1920 Season Leaders

Top performers from the 1920 baseball season. Click column headers to sort.

These are the 1920 Major League Baseball season leaders in batting and pitching. Babe Ruth led with 54 home runs, Babe Ruth led with 137 RBI, and George Sisler led with 257 hits. Batting average, OBP, SLG and OPS list qualified hitters only — 3.1 plate appearances per team game, which is 477 plate appearances at 154 team games; ERA and WHIP require one inning per team game (154 innings). Lines below those thresholds are shown and marked unqualified.

AVG (Batting Average):
Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):
Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):
Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
ERA (Earned Run Average):
Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.

Data updated

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Batting Leaders

Qualified: 3.1 plate appearances per team game — 477 plate appearances at 154 team games. 94 of the 190 hitters listed qualify; the rest cleared 200+ plate appearances and are marked UNQ. Rate columns (AVG/OBP/SLG/OPS) rank qualified hitters first.

1920 OPS Distribution

Every qualified batter that season, plotted as a histogram. The highlighted bin contains the league leader.

Complete Statistics

1920 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
George Sisler SLA 154 692 631 137 257 49 18 19 122 42 46 19 .407 .449 .632 1.082
Tris Speaker CLE 150 674 552 137 214 50 11 8 107 10 97 13 .388 .483 .562 1.045
Shoeless Joe Jackson CHA 146 649 570 105 218 42 20 12 121 9 56 14 .382 .444 .589 1.033
Babe Ruth NYA 142 615 457 158 172 36 9 54 137 14 150 80 .376 .533 .849 1.382
Eddie Collins CHA 153 706 602 117 224 38 13 3 76 20 69 19 .372 .438 .493 .932
Rogers Hornsby SLN 149 660 589 96 218 44 20 9 94 12 60 50 .370 .431 .559 .990
Baby Doll Jacobson SLA 154 673 609 97 216 34 14 9 122 11 46 37 .355 .402 .501 .903
Ross Youngs NY1 153 671 581 92 204 27 14 6 78 18 75 55 .351 .427 .477 .904
Jack Tobin SLA 147 652 593 94 202 34 10 4 62 21 39 23 .341 .383 .452 .835
Edd Roush CIN 149 650 579 81 196 22 16 4 90 36 42 22 .339 .386 .453 .839
Sam Rice WS1 153 686 624 83 211 29 9 3 80 63 39 23 .338 .381 .428 .809
Happy Felsch CHA 142 613 556 88 188 40 15 14 115 8 37 25 .338 .384 .540 .923
Ty Cobb DET 112 495 428 86 143 28 8 2 63 15 58 28 .334 .416 .451 .867
Joe Judge WS1 126 576 493 103 164 19 15 5 51 12 65 34 .333 .416 .462 .878
Buck Weaver CHA 151 690 629 102 208 34 8 2 75 19 28 23 .331 .365 .420 .785
Bob Meusel NYA 119 494 460 75 151 40 7 11 83 4 20 72 .328 .359 .517 .876
Zack Wheat BRO 148 643 583 89 191 26 13 9 73 8 48 21 .328 .385 .463 .848
Cy Williams PHI 148 643 590 88 192 36 10 15 72 18 32 45 .325 .364 .497 .861
Clyde Milan WS1 126 564 506 70 163 22 5 3 41 10 28 12 .322 .364 .403 .767
Joe Dugan PHA 123 521 491 65 158 40 5 3 60 5 19 51 .322 .351 .442 .793
Steve O'Neill CLE 149 576 489 63 157 39 5 3 55 3 69 39 .321 .408 .440 .848
Milt Stock SLN 155 708 639 85 204 28 6 0 76 15 40 27 .319 .360 .382 .742
Elmer Smith CLE 129 525 456 82 144 37 10 12 103 5 53 35 .316 .391 .520 .910
Del Pratt NYA 154 654 574 84 180 37 8 4 97 12 50 24 .314 .372 .427 .798
