The 1920 Chicago White Sox season was a season in American baseball.

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. The team finished with a record of 96–58, which was not only the best record during Comiskey's ownership (and the best finish of the Gleason era), but would remain a franchise record for the next 44 years until 1964 when the Sox won 98 games.

Black Sox Scandal Owner Charles Comiskey suspended the five players who were still active (the sixth, ringleader Chick Gandil, opted to retire after the 1919 season).

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.Chicago White Sox Team History & Encyclopedia

Historic Record in 1920 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.)

Regular season 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.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster 1920 Chicago White 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 151 485 131 .270 1 61 1B 133 495 150 .303 1 63 2B 153 602 224 .372 3 76 3B 151 629 208 .331 2 75 SS 126 458 122 .266 2 65 LF 146 570 218 .382 12 121 CF 142 556 188 .338 14 115 RF 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 53 188 45 .239 1 16 48 150 36 .240 0 8 46 127 25 .197 0 13 58 118 40 .339 0 19 16 25 8 .320 0 3 10 18 6 .333 0 5 17 17 5 .294 0 2 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 40 319.0 23 13 2.99 108 37 303.1 21 10 3.26 87 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 45 253.2 21 9 3.37 72 34 145.0 7 9 4.03 30 4 19.2 1 1 2.29 5 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 12 1 1 0 5.46 7 4 0 0 0 15.43 0 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.

League leaders Happy Felsch #4 in AL in home runs (14)

Shoeless Joe Jackson #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)

Lefty Williams #2 in AL in strikeouts (128)

Notes

References 1920 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference