1920 St. Louis Browns
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkSportsman's Park
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record76–77 (.497)
League place4th
OwnersPhil Ball
ManagersJimmy Burke
Seasons

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.

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 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 record

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB 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 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CHank Severeid123422117.277249
1BGeorge Sisler154631257.40719122
2BJoe Gedeon153606177.292061
SSWally Gerber154584163.279260
3BJimmy Austin8328076.271132
OFKen Williams141521160.3071072
OFJack Tobin147593202.341462
OFBaby Doll Jacobson154609216.3559122

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
Earl Smith103353108.306355
Josh Billings6615543.277011
Frank Thompson22539.17005
Pat Collins23286.21406
Lyman Lamb9249.37504
Dutch Wetzel7219.42905
John Shovlin772.28602
Billy Mullen240.00000
Marty McManus131.33301
Dud Lee1221.00001
Paul Speraw120.00000
Johnnie Heving110.00000
Earl Pruess100----00

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
Dixie Davis38269.118123.1785
Urban Shocker38245.220102.71107
Allan Sothoron36218.18154.7081
Carl Weilman30183.19134.4745
Bill Bayne1899.2563.7038
Joe DeBerry1054.2244.9412
Ray Richmond217.0206.354

Other 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
Elam Vangilder24104.2385.5025
Adrian Lynch522.1205.248
Roy Sanders817.1115.192
Hod Leverette310.1025.230
George Boehler37.0017.712
Bert Gallia23.2017.360

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Bill Burwell336443.6530
Lefty Leifield40007.003
John Scheneberg100027.000
George Sisler10010.002

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

References


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