1920 Brooklyn Robins season

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1920 Brooklyn Robins 1920 National League Champions
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1890)
Location
Ebbets Field (Since 1913) Brooklyn, New York (Since 1883)
1920 Information
Owner(s)	Charles Ebbets, Ed McKeever, Stephen McKeever
Manager(s)	Wilbert Robinson
Local television	none
Local radio	none

The 1920 Brooklyn Robins won 16 of their final 18 games to pull away from a tight Pennant race and earn a trip to their 2nd World Series against the Cleveland Indians. They lost the series in seven games.

Contents 1 Season standings 2 1920 Roster 3 Pitching Stats 4 Batting Stats 5 1920 World Series 5.1 Game 1 5.2 Game 2 5.3 Game 3 5.4 Game 4 5.5 Game 5 5.6 Game 6 5.7 Game 7 6 1920 Transactions 7 External links

[edit] Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
Brooklyn Robins	93	61	--	.604
New York Giants	86	68	7	.558
Cincinnati Reds	82	71	10.5	.536
Pittsburgh Pirates	79	75	14	.513
Chicago Cubs	75	79	18	.487
St. Louis Cardinals	75	79	18	.487
Boston Braves	62	90	30	.408
Philadelphia Phillies	62	91	30.5	.405

[edit] 1920 Roster

1920 Brooklyn Robins roster v • d • e
Roster
Starting Pitchers Leon Cadore Burleigh Grimes Rube Marquard Jeff Pfeffer Relief Pitchers Al Mamaux Johnny Miljus Clarence Mitchell George Mohart Sherry Smith		Catchers Rowdy Elliott Ernie Krueger Otto Miller Zack Taylor Infielders Doug Baird Jimmy Johnston Pete Kilduff Ed Konetchy Bill McCabe Ivy Olson Ray Schmandt Jack Sheehan Red Sheridan Chuck Ward		Outfielders Tommy Griffith Wally Hood Bill Lamar Hy Myers Bernie Neis Zack Wheat		Manager Wilbert Robinson

[edit] Pitching Stats

Name	Pos	G	GS	IP	W/L	ERA	BB	SO	CG
Burleigh Grimes	SP/RP
Leon Cadore	SP/RP
Jeff Pfeffer	SP
Rube Marquard	SP
Al Mamaux	RP/SP
Sherry Smith	RP/SP
Clarence Mitchell	RP/SP/1B/OF
George Mohart	RP/SP
Johnny Miljus	RP/SP

[edit] Batting Stats

Name	Pos	G	AB	Avg.	R	H	HR	RBI	SB
Otto Miller	C
Ernie Krueger	C
Rowdy Elliott	C
Zack Taylor	C
Ed Konetchy	1B
Pete Kilduff	2B/3B
Ivy Olson	SS/2B
Jimmy Johnston	3B/OF/SS
Chuck Ward	SS
Bill McCabe	SS/OF/2B/3B
Ray Schmandt	1B
Doug Baird	3B
Jack Sheehan	SS/3B
Red Sheridan	SS
Hy Myers	OF/3B
Zack Wheat	OF
Tommy Griffith	OF
Bernie Neis	OF
Bill Lamar	OF
Wally Hood	OF

[edit] 1920 World Series

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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)

[edit] 1920 Transactions

• January: Sold Frank O'Rourke to the Washington Senators
• January 12: Sold Mack Wheat to the Philadelphia Phillies
• March: Purchased Bill Lamar from the Boston Red Sox
• May 22: Purchased Bill McCabe from the Chicago Cubs
• July: Sold Wally Hood to the Pittsburgh Pirates
• July 27: Sold Doug Baird to the New York Giants

[edit] External links

• 1920 Brooklyn Robins uniform
• Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page
• Dodgers Media Guide History
• Acme Dodgers page
• Retrosheet

v • d • e 1920 MLB season by team American League Boston • Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • New York • Philadelphia • St. Louis • Washington National League Boston • Brooklyn • Chicago • Cincinnati • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis 1920 World Series

Preceded by Cincinnati Reds 1919

National League Championship Season 1920

Succeeded by New York Giants 1921

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