1920 American League

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The 1920 season of the American League was the twentieth season of the league.

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Standings

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	Cleveland Indians	154	98	56	0	.636	-.-	857 (5.56)	642 (4.17)	0.303	0.372	0.417	3.41	0.971
2	Chicago White Sox	154	96	58	0	.623	2.0	794 (5.16)	665 (4.32)	0.295	0.353	0.402	3.59	0.969
3	New York Yankees	154	95	59	0	.617	3.0	838 (5.44)	629 (4.08)	0.280	0.348	0.426	3.32	0.970
4	St. Louis Browns	154	76	77	1	.494	21.5	797 (5.18)	766 (4.97)	0.308	0.359	0.419	4.03	0.963
5	Boston Red Sox	154	72	81	1	.468	25.5	650 (4.22)	698 (4.53)	0.269	0.337	0.350	3.82	0.972
6	Washington Senators	153	68	84	1	.444	29.0	723 (4.73)	802 (5.24)	0.291	0.345	0.386	4.17	0.963
7	Detroit Tigers	155	61	93	1	.394	37.0	652 (4.21)	833 (5.37)	0.270	0.331	0.359	4.04	0.965
8	Philadelphia Athletics	156	48	106	2	.308	50.0	558 (3.58)	834 (5.35)	0.252	0.299	0.338	3.93	0.959

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Larry Gardner Wally Gerber Baby Doll Jacobson Del Pratt Everett Scott George Sisler Bobby Veach	Cleveland Indians St. Louis Browns St. Louis Browns New York Yankees Boston Red Sox St. Louis Browns Detroit Tigers	154
At Bats	George Sisler	St. Louis Browns	631
Runs Scored	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	158
Hits	George Sisler	St. Louis Browns	257
Doubles	Tris Speaker	Cleveland Indians	50
Triples	Joe Jackson	Chicago White Sox	20
Home Runs	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	54
Total Bases	George Sisler	St. Louis Browns	399
Runs Batted In	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	137
Stolen Bases	Sam Rice	Washington Senators	63
Caught Stealing	Sam Rice	Washington Senators	30
Walks	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	150
Hit by Pitch	Bucky Harris	Washington Senators	21
Strikeouts	Aaron Ward	New York Yankees	84
Sacrifice Hits	Donie Bush Joe Gedeon	Detroit Tigers St. Louis Browns	48
Batting Average	George Sisler	St. Louis Browns	0.407
On-Base Percentage	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	0.533
Slugging Percentage	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	'0.849
On-Base plus Slugging	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	'1.382
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	256

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Jim Bagby	Cleveland Indians	31
Losses	Scott Perry	Philadelphia Athletics	25
Win-Loss Percentage	Jim Bagby	Cleveland Indians	0.721
Appearances	Jim Bagby	Cleveland Indians	48
Games Started	Red Faber	Chicago White Sox	39
Complete Games	Jim Bagby	Cleveland Indians	30
Shutouts	Carl Mays	New York Yankees	6
Games Finished	Benn Karr	Boston Red Sox	20
Saves	Dickie Kerr Urban Shocker	Chicago White Sox St. Louis Browns	5
Innings Pitched	Jim Bagby	Cleveland Indians	339.2
Batters Faced	Jim Bagby	Cleveland Indians	1364
Hits Allowed	Jim Bagby	Cleveland Indians	338
Home Runs Allowed	Lefty Williams	Chicago White Sox	15
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Dixie Davis	St. Louis Browns	149
Hit Batsmen	Howard Ehmke	Detroit Tigers	13
Strikeouts	Stan Coveleski	Cleveland Indians	133
Wild Pitches	Dutch Leonard Jim Shaw	Detroit Tigers Washington Senators	13
Balks	Tom Zachary	Washington Senators	3
Runs Allowed	Hooks Dauss	Detroit Tigers	158
Earned Runs Allowed	Lefty Williams	Chicago White Sox	130
Earned Run Average	Bob Shawkey	New York Yankees	2.45
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Stan Coveleski	Cleveland Indians	1.108

Postseason

In the World Series, the American League champion Cleveland Indians defeated the National League's Brooklyn Robins, 5 games to 2.

Umpires

• Ollie Chill
• Tom Connolly
• Bill Dinneen
• Billy Evans
• Bill Friel
• George Hildebrand
• George Moriarty
• Dick Nallin
• Brick Owens

Further Reading

• 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).
• Rick Swaine: Do It for Chappie : The Ray Chapman Tragedy, Tucker Bay Publishing, Crawfordville, FL, 2019. ISBN 9781733673556
• Don Zminda: Double Plays and Double Crosses: The Black Sox and Baseball in 1920, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Lanham, MD, 2021. ISBN 978-1-5381-4232-5