1920 Boston Braves
LeagueNational League
BallparkBraves Field
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record62–90 (.408)
League place7th
OwnersGeorge W. Grant
ManagersGeorge Stallings
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The 1920 Boston Braves season was the 50th season of the franchise.

Regular season

On May 1, the Braves and the Brooklyn Robins (later the Brooklyn Dodgers and now the Los Angeles Dodgers) played what remains the longest major league baseball game, tied 1 to 1 at the end of nine innings and then going scoreless for 17 more until the 26-inning game was called because of darkness [1]

Season standings

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Brooklyn Robins 93 61 0.604 — 49–29 44–32
New York Giants 86 68 0.558 7 45–35 41–33
Cincinnati Reds 82 71 0.536 10½ 42–34 40–37
Pittsburgh Pirates 79 75 0.513 14 42–35 37–40
St. Louis Cardinals 75 79 0.487 18 38–38 37–41
Chicago Cubs 75 79 0.487 18 43–34 32–45
Boston Braves 62 90 0.408 30 36–37 26–53
Philadelphia Phillies 62 91 0.405 30½ 32–45 30–46

Record vs. opponents

1920 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston — 8–14–1 7–15 9–12 10–12 10–11 7–15 11–11
Brooklyn 14–8–1 — 13–9 10–12 15–7 14–8 12–10 15–7
Chicago 15–7 9–13 — 9–13 7–15 14–8 11–11 10–12
Cincinnati 12–9 12–10 13–9 — 6–16–1 14–8 12–10 13–9
New York 12–10 7–15 15–7 16–6–1 — 12–10 13–9 11–11
Philadelphia 11–10 8–14 8–14 8–14 10–12 — 9–13 8–14
Pittsburgh 15–7 10–12 11–11 10–12 9–13 13–9 — 11–11–1
St. Louis 11–11 7–15 12–10 9–13 11–11 14–8 11–11–1 —


Notable transaction

Roster

1920 Boston Braves
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

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 Mickey O'Neil 112 304 86 .283 0 28
1B Walter Holke 144 551 162 .294 3 64
2B Charlie Pick 95 383 105 .274 2 28
SS Rabbit Maranville 134 493 131 .266 1 43
3B Tony Boeckel 153 582 156 .268 3 62
OF Ray Powell 147 609 137 .225 6 29
OF Leslie Mann 115 424 117 .276 3 32
OF Walton Cruise 91 288 80 .278 1 21

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
Hod Ford 88 257 62 .241 1 30
John Sullivan 81 250 74 .296 1 28
Eddie Eayrs 87 244 80 .328 1 24
Hank Gowdy 80 214 52 .243 0 18
Lloyd Christenbury 65 106 22 .208 0 14
Gene Bailey 13 24 2 .083 0 0
Art Wilson 16 19 1 .053 0 0
Red Torphy 3 15 3 .200 0 2
Johnny Rawlings 5 3 0 .000 0 2
Tom Whelan 1 1 0 .000 0 0
Oscar Dugey 5 0 0 ---- 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
Joe Oeschger 38 299.0 15 13 3.46 80
Jack Scott 44 291.0 10 21 3.53 94
Dana Fillingim 37 272.0 12 21 3.11 66
Hugh McQuillan 38 225.2 11 15 3.55 53
Mule Watson 13 74.2 5 4 3.62 16

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
Dick Rudolph 18 89.0 4 8 4.04 24
Bunny Hearn 11 43.0 0 3 5.65 9
Eddie Eayrs 7 26.1 1 2 5.47 7
Al Pierotti 6 25.0 1 1 2.88 12
Leo Townsend 7 24.1 2 2 1.48 0
Johnny Jones 3 9.2 1 0 6.52 6
Ira Townsend 4 6.2 0 0 1.35 1

References

  1. ^ "5 of the longest, strangest games in MLB history", MLB.com
  2. ^ Frank Gibson page at Baseball Reference

External links


1920 MLB season by team
Atlanta Braves
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