1920 Pittsburgh Pirates season

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1920  Pittsburgh Pirates
League National League
Ballpark Forbes Field
City Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1]
Owners Barney Dreyfuss
Managers George Gibson
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The 1920 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 39th in franchise history; the 34th in the National League.

Contents

Regular season

Season standings

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Brooklyn Robins 93610.604—49–2944–32
New York Giants 86680.558745–3541–33
Cincinnati Reds 82710.53610½42–3440–37
Pittsburgh Pirates 79750.5131442–3537–40
St. Louis Cardinals 75790.4871838–3837–41
Chicago Cubs 75790.4871843–3432–45
Boston Braves 62900.4083036–3726–53
Philadelphia Phillies 62910.40530½32–4530–46

Record vs. opponents

1920 National League record

Sources:
TeamBOSBRCHCCINNYGPHIPITSTL
Boston —8–14–17–159–1210–1210–117–1511–11
Brooklyn 14–8–1—13–910–1215–714–812–1015–7
Chicago 15–79–13—9–137–1514–811–1110–12
Cincinnati 12–912–1013–9—6–16–114–812–1013–9
New York 12–107–1515–716–6–1—12–1013–911–11
Philadelphia 11–108–148–148–1410–12—9–138–14
Pittsburgh 15–710–1211–1110–129–1313–9—11–11–1
St. Louis 11–117–1512–109–1311–1114–811–11–1—