Harry Hooper BOS 139 631 536 91 167 30 17 7 53 16 88 27 .312 .411 .470 .881
Larry Gardner CLE 154 683 597 72 185 31 11 3 118 3 53 25 .310 .367 .414 .781
Harry Heilmann DET 145 602 543 66 168 28 5 9 89 3 39 32 .309 .358 .429 .787
Irish Meusel PHI 138 563 518 75 160 27 8 14 69 17 32 27 .309 .349 .473 .822
Ed Konetchy BRO 131 547 497 62 153 22 12 5 63 3 33 18 .308 .352 .431 .783
Bobby Veach DET 154 670 612 92 188 39 15 11 113 11 36 22 .307 .353 .474 .827
Ken Williams SLA 141 592 521 90 160 34 13 10 72 18 41 26 .307 .362 .480 .842
Jack Fournier SLN 141 608 530 77 162 33 14 3 61 26 42 42 .306 .370 .438 .808
Hi Myers BRO 154 651 582 83 177 36 22 4 80 9 35 54 .304 .345 .462 .807
Jake Daubert CIN 142 630 553 97 168 28 13 4 48 11 47 29 .304 .362 .423 .785
Ray Chapman CLE 111 530 435 97 132 27 8 3 49 13 52 38 .303 .380 .423 .803
Shano Collins CHA 133 537 495 70 150 21 10 1 63 12 23 24 .303 .339 .392 .731
Max Flack CHN 135 592 520 85 157 30 6 4 49 13 52 15 .302 .373 .406 .779
Bucky Harris WS1 136 592 506 76 152 26 6 1 68 16 41 36 .300 .377 .381 .758
Dave Robertson CHN 134 555 500 68 150 29 11 10 75 17 40 44 .300 .353 .462 .815
Dave Bancroft 2 teams 150 673 613 102 183 36 9 0 36 8 42 44 .299 .346 .387 .732
Heinie Groh CIN 145 632 550 86 164 28 12 0 49 16 60 29 .298 .375 .393 .768
Mike Menosky BOS 141 627 532 80 158 24 9 3 64 23 65 52 .297 .383 .393 .776
Stuffy McInnis BOS 148 624 559 50 166 21 3 2 72 6 18 19 .297 .321 .356 .677
Pat Duncan CIN 154 652 576 75 170 16 11 2 83 18 42 42 .295 .350 .372 .722
Ping Bodie NYA 129 523 471 63 139 26 12 7 79 6 40 30 .295 .350 .446 .796
Walter Holke BSN 144 603 551 53 162 15 11 3 64 4 28 31 .294 .329 .377 .707
Casey Stengel PHI 129 504 445 53 130 25 6 9 50 7 38 35 .292 .356 .436 .792
Joe Gedeon SLA 153 713 606 95 177 33 6 0 61 1 55 36 .292 .355 .366 .721
Doc Johnston CLE 147 593 535 68 156 24 10 2 71 13 28 32 .292 .333 .385 .718
Jimmy Johnston BRO 155 708 635 87 185 17 12 1 52 19 43 23 .291 .338 .361 .699
Ralph Young DET 150 703 594 84 173 21 6 0 33 8 85 30 .291 .382 .347 .729
Braggo Roth WS1 138 561 468 80 136 23 8 9 92 24 75 57 .291 .395 .432 .827
Doc Lavan SLN 142 569 516 52 149 21 10 1 63 11 19 38 .289 .318 .374 .692
Max Carey PIT 130 567 485 74 140 18 4 1 35 52 59 31 .289 .369 .348 .718
Gene Paulette PHI 143 608 562 59 162 16 6 1 36 9 33 16 .288 .332 .343 .676
George Burns NY1 154 714 631 115 181 35 9 6 46 22 76 48 .287 .365 .399 .765
Larry Doyle NY1 137 530 471 48 134 21 2 4 50 11 47 28 .285 .352 .363 .715
Cliff Heathcote SLN 133 531 489 55 139 18 8 3 56 21 25 31 .284 .320 .372 .693
Billy Southworth PIT 146 617 546 64 155 17 13 2 53 23 52 20 .284 .348 .374 .722
Art Fletcher 2 teams 143 594 550 57 156 32 9 4 62 7 16 43 .284 .315 .396 .711
Austin McHenry SLN 137 542 504 66 142 19 11 10 65 8 25 73 .282 .316 .423 .738
Wally Pipp NYA 153 687 610 109 171 30 14 11 76 4 48 54 .280 .339 .430 .768
Zeb Terry CHN 133 575 496 56 139 26 9 0 52 12 44 22 .280 .341 .369 .710
Carson Bigbee PIT 137 607 550 78 154 19 15 4 32 31 45 28 .280 .341 .391 .732
Dode Paskert CHN 139 572 487 57 136 22 10 5 71 16 64 58 .279 .366 .396 .763
Wally Gerber SLA 154 663 584 70 163 26 2 2 60 4 58 32 .279 .346 .341 .687
