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1920 Cleveland Indians season

Field	Value
name	Cleveland Indians
season	1920
misc	World Series champions
American League champions
league	American League
ballpark	Dunn Field
city	Cleveland, Ohio
owners	Jim Dunn
managers	Tris Speaker

American League champions |}}

The 1920 Cleveland Indians season was the 20th season in franchise history. The Indians won the American League pennant and proceeded to win their first World Series title in the history of the franchise. Pitchers Jim Bagby, Stan Coveleski and Ray Caldwell combined to win 75 games. Despite the team's success, the season was perhaps more indelibly marked by the death of starting shortstop Ray Chapman, who died after being hit by a pitch on August 16.

Regular season

During the season, Jim Bagby became the last pitcher to win 30 games in one season for the Indians in the 20th century.

On August 17, shortstop Ray Chapman died after being hit by a pitch in a game against the Yankees, becoming the second of only two Major League Baseball players to have died as a result of an injury received in a game (the first was Mike "Doc" Powers in 1909).

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

1920 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	149	489	157	.321	3	55
1B	147	535	156	.292	2	71
2B	153	565	138	.244	1	55
3B	154	597	185	.310	3	118
SS	111	435	132	.303	3	49
LF	108	370	118	.319	1	40
CF	150	552	214	.388	8	107
RF	129	456	144	.316	12	103

Other batters

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

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
56	172	60	.349	0	23
62	152	45	.296	0	13
61	137	37	.270	1	30
23	71	14	.197	0	7
22	70	23	.329	0	12
44	56	15	.268	0	13
34	54	18	.333	0	14
9	9	3	.333	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
48	339.2	31	12	2.89	73
41	315.0	24	14	2.49	133
34	237.2	20	10	3.86	80
29	137.0	8	6	4.47	72
9	63.1	7	0	1.85	25

Note: Guy Morton was team leader in saves with 3.

Relief pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
27	84.2	4	5	5.21	27
16	71.2	2	4	4.77	16
11	42.0	1	2	3.43	8
19	40.0	1	2	3.60	12
13	25.0	0	0	4.32	14
3	13.0	0	1	4.85	4
2	5.0	0	0	0.00	0
1	2.0	0	0	22.50	1
1	1.0	0	0	0.00	1

1920 World Series

Main article: 1920 World Series

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

AL Cleveland Indians (5) vs. NL Brooklyn Robins (2)

	Game		Score		Date		Location		Attendance
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

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)

Composite box

1920 World Series (5–2): Cleveland Indians (A.L.) over Brooklyn Robins (N.L.)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cleveland Indians	6	2	2	6	2	2	1	0	0	21	53	12
Brooklyn Robins	3	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	8	44	6
Total Attendance: 236,928 Average Attendance: 29,616
Winning Player's Share: – $5,207 Losing Player's Share – $3,254

Source:

References

''Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures'', 2008 Edition, p.100, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, {{ISBN. 978-0-451-22363-0
''Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures'', 2008 Edition, p.99, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, {{ISBN. 978-0-451-22363-0
Merron, Jeff (June 22, 2002). [http://static.espn.go.com/mlb/s/2002/0622/1397956.html "Major Leaguers Who Died In-Season"]. espn.com
"Unassisted Triple Plays by Baseball Almanac". Baseball-almanac.com.
"The Ballplayers – World Series". baseballbiography.com.
"1920 World Series - Cleveland Indians over Brooklyn Robins (5-2)".

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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)