The 1920 Detroit Tigers season was the franchise's 19th season in Major League Baseball. The team finished 7th in the American League with a record of 61–93, 37 games behind the Cleveland Indians.
The 1920 Tigers started the season 0–13, setting the dubious record of having the longest losing streak to start a season.
The record stood for 68 years until it was broken by the 1988 Baltimore Orioles, who shattered the mark by losing their first 21 games.
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster 1920 Detroit Tigers Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
Coaches
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 Oscar Stanage 78 238 55 .231 0 17 1B Harry Heilmann 145 543 168 .309 9 89 2B Ralph Young 150 594 173 .291 0 33 SS Donie Bush 141 506 133 .263 1 33 3B Babe Pinelli 102 284 65 .229 0 21 OF Chick Shorten 116 364 105 .288 1 40 OF 112 428 143 .334 2 63 OF Bobby Veach 154 612 188 .307 11 113
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 Ira Flagstead 110 311 73 .235 3 35 81 265 66 .249 1 18 Eddie Ainsmith 69 186 43 .231 1 19 Babe Ellison 61 155 34 .219 0 21 Sammy Hale 76 116 34 .293 1 14 Clyde Manion 32 80 22 .275 0 8 Larry Woodall 18 49 12 .245 0 5 Clarence Huber 11 42 9 .214 0 5 Davey Claire 3 7 1 .143 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 Hooks Dauss 38 270.1 13 21 3.56 82 Howard Ehmke 38 268.1 15 18 3.25 98 Dutch Leonard 28 191.1 10 17 4.33 76 Roy Crumpler 2 13.0 1 0 5.54 2
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 Red Oldham 39 215.1 8 13 3.85 62 46 208.2 7 14 3.88 103 8 27.0 1 1 4.33 15 John Bogart 4 23.2 2 1 3.04 5 Allen Conkwright 5 19.1 2 1 6.98 4 Bernie Boland 4 17.1 0 2 7.79 4 John Glaiser 8 14.2 0 0 4.91 2 Mutt Wilson 3 13.0 1 1 3.46 4
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 Frank Okrie 21 1 2 0 5.27 9 14 0 1 0 9.00 4 Harry Baumgartner 9 0 1 0 4.00 7 Red Cox 3 0 0 0 5.40 1 2 0 0 0 3.18 1 Cy Fried 2 0 0 0 16.20 0 Slim Love 1 0 0 0 8.31 2 Norman Glaser 1 0 0 0 15.43 1 Lou Vedder 1 0 0 0 0.00 1
Farm system
Class B: Fort Worth Panthers (Texas League; Jake Atz, manager) — LEAGUE CHAMPIONJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
Notes
External links
1920 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference