The 1920 Boston Braves season was the 50th season of the franchise. Regular season On May 1, the Braves and the Brooklyn Robins (later the Brooklyn Dodgers and now the Los Angeles Dodgers) played what remains the longest major league baseball game, tied 1 to 1 at the end of nine innings and then going scoreless for 17 more until the 26-inning game was called because of darkness "5 of the longest, strangest games in MLB history", MLB.com
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transaction August 21, 1920: Frank Gibson was purchased by the Braves from the San Antonio Bears.Frank Gibson page at Baseball Reference
Roster 1920 Boston Braves Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters 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 112 304 86 .283 0 28 1B Walter Holke 144 551 162 .294 3 64 2B Charlie Pick 95 383 105 .274 2 28 SS Rabbit Maranville 134 493 131 .266 1 43 3B Tony Boeckel 153 582 156 .268 3 62 OF Ray Powell 147 609 137 .225 6 29 OF Leslie Mann 115 424 117 .276 3 32 OF Walton Cruise 91 288 80 .278 1 21
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 Hod Ford 88 257 62 .241 1 30 81 250 74 .296 1 28 Eddie Eayrs 87 244 80 .328 1 24 Hank Gowdy 80 214 52 .243 0 18 Lloyd Christenbury 65 106 22 .208 0 14 Gene Bailey 13 24 2 .083 0 0 Art Wilson 16 19 1 .053 0 0 Red Torphy 3 15 3 .200 0 2 Johnny Rawlings 5 3 0 .000 0 2 Tom Whelan 1 1 0 .000 0 0 5 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 Joe Oeschger 38 299.0 15 13 3.46 80 44 291.0 10 21 3.53 94 37 272.0 12 21 3.11 66 38 225.2 11 15 3.55 53 Mule Watson 13 74.2 5 4 3.62 16
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 Dick Rudolph 18 89.0 4 8 4.04 24 11 43.0 0 3 5.65 9 Eddie Eayrs 7 26.1 1 2 5.47 7 Al Pierotti 6 25.0 1 1 2.88 12 Leo Townsend 7 24.1 2 2 1.48 0 3 9.2 1 0 6.52 6 Ira Townsend 4 6.2 0 0 1.35 1
References
External links 1920 Boston Braves season at Baseball Reference