Game log

1920 Game Log: 79–75 (Home: 42–35; Away: 37–40)
April: 6–5 (Home: 0–3; Away: 6–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 14@ Cardinals 5–4 (10)Adams (1–0)GoodwinHamilton (1)—1–0
2April 15@ Cardinals 2–3SchuppCooper (0–1)——1–1
3April 16@ Cardinals 5–0Carlson (1–0)Sherdel——2–1
4April 17@ Cardinals 3–0 (13)Ponder (1–0)Haines——3–1
5April 18@ Reds 2–1Adams (2–0)Ruether——4–1
6April 21@ Reds 5–3Cooper (1–1)Ring——5–1
7April 23 Cardinals 7–9JacobsHamilton (0–1)——5–2
8April 24 Cardinals 0–6DoakPonder (1–1)——5–3
9April 25@ Cubs 4–1 (15)Adams (3–0)Hendrix——6–3
10April 28@ Cubs 1–11AlexanderCooper (1–2)——6–4
11April 29 Reds 2–8RingCarlson (1–1)——6–5
May: 13–12 (Home: 11–8; Away: 2–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
12May 1 Reds 1–7RuetherAdams (3–1)——6–6
13May 2@ Reds 3–0Cooper (2–2)Sallee——7–6
14May 5 Cubs 2–0Adams (4–1)Martin——8–6
15May 6 Cubs 3–1Cooper (3–2)Hendrix——9–6
16May 7 Cubs 4–6AlexanderCarlson (1–2)——9–7
17May 8 Cubs 1–4VaughnHamilton (0–2)——9–8
18May 9@ Cubs 7–8MartinAdams (4–2)Carter—9–9
19May 10 Phillies 3–1Cooper (4–2)Causey——10–9
20May 12 Phillies 5–3Hamilton (1–2)Rixey——11–9
21May 15 Giants 0–2NehfAdams (4–3)—12,00011–10
22May 17 Giants 7–6 (15)Ponder (2–1)Douglas—6,00012–10
23May 18 Braves 7–2Hamilton (2–2)Oeschger——13–10
24May 19 Braves 2–1Cooper (5–2)McQuillan——14–10
25May 20 Braves 5–1Adams (5–3)Fillingim——15–10
26May 21 Braves 9–0Carlson (2–2)Eayrs——16–10
27May 22 Robins 1–4GrimesCooper (5–3)—18,00016–11
28May 23@ Robins 1–0Ponder (3–1)Pfeffer—10,00017–11
29May 24 Robins 0–1MamauxAdams (5–4)—2,50017–12
30May 25 Robins 2–0Carlson (3–2)Cadore—3,00018–12
31May 26 Robins 2–3GrimesWisner (0–1)——18–13
32May 28@ Reds 1–6RuetherCooper (5–4)——18–14
33May 29@ Reds 2–3LuqueCarlson (3–3)——18–15
34May 30@ Reds 3–5SalleeWisner (0–2)——18–16
35May 31 Cardinals 4–5SherdelPonder (3–2)Jacobs—18–17
36May 31 Cardinals 7–4Cooper (6–4)DoakCarlson (1)—19–17
June: 10–13 (Home: 2–2; Away: 8–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
37June 1 Cardinals 4–5 (15)HainesPonder (3–3)——19–18
38June 2 Cardinals 2–6SchuppCarlson (3–4)——19–19
39June 6@ Reds 3–1 (10)Cooper (7–4)Ruether——20–19
40June 9@ Braves 6–7 (10)FillingimAdams (5–5)——20–20
41June 10@ Braves 1–2ScottCooper (7–5)——20–21
42June 11@ Braves 0–3FillingimHamilton (2–3)——20–22
43June 12@ Phillies 6–4Carlson (4–4)Rixey—4,00021–22
44June 14@ Phillies 6–1Cooper (8–5)Gallia——22–22
45June 15@ Phillies 7–6 (10)Ponder (4–3)Causey——23–22
46June 18@ Giants 4–5BarnesCooper (8–6)—1,00023–23
47June 19@ Giants 3–0Adams (6–5)Nehf—15,00024–23
48June 20@ Giants 0–8DouglasCarlson (4–5)—23,00024–24
49June 22@ Robins 9–7Cooper (9–6)Pfeffer—5,00025–24
50June 23@ Robins 2–5MarquardCarlson (4–6)——25–25
51June 24@ Robins 2–6MamauxAdams (6–6)—3,50025–26
52June 25 Cubs 6–3Cooper (10–6)Hendrix——26–26
53June 26 Cubs 9–4Ponder (5–3)Vaughn——27–26
54June 27@ Cubs 8–3Carlson (5–6)AlexanderCooper (1)—28–26
55June 28@ Cubs 2–5TylerAdams (6–7)——28–27
56June 28@ Cubs 4–5GawPonder (5–4)——28–28
57June 29@ Cubs 4–3 (11)Cooper (11–6)Martin——29–28
58June 29@ Cubs 3–14HendrixMeador (0–1)——29–29
59June 30@ Cubs 0–1VaughnPonder (5–5)——29–30
July: 18–15 (Home: 12–8; Away: 6–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
60July 1@ Cardinals 6–2 (10)Carlson (6–6)SherdelAdams (1)—30–30
61July 2@ Cardinals 0–3DoakHamilton (2–4)——30–31
62July 3@ Cardinals 3–1Cooper (12–6)Goodwin——31–31
63July 4@ Reds 0–5RuetherAdams (6–8)——31–32
64July 5 Reds 4–1Carlson (7–6)Fisher——32–32
65July 5 Reds 6–5 (11)Hamilton (3–4)Luque——33–32
66July 6 Reds 2–7RingMeador (0–2)——33–33
67July 7 Phillies 2–1Cooper (13–6)Smith——34–33
68July 8 Phillies 1–0Adams (7–8)Meadows——35–33
69July 9 Phillies 1–4RixeyCarlson (7–7)——35–34
70July 10 Phillies 7–8 (11)MeadowsCooper (13–7)——35–35
71July 10 Phillies 1–3HubbellPonder (5–6)——35–36
72July 12 Braves 3–2 (11)Adams (8–8)Fillingim——36–36
73July 13 Braves 5–2Carlson (8–7)Scott——37–36
74July 14 Braves 4–3Cooper (14–7)Oeschger——38–36
75July 15 Braves 9–8Carlson (9–7)Watson——39–36
76July 16 Giants 0–7 (17)BentonHamilton (3–5)—4,00039–37
77July 17 Giants 2–0Adams (9–8)Toney——40–37
78July 17 Giants 2–4BarnesCarlson (9–8)—25,00040–38
79July 20 Giants 2–5NehfCooper (14–8)—3,00040–39
80July 21 Robins 4–3Ponder (6–6)Marquard—3,80041–39
81July 22 Robins 5–2Carlson (10–8)Cadore—4,00042–39
82July 23 Robins 5–6SmithAdams (9–9)—4,00042–40
