1920 Cleveland Indians season

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.

1920 Cleveland Indians
1920 World Series Champions
1920 American League Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Jim Dunn
Manager(s)Tris Speaker
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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 9856 0.636 — 51–27 47–29
Chicago White Sox 9658 0.623 2 52–25 44–33
New York Yankees 9559 0.617 3 49–28 46–31
St. Louis Browns 7677 0.497 21½ 40–38 36–39
Boston Red Sox 7281 0.471 25½ 41–35 31–46
Washington Senators 6884 0.447 29 37–38 31–46
Detroit Tigers 6193 0.396 37 32–46 29–47
Philadelphia Athletics 48106 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 —12–106–1613–99–1313–9–19–1310–11
Chicago 10–12—10–1219–310–1216–614–817–5
Cleveland 16–612–10—15–79–1316–615–715–7
Detroit 9–133–197–15—7–1512–10–110–1213–9
New York 13–912–1013–915–7—19–312–1011–11
Philadelphia 9–13–16–166–1610–12–13–19—8–146–16
St. Louis 13–98–147–1512–1010–1214–8—12–9–1
Washington 11–105–177–159–1311–1116–69–12–1—

Roster
1920 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers
  • Jim Bagby
 Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders
  • Elmer Smith
 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
CSteve O'Neill149489157.321355
1BDoc Johnston147535156.292271
2BBill Wambsganss153565138.244155
3BLarry Gardner154597185.3103118
SSRay Chapman111435132.303349
LFCharlie Jamieson108370118.319140
CFTris Speaker150552214.3888107
RFElmer Smith129456144.31612103

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
Jack Graney6215245.296013
Joe Wood6113737.270130
Joe Evans5617260.349023
George Burns445615.268013
Les Nunamaker345418.333014
Harry Lunte237114.19707
Joe Sewell227023.329012
Pinch Thomas993.33300

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
Jim Bagby48339.231122.8973
Stan Coveleski41315.024142.49133
Ray Caldwell34237.220103.8680
Guy Morton29137.0864.4772
Duster Mails963.1701.8525

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
George Uhle2784.24505.2127
Dick Niehaus1940.01203.6012
Elmer Myers1671.22404.7716
Tony Faeth1325.00004.3214
Bob Clark1142.01203.438
Joe Boehling313.00104.854
Tim Murchison25.00000.000
Joe Wood12.000022.501
George Ellison11.00000.001

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
1Indians – 3, Robins – 1October 5Ebbets Field23,759
2Indians – 0, Robins – 3October 6Ebbets Field22,559
3Indians – 1, Robins – 2October 7Ebbets Field25,088
4Robins – 1, Indians – 5October 9Dunn Field25,734
5Robins – 1, Indians – 8October 10Dunn Field26,884
6Robins – 0, Indians – 1October 11Dunn Field27,194
7Robins – 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. Archived from the original on April 6, 2013. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
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