1920 Boston Red Sox season

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1920 Boston Red Sox
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkFenway Park
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record72–81 (.471)
League place5th
OwnersHarry Frazee
ManagersEd Barrow
StatsESPN.com
Baseball Reference
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The 1920 Boston Red Sox season was the 20th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fifth in the American League (AL) with a record of 72 wins and 81 losses, 25+1⁄2 games behind the Cleveland Indians, who went on to win the 1920 World Series.

Offseason

On January 5, 1920, news that the Red Sox sold their star pitcher-turned-outfielder Babe Ruth to the Yankees for $125,000 (equivalent to $2,300,000 in 2024) became public, the sub-headline in The New York Times the next day read, "Highest Purchase Price in Baseball History Paid for Game's Greatest Slugger."[1] The trade to the Yankees would live in infamy for generations of Boston red sox fans for nearly 85 years and was one of the worse highlights of that offseason.

Regular season

Season standings

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

1920 American League record

Sources:
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 —


Opening Day lineup

Harry Hooper RF
Mike McNally 2B
Mike Menosky LF
Tim Hendryx RF
Stuffy McInnis 1B
Eddie Foster 3B
Everett Scott SS
Roxy Walters C
Allen Russell P

Roster

1920 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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 Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Roxy Walters 88 258 51 .198 0 28
1B Stuffy McInnis 148 559 166 .297 2 71
2B Mike McNally 93 312 80 .256 0 23
3B Eddie Foster 117 386 100 .259 0 41
SS Everett Scott 154 569 153 .269 4 61
OF Tim Hendryx 99 363 119 .328 0 73
OF Mike Menosky 141 532 158 .297 3 64
OF Harry Hooper 139 536 167 .312 7 53

Other batters

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
Wally Schang 122 387 118 .305 4 51
Ossie Vitt 87 296 65 .220 1 28
Cliff Brady 53 180 41 .228 0 12
Gene Bailey 46 135 31 .230 0 5
Hack Eibel 29 47 8 .186 0 6
Hob Hiller 17 29 5 .172 0 2
Ben Paschal 9 28 19 .357 0 5
Mickey Devine 8 12 2 .167 0 0
Herb Hunter 4 12 1 .083 0 0
George Orme 4 6 2 .333 0 1
Ed Chaplin 4 5 1 .200 0 0
Ray Grimes 1 4 1 .250 0 0
Paddy Smith 2 2 0 .000 0 0
Jigger Statz 2 3 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Sam Jones 37 274.0 13 16 3.94 86
Joe Bush 35 243.2 15 15 4.25 88
Herb Pennock 37 242.1 16 13 3.68 68
Harry Harper 27 162.2 5 14 3.04 71
Allen Russell 16 107.2 5 6 3.01 53
Elmer Myers 12 97.0 9 1 2.13 34

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Waite Hoyt 22 121.1 6 6 4.38 45
Gary Fortune 14 41.2 0 2 5.83 10

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Benn Karr 26 3 8 1 4.81 21
Hack Eibel 3 0 0 0 3.48 5
Hal Deviney 1 0 0 0 15.00 0

References

  1. ^ "Ruth Bought By New York Americans For $125,000, Highest Price in Baseball Annals". New York Times. January 6, 1920.


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