1920 in baseball
Champions
- World Series: Cleveland Indians over Brooklyn Robins (5-2)
Awards and honors
MLB Statistical Leaders
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Major League Baseball final standings
American League final standings
| American League | ||||
| Club | Wins | Losses | Win % | GB |
| Cleveland Indians | 98 | 56 | .636 | -- |
| Chicago White Sox | 96 | 58 | .623 | 2 |
| New York Yankees | 95 | 59 | .617 | 3 |
| St. Louis Browns | 76 | 77 | .497 | 21.5 |
| Boston Red Sox | 72 | 81 | .471 | 25.5 |
| Washington Senators | 68 | 84 | .447 | 29 |
| Detroit Tigers | 61 | 93 | .396 | 37 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 48 | 106 | .312 | 50 |
National League final standings
| National League | ||||
| Club | Wins | Losses | Win % | GB |
| Brooklyn Robins | 93 | 61 | .604 | -- |
| New York Giants | 86 | 68 | .558 | 7 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 82 | 71 | .536 | 10.5 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 79 | 75 | .513 | 14 |
| Chicago Cubs | 75 | 79 | .487 | 18 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 75 | 79 | .487 | 18 |
| Boston Braves | 62 | 90 | .408 | 30 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 62 | 91 | .405 | 30.5 |
Negro League Baseball final standings
Negro National League final standings
| Negro National League (West) | ||||
| Club | Wins | Losses | Win % | GB |
| Chicago American Giants | 31 | 15 | .674 | |
| Detroit Stars | 40 | 21 | .656 | |
| Kansas City Monarchs | 45 | 33 | .577 | |
| Indianapolis ABCs | 42 | 34 | .553 | |
| St. Louis Giants | 21 | 21 | .500 | |
| Cuban Stars | 22 | 26 | .458 | |
| Dayton Marcos | 10 | 18 | .357 | |
| Chicago Giants | 2 | 12 | .143 | |
East (independent teams) final standings
A loose confederation of teams were gathered in the East to compete with the West, however East teams did not organize a formal league as the West did.
| East | ||||
| Club | Wins | Losses | Win % | GB |
| Brooklyn Royal Giants | 5 | 4 | .556 | |
| Philadelphia Hilldales | 7 | 6 | .538 | |
| Bacharach Giants | 12 | 12 | .500 | |
| Baltimore Black Sox | 3 | 8 | .273 | |
| Cuban Stars | 1 | 4 | .200 | |
| New York Lincoln Giants | 0 | 4 | .000 | |
- Won-loss records were sporadically reported due to lack of interest by the press mainly in New York.
- Bacharach claimed the pennant, although Hilldale disputed it.
Events
- May 1 - In a kind of game you don't see anymore, the Brooklyn Dodgers' Leon Cadore and the Boston Braves' Joe Oeschger pitched 26 innings in a 1-1 tie. A morning rain delayed the start of the game until 3:00 p.m. The Robins scored a run in the top of the fifth, a single by Ivy Olson driving in Ernie Krueger. The Braves tied it in the bottom of the sixth with a double by Walt Cruise and a single by Tony Boeckel. The game went into extra innings. No runs were scored for the rest of the game and it was called off in the 26th inning due to darkness.
- May 14 - Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators records his 300th win.
- August 16 - Indians shortstop Ray Chapman is struck in the head by a pitch from the Yankees' Carl Mays in a game at the Polo Grounds. He dies twelve hours later from a fractured skull, making it the only fatal field accident in major league history. His death leads to the banning of the spitball.
- September 17 - Detroit Tigers' outfielder Bobby Veach and New York Giants' outfielder George Burns hit for the cycle on the same day. Two separate players would not hit for the cycle on the same day until 2008.
Births
January-March
- January 2 - Cliff Dapper
- January 4 - Walter Ockey
- January 6 - Early Wynn
- January 7 - Dixie Howell (P)
- January 8 - Bert Kuczynski
- January 10 - Max Patkin
- January 15 - Steve Gromek
- January 20 - Sammy Hairston
- February 2 - Zeb Eaton
- February 8 - Buddy Blattner
- February 11 - Boyd Bartley
- February 20 - Frankie Gustine
- February 20 - Roy Valdés
- February 26 - Danny Gardella
- February 27 - Connie Ryan
- March 18 - Mickey Rutner
- March 28 - Babe Martin
- March 31 - Dave Koslo
April-June
- April 8 - Dick Adams
- April 19 - John O'Neil
- April 24 - Dixie Howell
- April 26 - Ron Northey
- April 28 - Red Treadway
- May 3 - Dan Bankhead
- May 11 - Gene Hermanski
- May 16 - Dave Philley
- May 24 - Wally Shaner
- June 16 - Eddie Malone
- June 20 - Héctor Rodríguez
- June 22 - Walt Masterson
- June 23 - Deacon Donahue
- June 26 - Jean-Pierre Roy
- June 28 - Bert Shepard
July-September
- July 1 - Paul Lehner
- July 3 - Paul O'Dea
- July 6 - Eddie Bockman
- July 16 - Larry Jansen
- July 18 - Eddie Kazak
- July 26 - Sibby Sisti
- July 29 - Erv Dusak
- August 3 - Jim Hegan
- August 3 - Vic Johnson
- August 4 - Bob Keegan
- August 18 - Bob Kennedy
- August 19 - Vern Bickford
- September 3 - Sandy Consuegra
- September 12 - Andy Seminick
- September 18 - Paul Gillespie
- September 22 - Bob Lemon
- September 24 - Otis Davis
October-December
- October 2 - Spec Shea
- October 8 - Catfish Metkovich
- October 20 - Pat McGlothin
- October 20 - Bill Ramsey
- October 23 - Vern Stephens
- October 26 - Bud Byerly
- November 2 - Dick Sisler
- November 8 - Wally Westlake
- November 9 - Dick Whitman
- November 21 - Stan Musial
- November 23 - Jake Jones
- November 27 - Johnny Schmitz
- November 28 - Mike Schultz
- December 6 - Gus Niarhos
- December 15 - Eddie Robinson
- December 21 - Bill Werle
- December 28 - Leslie Aulds
Deaths
- August 17 - Ray Chapman, 29, shortstop for the Cleveland Indians since 1912 who batted .300 three times, led AL in runs and walks in 1918
- September 11 - Bill Hallman, 53, second baseman, mainly with the Phillies, who batted .300 and scored 100 runs four times each