Les Mann BSN 115 477 424 48 117 7 8 3 32 7 38 42 .276 .341 .351 .693
Pete Kilduff BRO 141 558 478 62 130 26 8 0 58 2 58 43 .272 .351 .360 .711
Ray Schalk CHA 151 576 485 64 131 25 5 1 61 10 68 19 .270 .362 .348 .711
Roger Peckinpaugh NYA 139 620 534 109 144 26 6 8 55 8 72 47 .270 .356 .386 .742
Everett Scott BOS 154 615 569 41 153 21 12 4 61 4 21 15 .269 .300 .369 .669
Tillie Walker PHA 149 648 585 79 157 23 7 17 82 8 41 59 .268 .321 .419 .739
Tony Boeckel BSN 153 630 582 70 156 28 5 3 62 18 38 50 .268 .314 .349 .663
Howie Shanks WS1 128 489 444 56 119 16 7 4 37 11 29 43 .268 .316 .363 .678
Morrie Rath CIN 129 573 506 61 135 7 4 2 28 10 36 24 .267 .319 .308 .628
Swede Risberg CHA 126 506 458 53 122 21 10 2 65 12 31 45 .266 .316 .369 .685
George Kelly NY1 155 651 590 69 157 22 11 11 94 6 41 92 .266 .320 .397 .717
Rabbit Maranville BSN 134 534 493 48 131 19 15 1 43 14 28 24 .266 .305 .371 .676
Donie Bush DET 141 628 506 85 133 18 5 1 33 15 73 32 .263 .357 .324 .681
George Whitted PIT 134 555 494 53 129 11 12 1 74 11 35 36 .261 .314 .338 .652
Cy Perkins PHA 148 535 492 40 128 24 6 5 52 5 28 35 .260 .303 .364 .667
Jimmy Dykes PHA 142 637 546 81 140 25 4 8 35 6 55 73 .256 .334 .361 .695
Aaron Ward NYA 127 547 496 62 127 18 7 11 55 7 33 84 .256 .304 .387 .691
Greasy Neale CIN 150 601 530 55 135 10 7 3 46 29 45 48 .255 .322 .317 .639
Ivy Olson BRO 143 665 637 71 162 13 11 1 46 4 20 19 .254 .278 .314 .592
George Cutshaw PIT 131 549 488 56 123 16 8 0 47 17 23 10 .252 .287 .318 .605
Patsy Gharrity WS1 131 485 428 51 105 18 3 3 44 6 37 52 .245 .307 .322 .629
Larry Kopf CIN 126 514 458 56 112 15 6 0 59 14 35 24 .245 .305 .303 .609
Bill Wambsganss CLE 153 664 565 83 138 16 11 1 55 9 54 26 .244 .316 .317 .633
Charlie Deal CHN 129 512 450 48 108 10 5 3 39 5 20 14 .240 .285 .304 .589
Ivy Griffin PHA 129 508 467 46 111 15 1 0 20 3 17 49 .238 .281 .274 .555
Charlie Grimm PIT 148 581 533 38 121 13 7 2 54 7 30 40 .227 .273 .289 .562
Ray Powell BSN 147 666 609 69 137 12 12 6 29 10 44 83 .225 .282 .314 .595
Nemo Leibold CHA 108 480 413 61 91 16 3 1 28 7 55 30 .220 .316 .281 .597
Cristóbal Torriente UNQ CAG 57 234 211 44 83 18 7 2 50 8 20 2 .393 .446 .573 1.019
Jimmie Lyons UNQ DS 49 217 187 54 72 13 5 7 41 21 21 0 .385 .450 .620 1.070
Fred Nicholson UNQ PIT 99 271 247 33 89 16 7 4 30 9 18 31 .360 .404 .530 .934
Oscar Charleston UNQ ABC 76 329 285 60 95 18 5 5 45 20 35 1 .333 .408 .484 .892
Jack Smith UNQ SLN 91 346 313 53 104 22 5 1 28 14 25 23 .332 .385 .444 .829
Hurley McNair UNQ KCM 71 323 289 56 95 18 8 4 44 13 22 0 .329 .378 .488 .866
Eddie Eayrs UNQ BSN 87 284 244 31 80 5 2 1 24 4 30 18 .328 .410 .377 .787
Tim Hendryx UNQ BOS 99 420 363 54 119 21 5 0 73 7 42 27 .328 .400 .413 .814
Bernardo Baró UNQ CSW 51 226 201 38 65 8 3 2 26 9 17 0 .323 .376 .423 .799
Whitey Witt UNQ PHA 65 253 218 29 70 11 3 1 25 2 27 16 .321 .396 .413 .809
Charlie Hollocher UNQ CHN 80 369 301 53 96 17 2 0 22 20 41 15 .319 .406 .389 .795
Charlie Jamieson UNQ CLE 108 425 370 69 118 17 7 1 40 2 41 26 .319 .388 .411 .799
Bartolo Portuondo UNQ KCM 71 334 292 57 93 20 1 0 23 27 25 0 .318 .382 .394 .776
