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1920 Washington Senators season

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1920 Washington Senators
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkGriffith Stadium
CityWashington, D.C.
OwnersClark Griffith and William Richardson
ManagersClark Griffith
← 1919 Seasons 1921 →

The 1920 Washington Senators won 68 games, lost 84, and finished in sixth place in the American League. They were managed by Clark Griffith and played home games at Griffith Stadium.

Regular season

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Season standings

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American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cleveland Indians 98 56 .636 51‍–‍27 47‍–‍29
Chicago White Sox 96 58 .623 2 52‍–‍25 44‍–‍33
New York Yankees 95 59 .617 3 49‍–‍28 46‍–‍31
St. Louis Browns 76 77 .497 21½ 40‍–‍38 36‍–‍39
Boston Red Sox 72 81 .471 25½ 41‍–‍35 31‍–‍46
Washington Senators 68 84 .447 29 37‍–‍38 31‍–‍46
Detroit Tigers 61 93 .396 37 32‍–‍46 29‍–‍47
Philadelphia Athletics 48 106 .312 50 25‍–‍50 23‍–‍56

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston 12–10 6–16 13–9 9–13 13–9–1 9–13 10–11
Chicago 10–12 10–12 19–3 10–12 16–6 14–8 17–5
Cleveland 16–6 12–10 15–7 9–13 16–6 15–7 15–7
Detroit 9–13 3–19 7–15 7–15 12–10–1 10–12 13–9
New York 13–9 12–10 13–9 15–7 19–3 12–10 11–11
Philadelphia 9–13–1 6–16 6–16 10–12–1 3–19 8–14 6–16
St. Louis 13–9 8–14 7–15 12–10 10–12 14–8 12–9–1
Washington 11–10 5–17 7–15 9–13 11–11 16–6 9–12–1


Roster

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1920 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Patsy Gharrity 131 428 105 .245 3 44
1B Joe Judge 126 493 164 .333 5 51
2B Bucky Harris 136 506 152 .300 1 68
SS Jim O'Neill 86 294 85 .289 1 40
3B Frank Ellerbe 101 336 98 .292 0 36
OF Braggo Roth 138 468 136 .291 9 92
OF Clyde Milan 126 506 163 .322 3 41
OF Sam Rice 153 624 211 .338 3 80

Other batters

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

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Howie Shanks 128 444 119 .268 4 37
Red Shannon 62 222 64 .288 0 30
Val Picinich 48 133 27 .203 3 14
Frank Brower 36 119 37 .311 1 13
Frank O'Rourke 14 54 16 .296 0 5
George McBride 13 41 9 .220 0 3
Ricardo Torres 16 30 10 .333 0 3
Jack Calvo 17 23 1 .043 0 2
Ed Johnson 4 13 3 .231 0 3
Doc Prothro 6 13 5 .385 0 2
Fred Thomas 3 7 1 .143 0 0
Bill Hollahan 3 4 1 .250 0 1
Bobby LaMotte 4 3 0 .000 0 0
Elmer Bowman 2 1 0 .000 0 0
Allie Watt 1 1 1 1.000 0 1
Joe Leonard 1 0 0 ---- 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Tom Zachary 44 262.2 15 16 3.77 53
Eric Erickson 39 239.1 12 16 3.84 87
Jim Shaw 38 236.1 11 18 4.27 88
Walter Johnson 21 143.2 8 10 3.13 78

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Harry Courtney 37 188.0 8 11 4.74 48
Al Schacht 22 99.1 6 4 4.44 19
José Acosta 17 82.2 5 4 4.03 9
Bill Snyder 16 54.0 2 1 4.17 17
Harry Biemiller 5 17.0 1 0 4.76 10
Gus Bono 4 12.1 0 2 8.76 4
Duke Shirey 2 4.0 0 1 6.75 0

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Leon Carlson 3 0 0 0 3.65 3
Joe Gleason 3 0 0 0 13.50 2
Clarence Fisher 2 0 1 0 9.82 0
Jerry Conway 1 0 0 0 0.00 0
Joe Engel 1 0 0 0 21.60 0

References

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