1920 Season

29 teams competing in 2 leagues

The 1920 Major League Baseball season was played by 29 teams. The Cleveland Indians won the World Series, defeating the Brooklyn Robins. Babe Ruth led with 54 home runs, Babe Ruth led with 137 RBI, and George Sisler led with 257 hits. This page carries the 1920 standings, league leaders, postseason results, and a link to every team's season.

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
Win% (Winning Percentage):
Wins divided by games decided.
GB (Games Back):
How far a team trailed the division or league leader.

Data updated

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1920 Bracket
World Series CLE def. BRO (5-2)

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1920 Home Run Leaders

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Batting average and OPS list qualified hitters only: 3.1 plate appearances per team game — 477 plate appearances at 154 team games. Home runs, RBI, hits, runs and stolen bases are counting totals and list every player.

Batting Average qualified

1 George Sisler .407 2 Tris Speaker .388 3 Shoeless Joe Jackson .382 4 Babe Ruth .376 5 Eddie Collins .372

OPS qualified

1 Babe Ruth 1.382 2 George Sisler 1.082 3 Tris Speaker 1.045 4 Shoeless Joe Jackson 1.033 5 Rogers Hornsby .990

Home Runs all players

1 Babe Ruth 54 2 George Sisler 19 3 Tillie Walker 17 4 Cy Williams 15 5 Happy Felsch 14

RBI all players

1 Babe Ruth 137 2 Baby Doll Jacobson 122 3 George Sisler 122 4 Shoeless Joe Jackson 121 5 Larry Gardner 118

Hits all players

1 George Sisler 257 2 Eddie Collins 224 3 Rogers Hornsby 218 4 Shoeless Joe Jackson 218 5 Baby Doll Jacobson 216

Runs all players

1 Babe Ruth 158 2 George Sisler 137 3 Tris Speaker 137 4 Eddie Collins 117 5 George Burns 115

Stolen Bases all players

1 Sam Rice 63 2 Max Carey 52 3 George Sisler 42 4 Edd Roush 36 5 Frankie Frisch 34
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🎯 Pitching Leaders

1920 Strikeout Leaders

Top 10 — click a bar to view the player.

ERA and WHIP list qualified pitchers only: 1 inning pitched per team game — 154 innings at 154 team games. Wins, strikeouts and saves are counting totals and list every pitcher.

ERA qualified

1 Pete Alexander 1.91 2 Babe Adams 2.16 3 Burleigh Grimes 2.22 4 Wilbur Cooper 2.39 5 Bob Shawkey 2.45

WHIP qualified

1 Babe Adams 0.98 2 Wilbur Cooper 1.10 3 Dolf Luque 1.10 4 Stan Coveleski 1.11 5 Pete Alexander 1.11

Wins all pitchers

1 Jim Bagby 31 2 Pete Alexander 27 3 Carl Mays 26 4 Wilbur Cooper 24 5 Stan Coveleski 24

Strikeouts all pitchers

1 Pete Alexander 173 2 Stan Coveleski 133 3 Burleigh Grimes 131 4 Hippo Vaughn 131 5 Lefty Williams 128

Saves all pitchers

1 Bill Sherdel 6 2 Pete Alexander 5 3 Dickey Kerr 5 4 Hugh McQuillan 5 5 Urban Shocker 5
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📋 Standings

NNL

Chicago American Giants ★ 45-15 Detroit Stars 38-25 Kansas City Monarchs 42-35 Indianapolis ABCs 41-40 Cuban Stars West 35-34 St. Louis Giants 33-39 Dayton Marcos 17-37 Chicago Giants 5-31

EAS

Brooklyn Royal Giants ★ 13-7 Atlantic City Bacharach Giants 22-16 Hilldale Club 9-9 New York Lincoln Giants 4-8 Cuban Stars East 5-11

American League

Cleveland Indians ★ 98-56 Chicago White Sox 96-58 New York Yankees 95-59 St. Louis Browns 76-77 Boston Red Sox 72-81 Washington Senators 68-84 Detroit Tigers 61-93 Philadelphia Athletics 48-106

National League

Brooklyn Robins ★ 93-61 New York Giants 86-68 Cincinnati Reds 82-71 Pittsburgh Pirates 79-75 Chicago Cubs 75-79 St. Louis Cardinals 75-79 Boston Braves 62-90 Philadelphia Phillies 62-91

The 1920 season in brief

The Chicago American Giants set the pace in 1920 with a 45-15 record. 5-31 left the Chicago Giants with the lowest winning percentage of 1920. Across the races, the EAS group ended with the Brooklyn Royal Giants and the Atlantic City Bacharach Giants level at 13-7, the Brooklyn Royal Giants ranked first, American League honors went to the Cleveland Indians, whose 98-56 beat the Chicago White Sox's 96-58, the Brooklyn Robins won the National League going away, 93-61 against 86-68 for the New York Giants, and the Chicago American Giants owned the Negro National League with a 45-15 mark, the Detroit Stars next at 38-25. Negro National League standings appear here too, as MLB counts those 1920 Negro Leagues seasons as major league. The bracket ends with the Cleveland Indians taking the World Series from the Brooklyn Robins, 5 games to 2. The home run board is topped by Babe Ruth at 54, ahead of George Sisler with 19. The qualified batting-average board starts with George Sisler at .407, with Tris Speaker next at .388. George Sisler cleared the 477-plate-appearance line that 1920's 154 team games set. The batting tiles keep returning to Babe Ruth, first in OPS, home runs, RBI, and runs. Among qualified pitchers, Pete Alexander had the lowest ERA, 1.91; Babe Adams followed at 2.16. Every 1920 hitter and pitcher past the display floor is on the 1920 leaders page.

1920 MLB Season: Frequently Asked Questions

Who won the World Series in 1920?
The Cleveland Indians won the 1920 World Series, beating the Brooklyn Robins.
How many teams played in 1920?
29 teams played in the 1920 major league season.
Who led MLB in home runs in 1920?
Babe Ruth led with 54 home runs in 1920.
Who led MLB in RBI in 1920?
Babe Ruth led with 137 RBI in 1920.
Who led MLB in hits in 1920?
George Sisler led with 257 hits in 1920.
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