1920 Cleveland Indians season

1920 Cleveland Indians
1920 World Series Champions
1920 American League Champions
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Owner(s) Jim Dunn
Manager(s) 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 17.

Regular season

The 1920 Cleveland Indians

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

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cleveland Indians 98 56 0.636 — 51–27 47–29
Chicago White Sox 96 58 0.623 2 52–25 44–33
New York Yankees 95 59 0.617 3 49–28 46–31
St. Louis Browns 76 77 0.497 21½ 40–38 36–39
Boston Red Sox 72 81 0.471 25½ 41–35 31–46
Washington Senators 68 84 0.447 29 37–38 31–46
Detroit Tigers 61 93 0.396 37 32–46 29–47
Philadelphia Athletics 48 106 0.312 50 25–50 23–56

Record vs. opponents

1920 American League Records

Sources:

Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL 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

1920 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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
C O'Neill, SteveSteve O'Neill 149 489 157 .321 3 55
1B Johnston, DocDoc Johnston 147 535 156 .292 2 71
2B Wambsganss, BillBill Wambsganss 153 565 138 .244 1 55
SS Chapman, RayRay Chapman 111 435 132 .303 3 49
3B Gardner, LarryLarry Gardner 154 597 185 .310 3 118
LF Jamieson, CharlieCharlie Jamieson 108 370 118 .319 1 40
CF Speaker, TrisTris Speaker 150 552 214 .388 8 107
RF Smith, ElmerElmer Smith 129 456 144 .316 12 103

Other batters

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
Graney, JackJack Graney 62 152 45 .296 0 13
Wood, JoeJoe Wood 61 137 37 .270 1 30
Evans, JoeJoe Evans 56 172 60 .349 0 23
Burns, GeorgeGeorge Burns 44 56 15 .268 0 13
Nunamaker, LesLes Nunamaker 34 54 18 .333 0 14
Lunte, HarryHarry Lunte 23 71 14 .197 0 7
Sewell, JoeJoe Sewell 22 70 23 .329 0 12
Thomas, PinchPinch Thomas 9 9 3 .333 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bagby, JimJim Bagby 48 339.2 31 12 2.89 73
Coveleski, StanStan Coveleski 41 315.0 24 14 2.49 133
Caldwell, RayRay Caldwell 34 237.2 20 10 3.86 80
Morton, GuyGuy Morton 29 137.0 8 6 4.47 72
Mails, DusterDuster Mails 9 63.1 7 0 1.85 25

Relief pitchers

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
Uhle, GeorgeGeorge Uhle 27 84.2 4 5 0 5.21 27
Niehaus, DickDick Niehaus 19 40.0 1 2 0 3.60 12
Myers, ElmerElmer Myers 16 71.2 2 4 0 4.77 16
Faeth, TonyTony Faeth 13 25.0 0 0 0 4.32 14
Clark, BobBob Clark 11 42.0 1 2 0 3.43 8
Boehling, JoeJoe Boehling 3 13.0 0 1 0 4.85 4
Murchison, TimTim Murchison 2 5.0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Wood, JoeJoe Wood 1 2.0 0 0 0 22.50 1
Ellison, GeorgeGeorge Ellison 1 1.0 0 0 0 0.00 1

1920 World Series

Main article: 1920 World Series

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)

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1 Indians – 3, Robins – 1October 5Ebbets Field23,759
2 Indians – 0, Robins – 3October 6Ebbets Field22,559
3 Indians – 1, Robins – 2October 7Ebbets Field25,088
4 Robins – 1, Indians – 5October 9Dunn Field25,734
5 Robins – 1, Indians – 8October 10Dunn Field26,884
6 Robins – 0, Indians – 1October 11Dunn Field27,194
7 Robins – 0, Indians – 3October 12Dunn Field27,525

Game 1

October 5, 1920, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cleveland 020 100 000 350
Brooklyn 000 000 100 151
W: Stan Coveleski (1–0)  L: Rube Marquard (0–1)

Game 2

October 6, 1920, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cleveland 000 000 000 071
Brooklyn 101 010 00x 370
W: Burleigh Grimes (1–0)  L: Jim Bagby (0–1)

Game 3

October 7, 1920, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cleveland 000 100 000 131
Brooklyn 200 000 00x 261
W: Sherry Smith (1–0)  L: Ray Caldwell (0–1)

Game 4

October 9, 1920, at Dunn Field in Cleveland, Ohio

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Brooklyn 000 100 000 151
Cleveland 202 001 00x 5121
W: Stan Coveleski (2–0)  L: Leon Cadore (0–1)

Game 5

October 10, 1920, at Dunn Field in Cleveland, Ohio

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Brooklyn 000 000 001 1131
Cleveland 400 310 00x 8122
W: Jim Bagby (1–1)  L: Burleigh Grimes (1–1)
HR: CLE – Elmer Smith (1), Jim Bagby (1)

Game 6

October 11, 1920, at Dunn Field in Cleveland, Ohio

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Brooklyn 000 000 000 030
Cleveland 000 010 00x 173
W: Duster Mails (1–0)  L: Sherry Smith (1–1)

Game 7

October 12, 1920, at Dunn Field in Cleveland, Ohio

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Brooklyn 000 000 000 052
Cleveland 000 110 10x 373
W: Stan Coveleski (3–0)  L: Burleigh Grimes (1–2)

Composite box

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
Cleveland Indians 622 622 100 215312
Brooklyn Robins 301 110 101 8446
Total Attendance: 236,928   Average Attendance: 29,616
Winning Player's Share: – $5,207   Losing Player's Share – $3,254

References

  1. ↑ 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
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ Merron, Jeff (June 22, 2002). "Major Leaguers Who Died In-Season". espn.com
  4. ↑ "Unassisted Triple Plays by Baseball Almanac". Baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
  5. ↑ "The Ballplayers – World Series". BaseballLibrary.com. Retrieved March 10, 2013.

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