1920 St. Louis Browns season

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. 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.

Season standings

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American League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Indians	98	56	.636	—	51‍–‍27	47‍–‍29
Chicago White Sox	96	58	.623	2	52‍–‍25	44‍–‍33
New York Yankees	95	59	.617	3	49‍–‍28	46‍–‍31
St. Louis Browns	76	77	.497	21½	40‍–‍38	36‍–‍39
Boston Red Sox	72	81	.471	25½	41‍–‍35	31‍–‍46
Washington Senators	68	84	.447	29	37‍–‍38	31‍–‍46
Detroit Tigers	61	93	.396	37	32‍–‍46	29‍–‍47
Philadelphia Athletics	48	106	.312	50	25‍–‍50	23‍–‍56

Record vs. opponents

1920 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	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 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers Bill Bayne George Boehler Bill Burwell Dixie Davis Joe DeBerry Bert Gallia Lefty Leifield Hod Leverette Adrian Lynch Ray Richmond Roy Sanders John Scheneberg Urban Shocker Allen Sothoron Elam Vangilder Carl Weilman		Catchers Josh Billings Pat Collins Hank Severeid Infielders Jimmy Austin Joe Gedeon Wally Gerber Dud Lee Marty McManus Billy Mullen John Shovlin George Sisler Earl Smith Paul Speraw Frank Thompson		Outfielders Baby Doll Jacobson Lyman Lamb Earl Pruess Jack Tobin Dutch Wetzel Ken Williams Other batters Johnnie Heving		Manager Jimmy Burke

1920 St. Louis Browns

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Johnnie Heving

Manager

Jimmy Burke

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	Hank Severeid	123	422	117	.277	2	49
1B	George Sisler	154	631	257	.407	19	122
2B	Joe Gedeon	153	606	177	.292	0	61
SS	Wally Gerber	154	584	163	.279	2	60
3B	Jimmy Austin	83	280	76	.271	1	32
OF	Ken Williams	141	521	160	.307	10	72
OF	Jack Tobin	147	593	202	.341	4	62
OF	Baby Doll Jacobson	154	609	216	.355	9	122

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 Smith	103	353	108	.306	3	55
Josh Billings	66	155	43	.277	0	11
Frank Thompson	22	53	9	.170	0	5
Pat Collins	23	28	6	.214	0	6
Lyman Lamb	9	24	9	.375	0	4
Dutch Wetzel	7	21	9	.429	0	5
John Shovlin	7	7	2	.286	0	2
Billy Mullen	2	4	0	.000	0	0
Marty McManus	1	3	1	.333	0	1
Dud Lee	1	2	2	1.000	0	1
Paul Speraw	1	2	0	.000	0	0
Johnnie Heving	1	1	0	.000	0	0
Earl Pruess	1	0	0	----	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
Dixie Davis	38	269.1	18	12	3.17	85
Urban Shocker	38	245.2	20	10	2.71	107
Allan Sothoron	36	218.1	8	15	4.70	81
Carl Weilman	30	183.1	9	13	4.47	45
Bill Bayne	18	99.2	5	6	3.70	38
Joe DeBerry	10	54.2	2	4	4.94	12
Ray Richmond	2	17.0	2	0	6.35	4

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 Vangilder	24	104.2	3	8	5.50	25
Adrian Lynch	5	22.1	2	0	5.24	8
Roy Sanders	8	17.1	1	1	5.19	2
Hod Leverette	3	10.1	0	2	5.23	0
George Boehler	3	7.0	0	1	7.71	2
Bert Gallia	2	3.2	0	1	7.36	0

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 Burwell	33	6	4	4	3.65	30
Lefty Leifield	4	0	0	0	7.00	3
John Scheneberg	1	0	0	0	27.00	0
George Sisler	1	0	0	1	0.00	2

Notes

^ 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

1920 MLB season by team

Major League Baseball

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

Negro National League

1920 World Series

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