George Carr UNQ KCM 71 311 285 45 90 15 5 4 48 18 15 1 .316 .354 .446 .800
Valentín Dreke UNQ CSW 51 229 206 35 65 3 3 0 25 7 17 0 .316 .368 .359 .727
Charlie Blackwell UNQ SLG 57 248 212 40 66 8 4 3 32 15 22 0 .311 .397 .429 .826
Bingo DeMoss UNQ CAG 58 245 209 58 64 12 2 0 33 11 29 1 .306 .401 .383 .784
Earl Smith UNQ SLA 103 377 353 45 108 21 8 3 55 11 13 18 .306 .336 .436 .772
Wally Schang UNQ BOS 122 466 387 58 118 30 7 4 51 7 64 37 .305 .413 .450 .862
Ben Taylor UNQ ABC 75 313 275 41 83 13 4 3 46 13 28 1 .302 .370 .411 .781
Morten Clark UNQ ABC 77 345 300 54 90 10 4 0 13 16 31 0 .300 .366 .360 .726
John Donaldson UNQ KCM 68 299 268 35 80 12 2 4 41 10 16 1 .299 .338 .403 .741
John Sullivan UNQ BSN 81 290 250 36 74 14 4 1 28 3 29 29 .296 .374 .396 .770
Earl Smith UNQ NY1 91 285 262 20 77 7 1 1 30 5 18 16 .294 .344 .340 .684
Paíto Herrera UNQ CSW 51 225 202 30 59 10 0 0 25 9 15 0 .292 .350 .342 .692
Frank Ellerbe UNQ WS1 101 376 336 38 98 14 2 0 36 5 19 23 .292 .331 .345 .677
Jim O'Neill UNQ WS1 86 320 294 27 85 17 7 1 40 7 13 30 .289 .324 .405 .728
Otto Miller UNQ BRO 90 324 301 16 87 9 2 0 33 0 9 18 .289 .312 .332 .644
Chick Shorten UNQ DET 116 410 364 35 105 9 6 1 40 2 28 14 .288 .339 .354 .694
Fred Merkle UNQ CHN 92 367 330 33 94 20 4 3 38 3 24 32 .285 .335 .397 .732
Dave Malarcher UNQ CAG 51 226 187 39 53 7 2 0 19 6 36 0 .283 .402 .342 .744
Mickey O'Neil UNQ BSN 112 343 304 19 86 5 4 0 28 4 21 20 .283 .339 .326 .665
Verne Clemons UNQ SLN 112 378 338 17 95 10 6 1 36 1 30 12 .281 .340 .355 .695
Frankie Frisch UNQ NY1 110 473 440 57 123 10 10 4 77 34 20 18 .280 .311 .375 .686
Walton Cruise UNQ BSN 91 331 288 40 80 7 5 1 21 5 31 26 .278 .352 .347 .699
Walter Schmidt UNQ PIT 94 348 310 22 86 8 4 0 20 9 24 15 .277 .337 .329 .666
Hank Severeid UNQ SLA 123 465 422 46 117 14 5 2 49 5 33 11 .277 .336 .348 .684
Lee King UNQ NY1 93 291 261 32 72 11 4 7 42 3 21 38 .276 .335 .429 .764
Charlie Pick UNQ BSN 95 427 383 34 105 16 6 2 28 10 23 11 .274 .320 .363 .683
Hal Janvrin UNQ SLN 87 295 270 33 74 8 4 1 28 5 17 19 .274 .317 .344 .662
Jimmy Austin UNQ SLA 83 330 280 38 76 11 3 1 32 2 31 15 .271 .352 .343 .695
Duffy Lewis UNQ NYA 107 407 365 34 99 8 1 4 61 2 24 32 .271 .320 .332 .651
Bill Riggins UNQ 2 teams 52 202 181 16 49 10 2 2 22 1 12 0 .271 .320 .381 .701
Edgar Wesley UNQ DS 54 225 207 30 56 15 2 8 39 3 18 0 .271 .329 .478 .807
Frank Warfield UNQ 2 teams 58 263 237 40 64 13 3 1 27 5 17 0 .270 .327 .363 .690
Amos Strunk UNQ 2 teams 111 450 390 56 105 17 4 1 36 1 49 24 .269 .351 .341 .692
Muddy Ruel UNQ NYA 82 284 261 30 70 14 1 1 15 4 15 18 .268 .310 .341 .651
Turner Barber UNQ CHN 94 369 340 27 90 10 5 0 50 5 9 26 .265 .290 .324 .613
Ivey Wingo UNQ CIN 108 391 364 32 96 11 5 2 38 6 19 13 .264 .300 .338 .638
Pickles Dillhoefer UNQ SLN 76 240 224 26 59 8 3 0 13 2 13 7 .263 .304 .326 .630
Joe Schultz UNQ SLN 99 353 320 38 84 5 5 0 32 5 21 11 .263 .308 .309 .617
Russ Wrightstone UNQ PHI 76 220 206 23 54 6 1 3 17 3 10 25 .262 .303 .345 .647
Tommy Griffith UNQ BRO 93 363 334 41 87 9 4 2 30 3 15 18 .260 .292 .329 .622
Eddie Foster UNQ BOS 117 442 386 48 100 17 6 0 41 10 42 17 .259 .336 .334 .671
Frank Welch UNQ PHA 100 396 360 43 93 17 5 4 40 2 26 41 .258 .312 .367 .679
