1920 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1920 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Location
Forbes Field (since 1909)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania^[1] (since 1907)
Other information
Owner(s)	Barney Dreyfuss
Manager(s)	George Gibson
Local television	none
Local radio	none
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The 1920 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 39th in franchise history; the 34th in the National League.

Regular season

Pirates pitcher Babe Adams had outstanding control, allowing only 18 bases on balls in 263 innings pitched.^[2]
October 2, 1920: The Cincinnati Reds and the Pirates played in the last tripleheader of the 20th century. Umpire Peter Harrison officiated all three games.^[3]

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	—

Game log

1920 Game Log: 79–75 (Home: 42–35; Away: 37–40)

April: 6–5 (Home: 0–3; Away: 6–2)

May: 13–12 (Home: 11–8; Away: 2–4)

June: 10–13 (Home: 2–2; Away: 8–11)

July: 18–15 (Home: 12–8; Away: 6–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
60	July 1	@ Cardinals	6–2 (10)	Carlson (6–6)	Sherdel	Adams (1)	—	30–30
61	July 2	@ Cardinals	0–3	Doak	Hamilton (2–4)	—	—	30–31
62	July 3	@ Cardinals	3–1	Cooper (12–6)	Goodwin	—	—	31–31
63	July 4	@ Reds	0–5	Ruether	Adams (6–8)	—	—	31–32
64	July 5	Reds	4–1	Carlson (7–6)	Fisher	—	—	32–32
65	July 5	Reds	6–5 (11)	Hamilton (3–4)	Luque	—	—	33–32
66	July 6	Reds	2–7	Ring	Meador (0–2)	—	—	33–33
67	July 7	Phillies	2–1	Cooper (13–6)	Smith	—	—	34–33
68	July 8	Phillies	1–0	Adams (7–8)	Meadows	—	—	35–33
69	July 9	Phillies	1–4	Rixey	Carlson (7–7)	—	—	35–34
70	July 10	Phillies	7–8 (11)	Meadows	Cooper (13–7)	—	—	35–35
71	July 10	Phillies	1–3	Hubbell	Ponder (5–6)	—	—	35–36
72	July 12	Braves	3–2 (11)	Adams (8–8)	Fillingim	—	—	36–36
73	July 13	Braves	5–2	Carlson (8–7)	Scott	—	—	37–36
74	July 14	Braves	4–3	Cooper (14–7)	Oeschger	—	—	38–36
75	July 15	Braves	9–8	Carlson (9–7)	Watson	—	—	39–36
76	July 16	Giants	0–7 (17)	Benton	Hamilton (3–5)	—	4,000	39–37
77	July 17	Giants	2–0	Adams (9–8)	Toney	—	—	40–37
78	July 17	Giants	2–4	Barnes	Carlson (9–8)	—	25,000	40–38
79	July 20	Giants	2–5	Nehf	Cooper (14–8)	—	3,000	40–39
80	July 21	Robins	4–3	Ponder (6–6)	Marquard	—	3,800	41–39
81	July 22	Robins	5–2	Carlson (10–8)	Cadore	—	4,000	42–39
82	July 23	Robins	5–6	Smith	Adams (9–9)	—	4,000	42–40
83	July 24	Robins	5–1	Cooper (15–8)	Grimes	—	15,000	43–40
84	July 25	@ Robins	5–4	Ponder (7–6)	Mitchell	—	22,000	44–40
85	July 26	@ Robins	4–6	Smith	Carlson (10–9)	—	—	44–41
86	July 27	@ Phillies	7–1	Hamilton (4–5)	Meadows	—	—	45–41
87	July 28	@ Phillies	6–3	Cooper (16–8)	Smith	—	—	46–41
88	July 28	@ Phillies	4–5	Causey	Adams (9–10)	Gallia	—	46–42
89	July 29	@ Phillies	3–7	Rixey	Ponder (7–7)	—	—	46–43
90	July 30	@ Phillies	2–7	Hubbell	Carlson (10–10)	—	—	46–44
91	July 31	@ Braves	4–2	Cooper (17–8)	Rudolph	—	—	47–44
92	July 31	@ Braves	1–6	Fillingim	Hamilton (4–6)	—	—	47–45

