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1920 Brooklyn Robins season

Field	Value
name	Brooklyn Robins
season	1920
misc	National League champions
league	National League
ballpark	Ebbets Field
city	Brooklyn, New York
record
league_place	1st
owners	Charles Ebbets, Ed McKeever, Stephen McKeever
president	Charles Ebbets
managers	Wilbert Robinson

|}} The 1920 Brooklyn Robins, also known as the Dodgers, won 16 of their final 18 games to pull away from a tight pennant race and earn a trip to their second World Series against the Cleveland Indians. They lost the series in seven games. The team featured four Hall of Famers: manager Wilbert Robinson, pitchers Burleigh Grimes and Rube Marquard, and outfielder Zack Wheat. Grimes anchored a pitching staff that allowed the fewest runs in the majors.

Offseason

January 1920: Frank O'Rourke was purchased from the Robins by the Washington Senators.
January 12, 1920: Mack Wheat was purchased from the Robins by the Philadelphia Phillies.
March 1920: Bill Lamar was purchased by the Robins from the Boston Red Sox.

Regular season

On May 1, Brooklyn and the Boston Braves played what remains the longest major league baseball game, tied 1 to 1 at the end of nine innings and then going scoreless for 17 more until the 26-inning game was called because of darkness

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

May 22, 1920: Bill McCabe was purchased by the Robins from the Chicago Cubs.
July 1920: Wally Hood was purchased from the Robins by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
July 27, 1920: Doug Baird was purchased from the Robins by the New York Giants.

Roster

1920 Brooklyn Robins
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	90	301	16	87	.289	0	33	0
1B	131	497	62	153	.308	5	63	3
2B	141	478	62	130	.272	0	58	2
3B	155	635	87	185	.291	1	52	19
SS	143	637	71	162	.254	1	46	4
OF	154	582	83	177	.304	4	80	9
OF	148	583	89	191	.328	9	73	8
OF	93	334	41	87	.260	2	30	3

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
95	249	38	63	.253	2	22	9
52	146	21	42	.288	1	17	2
41	112	13	27	.241	1	13	0
19	71	7	11	.155	0	4	1
41	68	10	10	.147	0	3	1
28	63	7	15	.238	0	7	1
24	44	5	12	.273	0	4	0
7	14	4	2	.143	0	1	2
9	13	3	5	.385	0	5	0
6	6	1	2	.333	0	1	0
3	5	0	2	.400	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	.000	0	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

G	GS	CG	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO
40	33	25	303.2	23	11	2.22	67	131
35	30	16	254.1	15	14	2.62	56	79
30	28	20	215.0	16	9	3.01	45	80
28	26	10	189.2	10	7	3.23	35	89

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

G	GS	CG	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO
41	18	9	190.2	12	8	2.69	63	101
33	12	6	136.1	11	9	1.85	27	33
19	7	3	78.2	5	2	3.09	23	18

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	BB	SO
	13	35.2	0	1	0	1.77	7	13
	9	23.1	1	0	0	3.09	4	9

Awards and honors

League top ten finishers

Burleigh Grimes

#2 in NL in strikeouts (131)
#3 in NL in wins (23)
#3 in NL in ERA (2.22)

Zack Wheat

#4 in NL in batting average (.328)
#4 in NL in on-base percentage (.385)

1920 World Series

Main article: 1920 World Series

On October 10, 1920, which was the fifth game of the World Series, Elmer Smith of the Indians hit the first grand slam in World Series history. On the same day, Bill Wambsganss of the Indians had an unassisted triple play. He caught a liner, touched second base, and tagged the runner coming from first base. During that same game, Indians pitcher Jim Bagby became the first pitcher to hit a home run in World Series history.

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/o/o'roufr01.shtml Frank O'Rourke page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/wheatma01.shtml Mack Wheat page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lamarbi01.shtml Bill Lamar page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.mlb.com/cut4/5-of-the-longest-strangest-games-in-mlb-history-c174486106 "5 of the longest, strangest games in MLB history"], MLB.com
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mccabbi01.shtml Bill McCabe page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hoodwa01.shtml Wally Hood page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bairddo01.shtml Doug Baird page at Baseball Reference]
"Unassisted Triple Plays | Baseball Almanac".
"World Series | baseballbiography.com".

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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)

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)

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)

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)

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)