Lunie Danage UNQ SLG 51 204 190 22 49 4 2 1 23 7 9 0 .258 .299 .316 .614
Bevo LeBourveau UNQ PHI 84 289 261 29 67 7 2 3 12 9 11 36 .257 .295 .333 .628
Mike McNally UNQ BOS 93 364 312 42 80 5 1 0 23 13 31 24 .256 .326 .279 .604
Red Shannon UNQ 2 teams 87 345 310 34 79 9 8 0 33 3 26 44 .255 .312 .335 .648
Dots Miller UNQ PHI 98 375 343 41 87 12 2 1 27 13 16 17 .254 .289 .309 .598
Bernie Neis UNQ BRO 95 287 249 38 63 11 2 2 22 9 26 35 .253 .329 .337 .666
Glenn Myatt UNQ PHA 70 212 196 14 49 8 3 0 18 1 12 22 .250 .293 .321 .615
Frank Snyder UNQ NY1 87 292 264 26 66 13 4 3 27 2 17 18 .250 .295 .364 .659
Bob Jones UNQ DET 81 299 265 35 66 6 3 1 18 3 22 13 .249 .309 .306 .615
Bob O'Farrell UNQ CHN 94 312 270 29 67 11 4 3 19 1 34 23 .248 .332 .352 .684
Truck Hannah UNQ NYA 79 292 259 24 64 11 1 2 25 2 24 35 .247 .313 .320 .634
Hank Gowdy UNQ BSN 80 241 214 14 52 11 2 0 18 6 20 15 .243 .314 .313 .627
Horace Ford UNQ BSN 88 287 257 16 62 12 5 1 30 3 18 25 .241 .296 .339 .635
Vicente Rodríguez UNQ KCM 59 210 193 24 46 3 1 1 18 2 11 0 .238 .279 .280 .559
Howdy Caton UNQ PIT 98 394 352 29 83 11 5 0 27 4 33 19 .236 .305 .295 .600
Babe Twombly UNQ CHN 78 205 183 25 43 1 1 2 14 5 17 20 .235 .303 .284 .588
Ira Flagstead UNQ DET 110 359 311 40 73 13 5 3 35 3 37 27 .235 .318 .338 .656
Johnny Rawlings UNQ 2 teams 103 436 387 39 90 19 2 3 32 9 22 26 .233 .276 .315 .591
Russell Powell UNQ ABC 60 214 190 20 44 7 0 0 17 1 17 0 .232 .301 .268 .570
Eddie Ainsmith UNQ DET 69 207 186 19 43 5 3 1 19 4 14 19 .231 .285 .306 .591
Oscar Stanage UNQ DET 78 261 238 12 55 17 0 0 17 0 14 21 .231 .277 .303 .579
Fred Thomas UNQ 2 teams 79 302 262 27 60 6 3 1 11 8 26 18 .229 .303 .286 .590
Babe Pinelli UNQ DET 102 331 284 33 65 9 3 0 21 6 25 16 .229 .296 .282 .578
Cliff Brady UNQ BOS 53 200 180 16 41 5 1 0 12 0 13 12 .228 .284 .267 .550
Burt Shotton UNQ SLN 62 203 180 28 41 5 0 1 12 5 18 14 .228 .305 .272 .577
Mack Wheat UNQ PHI 78 244 230 15 52 10 3 3 20 3 8 35 .226 .261 .335 .596
Bobby Williams UNQ CAG 51 204 180 20 40 5 1 0 22 8 15 1 .222 .286 .261 .547
Bill Killefer UNQ CHN 62 212 191 16 42 7 1 0 16 2 8 5 .220 .280 .267 .547
Ossie Vitt UNQ BOS 87 366 296 50 65 10 4 1 28 5 43 10 .220 .321 .291 .611
Ralph Miller UNQ PHI 97 358 338 28 74 14 1 0 28 3 11 32 .219 .246 .266 .512
Ed Sicking UNQ 2 teams 83 286 257 23 56 6 1 0 26 8 23 15 .218 .285 .249 .534
Matías Ríos UNQ CSW 51 218 184 30 40 2 1 1 13 3 26 0 .217 .321 .255 .576
Tullie McAdoo UNQ SLG 59 238 193 27 41 5 0 0 15 4 19 0 .212 .318 .238 .557
José Méndez UNQ KCM 56 224 180 21 38 6 1 0 14 5 28 0 .211 .324 .256 .579
Judy Gans UNQ CAG 55 208 186 20 39 3 4 0 25 4 16 0 .210 .276 .269 .545
Chick Galloway UNQ PHA 98 335 298 28 60 9 3 0 18 2 22 22 .201 .259 .252 .510
Roxy Walters UNQ BOS 88 308 258 25 51 11 1 0 28 2 30 21 .198 .303 .248 .551
Joe Hewitt UNQ DS 45 201 157 30 31 5 1 0 8 9 25 1 .197 .330 .242 .572
Buck Herzog UNQ CHN 91 350 305 39 59 9 2 0 19 8 20 21 .193 .261 .236 .497
Eufemio Abreu UNQ CSW 51 200 177 14 34 3 3 0 15 2 13 0 .192 .251 .243 .494
Connie Day UNQ ABC 77 300 268 23 50 4 5 2 24 2 19 1 .187 .246 .261 .507
Showing 1-50 of 190 batters listed (94 qualified)