August: 16–13 (Home: 7–8; Away: 9–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
93	August 2	@ Braves	3–2	Adams (10–10)	Oeschger	Carlson (2)	—	48–45
94	August 3	@ Braves	3–2	Ponder (8–7)	McQuillan	—	—	49–45
95	August 4	@ Braves	3–0	Cooper (18–8)	Fillingim	—	—	50–45
96	August 5	@ Robins	8–5 (10)	Hamilton (5–6)	Grimes	—	7,000	51–45
97	August 7	@ Robins	7–0	Adams (11–10)	Smith	—	12,000	52–45
98	August 8	@ Robins	1–2	Cadore	Ponder (8–8)	—	20,000	52–46
99	August 9	@ Giants	0–9	Nehf	Cooper (18–9)	—	12,000	52–47
100	August 11	@ Giants	1–5	Benton	Hamilton (5–7)	—	—	52–48
101	August 11	@ Giants	3–6	Douglas	Carlson (10–11)	—	20,000	52–49
102	August 12	@ Giants	2–0	Adams (12–10)	Barnes	—	15,000	53–49
103	August 13	Cardinals	2–4	Schupp	Cooper (18–10)	—	—	53–50
104	August 14	Cardinals	0–1	Doak	Ponder (8–9)	—	—	53–51
105	August 14	Cardinals	1–1 (8)			—	—	53–51
106	August 15	@ Cardinals	4–2 (11)	Hamilton (6–7)	May	—	—	54–51
107	August 15	@ Cardinals	2–3	Kircher	Wisner (0–3)	—	—	54–52
108	August 16	@ Cardinals	3–2	Adams (13–10)	Haines	—	—	55–52
109	August 17	@ Cardinals	10–6	Cooper (19–10)	Schupp	Carlson (3)	—	56–52
110	August 19	Phillies	2–5 (12)	Enzmann	Hamilton (6–8)	—	—	56–53
111	August 20	Phillies	2–4 (11)	Betts	Ponder (8–10)	—	—	56–54
112	August 21	Phillies	1–3	Rixey	Cooper (19–11)	—	—	56–55
113	August 21	Phillies	5–0	Adams (14–10)	Hubbell	—	—	57–55
114	August 23	Robins	0–3	Pfeffer	Hamilton (6–9)	—	3,500	57–56
115	August 24	Robins	4–3	Carlson (11–11)	Grimes	—	3,000	58–56
116	August 25	Robins	3–4	Mamaux	Ponder (8–11)	—	4,000	58–57
117	August 26	Braves	2–1	Adams (15–10)	McQuillan	—	—	59–57
118	August 27	Braves	8–1	Cooper (20–11)	Oeschger	—	—	60–57
119	August 28	Braves	1–5	Fillingim	Hamilton (6–10)	—	—	60–58
120	August 30	Giants	4–2	Carlson (12–11)	Douglas	—	—	61–58
121	August 30	Giants	2–1	Ponder (9–11)	Toney	—	5,000	62–58
122	August 31	Giants	6–5	Wisner (1–3)	Nehf	Hamilton (2)	—	63–58

