1920 Brooklyn Robins
National League Champions
LeagueNational League
BallparkEbbets Field
CityBrooklyn, New York
OwnersCharles Ebbets, Ed McKeever, Stephen McKeever
PresidentCharles Ebbets
ManagersWilbert Robinson
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The 1920 Brooklyn Robins, also known as the Dodgers, won 16 of their final 18 games to pull away from a tight pennant race and earn a trip to their second World Series against the Cleveland Indians. They lost the series in seven games.

The team featured four Hall of Famers: manager Wilbert Robinson, pitchers Burleigh Grimes and Rube Marquard, and outfielder Zack Wheat. Grimes anchored a pitching staff that allowed the fewest runs in the majors.

Offseason

Regular season

On May 1, Brooklyn and the Boston Braves 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 game 26-inning game was called because of darkness [4]

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 transactions

Roster

1920 Brooklyn Robins
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
C Otto Miller 90 301 16 87 .289 0 33 0
1B Ed Konetchy 131 497 62 153 .308 5 63 3
2B Pete Kilduff 141 478 62 130 .272 0 58 2
3B Jimmy Johnston 155 635 87 185 .291 1 52 19
SS Ivy Olson 143 637 71 162 .254 1 46 4
OF Hy Myers 154 582 83 177 .304 4 80 9
OF Zack Wheat 148 583 89 191 .328 9 73 8
OF Tommy Griffith 93 334 41 87 .260 2 30 3

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
Bernie Neis 95 249 38 63 .253 2 22 9
Ernie Krueger 52 146 21 42 .288 1 17 2
Rowdy Elliott 41 112 13 27 .241 1 13 0
Chuck Ward 19 71 7 11 .155 0 4 1
Bill McCabe 41 68 10 10 .147 0 3 1
Ray Schmandt 28 63 7 15 .238 0 7 1
Bill Lamar 24 44 5 12 .273 0 4 0
Wally Hood 7 14 4 2 .143 0 1 2
Zack Taylor 9 13 3 5 .385 0 5 0
Doug Baird 6 6 1 2 .333 0 1 0
Jack Sheehan 3 5 0 2 .400 0 0 0
Red Sheridan 3 2 0 0 .000 0 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

Player G GS CG IP W L ERA BB SO
Burleigh Grimes 40 33 25 303.2 23 11 2.22 67 131
Leon Cadore 35 30 16 254.1 15 14 2.62 56 79
Jeff Pfeffer 30 28 20 215.0 16 9 3.01 45 80
Rube Marquard 28 26 10 189.2 10 7 3.23 35 89

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

Player G GS CG IP W L ERA BB SO
Al Mamaux 41 18 9 190.2 12 8 2.69 63 101
Sherry Smith 33 12 6 136.1 11 9 1.85 27 33
Clarence Mitchell 19 7 3 78.2 5 2 3.09 23 18

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L SV ERA BB SO
George Mohart 13 35.2 0 1 0 1.77 7 13
Johnny Miljus 9 23.1 1 0 0 3.09 4 9

Awards and honors

League top ten finishers

Burleigh Grimes

Zack Wheat

1920 World Series

Main article: 1920 World Series

On October 10, 1920, which was the fifth game of the World Series, Elmer Smith of the Indians hit the first grand slam in World Series history. On the same day, Bill Wambsganss of the Indians had an unassisted triple play. He caught a liner, touched second base, and tagged the runner coming from first base.[8] During that same game, Indians pitcher Jim Bagby became the first pitcher to hit a home run in World Series history.[9]

Game 1

October 5, 1920, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cleveland 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 0
Brooklyn 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 1
W: Stan Coveleski (1–0)  L: Rube Marquard (0–1)

Game 2

October 6, 1920, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cleveland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
Brooklyn 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 x 3 7 0
W: Burleigh Grimes (1–0)  L: Jim Bagby (0–1)

Game 3

October 7, 1920, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cleveland 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1
Brooklyn 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x 2 6 1
W: Sherry Smith (1–0)  L: Ray Caldwell (0–1)

Game 4

October 9, 1920, at Dunn Field in Cleveland, Ohio

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Brooklyn 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1
Cleveland 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 x 5 12 1
W: Stan Coveleski (2–0)  L: Leon Cadore (0–1)

Game 5

October 10, 1920, at Dunn Field in Cleveland, Ohio

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Brooklyn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13 1
Cleveland 4 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 x 8 12 2
W: Jim Bagby (1–1)  L: Burleigh Grimes (1–1)
HR: CLE – Elmer Smith (1), Jim Bagby (1)

Game 6

October 11, 1920, at Dunn Field in Cleveland, Ohio

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Brooklyn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Cleveland 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 x 1 7 3
W: Duster Mails (1–0)  L: Sherry Smith (1–1)

Game 7

October 12, 1920, at Dunn Field in Cleveland, Ohio

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Brooklyn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
Cleveland 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 x 3 7 3
W: Stan Coveleski (3–0)  L: Burleigh Grimes (1–2)

References

  1. ^ Frank O'Rourke page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Mack Wheat page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Bill Lamar page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ "5 of the longest, strangest games in MLB history", MLB.com
  5. ^ Bill McCabe page at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Wally Hood page at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Doug Baird page at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ "Unassisted Triple Plays | Baseball Almanac".
  9. ^ "World Series | baseballbiography.com". Retrieved August 27, 2008.

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