Pitching Leaders

Qualified: 1 inning pitched per team game — 154 innings at 154 team games. 76 of the 136 pitchers listed qualify; the rest cleared 50+ innings and are marked UNQ. ERA and WHIP rank qualified pitchers first.

Complete Statistics

1920 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA WHIP
Pete Alexander CHN 27 14 46 40 33 7 5 363.1 335 77 69 173 1.91 1.11
Babe Adams PIT 17 13 35 33 19 8 2 263.0 240 63 18 84 2.16 0.98
Burleigh Grimes BRO 23 11 40 33 25 5 2 303.2 271 75 67 131 2.22 1.11
Wilbur Cooper PIT 24 15 44 37 28 3 2 327.0 307 87 52 114 2.39 1.10
Bob Shawkey NYA 20 13 38 31 20 5 2 267.2 246 73 85 126 2.45 1.24
Dutch Ruether CIN 16 12 37 33 23 5 3 265.2 235 73 96 99 2.47 1.25
Stan Coveleski CLE 24 14 41 38 26 3 2 315.0 284 87 65 133 2.49 1.11
Dolf Luque CIN 13 9 37 23 10 1 1 207.2 168 58 60 72 2.51 1.10
Bill Doak SLN 20 12 39 37 20 5 1 270.0 256 76 80 90 2.53 1.24
Hippo Vaughn CHN 19 16 40 38 24 4 0 301.0 301 85 81 131 2.54 1.27
Elmer Ponder PIT 11 15 33 23 13 2 0 196.0 182 57 40 62 2.62 1.13
Leon Cadore BRO 15 14 35 30 16 4 0 254.1 256 74 56 79 2.62 1.23
Jesse Barnes NY1 20 15 43 35 23 2 0 292.2 271 86 56 63 2.64 1.12
Fred Toney NY1 21 11 42 37 17 4 1 278.1 266 82 57 81 2.65 1.16
Al Mamaux BRO 12 8 41 18 9 2 4 190.2 172 57 63 101 2.69 1.23
Phil Douglas NY1 14 10 46 21 10 3 2 226.0 225 68 55 71 2.71 1.24
Urban Shocker SLA 20 10 38 28 22 5 5 245.2 224 74 70 107 2.71 1.20
Ray Fisher CIN 10 11 33 22 10 1 1 201.0 189 61 50 56 2.73 1.19
Lee Meadows PHI 16 14 35 33 19 3 0 247.0 249 78 90 95 2.84 1.37
Eddie Rommel PHA 7 7 33 12 8 2 1 173.2 165 55 43 43 2.85 1.20
Sam Crawford KCM 14 8 26 18 14 2 1 181.2 149 58 58 102 2.87 1.14
Jim Bagby CLE 31 12 48 38 30 3 0 339.2 338 109 79 73 2.89 1.23
Bill Holland DS 10 5 25 18 12 0 3 157.1 135 51 45 87 2.92 1.14
Hod Eller CIN 13 12 35 22 15 1 0 210.1 208 69 52 76 2.95 1.24
Jesse Haines SLN 13 20 47 37 19 4 2 301.2 303 100 80 120 2.98 1.27
Red Faber CHA 23 13 40 39 28 2 1 319.0 332 106 88 108 2.99 1.32
Jeff Pfeffer BRO 16 9 30 28 20 2 0 215.0 225 72 45 80 3.01 1.26
Rube Benton NY1 9 16 33 25 12 4 2 193.1 222 65 31 52 3.03 1.31
Rube Curry KCM 8 11 25 18 12 1 1 186.2 174 63 40 89 3.04 1.15
Harry Harper BOS 5 14 27 22 11 1 0 162.2 163 55 66 71 3.04 1.41
Carl Mays NYA 26 11 45 37 26 6 2 312.0 310 106 84 92 3.06 1.26
Art Nehf NY1 21 12 40 33 22 4 0 280.2 273 96 45 79 3.08 1.13
Bill Drake SLG 10 12 24 22 19 1 1 191.0 206 66 64 90 3.11 1.41
Dana Fillingim BSN 12 21 37 30 22 2 0 272.0 292 94 79 66 3.11 1.36
Dixie Davis SLA 18 12 38 31 22 0 0 269.1 250 95 149 85 3.17 1.48
Jack Quinn NYA 18 10 41 32 17 2 3 253.1 271 90 48 101 3.20 1.26
Rip Collins NYA 14 8 36 18 10 2 1 187.1 171 67 79 66 3.22 1.33
Rube Marquard BRO 10 7 28 26 10 1 0 189.2 181 68 35 89 3.23 1.14
Earl Hamilton PIT 10 13 39 23 12 0 3 230.1 223 83 69 74 3.24 1.27
Howard Ehmke DET 15 18 38 33 23 2 3 268.1 250 97 124 98 3.25 1.39
Elmer Myers 2 teams 11 5 28 17 11 1 1 168.2 183 61 47 50 3.25 1.36
Eddie Cicotte CHA 21 10 37 35 28 4 2 303.1 316 110 74 87 3.26 1.29
Bill Sherdel SLN 11 10 43 7 4 0 6 170.0 183 62 40 74 3.28 1.31
Lefty Tyler CHN 11 12 27 27 18 2 0 193.0 193 71 57 57 3.31 1.30
Hal Carlson PIT 14 13 39 31 16 3 3 246.2 262 92 63 62 3.36 1.32
Dickey Kerr CHA 21 9 45 28 19 3 5 253.2 266 95 72 72 3.37 1.33
George Smith PHI 13 18 43 28 10 1 2 250.2 265 96 51 51 3.45 1.26
Joe Oeschger BSN 15 13 38 30 20 5 0 299.0 294 115 99 80 3.46 1.31