83July 24 Robins 5–1Cooper (15–8)Grimes—15,00043–40
84July 25@ Robins 5–4Ponder (7–6)Mitchell—22,00044–40
85July 26@ Robins 4–6SmithCarlson (10–9)——44–41
86July 27@ Phillies 7–1Hamilton (4–5)Meadows——45–41
87July 28@ Phillies 6–3Cooper (16–8)Smith——46–41
88July 28@ Phillies 4–5CauseyAdams (9–10)Gallia—46–42
89July 29@ Phillies 3–7RixeyPonder (7–7)——46–43
90July 30@ Phillies 2–7HubbellCarlson (10–10)——46–44
91July 31@ Braves 4–2Cooper (17–8)Rudolph——47–44
92July 31@ Braves 1–6FillingimHamilton (4–6)——47–45
August: 16–13 (Home: 7–8; Away: 9–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
93August 2@ Braves 3–2Adams (10–10)OeschgerCarlson (2)—48–45
94August 3@ Braves 3–2Ponder (8–7)McQuillan——49–45
95August 4@ Braves 3–0Cooper (18–8)Fillingim——50–45
96August 5@ Robins 8–5 (10)Hamilton (5–6)Grimes—7,00051–45
97August 7@ Robins 7–0Adams (11–10)Smith—12,00052–45
98August 8@ Robins 1–2CadorePonder (8–8)—20,00052–46
99August 9@ Giants 0–9NehfCooper (18–9)—12,00052–47
100August 11@ Giants 1–5BentonHamilton (5–7)——52–48
101August 11@ Giants 3–6DouglasCarlson (10–11)—20,00052–49
102August 12@ Giants 2–0Adams (12–10)Barnes—15,00053–49
103August 13 Cardinals 2–4SchuppCooper (18–10)——53–50
104August 14 Cardinals 0–1DoakPonder (8–9)——53–51
105August 14 Cardinals 1–1 (8)——53–51
106August 15@ Cardinals 4–2 (11)Hamilton (6–7)May——54–51
107August 15@ Cardinals 2–3KircherWisner (0–3)——54–52
108August 16@ Cardinals 3–2Adams (13–10)Haines——55–52
109August 17@ Cardinals 10–6Cooper (19–10)SchuppCarlson (3)—56–52
110August 19 Phillies 2–5 (12)EnzmannHamilton (6–8)——56–53
111August 20 Phillies 2–4 (11)BettsPonder (8–10)——56–54
112August 21 Phillies 1–3RixeyCooper (19–11)——56–55
113August 21 Phillies 5–0Adams (14–10)Hubbell——57–55
114August 23 Robins 0–3PfefferHamilton (6–9)—3,50057–56
115August 24 Robins 4–3Carlson (11–11)Grimes—3,00058–56
116August 25 Robins 3–4MamauxPonder (8–11)—4,00058–57
117August 26 Braves 2–1Adams (15–10)McQuillan——59–57
118August 27 Braves 8–1Cooper (20–11)Oeschger——60–57
119August 28 Braves 1–5FillingimHamilton (6–10)——60–58
120August 30 Giants 4–2Carlson (12–11)Douglas——61–58
121August 30 Giants 2–1Ponder (9–11)Toney—5,00062–58
122August 31 Giants 6–5Wisner (1–3)NehfHamilton (2)—63–58
September: 14–15 (Home: 9–4; Away: 5–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
123September 1 Giants 4–3Cooper (21–11)Benton——64–58
124September 2 Giants 1–5BarnesHamilton (6–11)—5,00064–59
125September 3 Cubs 2–4 (13)VaughnCarlson (12–12)——64–60
126September 4 Cubs 3–2Adams (16–10)TylerCooper (2)—65–60
127September 5@ Cubs 0–2AlexanderPonder (9–12)——65–61
128September 6 Cubs 2–5MartinCooper (21–12)——65–62
129September 6 Cubs 12–1Hamilton (7–11)Bailey——66–62
130September 7 Cubs 7–4Carlson (13–12)VaughnAdams (2)—67–62
131September 9@ Phillies 7–6Ponder (10–12)CauseyHamilton (3)—68–62
132September 10@ Phillies 8–3Cooper (22–12)Hubbell——69–62
133September 11@ Phillies 3–2Hamilton (8–11)Meadows——70–62
134September 13@ Braves 0–3ScottAdams (16–11)——70–63
135September 15@ Braves 2–1Cooper (23–12)McQuillan——71–63
136September 15@ Braves 1–4FillingimCarlson (13–13)——71–64
137September 16@ Giants 3–1Hamilton (9–11)Barnes——72–64
138September 16@ Giants 0–4NehfPonder (10–13)—10,00072–65
139September 17@ Giants 3–4 (10)ToneyAdams (16–12)—6,00072–66
140September 18@ Giants 7–8DouglasPonder (10–14)—12,00072–67
141September 19@ Robins 3–4PfefferCooper (23–13)—25,00072–68
142September 20@ Robins 1–2 (10)MamauxHamilton (9–12)—6,00072–69
143September 22 Reds 2–0Adams (17–12)Luque——73–69
144September 22 Reds 3–1Ponder (11–14)Ruether——74–69
145September 23 Reds 4–0Cooper (24–13)Eller——75–69
146September 24 Cardinals 12–7Hamilton (10–12)Schupp——76–69
147September 25 Cardinals 2–1 (12)Zinn (1–0)Sherdel——77–69
148September 25 Cardinals 1–3HainesPonder (11–15)——77–70
149September 26@ Reds 0–8NapierAdams (17–13)——77–71
150September 28@ Reds 0–2EllerCooper (24–14)——77–72
151September 28@ Reds 3–5BrentonHamilton (10–13)——77–73
October: 2–2 (Home: 1–2; Away: 1–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
152October 2 Reds 4–13FisherCooper (24–15)——77–74
153October 2 Reds 3–7BrentonZinn (1–1)——77–75
154October 2 Reds 6–0 (6)Morrison (1–0)Napier——78–75
155October 3@ Cubs 4–3Carlson (14–13)Tyler——79–75
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Tie
Bold = Pirates team member

