1920 Cleveland Indians season
1920 Cleveland Indians | ||
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World Series Champions American League Champions | ||
League | American League | |
Ballpark | Dunn Field | |
City | Cleveland, Ohio | |
Owners | Jim Dunn | |
Managers | Tris Speaker | |
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The 1920 Cleveland Indians season was the 20th season in franchise history. The Indians won the American League pennant and proceeded to win their first World Series title in the history of the franchise. Pitchers Jim Bagby, Stan Coveleski and Ray Caldwell combined to win 75 games.[1] Despite the team's success, the season was perhaps more indelibly marked by the death of starting shortstop Ray Chapman, who died after being hit by a pitch on August 16.
Regular season
[edit]During the season, Jim Bagby became the last pitcher to win 30 games in one season for the Indians in the 20th century.[2]
On August 17, shortstop Ray Chapman died after being hit by a pitch in a game against the Yankees, becoming the second of only two Major League Baseball players to have died as a result of an injury received in a game (the first was Mike "Doc" Powers in 1909).[3]
Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Cleveland Indians | 98 | 56 | .636 | — | 51–27 | 47–29 |
Chicago White Sox | 96 | 58 | .623 | 2 | 52–25 | 44–33 |
New York Yankees | 95 | 59 | .617 | 3 | 49–28 | 46–31 |
St. Louis Browns | 76 | 77 | .497 | 21½ | 40–38 | 36–39 |
Boston Red Sox | 72 | 81 | .471 | 25½ | 41–35 | 31–46 |
Washington Senators | 68 | 84 | .447 | 29 | 37–38 | 31–46 |
Detroit Tigers | 61 | 93 | .396 | 37 | 32–46 | 29–47 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 48 | 106 | .312 | 50 | 25–50 | 23–56 |
Record vs. opponents
[edit]Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 12–10 | 6–16 | 13–9 | 9–13 | 13–9–1 | 9–13 | 10–11 | |||||
Chicago | 10–12 | — | 10–12 | 19–3 | 10–12 | 16–6 | 14–8 | 17–5 | |||||
Cleveland | 16–6 | 12–10 | — | 15–7 | 9–13 | 16–6 | 15–7 | 15–7 | |||||
Detroit | 9–13 | 3–19 | 7–15 | — | 7–15 | 12–10–1 | 10–12 | 13–9 | |||||
New York | 13–9 | 12–10 | 13–9 | 15–7 | — | 19–3 | 12–10 | 11–11 | |||||
Philadelphia | 9–13–1 | 6–16 | 6–16 | 10–12–1 | 3–19 | — | 8–14 | 6–16 | |||||
St. Louis | 13–9 | 8–14 | 7–15 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 14–8 | — | 12–9–1 | |||||
Washington | 11–10 | 5–17 | 7–15 | 9–13 | 11–11 | 16–6 | 9–12–1 | — |
Roster
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Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders | Manager
Coaches |
Player stats
[edit]= Indicates team leader |
Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]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 |
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C | Steve O'Neill | 149 | 489 | 157 | .321 | 3 | 55 |
1B | Doc Johnston | 147 | 535 | 156 | .292 | 2 | 71 |
2B | Bill Wambsganss | 153 | 565 | 138 | .244 | 1 | 55 |
3B | Larry Gardner | 154 | 597 | 185 | .310 | 3 | 118 |
SS | Ray Chapman | 111 | 435 | 132 | .303 | 3 | 49 |
LF | Charlie Jamieson | 108 | 370 | 118 | .319 | 1 | 40 |
CF | Tris Speaker | 150 | 552 | 214 | .388 | 8 | 107 |
RF | Elmer Smith | 129 | 456 | 144 | .316 | 12 | 103 |
Other batters
[edit]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 |
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Joe Evans | 56 | 172 | 60 | .349 | 0 | 23 |
Jack Graney | 62 | 152 | 45 | .296 | 0 | 13 |
Joe Wood | 61 | 137 | 37 | .270 | 1 | 30 |
Harry Lunte | 23 | 71 | 14 | .197 | 0 | 7 |
Joe Sewell | 22 | 70 | 23 | .329 | 0 | 12 |
George Burns | 44 | 56 | 15 | .268 | 0 | 13 |
Les Nunamaker | 34 | 54 | 18 | .333 | 0 | 14 |
Pinch Thomas | 9 | 9 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Jim Bagby | 48 | 339.2 | 31 | 12 | 2.89 | 73 |
Stan Coveleski | 41 | 315.0 | 24 | 14 | 2.49 | 133 |
Ray Caldwell | 34 | 237.2 | 20 | 10 | 3.86 | 80 |
Guy Morton | 29 | 137.0 | 8 | 6 | 4.47 | 72 |
Duster Mails | 9 | 63.1 | 7 | 0 | 1.85 | 25 |
Note: Guy Morton was team leader in saves with 3.
