The 1920 Chicago Cubs season was the 49th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 45th in the National League and the fifth at Wrigley Field (then known as "Weeghman/Cubs Park"). The Cubs finished sixth in the National League with a record of 75–79.
1920 Chicago Cubs | ||
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League | National League | |
Ballpark | Weeghman Park/Cubs Park | |
City | Chicago | |
Owners | Charles Weeghman | |
Managers | Fred Mitchell | |
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Offseason
edit- February 1920: Fred Lear was purchased from the Cubs by the New York Giants.[1]
Regular season
editSeason standings
editTeam | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Brooklyn Robins | 93 | 61 | .604 | — | 49–29 | 44–32 |
New York Giants | 86 | 68 | .558 | 7 | 45–35 | 41–33 |
Cincinnati Reds | 82 | 71 | .536 | 10½ | 42–34 | 40–37 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 79 | 75 | .513 | 14 | 42–35 | 37–40 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 75 | 79 | .487 | 18 | 38–38 | 37–41 |
Chicago Cubs | 75 | 79 | .487 | 18 | 43–34 | 32–45 |
Boston Braves | 62 | 90 | .408 | 30 | 36–37 | 26–53 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 62 | 91 | .405 | 30½ | 32–45 | 30–46 |
Record vs. opponents
editSources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 8–14–1 | 7–15 | 9–12 | 10–12 | 10–11 | 7–15 | 11–11 | |||||
Brooklyn | 14–8–1 | — | 13–9 | 10–12 | 15–7 | 14–8 | 12–10 | 15–7 | |||||
Chicago | 15–7 | 9–13 | — | 9–13 | 7–15 | 14–8 | 11–11 | 10–12 | |||||
Cincinnati | 12–9 | 12–10 | 13–9 | — | 6–16–1 | 14–8 | 12–10 | 13–9 | |||||
New York | 12–10 | 7–15 | 15–7 | 16–6–1 | — | 12–10 | 13–9 | 11–11 | |||||
Philadelphia | 11–10 | 8–14 | 8–14 | 8–14 | 10–12 | — | 9–13 | 8–14 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 15–7 | 10–12 | 11–11 | 10–12 | 9–13 | 13–9 | — | 11–11–1 | |||||
St. Louis | 11–11 | 7–15 | 12–10 | 9–13 | 11–11 | 14–8 | 11–11–1 | — |
Roster
edit1920 Chicago Cubs | |||||||||
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Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders
Other batters |
Manager |
Player stats
editBatting
editStarters by position
editNote: 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 |
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C | Bob O'Farrell | 94 | 270 | 67 | .248 | 3 | 19 |
1B | Fred Merkle | 92 | 330 | 94 | .285 | 3 | 38 |
2B | Zeb Terry | 133 | 496 | 139 | .280 | 0 | 52 |
SS | Charlie Hollocher | 80 | 301 | 96 | .319 | 0 | 22 |
3B | Charlie Deal | 129 | 450 | 108 | .240 | 3 | 39 |
OF | Dode Paskert | 139 | 487 | 136 | .279 | 5 | 71 |
OF | Max Flack | 135 | 520 | 157 | .302 | 4 | 49 |
OF | Dave Robertson | 134 | 500 | 150 | .300 | 10 | 75 |
Other batters
editNote: 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 |
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Turner Barber | 94 | 340 | 90 | .265 | 0 | 50 |
Buck Herzog | 91 | 305 | 59 | .193 | 0 | 19 |
Bill Killefer | 62 | 191 | 42 | .220 | 0 | 16 |
Babe Twombly | 78 | 183 | 43 | .235 | 2 | 14 |
Bernie Friberg | 50 | 114 | 24 | .211 | 0 | 7 |
Tom Daly | 44 | 90 | 28 | .311 | 0 | 13 |
William Marriott | 14 | 43 | 12 | .279 | 0 | 5 |
Hal Leathers | 9 | 23 | 7 | .304 | 1 | 0(a) |
Sumpter Clarke | 1 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
Bill McCabe | 3 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 0 |
(a) Not credited with an RBI for his home run, according to Baseball Reference and Retrosheet.
Pitching
editStarting pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Pete Alexander | 46 | 363.1 | 27 | 14 | 1.91 | 173 |
Hippo Vaughn | 40 | 301.0 | 19 | 16 | 2.54 | 131 |
Claude Hendrix | 27 | 203.2 | 9 | 12 | 3.58 | 72 |
Lefty Tyler | 27 | 193.0 | 11 | 12 | 3.31 | 57 |
Other pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Speed Martin | 35 | 136.0 | 4 | 15 | 4.83 | 44 |
Paul Carter | 31 | 106.0 | 3 | 6 | 4.67 | 14 |
Virgil Cheeves | 5 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | 3.50 | 3 |
Chippy Gaw | 6 | 13.0 | 1 | 1 | 4.85 | 4 |
Joel Newkirk | 2 | 6.2 | 0 | 1 | 5.40 | 2 |
Relief pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Sweetbreads Bailey | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7.12 | 8 |
Percy Jones | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.57 | 0 |
Joe Jaeger | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 0 |
Ted Turner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 0 |
Notes
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