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1920 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Walter Schmidt 9431086.277020
1B Charlie Grimm 148533121.227254
2B George Cutshaw 131488123.252047
SS Howdy Caton 9835283.236027
3B Possum Whitted 134494129.261174
OF Billy Southworth 146546155.284253
OF Carson Bigbee 137550154.280432
OF Max Carey 130485140.289135

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Fred Nicholson 9924789.360430
Walter Barbare 5718651.274012
Bill Haeffner 5417534.194014
Bill McKechnie 4013329.218113
Cliff Lee 377618.23708
Pie Traynor 175211.21202
Cotton Tierney 124611.23908
Clyde Barnhart 124615.32605
Homer Summa 10227.31801
Bill Hinchman 18163.18801
Nig Clarke 370.00000
Wally Hood 210.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Wilbur Cooper 44327.024152.39114
Babe Adams 35263.017132.1684
Hal Carlson 39246.214133.3662
Elmer Ponder 33196.011152.6262

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Earl Hamilton 39230.110133.2474
Johnny Meador 1236.1024.215
Jimmy Zinn 631.0113.4818
Johnny Morrison 27.0100.003

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Jack Wisner 171303.4313
Sheriff Blake 60008.107
Mule Watson 50008.741
Whitey Glazner 20003.121

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
B Wichita Falls Spudders Texas League Walter Salm

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References

  1. ↑ From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
  2. ↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.88, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN   978-0-451-22363-0
  3. ↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.43, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN   978-0-451-22363-0
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