1920 St. Louis Browns season

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1920  St. Louis Browns
League American League
Ballpark Sportsman's Park
City St. Louis, Missouri
Record76–77 (.497)
League place4th
Owners Phil Ball
Managers Jimmy Burke
  1919 Seasons 1921  

The 1920 St. Louis Browns season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Browns finishing 4th in the American League with a record of 76 wins and 77 losses.

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Regular season

The 1920 season belonged to George Sisler. He was the American League batting champion and led all of Major League Baseball with a batting average of .407. [1] This would be 19 points higher than the American League runner-up Tris Speaker, and 37 points higher than the National League batting champion Rogers Hornsby. [1]

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cleveland Indians 9856.63651274729
Chicago White Sox 9658.623252254433
New York Yankees 9559.617349284631
St. Louis Browns 7677.49721½40383639
Boston Red Sox 7281.47125½41353146
Washington Senators 6884.4472937383146
Detroit Tigers 6193.3963732462947
Philadelphia Athletics 48106.3125025502356

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBOSCWSCLEDETNYYPHASLBWSH
Boston 12–106–1613–99–1313–9–19–1310–11
Chicago 10–1210–1219–310–1216–614–817–5
Cleveland 16–612–1015–79–1316–615–715–7
Detroit 9–133–197–157–1512–10–110–1213–9
New York 13–912–1013–915–719–312–1011–11
Philadelphia 9–13–16–166–1610–12–13–198–146–16
St. Louis 13–98–147–1512–1010–1214–812–9–1
Washington 11–105–177–159–1311–1116–69–12–1

Roster

1920 St. Louis Browns
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Player stats

= Indicates team leader
= Indicates league leader

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 Hank Severeid 123422117.277249
1B George Sisler 154631257.40719122
2B Joe Gedeon 153606177.292061
SS Wally Gerber 154584163.279260
3B Jimmy Austin 8328076.271132
OF Ken Williams 141521160.3071072
OF Jack Tobin 147593202.341462
OF Baby Doll Jacobson 154609216.3559122

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Earl Smith 103353108.306355
Josh Billings 6615543.277011
Frank Thompson 22539.17005
Pat Collins 23286.21406
Lyman Lamb 9249.37504
Dutch Wetzel 7219.42905
John Shovlin 772.28602
Billy Mullen 240.00000
Marty McManus 131.33301
Dud Lee 1221.00001
Paul Speraw 120.00000
Johnnie Heving 110.00000
Earl Pruess 100----00

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Dixie Davis 38269.118123.1785
Urban Shocker 38245.220102.71107
Allan Sothoron 36218.18154.7081
Carl Weilman 30183.19134.4745
Bill Bayne 1899.2563.7038
Joe DeBerry 1054.2244.9412
Ray Richmond 217.0206.354

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Elam Vangilder 24104.2385.5025
Adrian Lynch 522.1205.248
Roy Sanders 817.1115.192
Hod Leverette 310.1025.230
George Boehler 37.0017.712
Bert Gallia 23.2017.360

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Bill Burwell 336443.6530
Lefty Leifield 40007.003
John Scheneberg 100027.000
George Sisler 10010.002

Notes

  1. 1 2 As Good As It Got, The 1944 St. Louis Browns, p. 10, David Alan Heller, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina, 2003, ISBN   0-7385-3199-5

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