Rollie Naylor PHA 10 23 42 36 20 0 0 251.1 306 97 86 90 3.47 1.56
Dicta Johnson ABC 8 7 25 17 12 0 0 171.0 158 66 44 72 3.47 1.18
Eppa Rixey PHI 11 22 41 33 25 0 2 284.1 288 110 69 109 3.48 1.26
Ferdie Schupp SLN 16 13 38 37 17 0 0 250.2 246 98 127 119 3.52 1.49
Jack Scott BSN 10 21 44 32 22 3 1 291.0 308 114 85 94 3.53 1.35
Jimmy Ring CIN 17 16 42 33 18 1 1 266.2 268 105 92 73 3.54 1.35
Hugh McQuillan BSN 11 15 38 27 17 1 5 225.2 230 89 70 53 3.55 1.33
Bill Hubbell 2 teams 9 10 38 20 9 1 4 180.0 202 71 57 34 3.55 1.44
Hooks Dauss DET 13 21 38 32 18 0 0 270.1 308 107 84 82 3.56 1.45
Claude Hendrix CHN 9 12 27 23 12 0 0 203.2 216 81 54 72 3.58 1.33
Scott Perry PHA 11 25 42 34 20 1 1 263.2 310 106 65 79 3.62 1.42
Herb Pennock BOS 16 13 37 31 19 4 2 242.1 244 99 61 68 3.68 1.26
Tom Zachary WS1 15 16 44 31 19 3 2 262.2 289 110 78 53 3.77 1.40
Eric Erickson WS1 12 16 39 27 12 0 1 239.1 231 102 128 87 3.84 1.50
Red Oldham DET 8 13 39 22 10 1 1 215.1 248 92 91 62 3.85 1.57
Cheo Hernández CSW 9 9 22 18 15 0 1 154.1 174 66 51 48 3.85 1.46
Ray Caldwell CLE 20 10 34 33 20 1 0 237.2 286 102 63 80 3.86 1.47
Doc Ayers DET 7 14 46 23 8 3 1 208.2 217 90 62 103 3.88 1.34
Lefty Williams CHA 22 14 39 38 25 0 0 299.0 302 130 90 128 3.91 1.31
Sad Sam Jones BOS 13 16 37 33 21 3 0 274.0 302 120 79 86 3.94 1.39
Slim Harriss PHA 9 14 31 25 11 1 0 192.0 226 87 57 60 4.08 1.47
Bullet Joe Bush BOS 15 15 35 32 18 0 1 243.2 287 115 94 88 4.25 1.56
Jim Shaw WS1 11 18 38 32 17 0 1 236.1 285 112 87 88 4.27 1.57
Red Causey PHI 7 14 35 26 11 1 3 181.1 203 87 79 30 4.32 1.56
Dutch Leonard DET 10 17 28 27 10 3 0 191.1 192 92 63 76 4.33 1.33
Carl Weilman SLA 9 13 30 24 13 1 2 183.1 201 91 61 45 4.47 1.43
Allen Sothoron SLA 8 15 36 26 12 1 2 218.1 263 114 89 81 4.70 1.61
Harry Courtney WS1 8 11 37 24 10 1 0 188.0 223 99 77 48 4.74 1.60
Red Ryan UNQ AC 6 2 11 7 7 0 0 70.1 49 8 12 45 1.02 0.87
Dick Whitworth UNQ HIL 5 2 7 5 5 1 0 56.1 37 8 13 31 1.28 0.89
String Bean Williams UNQ AC 3 3 9 8 5 1 0 72.1 61 12 17 41 1.49 1.08
Dave Brown UNQ CAG 12 3 18 15 13 2 0 141.2 77 27 49 97 1.72 0.89
Duster Mails UNQ CLE 7 0 9 8 6 2 0 63.1 54 13 18 25 1.85 1.14
Sherry Smith UNQ BRO 11 9 33 12 6 2 3 136.1 134 28 27 33 1.85 1.18
Tom Williams UNQ CAG 11 4 22 16 14 2 3 148.0 123 35 35 58 2.13 1.07
José Leblanc UNQ CSW 7 8 19 14 12 0 0 128.1 110 33 30 75 2.31 1.09
Juan Padrón UNQ 2 teams 3 3 8 7 6 1 0 65.0 62 17 18 20 2.35 1.23
Bob McClure UNQ ABC 5 5 15 6 4 1 0 80.0 70 21 23 38 2.36 1.16
Phil Cockrell UNQ HIL 3 3 8 7 6 1 0 60.0 48 18 22 22 2.70 1.17
Bill Gatewood UNQ DS 11 5 20 12 7 0 2 122.0 108 37 35 68 2.73 1.17
Tom Johnson UNQ 2 teams 10 2 15 14 9 2 0 117.0 105 36 27 48 2.77 1.13
Dave Keefe UNQ PHA 6 7 31 13 7 1 0 130.1 129 43 30 41 2.97 1.22
John Donaldson UNQ KCM 6 3 12 8 7 1 1 84.2 78 28 19 49 2.98 1.15
Allen Russell UNQ BOS 5 6 16 10 7 0 1 107.2 100 36 38 53 3.01 1.28
John Finner UNQ SLG 6 6 19 10 9 1 1 137.1 130 46 23 51 3.01 1.11
Dick Redding UNQ AC 6 6 14 12 11 2 1 103.2 95 35 28 65 3.04 1.19
Jakie May UNQ SLN 1 4 16 5 3 0 0 70.2 65 24 37 33 3.06 1.44
Clarence Mitchell UNQ BRO 5 2 19 7 3 1 1 78.2 85 27 23 18 3.09 1.37
Walt Kinney UNQ PHA 2 4 10 8 5 1 0 61.0 59 21 28 19 3.10 1.43
Slim Sallee UNQ 2 teams 6 6 26 13 7 0 2 133.0 145 46 16 15 3.11 1.21
Jack Marshall UNQ CAG 6 6 15 11 9 1 1 106.2 97 37 42 59 3.12 1.30
Walter Johnson UNQ WS1 8 10 21 15 12 4 3 143.2 135 50 27 78 3.13 1.13
