1920 Brooklyn Robins season
Brooklyn, New York | |
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Owners | Charles Ebbets, Ed McKeever, Stephen McKeever |
President | Charles Ebbets |
Managers | Wilbert Robinson |
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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: Washington Senators.[1]
- January 12, 1920: Mack Wheat was purchased from the Robins by the Philadelphia Phillies.[2]
- March 1920: Bill Lamar was purchased by the Robins from the Boston Red Sox.[3]
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 game 26-inning game was called because of darkness [4]
Season standings
National League | W
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L
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Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Brooklyn Robins | 93 | 61 | 0.604 | — | 49–29 | 44–32 |
New York Giants | 86 | 68 | 0.558 | 7 | 45–35 | 41–33 |
Cincinnati Reds | 82 | 71 | 0.536 | 10½ | 42–34 | 40–37 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 79 | 75 | 0.513 | 14 | 42–35 | 37–40 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 75 | 79 | 0.487 | 18 | 38–38 | 37–41 |
Chicago Cubs | 75 | 79 | 0.487 | 18 | 43–34 | 32–45 |
Boston Braves | 62 | 90 | 0.408 | 30 | 36–37 | 26–53 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 62 | 91 | 0.405 | 30½ | 32–45 | 30–46 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 8–14–1 | 7–15 | 9–12 | 10–12 | 10–11 | 7–15 | 11–11 | |||||
Brooklyn | 14–8–1 | — | 13–9 | 10–12 | 15–7 | 14–8 | 12–10 | 15–7 | |||||
Chicago | 15–7 | 9–13 | — | 9–13 | 7–15 | 14–8 | 11–11 | 10–12 | |||||
Cincinnati | 12–9 | 12–10 | 13–9 | — | 6–16–1 | 14–8 | 12–10 | 13–9 | |||||
New York | 12–10 | 7–15 | 15–7 | 16–6–1 | — | 12–10 | 13–9 | 11–11 | |||||
Philadelphia | 11–10 | 8–14 | 8–14 | 8–14 | 10–12 | — | 9–13 | 8–14 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 15–7 | 10–12 | 11–11 | 10–12 | 9–13 | 13–9 | — | 11–11–1 | |||||
St. Louis | 11–11 | 7–15 | 12–10 | 9–13 | 11–11 | 14–8 | 11–11–1 | — |
Notable transactions
- May 22, 1920: Bill McCabe was purchased by the Robins from the Chicago Cubs.[5]
- July 1920: Wally Hood was purchased from the Robins by the Pittsburgh Pirates.[6]
- July 27, 1920: New York Giants.[7]
Roster
1920 Brooklyn Robins | |||||||||
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Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders | Manager |
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 | Player | G | AB | R | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
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C | Otto Miller |
90 | 301 | 16 | 87 | .289 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
1B | Ed Konetchy | 131 | 497 | 62 | 153 | .308 | 5 | 63 | 3 |
2B | Pete Kilduff | 141 | 478 | 62 | 130 | .272 | 0 | 58 | 2 |
3B | Jimmy Johnston | 155 | 635 | 87 | 185 | .291 | 1 | 52 | 19 |
SS | Ivy Olson | 143 | 637 | 71 | 162 | .254 | 1 | 46 | 4 |
OF | Hy Myers |
154 | 582 | 83 | 177 | .304 | 4 | 80 | 9 |
OF | Zack Wheat | 148 | 583 | 89 | 191 | .328 | 9 | 73 | 8 |
OF | Tommy Griffith | 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
Player | G | AB | R | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
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Bernie Neis | 95 | 249 | 38 | 63 | .253 | 2 | 22 | 9 |
Ernie Krueger | 52 | 146 | 21 | 42 | .288 | 1 | 17 | 2 |
Rowdy Elliott | 41 | 112 | 13 | 27 | .241 | 1 | 13 | 0 |
Chuck Ward | 19 | 71 | 7 | 11 | .155 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Bill McCabe | 41 | 68 | 10 | 10 | .147 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Ray Schmandt | 28 | 63 | 7 | 15 | .238 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
Bill Lamar | 24 | 44 | 5 | 12 | .273 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Wally Hood | 7 | 14 | 4 | 2 | .143 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Zack Taylor | 9 | 13 | 3 | 5 | .385 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Doug Baird | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Jack Sheehan | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Red Sheridan | 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
Player | G | GS | CG | IP | W | L | ERA | BB | SO |
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Burleigh Grimes | 40 | 33 | 25 | 303.2 | 23 | 11 | 2.22 | 67 | 131 |
Leon Cadore | 35 | 30 | 16 | 254.1 | 15 | 14 | 2.62 | 56 | 79 |
Jeff Pfeffer | 30 | 28 | 20 | 215.0 | 16 | 9 | 3.01 | 45 | 80 |
Rube Marquard | 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
Player | G | GS | CG | IP | W | L | ERA | BB | SO |
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Al Mamaux | 41 | 18 | 9 | 190.2 | 12 | 8 | 2.69 | 63 | 101 |
Sherry Smith | 33 | 12 | 6 | 136.1 | 11 | 9 | 1.85 | 27 | 33 |
Clarence Mitchell | 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 |
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George Mohart | 13 | 35.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.77 | 7 | 13 |
Johnny Miljus | 9 | 23.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.09 | 4 | 9 |
Awards and honors
League top ten finishers
- #2 in NL in strikeouts (131)
- #3 in NL in wins (23)
- #3 in NL in ERA (2.22)
- #4 in NL in batting average (.328)
- #4 in NL in on-base percentage (.385)
1920 World Series
On October 10, 1920, which was the fifth game of the World Series,
Game 1
October 5, 1920, at
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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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
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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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: Jim Bagby (0–1)
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Game 3
October 7, 1920, at
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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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
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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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
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||
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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)
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HR: CLE – Jim Bagby (1)
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Game 6
October 11, 1920, at
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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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
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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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
- ^ Frank O'Rourke page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Mack Wheat page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Bill Lamar page at Baseball Reference
- ^ "5 of the longest, strangest games in MLB history", MLB.com
- ^ Bill McCabe page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Wally Hood page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Doug Baird page at Baseball Reference
- ^ "Unassisted Triple Plays | Baseball Almanac".
- ^ "World Series | baseballbiography.com". Retrieved August 27, 2008.