The 1920 St. Louis Browns season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Browns finishing 4th in the American League with a record of 76 wins and 77 losses.
Regular season The 1920 season belonged to George Sisler. He was the American League batting champion and led all of Major League Baseball with a batting average of .407.As Good As It Got, The 1944 St. Louis Browns, p. 10, David Alan Heller, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina, 2003, This would be 19 points higher than the American League runner-up Tris Speaker, and 37 points higher than the National League batting champion Rogers Hornsby.
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster 1920 St. Louis Browns Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Player stats = Indicates team leader = Indicates league leader 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 Hank Severeid 123 422 117 .277 2 49 1B 154 631 257 .407 19 122 2B Joe Gedeon 153 606 177 .292 0 61 SS Wally Gerber 154 584 163 .279 2 60 3B Jimmy Austin 83 280 76 .271 1 32 OF Ken Williams 141 521 160 .307 10 72 OF Jack Tobin 147 593 202 .341 4 62 OF Baby Doll Jacobson 154 609 216 .355 9 122
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 103 353 108 .306 3 55 66 155 43 .277 0 11 Frank Thompson 22 53 9 .170 0 5 Pat Collins 23 28 6 .214 0 6 Lyman Lamb 9 24 9 .375 0 4 Dutch Wetzel 7 21 9 .429 0 5 John Shovlin 7 7 2 .286 0 2 Billy Mullen 2 4 0 .000 0 0 Marty McManus 1 3 1 .333 0 1 Dud Lee 1 2 2 1.000 0 1 Paul Speraw 1 2 0 .000 0 0 Johnnie Heving 1 1 0 .000 0 0 Earl Pruess 1 0 0 ---- 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 Dixie Davis 38 269.1 18 12 3.17 85 Urban Shocker 38 245.2 20 10 2.71 107 Allan Sothoron 36 218.1 8 15 4.70 81 Carl Weilman 30 183.1 9 13 4.47 45 18 99.2 5 6 3.70 38 Joe DeBerry 10 54.2 2 4 4.94 12 Ray Richmond 2 17.0 2 0 6.35 4
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 Elam Vangilder 24 104.2 3 8 5.50 25 Adrian Lynch 5 22.1 2 0 5.24 8 Roy Sanders 8 17.1 1 1 5.19 2 Hod Leverette 3 10.1 0 2 5.23 0 3 7.0 0 1 7.71 2 Bert Gallia 2 3.2 0 1 7.36 0
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 Bill Burwell 33 6 4 4 3.65 30 Lefty Leifield 4 0 0 0 7.00 3 John Scheneberg 1 0 0 0 27.00 0 George Sisler 1 0 0 1 0.00 2
Notes
References 1920 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference 1920 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com