1920 Brooklyn Robins season

1920 Brooklyn Robins
1920 National League Champions
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Owner(s) Charles Ebbets, Ed McKeever, Stephen McKeever
Manager(s) Wilbert Robinson
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The 1920 Brooklyn Robins, also known as the Dodgers, won 16 of their final 18 games to pull away from a tight pennant race and earn a trip to their second World Series against the Cleveland Indians. They lost the series in seven games.

The team featured four Hall of Famers: manager Wilbert Robinson, pitchers Burleigh Grimes and Rube Marquard, and outfielder Zack Wheat. Grimes anchored a pitching staff that allowed the fewest runs in the majors.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Brooklyn Robins 93 61 0.604 — 49–29 44–32
New York Giants 86 68 0.558 7 45–35 41–33
Cincinnati Reds 82 71 0.536 10½ 42–34 40–37
Pittsburgh Pirates 79 75 0.513 14 42–35 37–40
St. Louis Cardinals 75 79 0.487 18 38–38 37–41
Chicago Cubs 75 79 0.487 18 43–34 32–45
Boston Braves 62 90 0.408 30 36–37 26–53
Philadelphia Phillies 62 91 0.405 30½ 32–45 30–46

Record vs. opponents

1920 National League Records

Sources:

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 —

Notable transactions

Roster

1920 Brooklyn Robins
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
C Miller, OttoOtto Miller 90 301 16 87 .289 0 33 0
1B Konetchy, EdEd Konetchy 131 497 62 153 .308 5 63 3
2B Kilduff, PetePete Kilduff 141 478 62 130 .272 0 58 2
3B Johnston, JimmyJimmy Johnston
SS Olson, IvyIvy Olson
OF Myers, HyHy Myers
OF Wheat, ZackZack Wheat 148 583 89 191 328 9 73 8
OF Griffith, TommyTommy Griffith

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
Neis, BernieBernie Neis
Krueger, ErnieErnie Krueger
Elliott, RowdyRowdy Elliott
Ward, ChuckChuck Ward
McCabe, BillBill McCabe 41 68 10 10 .147 0 3 1
Schmandt, RayRay Schmandt
Lamar, BillBill Lamar 24 44 5 12 .273 0 4 0
Hood, WallyWally Hood 7 14 4 2 .143 0 1 2
Taylor, ZackZack Taylor
Baird, DougDoug Baird 6 6 1 2 .333 0 1 0
Sheehan, JackJack Sheehan 3 5 0 2 .400 0 0 0
Sheridan, RedRed Sheridan

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

Player G GS CG IP W L ERA BB SO
Grimes, BurleighBurleigh Grimes 40 33 25 303.2 23 11 2.22 67 131
Cadore, LeonLeon Cadore 35 30 16 254.1 15 14 2.62 56 79
Pfeffer, JeffJeff Pfeffer
Marquard, RubeRube Marquard 28 26 10 189.2 10 7 3.23 35 89

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

Player G GS CG IP W L ERA BB SO
Mamaux, AlAl Mamaux 41 18 9 190.2 12 8 2.69 63 101
Smith, SherrySherry Smith 33 12 6 136.1 11 9 1.85 27 33
Mitchell, ClarenceClarence Mitchell 19 7 3 78.2 5 2 3.09 23 18

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L SV ERA BB SO
Mohart, GeorgeGeorge Mohart
Miljus, JohnnyJohnny Miljus 9 23.1 1 0 0 3.09 4 9

Awards and honors

League top ten finishers

Burleigh Grimes

Zack Wheat

1920 World Series

Main article: 1920 World Series

On October 10, 1920, which was the fifth game of the World Series, Elmer Smith of the Indians hit the first grand slam in World Series history. On the same day, Bill Wambsganss of the Indians had an unassisted triple play. He caught a liner, touched second base, and tagged the runner coming from first base.[7] During that same game, Indians pitcher Jim Bagby became the first pitcher to hit a home run in World Series history.[8]

Game 1

October 5, 1920, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cleveland 020 100 000 350
Brooklyn 000 000 100 151
W: Stan Coveleski (1–0)  L: Rube Marquard (0–1)

Game 2

October 6, 1920, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cleveland 000 000 000 071
Brooklyn 101 010 00x 370
W: Burleigh Grimes (1–0)  L: Jim Bagby (0–1)

Game 3

October 7, 1920, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cleveland 000 100 000 131
Brooklyn 200 000 00x 261
W: Sherry Smith (1–0)  L: Ray Caldwell (0–1)

Game 4

October 9, 1920, at Dunn Field in Cleveland, Ohio

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Brooklyn 000 100 000 151
Cleveland 202 001 00x 5121
W: Stan Coveleski (2–0)  L: Leon Cadore (0–1)

Game 5

October 10, 1920, at Dunn Field in Cleveland, Ohio

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Brooklyn 000 000 001 1131
Cleveland 400 310 00x 8122
W: Jim Bagby (1–1)  L: Burleigh Grimes (1–1)
HR: CLE – Elmer Smith (1), Jim Bagby (1)

Game 6

October 11, 1920, at Dunn Field in Cleveland, Ohio

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Brooklyn 000 000 000 030
Cleveland 000 010 00x 173
W: Duster Mails (1–0)  L: Sherry Smith (1–1)

Game 7

October 12, 1920, at Dunn Field in Cleveland, Ohio

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Brooklyn 000 000 000 052
Cleveland 000 110 10x 373
W: Stan Coveleski (3–0)  L: Burleigh Grimes (1–2)

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