1926 Cleveland Elites

8-40 • .167 Win% • 7th in NNL

📊 Season Record

8 Wins
40 Losses
.167 Win %
7th Rank
182 R 381 RA
Diff -199

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⚡ Quick Stats

182 Runs Scored
381 Runs Allowed
-199 Run Diff
15 Home Runs

📈 vs. 1926 NNL Average

Batting Avg .265 7% below the 1926 league average (.284)
OBP .314 11% below the 1926 league average (.351)
SLG .363 11% below the 1926 league average (.408)
Team ERA 7.35 55% worse than the 1926 league average (4.74)
Runs Scored 182 54% below the 1926 league average (392 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumHooper Field
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Home Games (est.) 24 ≈

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1926

Batting Avg

1 Candy Jim Taylor 0.345 2 Dewitt Owens 0.345 3 Codie Spearman 0.336 4 J. H. Hamilton 0.321 5 Tack Summers 0.294

Home Runs

1 Babe Melton 3 2 Robert Bonner 2 3 Tack Summers 2 4 George Branigan 1 5 Frank Duncan 1

RBI

1 Codie Spearman 20 2 J. H. Hamilton 17 3 Robert Bonner 13 4 Tack Summers 13 5 Roy Tyler 11
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Robert Bonner 42 149 16 28 5 1 2 13 10 0 0 0.188
J. H. Hamilton 37 140 20 45 11 1 1 17 2 0 2 0.321
Dewitt Owens 28 113 17 39 8 0 0 7 4 1 5 0.345
Tack Summers 38 109 13 32 5 2 2 13 3 0 1 0.294
Codie Spearman 34 107 16 36 5 0 1 20 6 0 2 0.336
Roy Tyler 26 93 10 25 4 3 0 11 6 2 5 0.269
Charles Zomphier 32 81 17 20 1 2 1 5 12 0 4 0.247
Willie Miles 22 79 10 20 2 0 0 6 7 0 2 0.253
Babe Melton 20 61 6 14 2 1 3 6 5 0 2 0.230
Ernest Duff 27 55 8 14 1 1 0 4 4 0 2 0.255
Candy Jim Taylor 32 55 5 19 2 0 1 9 5 0 0 0.345
Charlie Watt 21 53 4 14 6 0 0 6 5 0 2 0.264
Eddie Woolridge 19 53 5 12 3 2 0 6 1 0 1 0.226
Frank Duncan 33 49 5 12 6 0 1 6 5 0 0 0.245
John Barnes 10 40 6 13 3 0 0 7 4 0 0 0.325
John Wesley Johnson 22 39 2 12 3 0 1 9 1 0 0 0.308
Robinson 15 31 2 4 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 0.129
Bobo Leonard 11 29 7 9 1 0 1 4 3 0 0 0.310
Slim Branham 16 20 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.100
George Branigan 8 18 3 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0.222
Joe Ranson 9 18 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.111
Buck Alexander 11 16 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.125
Willie Spearman 13 16 3 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.250
Elbert Norman 4 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.067
Everett Goldie 6 12 1 4 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0.333
Tiny Baldwin 4 11 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.182
Square Moore 7 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.182
Eddie Wall 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.125
James Field 4 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.200
Howard Ross 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Oscar Hutt 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
Harry Jeffries 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.000
A. Russell 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
Art Hancock 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Jackson 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Percy Miller 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bert Redwine 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Howard Black 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dasler 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1926

ERA

1 Buck Alexander 4.32 2 Square Moore 5.50 3 John Wesley Johnson 6.12 4 George Branigan 6.65 5 Slim Branham 9.68

Wins

1 George Branigan 2 2 John Wesley Johnson 2 3 Willie Spearman 2

Strikeouts

1 John Wesley Johnson 44 2 Buck Alexander 26 3 George Branigan 21 4 Slim Branham 15 5 Eddie Wall 12
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
John Wesley Johnson 2 9 6.12 22 13 1 100.0 112 68 61 44
Buck Alexander 0 6 4.32 11 5 3 50.0 45 24 17 26
George Branigan 2 1 6.65 8 2 0 44.2 55 33 16 21
Slim Branham 0 7 9.68 10 7 0 40.0 55 43 27 15
Square Moore 0 2 5.50 7 3 0 34.1 37 21 10 10
Eddie Wall 0 3 11.63 8 3 0 21.2 30 28 21 12
Willie Spearman 2 1 11.02 9 2 0 16.1 30 20 17 7
James Field 0 2 12.46 4 2 0 13.0 27 18 4 8
Candy Jim Taylor 0 1 7.59 4 1 0 10.2 18 9 1 5
Howard Ross 0 1 0.90 2 1 0 10.0 3 1 5 6
Art Hancock 0 1 6.00 1 1 0 6.0 9 4 3 4
Babe Melton 0 0 3.60 2 0 0 5.0 10 2 4 1
Dewitt Owens 0 1 14.54 1 0 0 4.1 11 7 2 0
Percy Miller 0 3 27.00 3 2 0 3.2 7 11 8 1
Bert Redwine 0 0 15.43 2 1 0 2.1 7 4 0 1
Charles Zomphier 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 2.0 2 2 3 0
Howard Black 0 0 6.75 2 0 0 1.1 1 1 1 0
Codie Spearman 0 0 40.50 1 1 0 0.2 2 3 3 0

👥 Roster (39)

Buck Alexander Tiny Baldwin John Barnes Howard Black Robert Bonner Slim Branham George Branigan Dasler Ernest Duff Frank Duncan James Field Everett Goldie +27 more

39 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1926 Cleveland Elites

What was the 1926 Cleveland Elites record?
The 1926 Cleveland Elites finished 8-40 (.167 win pct).
Who led the 1926 Cleveland Elites in home runs?
Babe Melton led the 1926 Cleveland Elites with 3 home runs.
What was the 1926 Cleveland Elites team ERA?
The 1926 Cleveland Elites posted a team ERA of 7.35.
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