1920_Chicago_White_Sox_season
1920 Chicago White Sox season
Major League Baseball team season
The 1920 Chicago White Sox season was a season in American baseball.
| 1920 Chicago White Sox | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| League | American League | |||
| Ballpark | Comiskey Park | |||
| City | Chicago, Illinois | |||
| Owners | Charles Comiskey | |||
| Managers | Kid Gleason | |||
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The team was in contention to defend their American League pennant going into the final week of the season. However, for all intents and purposes, the season ended on September 26, when news of the Black Sox Scandal became public.
Owner Charles Comiskey suspended the five players who were still active (the sixth, ringleader Chick Gandil, opted to retire after the 1919 season).[1]
At that time, the White Sox were only a half-game behind the Cleveland Indians, but went 2–2 over their last four games to finish two games out.
They would not finish in the first division again until 1936.[2]
The 1920 White Sox are one of only two teams in baseball history (The other being the 1971 Baltimore Orioles) to have four 20-game winners: Red Faber, Lefty Williams, Eddie Cicotte, and Dickie Kerr. (The '20 White Sox went one better than the '71 Orioles, in that they had four 21+ game winners.) [3]
Shoeless Joe Jackson finished third in AL batting average, and Eddie Collins was fifth. Along with the St. Louis Browns, the team was the first in major league history to have three players with at least 200 hits each: Jackson, Collins, and Buck Weaver.[4]
Season standings
| American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Indians | 98 | 56 | 0.636 | — | 51–27 | 47–29 |
| Chicago White Sox | 96 | 58 | 0.623 | 2 | 52–25 | 44–33 |
| New York Yankees | 95 | 59 | 0.617 | 3 | 49–28 | 46–31 |
| St. Louis Browns | 76 | 77 | 0.497 | 21½ | 40–38 | 36–39 |
| Boston Red Sox | 72 | 81 | 0.471 | 25½ | 41–35 | 31–46 |
| Washington Senators | 68 | 84 | 0.447 | 29 | 37–38 | 31–46 |
| Detroit Tigers | 61 | 93 | 0.396 | 37 | 32–46 | 29–47 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 48 | 106 | 0.312 | 50 | 25–50 | 23–56 |
Record vs. opponents
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| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
| Boston | — | 12–10 | 6–16 | 13–9 | 9–13 | 13–9–1 | 9–13 | 10–11 | |||||
| Chicago | 10–12 | — | 10–12 | 19–3 | 10–12 | 16–6 | 14–8 | 17–5 | |||||
| Cleveland | 16–6 | 12–10 | — | 15–7 | 9–13 | 16–6 | 15–7 | 15–7 | |||||
| Detroit | 9–13 | 3–19 | 7–15 | — | 7–15 | 12–10–1 | 10–12 | 13–9 | |||||
| New York | 13–9 | 12–10 | 13–9 | 15–7 | — | 19–3 | 12–10 | 11–11 | |||||
| Philadelphia | 9–13–1 | 6–16 | 6–16 | 10–12–1 | 3–19 | — | 8–14 | 6–16 | |||||
| St. Louis | 13–9 | 8–14 | 7–15 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 14–8 | — | 12–9–1 | |||||
| Washington | 11–10 | 5–17 | 7–15 | 9–13 | 11–11 | 16–6 | 9–12–1 | — | |||||
Roster
| 1920 Chicago White Sox | |||||||||
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| Roster | |||||||||
| Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders | Manager | ||||||
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Ray Schalk | 151 | 485 | 131 | .270 | 1 | 61 |
| 1B | Shano Collins | 133 | 495 | 150 | .303 | 1 | 63 |
| 2B | Eddie Collins | 153 | 602 | 224 | .372 | 3 | 76 |
| 3B | Buck Weaver | 151 | 629 | 208 | .331 | 2 | 75 |
| SS | Swede Risberg | 126 | 458 | 122 | .266 | 2 | 65 |
| LF | Joe Jackson | 146 | 570 | 218 | .382 | 12 | 121 |
| CF | Happy Felsch | 142 | 556 | 188 | .338 | 14 | 115 |
| RF | Nemo Leibold | 108 | 413 | 91 | .220 | 1 | 28 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amos Strunk | 53 | 188 | 45 | .239 | 1 | 16 |
| Ted Jourdan | 48 | 150 | 36 | .240 | 0 | 8 |
| Fred McMullin | 46 | 127 | 25 | .197 | 0 | 13 |
| Eddie Murphy | 58 | 118 | 40 | .339 | 0 | 19 |
| Byrd Lynn | 16 | 25 | 8 | .320 | 0 | 3 |
| Harvey McClellan | 10 | 18 | 6 | .333 | 0 | 5 |
| Bibb Falk | 17 | 17 | 5 | .294 | 0 | 2 |
| Bubber Jonnard | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Faber | 40 | 319.0 | 23 | 13 | 2.99 | 108 |
| Eddie Cicotte | 37 | 303.1 | 21 | 10 | 3.26 | 87 |
| Lefty Williams | 39 | 299.0 | 22 | 14 | 3.91 | 128 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dickey Kerr | 45 | 253.2 | 21 | 9 | 3.37 | 72 |
| Roy Wilkinson | 34 | 145.0 | 7 | 9 | 4.03 | 30 |
| Shovel Hodge | 4 | 19.2 | 1 | 1 | 2.29 | 5 |
| Joe Kiefer | 2 | 4.2 | 0 | 1 | 15.43 | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Payne | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.46 | 7 |
| Spencer Heath | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.43 | 0 |
| Grover Lowdermilk | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 0 |
The White Sox became the first team to have four 20-game winners in the same pitching rotation.[5]
- #4 in AL in home runs (14)
- #3 in AL in batting average (.382)
- #3 in AL in slugging percentage (.589)
- #4 in AL in runs batted in (121)
- #4 in AL in on-base percentage (.444)
- #2 in AL in strikeouts (128)
- "Letters to the Editor". Baseball Digest. 60 (3): 11. March 2001.
- Stuckmeyer, Luke. "Do the 2018 Cubs have the best starting rotation in Chicago baseball history?". www.nbcsports.com. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
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