September: 14–15 (Home: 9–4; Away: 5–11)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
123	September 1	Giants	4–3	Cooper (21–11)	Benton	—	—	64–58
124	September 2	Giants	1–5	Barnes	Hamilton (6–11)	—	5,000	64–59
125	September 3	Cubs	2–4 (13)	Vaughn	Carlson (12–12)	—	—	64–60
126	September 4	Cubs	3–2	Adams (16–10)	Tyler	Cooper (2)	—	65–60
127	September 5	@ Cubs	0–2	Alexander	Ponder (9–12)	—	—	65–61
128	September 6	Cubs	2–5	Martin	Cooper (21–12)	—	—	65–62
129	September 6	Cubs	12–1	Hamilton (7–11)	Bailey	—	—	66–62
130	September 7	Cubs	7–4	Carlson (13–12)	Vaughn	Adams (2)	—	67–62
131	September 9	@ Phillies	7–6	Ponder (10–12)	Causey	Hamilton (3)	—	68–62
132	September 10	@ Phillies	8–3	Cooper (22–12)	Hubbell	—	—	69–62
133	September 11	@ Phillies	3–2	Hamilton (8–11)	Meadows	—	—	70–62
134	September 13	@ Braves	0–3	Scott	Adams (16–11)	—	—	70–63
135	September 15	@ Braves	2–1	Cooper (23–12)	McQuillan	—	—	71–63
136	September 15	@ Braves	1–4	Fillingim	Carlson (13–13)	—	—	71–64
137	September 16	@ Giants	3–1	Hamilton (9–11)	Barnes	—	—	72–64
138	September 16	@ Giants	0–4	Nehf	Ponder (10–13)	—	10,000	72–65
139	September 17	@ Giants	3–4 (10)	Toney	Adams (16–12)	—	6,000	72–66
140	September 18	@ Giants	7–8	Douglas	Ponder (10–14)	—	12,000	72–67
141	September 19	@ Robins	3–4	Pfeffer	Cooper (23–13)	—	25,000	72–68
142	September 20	@ Robins	1–2 (10)	Mamaux	Hamilton (9–12)	—	6,000	72–69
143	September 22	Reds	2–0	Adams (17–12)	Luque	—	—	73–69
144	September 22	Reds	3–1	Ponder (11–14)	Ruether	—	—	74–69
145	September 23	Reds	4–0	Cooper (24–13)	Eller	—	—	75–69
146	September 24	Cardinals	12–7	Hamilton (10–12)	Schupp	—	—	76–69
147	September 25	Cardinals	2–1 (12)	Zinn (1–0)	Sherdel	—	—	77–69
148	September 25	Cardinals	1–3	Haines	Ponder (11–15)	—	—	77–70
149	September 26	@ Reds	0–8	Napier	Adams (17–13)	—	—	77–71
150	September 28	@ Reds	0–2	Eller	Cooper (24–14)	—	—	77–72
151	September 28	@ Reds	3–5	Brenton	Hamilton (10–13)	—	—	77–73

October: 2–2 (Home: 1–2; Away: 1–0)

Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie
Bold = Pirates team member

Roster

1920 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Babe Adams

Sheriff Blake

Hal Carlson

Wilbur Cooper

Whitey Glazner

Earl Hamilton

Johnny Meador

Johnny Morrison

Elmer Ponder

Mule Watson

Jack Wisner

Jimmy Zinn

Catchers

Nig Clarke

Bill Haeffner

Cliff Lee

Walter Schmidt

Infielders

Walter Barbare

Clyde Barnhart

Howdy Caton

George Cutshaw

Charlie Grimm

Bill McKechnie

Cotton Tierney

Pie Traynor

Possum Whitted

Outfielders

Carson Bigbee

Max Carey

Fred Nicholson

Billy Southworth

Homer Summa

Other batters

Bill Hinchman

Wally Hood

Manager

George Gibson

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

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
Lee, CliffCliff Lee	37	76	18	.237	0	8

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
Adams, BabeBabe Adams	35	263	17	13	2.16	84

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

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
Blake, SheriffSheriff Blake	6	0	0	0	8.10	7

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
B	Wichita Falls Spudders	Texas League	Walter Salm

References

↑ From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.88, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.43, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0

External links

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Formerly the Pittsburgh Alleghenys
Founded in 1882
Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Lore

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Rivalries

Philadelphia Phillies

Minors

AAA: Indianapolis Indians
AA: Altoona Curve
A Adv.: Bradenton Marauders
A: West Virginia Power
Short A: West Virginia Black Bears
Rookie Adv.: Bristol Pirates
Rookie: GCL Pirates; DSL Pirates
All-time: Minor league affiliate history

World Series
Championships (5)

1909
1925
1960
1971
1979

League pennants (9)

American Association: none
National League: 1901; 1902; 1903; 1909; 1925; 1927; 1960; 1971; 1979

Division titles (9)

East: 1970; 1971; 1972; 1974; 1975; 1979; 1990; 1991; 1992
Central: none

Wild Card berths (3)

Media

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