1920

1920 in baseball
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<< 1919 1921 >>

Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 1920.

Club competitions

Professional

North America

• Major League Baseball
  • World Series: Cleveland Indians (AL) over the Brooklyn Robins (NL), 5 - 2 (Details)
    • American League: Cleveland Indians (Details)
    • National League: Brooklyn Dodgers (Details)

• Minor League Baseball
  • American Association: St. Paul Saints
  • Blue Ridge League: Hagerstown Champs
  • Central League: Grand Rapids Joshers
  • Eastern League: New Haven Weissmen
  • Florida State League: Tampa Smokers
  • Georgia State League: Carrolton
  • International League: Baltimore Orioles
  • Louisiana State League: Oakdale Lumberjacks
  • Michigan-Ontario League: London Tecumsehs
  • Pacific Coast International League: Victoria Islanders
  • Pacific Coast League: Vernon Tigers
  • Piedmont League: Greensboro Patriots
  • South Atlantic Association: Columbia Comers
  • South Dakota League: Mitchell Kernels
  • Southern Association: Little Rock Travelers
  • Texas League: Fort Worth Panthers
  • Three-I League: Bloomington Bloomers
  • Virginia League: Portsmouth Truckers
  • West Texas League: Abilene Eagles
  • Western Association: Okmulgee Drillers
  • Western Canada League: Calgary Bronchos
  • Western League: Tulsa Oilers
• Negro Leagues
  • Negro National League: Chicago American Giants (Details)
  • Negro Southern League: Knoxville (Details)

Winter Leagues

• Cuban Winter League: Almendares

Amateur

• Japan High School Baseball Federation
  • National High School Baseball Championship: Kwansei Gakuin University High School (Hyogo) defeat Keio High School (Tokyo), 17 - 0 in the championship (Details)

Culture

Literature

• The Redheaded Outfield and Other Baseball Stories, by Zane Grey

Film

• Headin Home

Births

Category:Births in 1920

Deaths

Further information: Deaths in 1920

Further Reading

• Frederick C. Bush and Bill Nowlin, eds.: The First Negro League Champion: The 1920 Chicago American Giants, SABR, Phoenix, AZ, 2022. ISBN 978-1-970159-80-6
• Mike Sowell: The Pitch that Killed: The Story of Carl Mays, Ray Chapman and the Pennant Race of 1920, Ivan R. Dee Publisher, Chicago, IL, 2004. (Originally published in 1989).