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1920 Washington Senators season
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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
Season standings
Washington Senators
Record vs. opponents
WSH
Roster
1920 Washington Senators Roster Pitchers
José Acosta
Harry Biemiller
Gus Bono
Leon Carlson
Jerry Conway
Harry Courtney
Joe Engel
Eric Erickson
Clarence Fisher
Joe Gleason
Walter Johnson
Al Schacht
Jim Shaw
Duke Shirey
Bill Snyder
Tom Zachary Catchers
Patsy Gharrity
Val Picinich
Infielders
Frank Ellerbe
Bucky Harris
Bill Hollahan
Joe Judge
Bobby LaMotte
George McBride
Jim O'Neill
Frank O'Rourke
Doc Prothro
Howie Shanks
Red Shannon
Fred Thomas
Ricardo Torres
Allie Watt Outfielders
Frank Brower
Jack Calvo
Ed Johnson
Clyde Milan
Sam Rice
Braggo Roth
Other batters
Elmer Bowman
Joe Leonard Manager
Clark Griffith
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 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 Jim O'Neill (baseball) 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
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 Ed Johnson (baseball) 4 13 3 .231 0 3 Doc Prothro 6 13 5 .385 0 2 Fred Thomas Fred Thomas (third baseman) 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
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 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
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 José Acosta (baseball) 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
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
1920 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference
1920 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
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