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Overview of the events of 1920 in baseball From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The following are the baseball events of the year 1920 throughout the world.
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Stat | Player | Total | Player | Total | Player | Total |
AVG | George Sisler (SLB) | .407 | Rogers Hornsby (SLC) | .370 | Cristóbal Torriente (CAG) | .411 |
HR | Babe Ruth (NYY) | 54 | Cy Williams (PHP) | 15 | Edgar Wesley (DES) | 11 |
RBI | Babe Ruth (NYY) | 135 | Rogers Hornsby (SLC) George Kelly (NYG) |
94 | Ben Taylor (IND) | 64 |
Wins | Jim Bagby (CLE) | 31 | Grover Cleveland Alexander1 (CHC) | 27 | Bill Gatewood (DES) | 15 |
ERA | Bob Shawkey (NYY) | 2.45 | Grover Cleveland Alexander1 (CHC) | 1.72 | Dave Brown (CAG) | 1.82 |
K | Stan Coveleski (CLE) | 133 | Grover Cleveland Alexander1 (CHC) | 173 | Sam Crawford (KC) | 106 |
1 National League Triple Crown pitching winner
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All Negro leagues standings below are per Seamheads.[1]
This was the first season of organized Negro league baseball. The first Negro National League would run for the next decade and is considered to be of major league status. The Chicago American Giants, managed by league founder and former player Rube Foster, won the first league pennant.[2]
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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.
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Eastern Independent Clubs | W | L | T | Pct. | GB |
Brooklyn Royal Giants | 13 | 7 | 2 | .636 | — |
Atlantic City Bacharach Giants | 22 | 16 | 1 | .577 | — |
Baltimore Black Sox | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 3 |
Hilldale Club | 9 | 9 | 2 | .500 | 3 |
New York Lincoln Giants | 4 | 8 | 0 | .333 | 5 |
Pennsylvania Red Caps | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 3½ |
Cuban Stars (East) | 5 | 11 | 0 | .313 | 6 |
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