1920 Detroit Tigers
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkNavin Field
CityDetroit
OwnersFrank Navin
ManagersHughie Jennings
← 1919 Seasons 1921 →

The 1920 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished seventh in the American League with a record of 61–93, 37 games behind the Cleveland Indians.

Regular season

Season standings

American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cleveland Indians 98 56 0.636 — 51–27 47–29
Chicago White Sox 96 58 0.623 2 52–25 44–33
New York Yankees 95 59 0.617 3 49–28 46–31
St. Louis Browns 76 77 0.497 21½ 40–38 36–39
Boston Red Sox 72 81 0.471 25½ 41–35 31–46
Washington Senators 68 84 0.447 29 37–38 31–46
Detroit Tigers 61 93 0.396 37 32–46 29–47
Philadelphia Athletics 48 106 0.312 50 25–50 23–56

Record vs. opponents

1920 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston — 12–10 6–16 13–9 9–13 13–9–1 9–13 10–11
Chicago 10–12 — 10–12 19–3 10–12 16–6 14–8 17–5
Cleveland 16–6 12–10 — 15–7 9–13 16–6 15–7 15–7
Detroit 9–13 3–19 7–15 — 7–15 12–10–1 10–12 13–9
New York 13–9 12–10 13–9 15–7 — 19–3 12–10 11–11
Philadelphia 9–13–1 6–16 6–16 10–12–1 3–19 — 8–14 6–16
St. Louis 13–9 8–14 7–15 12–10 10–12 14–8 — 12–9–1
Washington 11–10 5–17 7–15 9–13 11–11 16–6 9–12–1 —


Roster

1920 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 Oscar Stanage 78 238 55 .231 0 17
1B Harry Heilmann 145 543 168 .309 9 89
2B Ralph Young 150 594 173 .291 0 33
SS Donie Bush 141 506 133 .263 1 33
3B Babe Pinelli 102 284 65 .229 0 21
OF Chick Shorten 116 364 105 .288 1 40
OF Ty Cobb 112 428 143 .334 2 63
OF Bobby Veach 154 612 188 .307 11 113

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
Ira Flagstead 110 311 73 .235 3 35
Bob Jones 81 265 66 .249 1 18
Eddie Ainsmith 69 186 43 .231 1 19
Babe Ellison 61 155 34 .219 0 21
Sammy Hale 76 116 34 .293 1 14
Clyde Manion 32 80 22 .275 0 8
Larry Woodall 18 49 12 .245 0 5
Clarence Huber 11 42 9 .214 0 5
Davey Claire 3 7 1 .143 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
Hooks Dauss 38 270.1 13 21 3.56 82
Howard Ehmke 38 268.1 15 18 3.25 98
Dutch Leonard 28 191.1 10 17 4.33 76
Roy Crumpler 2 13.0 1 0 5.54 2

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
Red Oldham 39 215.1 8 13 3.85 62
Doc Ayers 46 208.2 7 14 3.88 103
Bill Morrisette 8 27.0 1 1 4.33 15
John Bogart 4 23.2 2 1 3.04 5
Allen Conkwright 5 19.1 2 1 6.98 4
Bernie Boland 4 17.1 0 2 7.79 4
John Glaiser 8 14.2 0 0 4.91 2
Mutt Wilson 3 13.0 1 1 3.46 4

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Frank Okrie 21 1 2 0 5.27 9
Ernie Alten 14 0 1 0 9.00 4
Harry Baumgartner 9 0 1 0 4.00 7
Red Cox 3 0 0 0 5.40 1
Jack Coombs 2 0 0 0 3.18 1
Cy Fried 2 0 0 0 16.20 0
Slim Love 1 0 0 0 8.31 2
Norman Glaser 1 0 0 0 15.43 1
Lou Vedder 1 0 0 0 0.00 1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Notes

  1. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

External links

1920 MLB season by team
Detroit Tigers
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