1920 Cleveland Indians season

March 2026 November 2013 Cleveland Indians 1920 World Series championsAmerican League champions American League Dunn Field Cleveland, Ohio Jim Dunn Tris Speaker 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.Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.100, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, 978-0-451-22363-0 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 thumb|right|400px|The 1920 Cleveland Indians During the season, Jim Bagby became the last pitcher to win 30 games in one season for the Indians in the 20th century.Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.99, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, 978-0-451-22363-0 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).Merron, Jeff (June 22, 2002). "Major Leaguers Who Died In-Season". espn.com Season standings Cleveland Indians Record vs. opponents CLE Roster 1920 Cleveland Indians Roster Pitchers Jim Bagby Joe Boehling Ray Caldwell Bob Clark Stan Coveleski George Ellison Tony Faeth Duster Mails Guy Morton Tim Murchison Elmer Myers Dick Niehaus George Uhle Catchers Les Nunamaker Steve O'Neill Pinch Thomas Infielders George Burns Ray Chapman Larry Gardner Doc Johnston Harry Lunte Joe Sewell Bill Wambsganss Outfielders Joe Evans Jack Graney Charlie Jamieson Elmer Smith Tris Speaker Joe Wood Manager Tris Speaker Coaches Jack McCallister 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 Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C Steve O'Neill 149 489 157 .321 3 55 1B Doc Johnston 147 535 156 .292 2 71 2B Bill Wambsganss 153 565 138 .244 1 55 3B Larry Gardner 154 597 185 .310 3 118 SS Ray Chapman 111 435 132 .303 3 49 LF Charlie Jamieson 108 370 118 .319 1 40 CF Tris Speaker 150 552 214 .388 8 107 RF Elmer Smith Elmer Smith (20th century outfielder) 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 Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Joe Evans baseball 56 172 60 .349 0 23 Jack Graney 62 152 45 .296 0 13 Joe Wood Smoky Joe Wood 61 137 37 .270 1 30 Harry Lunte 23 71 14 .197 0 7Joe Sewell 22 70 23 .329 0 12 George Burns George Burns (first baseman) 44 56 15 .268 0 13 Les Nunamaker 34 54 18 .333 0 14 Pinch Thomas 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 Player G IP W L ERA SO Jim Bagby Jim Bagby, Sr. 48 339.2 31 12 2.89 73 Stan Coveleski 41 315.0 24 14 2.49 133 Ray Caldwell 34 237.2 20 10 3.86 80 Guy Morton 29 137.0 8 6 4.47 72 Duster Mails 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 Player G IP W L SV ERA SO George Uhle 27 84.2 4 5 0 5.21 27 Elmer Myers 16 71.2 2 4 0 4.77 16 Bob Clark Bob Clark (pitcher) 11 42.0 1 2 0 3.43 8 Dick Niehaus 19 40.0 1 2 0 3.60 12 Tony Faeth 13 25.0 0 0 0 4.32 14 Joe Boehling 3 13.0 0 1 0 4.85 4 Tim Murchison 2 5.0 0 0 0 0.00 0 Joe Wood Smoky Joe Wood 1 2.0 0 0 0 22.50 1 George Ellison George Ellison (baseball) 1 1.0 0 0 0 0.00 1 1920 World Series 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.https://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats8.shtml Unassisted Triple Plays by Baseball Almanac Baseball-almanac.com March 10, 2013 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.https://baseballbiography.com/world-series The Ballplayers – World Series baseballbiography.com March 10, 2013 mdy-all AL Cleveland Indians (5) vs. NL Brooklyn Robins (2) GameScoreDateLocationAttendance1 Indians – 3, Robins – 1October 5Ebbets Field23,7592 Indians – 0, Robins – 3October 6Ebbets Field22,5593 Indians – 1, Robins – 2October 7Ebbets Field25,0884 Robins – 1, Indians – 5October 9Dunn Field25,7345 Robins – 1, Indians – 8October 10Dunn Field26,8846 Robins – 0, Indians – 1October 11Dunn Field27,1947 Robins – 0, Indians – 3October 12Dunn Field27,525 Game 1 October 5, 1920, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York Team123456789RHECleveland020100000350Brooklyn000000100151W: Stan Coveleski (1–0)  L: Rube Marquard (0–1) Game 2 October 6, 1920, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York Team123456789RHECleveland000000000071Brooklyn10101000x370W: Burleigh Grimes (1–0)  L: Jim Bagby (0–1) Game 3 October 7, 1920, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York Team123456789RHECleveland000100000131Brooklyn20000000x261W: Sherry Smith (1–0)  L: Ray Caldwell (0–1) Game 4 October 9, 1920, at Dunn Field in Cleveland, Ohio Team123456789RHEBrooklyn000100000151Cleveland20200100x5121W: Stan Coveleski (2–0)  L: Leon Cadore (0–1) Game 5 October 10, 1920, at Dunn Field in Cleveland, Ohio Team123456789RHEBrooklyn0000000011131Cleveland40031000x8122W: 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 Team123456789RHEBrooklyn000000000030Cleveland00001000x173W: Duster Mails (1–0)  L: Sherry Smith (1–1) Game 7 October 12, 1920, at Dunn Field in Cleveland, Ohio Team123456789RHEBrooklyn000000000052Cleveland00011010x373W: 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.) Team123456789RHECleveland Indians 622622100215312Brooklyn Robins 3011101018446Total Attendance: 236,928   Average Attendance: 29,616Winning Player's Share: – $5,207   Losing Player's Share – $3,254 Source:1920 World Series - Cleveland Indians over Brooklyn Robins (5-2) https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1920_WS.shtml 2025-03-22 Baseball-Reference.com en References External links 1920 Cleveland Indians team page at Baseball Reference 1920 Cleveland Indians team page at www.baseball-almanac.com 1920 WS page at Baseball Reference Category:Cleveland Guardians seasons Cleveland Indians Category:American League champion seasons Category:World Series champion seasons Cleveland Indians