1920 Philadelphia Phillies
LeagueNational League
BallparkBaker Bowl
CityPhiladelphia
OwnersWilliam F. Baker
ManagersGavvy Cravath
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The following lists the events of the 1920 Philadelphia Phillies season.

Offseason

The Phillies introduced new uniforms in March 1920. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported "the new uniforms at home will be white blouses and pants, with gray stockings. A band of white will protrude about an inch above the shoe. The caps will be gray with black cords running from the peak button. On the road, the uniform will be all gray, with all white stockings."[2]

Regular season

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 —


Roster

1920 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Pinch runner

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 Mack Wheat 78 230 52 .226 3 20
1B Gene Paulette 143 562 162 .288 1 36
2B Johnny Rawlings 98 384 90 .234 3 30
SS Art Fletcher 102 379 112 .296 4 38
3B Ralph Miller 97 338 74 .219 0 28
OF Casey Stengel 129 445 130 .292 9 50
OF Irish Meusel 138 518 160 .309 14 69
OF Cy Williams 148 590 192 .325 15 72

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
Dots Miller 98 343 87 254 1 27
Bevo LeBourveau 84 261 67 .257 3 12
Russ Wrightstone 76 206 54 .262 3 17
Walt Tragesser 62 176 37 .210 6 26
Dave Bancroft 42 171 51 .298 0 5
Frank Withrow 48 132 24 .182 0 12
Gavvy Cravath 46 45 13 .289 1 11
Fred Luderus 16 32 5 .156 0 4
Walt Walsh 2 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
Eppa Rixey 41 284.1 11 22 3.48 109
George Smith 43 250.2 13 18 3.45 51
Lee Meadows 35 247.0 16 14 2.84 95
Red Causey 35 181.1 7 14 4.32 30
Bill Hubbell 24 150.0 9 9 3.84 26

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
Bert Gallia 18 72.0 2 6 4.50 35
Mike Cantwell 5 23.1 0 3 3.86 8
Lefty Weinert 10 22.0 1 1 6.14 10

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
Huck Betts 27 1 1 0 3.57 18
Johnny Enzmann 16 2 3 0 3.84 35
Jimmie Keenan 1 0 0 0 3.00 2

References

  1. ^ Mack Wheat page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ "Stengel to camp out in left field". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. March 14, 1920. p. 21.

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1920 MLB season by team
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