1920 National League

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The 1920 season of the National League was the forty-fifth 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	Brooklyn Robins	155	93	61	1	.600	-.-	660 (4.26)	528 (3.41)	0.277	0.322	0.367	2.62	0.966
2	New York Giants	155	86	68	1	.555	7.0	682 (4.40)	543 (3.50)	0.269	0.324	0.363	2.80	0.969
3	Cincinnati Reds	154	82	71	1	.532	10.5	639 (4.15)	569 (3.69)	0.277	0.326	0.349	2.90	0.968
4	Pittsburgh Pirates	155	79	75	1	.510	14.0	530 (3.42)	552 (3.56)	0.257	0.307	0.332	2.89	0.971
5	St. Louis Cardinals	155	75	79	1	.484	18.0	675 (4.35)	682 (4.40)	0.289	0.334	0.385	3.43	0.961
6	Chicago Cubs	154	75	79	0	.487	18.0	619 (4.02)	635 (4.12)	0.264	0.321	0.354	3.27	0.965
7	Boston Braves	153	62	90	1	.405	30.0	523 (3.42)	670 (4.38)	0.260	0.311	0.339	3.54	0.964
8	Philadelphia Phillies	153	62	91	0	.405	30.5	565 (3.69)	714 (4.67)	0.263	0.301	0.364	3.63	0.964

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Jimmy Johnston George Kelly Milt Stock	Brooklyn Robins New York Giants St. Louis Cardinals	155
At Bats	Milt Stock	St. Louis Cardinals	639
Runs Scored	George Burns	New York Giants	115
Hits	Rogers Hornsby	St. Louis Cardinals	218
Doubles	Rogers Hornsby	St. Louis Cardinals	44
Triples	Hy Myers	Brooklyn Robins	22
Home Runs	Cy Williams	Philadelphia Phillies	15
Total Bases	Rogers Hornsby	St. Louis Cardinals	329
Runs Batted In	Rogers Hornsby George Kelly	St. Louis Cardinals New York Giants	94
Stolen Bases	Max Carey	Pittsburgh Pirates	52
Caught Stealing	Billy Southworth	Pittsburgh Pirates	25
Walks	George Burns	New York Giants	76
Hit by Pitch	Jack Fournier	St. Louis Cardinals	12
Strikeouts	George Kelly	New York Giants	92
Sacrifice Hits	George Cutshaw	Pittsburgh Pirates	37
Batting Average	Rogers Hornsby	St. Louis Cardinals	0.370
On-Base Percentage	Rogers Hornsby	St. Louis Cardinals	0.431
Slugging Percentage	Rogers Hornsby	St. Louis Cardinals	0.559
On-Base plus Slugging	Rogers Hornsby	St. Louis Cardinals	0.990
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Rogers Hornsby	St. Louis Cardinals	187

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Pete Alexander	Chicago Cubs	27
Losses	Eppa Rixey	Philadelphia Phillies	22
Win-Loss Percentage	Burleigh Grimes	Brooklyn Robins	0.676
Appearances	Jesse Haines	St. Louis Cardinals	47
Games Started	Pete Alexander	Chicago Cubs	40
Complete Games	Pete Alexander	Chicago Cubs	33
Shutouts	Babe Adams	Pittsburgh Pirates	8
Games Finished	Bill Sherdel	St. Louis Cardinals	28
Saves	Bill Sherdel	St. Louis Cardinals	6
Innings Pitched	Pete Alexander	Chicago Cubs	363.1
Batters Faced	Pete Alexander	Chicago Cubs	1447
Hits Allowed	Pete Alexander	Chicago Cubs	335
Home Runs Allowed	Joe Oeschger George Smith	Boston Braves Philadelphia Phillies	10
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Ferdie Schupp	St. Louis Cardinals	127
Hit Batsmen	Jack Scott	Boston Braves	13
Strikeouts	Pete Alexander	Chicago Cubs	173
Wild Pitches	Elmer Ponder	Pittsburgh Pirates	10
Balks	Bill Hubbell	New York Giants/Philadelphia Phillies	3
Runs Allowed	Jack Scott	Boston Braves	148
Earned Runs Allowed	Joe Oeschger	Boston Braves	115
Earned Run Average	Pete Alexander	Chicago Cubs	1.91
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Babe Adams	Pittsburgh Pirates	0.981

Postseason

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

Umpires

• Bob Emslie
• Lu Fyfe
• Pete Harrison
• Bob Hart
• Bill Klem
• Barry McCormick
• Charlie Moran
• Hank O'Day
• Ernie Quigley
• Cy Rigler