George Britt UNQ DM 6 5 14 10 8 1 0 91.1 73 32 29 48 3.15 1.12
Lou North UNQ SLN 3 2 24 6 3 0 1 88.0 90 32 32 37 3.27 1.39
Jesse Hubbard UNQ BRG 3 2 7 7 7 1 0 62.0 56 23 15 41 3.34 1.15
Bullet Rogan UNQ KCM 6 5 12 12 11 0 0 105.1 96 40 38 83 3.42 1.27
Huck Betts UNQ PHI 1 1 27 4 1 0 0 88.1 86 35 33 18 3.57 1.35
Bill Burwell UNQ SLA 6 4 33 2 0 0 4 113.1 133 46 42 30 3.65 1.54
Bill Bayne UNQ SLA 5 6 18 13 6 1 0 99.2 102 41 41 38 3.70 1.43
Dizzy Dismukes UNQ ABC 10 7 25 19 10 3 0 137.1 113 58 57 57 3.80 1.24
Johnny Enzmann UNQ PHI 2 3 16 1 1 0 0 58.2 79 25 16 35 3.84 1.62
Wayne Carr UNQ SLG 6 9 18 16 11 1 0 120.2 126 54 55 65 4.03 1.50
Jose Acosta UNQ WS1 5 4 17 5 4 1 1 82.2 92 37 26 9 4.03 1.43
Roy Wilkinson UNQ CHA 7 9 34 11 8 0 2 145.0 162 65 48 30 4.03 1.45
Dick Rudolph UNQ BSN 4 8 18 12 3 0 0 89.0 104 40 24 24 4.04 1.44
John Taylor UNQ COG 2 9 16 11 10 1 0 108.0 114 49 25 48 4.08 1.29
Hank Thormahlen UNQ NYA 9 6 29 15 6 0 1 143.1 178 66 43 35 4.14 1.54
Bill Snyder UNQ WS1 2 1 16 4 1 0 1 54.0 59 25 28 17 4.17 1.61
Mule Watson UNQ 2 teams 5 4 18 10 4 2 0 86.0 94 41 24 17 4.29 1.37
George Mogridge UNQ NYA 5 9 26 15 7 0 1 125.1 146 60 36 35 4.31 1.45
Waite Hoyt UNQ BOS 6 6 22 11 6 2 1 121.1 123 59 47 45 4.38 1.40
Al Schacht UNQ WS1 6 4 22 11 5 1 1 99.1 130 49 30 19 4.44 1.61
Guy Morton UNQ CLE 8 6 29 17 6 1 1 137.0 140 68 57 72 4.47 1.44
Jim Jeffries UNQ ABC 4 8 24 11 7 1 2 123.1 119 63 42 46 4.60 1.31
Faustino Valdés UNQ CSW 6 9 17 15 12 0 1 122.2 136 63 54 43 4.62 1.55
Bert Gallia UNQ 2 teams 2 7 20 6 1 0 2 75.2 87 39 32 35 4.64 1.57
Paul Carter UNQ CHN 3 6 31 8 2 0 2 106.0 131 55 36 14 4.67 1.58
Roy Moore UNQ PHA 1 13 24 14 5 0 0 132.2 161 69 64 45 4.68 1.70
Benn Karr UNQ BOS 3 8 26 2 0 0 1 91.2 109 49 24 21 4.81 1.45
Speed Martin UNQ CHN 4 15 35 13 6 0 2 136.0 165 73 50 44 4.83 1.58
Joe DeBerry UNQ SLA 2 4 10 7 3 1 0 54.2 65 30 20 12 4.94 1.55
Marv Goodwin UNQ SLN 3 8 32 12 3 0 1 116.1 153 64 28 23 4.95 1.56
Bob Hasty UNQ PHA 1 3 19 4 1 0 0 71.2 91 40 28 12 5.02 1.66
George Uhle UNQ CLE 4 5 27 6 2 0 1 84.2 98 49 29 27 5.21 1.50
Elmer Jacobs UNQ SLN 4 8 23 9 1 0 1 77.2 91 45 33 21 5.21 1.60
Luther Farrell UNQ 2 teams 3 9 14 11 7 0 0 93.2 101 55 34 50 5.28 1.44
Morris Williams UNQ ABC 4 6 15 14 4 1 0 82.2 90 49 39 21 5.33 1.56
Elam Vangilder UNQ SLA 3 8 24 13 4 0 0 104.2 131 64 40 25 5.50 1.63
Showing 1-50 of 136 pitchers listed (76 qualified)

Reading the 1920 leader tables

The 1920 batting table lists 190 hitters, of whom 94 qualify for the rate columns. Sorted by average, the qualified race is headed by George Sisler at .407, with Tris Speaker next at .388. Babe Ruth has the highest qualified OPS, 1.382. The HR column peaks with Babe Ruth's 54. On the 1920 pitching side, 76 of 136 listed pitchers qualify. First among qualified pitchers by ERA is Pete Alexander, 1.91, and Babe Adams has the best WHIP, 0.98. Sorted by the counting stats, the leaders are Jim Bagby in wins (31) and Pete Alexander in strikeouts (173).

1920 Season Leaders: Frequently Asked Questions

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.
Who led MLB in batting average in 1920?
George Sisler led at .407 in 1920, among qualified hitters (3.1 plate appearances per team game).
Who led MLB in wins in 1920?
Jim Bagby led with 31 wins in 1920.
Who led MLB in strikeouts in 1920?
Pete Alexander led with 173 strikeouts in 1920.