1920 Philadelphia Athletics season

The 1920 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing eighth in the American League with a record of 48 wins and 106 losses.

1920 Philadelphia Athletics
League	American League
Ballpark	Shibe Park
City	Philadelphia
Record	48–106 (.312)
League place	8th
Owners	Connie Mack, Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
Managers	Connie Mack

Regular season

Season standings

American League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Indians	98	56	.636	—	51‍–‍27	47‍–‍29
Chicago White Sox	96	58	.623	2	52‍–‍25	44‍–‍33
New York Yankees	95	59	.617	3	49‍–‍28	46‍–‍31
St. Louis Browns	76	77	.497	21½	40‍–‍38	36‍–‍39
Boston Red Sox	72	81	.471	25½	41‍–‍35	31‍–‍46
Washington Senators	68	84	.447	29	37‍–‍38	31‍–‍46
Detroit Tigers	61	93	.396	37	32‍–‍46	29‍–‍47
Philadelphia Athletics	48	106	.312	50	25‍–‍50	23‍–‍56

Record vs. opponents

1920 American League record Sources:
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	—

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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

= Indicates league leader

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 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 1920 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com