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1920 St. Louis Browns season

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1920 St. Louis Browns
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DivisionEast Division
BallparkSportsman's Park
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
OwnersPhil Ball
ManagersJimmy Burke
← 1919 Seasons 1921 →

The 1920 St. Louis Browns season 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 would be the American League Batting Champion and lead all of Major League Baseball with a batting average of .420. [1] 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. [1]

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George Sisler

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cleveland Indians 98 56 .636 51‍–‍27 47‍–‍29
Chicago White Sox 96 58 .623 2 52‍–‍25 44‍–‍33
New York Yankees 95 59 .617 3 49‍–‍28 46‍–‍31
St. Louis Browns 76 77 .497 21½ 40‍–‍38 36‍–‍39
Boston Red Sox 72 81 .471 25½ 41‍–‍35 31‍–‍46
Washington Senators 68 84 .447 29 37‍–‍38 31‍–‍46
Detroit Tigers 61 93 .396 37 32‍–‍46 29‍–‍47
Philadelphia Athletics 48 106 .312 50 25‍–‍50 23‍–‍56

Roster

Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Player stats

Batting

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

Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA
Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO

References

  1. ^ a b As Good As It Got, The 1944 St. Louis Browns, p.10, David Alan Heller, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, SC, 2003, ISBN 0-7385-3199-5