1920 Philadelphia Athletics
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkShibe Park
CityPhiladelphia
OwnersConnie Mack, Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
ManagersConnie Mack
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The 1920 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing eighth in the American League with a record of 48 wins and 106 losses.

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 Philadelphia Athletics
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 Cy Perkins 148 492 128 .260 5 52
1B Ivy Griffin 129 467 111 .238 0 20
2B Jimmy Dykes 142 546 140 .256 8 35
SS Chick Galloway 98 298 60 .201 0 18
3B Joe Dugan 123 491 158 .322 3 60
OF Tillie Walker 149 585 157 .268 17 82
OF Amos Strunk 58 202 60 .297 0 20
OF Frank Welch 100 360 93 .258 4 40

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
Fred Thomas 76 255 59 .231 1 11
Whitey Witt 65 218 70 .321 1 25
Glenn Myatt 70 196 49 .250 0 18
Dick Burrus 71 135 25 .185 0 10
Frank Walker 24 91 21 .231 0 10
Red Shannon 25 88 15 .170 0 3
Lyle Bigbee 38 75 14 .187 1 8
Paul Johnson 18 72 15 .208 0 5
Charlie High 17 65 20 .308 1 6
George Burns 22 60 14 .233 1 7
Lena Styles 24 50 13 .260 0 5
Emmett McCann 13 34 9 .265 0 3
Johnny Walker 9 22 5 .227 0 5
Bill Kelly 9 13 3 .231 0 0
Ed Wingo 1 4 1 .250 0 1
Teddy Kearns 1 1 0 .000 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
Scott Perry 42 263.2 11 25 3.62 79
Rollie Naylor 42 250.2 10 23 3.48 90
Slim Harriss 31 192.0 9 14 3.08 60
Walt Kinney 10 61.0 2 4 3.10 19
Bill Knowlton 1 5.2 0 1 4.76 5
Fred Heimach 1 5.0 0 1 14.40 0

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
Eddie Rommel 34 174.1 7 7 2.84 43
Roy Moore 24 132.2 1 13 4.68 45
Dave Keefe 31 130.1 6 7 2.97 41
Bob Hasty 19 71.2 1 3 5.02 12
Lyle Bigbee 12 45.0 0 3 8.00 12
Pat Martin 8 32.1 1 4 6.12 14
John Slappey 3 6.1 0 1 7.11 1

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
Charlie Eckert 2 0 0 0 4.76 1
Bill Shanner 1 0 0 0 6.75 1

External links


1920 MLB season by team
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