1920 Chicago White Sox season

March 2026 November 2013 Chicago White Sox 1920 American League Comiskey Park Chicago, Illinois 96 58 y 2nd Charles Comiskey Kid Gleason The 1920 Chicago White Sox season was a season in American baseball. The team was in contention to defend their American League pennant going into the final week of the season. However, for all intents and purposes, the season ended on September 26, when news of the Black Sox Scandal became public. The team finished with a record of 96–58, which was not only the best record during Comiskey's ownership (and the best finish of the Gleason era), but would remain a franchise record for the next 44 years until 1964 when the Sox won 98 games. Black Sox Scandal Owner Charles Comiskey suspended the five players who were still active (the sixth, ringleader Chick Gandil, opted to retire after the 1919 season).https://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/sports/year_in_sports/09.28a.html The New York Times: This Day in Sports The New York Times At that time, the White Sox were only a half-game behind the Cleveland Indians, but went 2–2 over their last four games to finish two games out. They would not finish in the first division again until 1936.Chicago White Sox Team History & Encyclopedia Historic Record in 1920 The 1920 White Sox are one of only two teams in baseball history (The other being the 1971 Baltimore Orioles) to have four 20-game winners: Red Faber, Lefty Williams, Eddie Cicotte, and Dickie Kerr. (The '20 White Sox went one better than the '71 Orioles, in that they had four 21+ game winners.)https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHW/1920-pitching.shtml 1920 Chicago White Sox Pitching Statistics Regular season Shoeless Joe Jackson finished third in AL batting average, and Eddie Collins was fifth. Along with the St. Louis Browns, the team was the first in major league history to have three players with at least 200 hits each: Jackson, Collins, and Buck Weaver.Letters to the Editor Baseball Digest March 2001 60 3 11 Season standings Chicago White Sox Record vs. opponents CWS Roster 1920 Chicago White Sox Roster Pitchers Eddie Cicotte Red Faber Spencer Heath Shovel Hodge Dickey Kerr Joe Kiefer Grover Lowdermilk George Payne Roy Wilkinson Lefty Williams Catchers Bubber Jonnard Byrd Lynn Ray Schalk Infielders Eddie Collins Shano Collins Ted Jourdan Hervey McClellan Fred McMullin Swede Risberg Buck Weaver Outfielders Bibb Falk Happy Felsch Joe Jackson Nemo Leibold Eddie Murphy Amos Strunk Manager Kid Gleason 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 Ray Schalk 151 485 131 .270 1 61 1B Shano Collins 133 495 150 .303 1 63 2B Eddie Collins 153 602 224 .372 3 76 3B Buck Weaver 151 629 208 .331 2 75 SS Swede Risberg 126 458 122 .266 2 65 LF Joe Jackson Shoeless Joe Jackson 146 570 218 .382 12 121 CF Happy Felsch 142 556 188 .338 14 115 RF Nemo Leibold 108 413 91 .220 1 28 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 Amos Strunk 53 188 45 .239 1 16 Ted Jourdan 48 150 36 .240 0 8 Fred McMullin 46 127 25 .197 0 13 Eddie Murphy Eddie Murphy (baseball) 58 118 40 .339 0 19 Byrd Lynn 16 25 8 .320 0 3 Harvey McClellan 10 18 6 .333 0 5 Bibb Falk 17 17 5 .294 0 2 Bubber Jonnard 5 5 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 Red Faber 40 319.0 23 13 2.99 108 Eddie Cicotte 37 303.1 21 10 3.26 87 Lefty Williams 39 299.0 22 14 3.91 128 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 Dickey Kerr 45 253.2 21 9 3.37 72 Roy Wilkinson Roy Wilkinson (baseball) 34 145.0 7 9 4.03 30 Shovel Hodge 4 19.2 1 1 2.29 5 Joe Kiefer 2 4.2 0 1 15.43 1 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 George Payne George Payne (baseball) 12 1 1 0 5.46 7 Spencer Heath 4 0 0 0 15.43 0 Grover Lowdermilk 3 0 0 0 6.75 0 The White Sox became the first team to have four 20-game winners in the same pitching rotation.Stuckmeyer Luke Do the 2018 Cubs have the best starting rotation in Chicago baseball history? https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/cubs/do-2018-cubs-have-best-starting-rotation-chicago-baseball-history www.nbcsports.com 11 March 2019 League leaders Happy Felsch #4 in AL in home runs (14) Shoeless Joe Jackson #3 in AL in batting average (.382) #3 in AL in slugging percentage (.589) #4 in AL in runs batted in (121) #4 in AL in on-base percentage (.444) Lefty Williams #2 in AL in strikeouts (128) Notes References 1920 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference Category:Chicago White Sox seasons Chicago White Sox season Chicago White Category:1920 in Chicago