1920 Chicago Cubs season

March 2026 November 2013 Chicago Cubs 1920 1920 cub logo.svg National League Weeghman Park/Cubs Park Chicago 75 79 y 5th Charles Weeghman Fred Mitchell The 1920 Chicago Cubs season was the 49th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 45th in the National League and the fifth at Wrigley Field (then known as "Weeghman/Cubs Park"). The Cubs finished sixth in the National League with a record of 75–79. Offseason February 1920: Fred Lear was purchased from the Cubs by the New York Giants.Fred Lear page at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Chicago Cubs Record vs. opponents CHC Roster 1920 Chicago Cubs Roster Pitchers Pete Alexander Sweetbread Bailey Paul Carter Virgil Cheeves Chippy Gaw Claude Hendrix Joe Jaeger Percy Jones Speed Martin Joel Newkirk Ted Turner Lefty Tyler Hippo Vaughn Catchers Tom Daly Bill Killefer Bob O'Farrell Infielders Turner Barber Sumpter Clarke Charlie Deal Bernie Friberg Buck Herzog Charlie Hollocher Hal Leathers William Marriott Fred Merkle Zeb Terry Outfielders Max Flack Dode Paskert Dave Robertson Babe Twombly Other batters Bill McCabe Manager Fred Mitchell 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 Position Player G Games played AB At bats H Hits Avg. Batting average HR Home runs RBI Runs batted in C Bob O'Farrell 94 270 67 .248 3 19 1B Fred Merkle 92 330 94 .285 3 38 2B Zeb Terry 133 496 139 .280 0 52 SS Charlie Hollocher 80 301 96 .319 0 22 3B Charlie Deal 129 450 108 .240 3 39 OF Dode Paskert 139 487 136 .279 5 71 OF Max Flack 135 520 157 .302 4 49 OF Dave Robertson Dave Robertson (baseball) 134 500 150 .300 10 75 Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G Games played AB At bats H Hits Avg. HR Home runs RBI Runs batted in Turner Barber 94 340 90 .265 0 50 Buck Herzog 91 305 59 .193 0 19 Bill Killefer 62 191 42 .220 0 16 Babe Twombly 78 183 43 .235 2 14 Bernie Friberg 50 114 24 .211 0 7 Tom Daly Tom Daly (catcher) 44 90 28 .311 0 13 William Marriott William Marriott (baseball) 14 43 12 .279 0 5 Hal Leathers 9 23 7 .304 1 0(a) Sumpter Clarke 1 3 1 .333 0 0 Bill McCabe Bill McCabe (baseball) 3 2 1 .500 0 0 (a) Not credited with an RBI for his home run, according to Baseball Reference and Retrosheet. Pitching = Indicates league leader Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G Games pitched IP Innings pitched W Wins L Losses ERA Earned run average SO Strikeouts Pete Alexander Grover Cleveland Alexander 46 363.1 27 14 1.91 173 Hippo Vaughn 40 301.0 19 16 2.54 131 Claude Hendrix 27 203.2 9 12 3.58 72 Lefty Tyler 27 193.0 11 12 3.31 57 Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G Games pitched IP Innings pitched W Wins L Losses ERA Earned run average SO Strikeouts Speed Martin 35 136.0 4 15 4.83 44 Paul Carter Paul Carter (1910s pitcher) 31 106.0 3 6 4.67 14 Virgil Cheeves 5 18.0 0 0 3.50 3 Chippy Gaw 6 13.0 1 1 4.85 4 Joel Newkirk 2 6.2 0 1 5.40 2 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G Games pitched W Wins L Losses SV Saves ERA Earned run average SO Strikeouts Sweetbreads Bailey 21 1 2 0 7.12 8 Percy Jones Percy Jones (baseball) 4 0 0 0 11.57 0 Joe Jaeger 2 0 0 0 12.00 0 Ted Turner Ted Turner (baseball) 1 0 0 0 13.50 0 Notes 2 References 1920 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference Category:Chicago Cubs seasons Chicago Cubs season Chicago Cubs Category:1920 in Chicago