The 1920 Boston Red Sox season was the 20th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fifth in the American League (AL) with a record of 72 wins and 81 losses, games behind the Cleveland Indians, who went on to win the 1920 World Series.
Offseason On January 5, 1920, news that the Red Sox sold their star pitcher-turned-outfielder Babe Ruth to the Yankees for $125,000 () became public, the sub-headline in The New York Times the next day read, "Highest Purchase Price in Baseball History Paid for Game's Greatest Slugger." The trade to the Yankees would live in infamy for generations of Boston red sox fans for nearly 85 years and was one of the worse highlights of that offseason.
Regular season Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Opening Day lineup Harry Hooper RFMike McNally 2BMike Menosky LFTim Hendryx RFStuffy McInnis 1BEddie Foster 3BEverett Scott SSRoxy Walters C Allen Russell P
Roster 1920 Boston Red Sox Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders
Outfielders Manager
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 C 88 258 51 .198 0 28 1B 148 559 166 .297 2 71 2B 93 312 80 .256 0 23 3B 117 386 100 .259 0 41 SS 154 569 153 .269 4 61 OF 99 363 119 .328 0 73 OF 141 532 158 .297 3 64 OF 139 536 167 .312 7 53
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 122 387 118 .305 4 51 87 296 65 .220 1 28 53 180 41 .228 0 12 46 135 31 .230 0 5 29 47 8 .186 0 6 17 29 5 .172 0 2 9 28 19 .357 0 5 8 12 2 .167 0 0 4 12 1 .083 0 0 4 6 2 .333 0 1 4 5 1 .200 0 0 1 4 1 .250 0 0 2 2 0 .000 0 0 2 3 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 37 274.0 13 16 3.94 86 35 243.2 15 15 4.25 88 37 242.1 16 13 3.68 68 27 162.2 5 14 3.04 71 16 107.2 5 6 3.01 53 12 97.0 9 1 2.13 34
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 Waite Hoyt 22 121.1 6 6 4.38 45 Gary Fortune 14 41.2 0 2 5.83 10
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 Benn Karr 26 3 8 1 4.81 21 3 0 0 0 3.48 5 1 0 0 0 15.00 0
References
External links 1920 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference 1920 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com