Relief pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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George Uhle | 27 | 84.2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5.21 | 27 |
Elmer Myers | 16 | 71.2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4.77 | 16 |
Bob Clark | 11 | 42.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.43 | 8 |
Dick Niehaus | 19 | 40.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.60 | 12 |
Tony Faeth | 13 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.32 | 14 |
Joe Boehling | 3 | 13.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.85 | 4 |
Tim Murchison | 2 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Joe Wood | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.50 | 1 |
George Ellison | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
1920 World Series
[edit]On October 10, 1920, which was the fifth game of the World Series, Bill Wambsganss of the Indians executed an unassisted triple play. He caught a line drive, touched second base, and tagged the runner coming from first base.[4] On the same day, Elmer Smith hit the first grand slam in World Series history. During that same game, Indians pitcher Jim Bagby became the first pitcher to hit a home run in World Series history.[5]
AL Cleveland Indians (5) vs. NL Brooklyn Robins (2)
Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
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1 | Indians – 3, Robins – 1 | October 5 | Ebbets Field | 23,759 |
2 | Indians – 0, Robins – 3 | October 6 | Ebbets Field | 22,559 |
3 | Indians – 1, Robins – 2 | October 7 | Ebbets Field | 25,088 |
4 | Robins – 1, Indians – 5 | October 9 | Dunn Field | 25,734 |
5 | Robins – 1, Indians – 8 | October 10 | Dunn Field | 26,884 |
6 | Robins – 0, Indians – 1 | October 11 | Dunn Field | 27,194 |
7 | Robins – 0, Indians – 3 | October 12 | Dunn Field | 27,525 |
Game 1
[edit]October 5, 1920, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Cleveland | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
Brooklyn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
W: Stan Coveleski (1–0) L: Rube Marquard (0–1) |
Game 2
[edit]October 6, 1920, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Cleveland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
Brooklyn | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 3 | 7 | 0 |
W: Burleigh Grimes (1–0) L: Jim Bagby (0–1) |
Game 3
[edit]October 7, 1920, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Cleveland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Brooklyn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 2 | 6 | 1 |
W: Sherry Smith (1–0) L: Ray Caldwell (0–1) |
Game 4
[edit]October 9, 1920, at Dunn Field in Cleveland, Ohio
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Brooklyn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
Cleveland | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | x | 5 | 12 | 1 |
W: Stan Coveleski (2–0) L: Leon Cadore (0–1) |
Game 5
[edit]October 10, 1920, at Dunn Field in Cleveland, Ohio
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||
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Brooklyn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 1 | |||||
Cleveland | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 8 | 12 | 2 | |||||
W: Jim Bagby (1–1) L: Burleigh Grimes (1–1) | |||||||||||||||||
HR: CLE – Elmer Smith (1), Jim Bagby (1) |
Game 6
[edit]October 11, 1920, at Dunn Field in Cleveland, Ohio
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Brooklyn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Cleveland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 1 | 7 | 3 |
W: Duster Mails (1–0) L: Sherry Smith (1–1) |
Game 7
[edit]October 12, 1920, at Dunn Field in Cleveland, Ohio
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Brooklyn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
Cleveland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | x | 3 | 7 | 3 |
W: Stan Coveleski (3–0) L: Burleigh Grimes (1–2) |
Composite box
[edit]1920 World Series (5–2): Cleveland Indians (A.L.) over Brooklyn Robins (N.L.)
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
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Cleveland Indians | 6 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 53 | 12 | |
Brooklyn Robins | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 44 | 6 | |
Total Attendance: 236,928 Average Attendance: 29,616 | |||||||||||||
Winning Player's Share: – $5,207 Losing Player's Share – $3,254 |
References
[edit]- ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.100, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
- ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.99, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
- ^ Merron, Jeff (June 22, 2002). "Major Leaguers Who Died In-Season". espn.com
- ^ "Unassisted Triple Plays by Baseball Almanac". Baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
- ^ "The Ballplayers – World Series". baseballbiography.com. Retrieved March 10, 2013.