Goslin	Washington Senators	9	0.141 (64)	Unk		568	105	201	17	108	8	63	38	0.354	0.425	0.542		Did not pitch
Tony Lazzeri	New York Yankees †	7	0.109 (64)	0		589	79	162	18	114	16	54	96	0.275	0.338	0.462		Did not pitch
Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees †	7	0.109 (64)	0		572	135	179	16	112	6	105	73	0.313	0.420	0.549		Did not pitch
Ski Melillo	St. Louis Browns	6	0.094 (64)	0		385	54	98	1	30	6	32	31	0.255	0.315	0.335		Did not pitch
Harry Rice	St. Louis Browns	6	0.094 (64)	0		578	86	181	9	59	10	63	40	0.313	0.384	0.441		Did not pitch
Bibb Falk	Chicago White Sox	6	0.094 (64)	0		566	86	195	8	108	9	66	22	0.345	0.415	0.477		Did not pitch
Bob Fothergill	Detroit Tigers	6	0.094 (64)	0		387	63	142	3	73	4	33	23	0.367	0.421	0.506		Did not pitch
Phil Todt	Boston Red Sox	5	0.078 (64)	0		599	56	153	7	69	3	40	38	0.255	0.306	0.362		Did not pitch
Ossie Bluege	Washington Senators	5	0.078 (64)	0		487	69	132	3	65	12	70	46	0.271	0.368	0.361		Did not pitch
Marty McManus	St. Louis Browns	4	0.063 (64)	0		549	102	156	9	68	5	55	62	0.284	0.350	0.424		Did not pitch
Mickey Cochrane	Philadelphia Athletics	4	0.063 (64)	0		370	50	101	8	47	5	56	15	0.273	0.369	0.408		Did not pitch
Joe Judge	Washington Senators	4	0.063 (64)	0		453	70	132	7	92	7	53	25	0.291	0.367	0.442		Did not pitch
Topper Rigney	Boston Red Sox	3	0.047 (64)	0		525	71	142	4	53	6	108	31	0.270	0.395	0.377		Did not pitch
Bob Meusel	New York Yankees †	3	0.047 (64)	0		413	73	130	12	81	16	37	32	0.315	0.373	0.470		Did not pitch
Tom Zachary	St. Louis Browns	2	0.031 (64)	0		86	4	23	1	5	0	4	19	0.267	0.300	0.372		14 - 15	0	247.1	264	14	97	53	3.60
Wally Gerber	St. Louis Browns	2	0.031 (64)	0		411	37	111	0	42	0	40	29	0.270	0.339	0.290		Did not pitch
Ira Flagstead	Boston Red Sox	2	0.031 (64)	0		415	65	124	3	31	4	36	22	0.299	0.363	0.429		Did not pitch
Baby Doll Jacobson	St. Louis Browns	1	0.016 (64)	0		182	18	52	2	21	1	9	14	0.286	0.319	0.412		Did not pitch
Baby Doll Jacobson	Boston Red Sox	1	0.016 (64)	0		394	44	120	6	69	4	22	22	0.305	0.344	0.447		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1925

Most Valuable Player Award National 1926

Succeeded by 1927