1920 Boston Braves season

March 2026 November 2013 Boston Braves 1920 National League Braves Field Boston, Massachusetts 62–90 (.408) 7th George W. Grant George Stallings The 1920 Boston Braves season was the 50th season of the franchise. Regular season On May 1, the Braves and the Brooklyn Robins (later the Brooklyn Dodgers and now the Los Angeles Dodgers) played what remains the longest major league baseball game, tied 1 to 1 at the end of nine innings and then going scoreless for 17 more until the 26-inning game was called because of darkness "5 of the longest, strangest games in MLB history", MLB.com Season standings Boston Braves Record vs. opponents BSN Notable transaction August 21, 1920: Frank Gibson was purchased by the Braves from the San Antonio Bears.Frank Gibson page at Baseball Reference Roster 1920 Boston Braves Roster Pitchers Dana Fillingim Bunny Hearn Johnny Jones Hugh McQuillan Joe Oeschger Al Pierotti Dick Rudolph Jack Scott Ira Townsend Leo Townsend Mule Watson Catchers Hank Gowdy Mickey O'Neil Infielders Tony Boeckel Hod Ford Walter Holke Rabbit Maranville Charlie Pick Johnny Rawlings Red Torphy Tom Whelan Art Wilson Outfielders Gene Bailey Lloyd Christenbury Walton Cruise Eddie Eayrs Les Mann Ray Powell John Sullivan Other batters Oscar Dugey Manager George Stallings 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 Mickey O'Neil Mickey O'Neil (baseball) 112 304 86 .283 0 28 1B Walter Holke 144 551 162 .294 3 64 2B Charlie Pick 95 383 105 .274 2 28 SS Rabbit Maranville 134 493 131 .266 1 43 3B Tony Boeckel 153 582 156 .268 3 62 OF Ray Powell 147 609 137 .225 6 29 OF Leslie Mann 115 424 117 .276 3 32 OF Walton Cruise 91 288 80 .278 1 21 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 Hod Ford 88 257 62 .241 1 30 John Sullivan John Sullivan (outfielder) 81 250 74 .296 1 28 Eddie Eayrs 87 244 80 .328 1 24 Hank Gowdy 80 214 52 .243 0 18 Lloyd Christenbury 65 106 22 .208 0 14 Gene Bailey 13 24 2 .083 0 0 Art Wilson 16 19 1 .053 0 0 Red Torphy 3 15 3 .200 0 2 Johnny Rawlings 5 3 0 .000 0 2 Tom Whelan 1 1 0 .000 0 0 Oscar Dugey 5 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 Joe Oeschger 38 299.0 15 13 3.46 80 Jack Scott Jack Scott (baseball) 44 291.0 10 21 3.53 94 Dana Fillingim 37 272.0 12 21 3.11 66 Hugh McQuillan 38 225.2 11 15 3.55 53 Mule Watson 13 74.2 5 4 3.62 16 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 Dick Rudolph 18 89.0 4 8 4.04 24 Bunny Hearn 11 43.0 0 3 5.65 9 Eddie Eayrs 7 26.1 1 2 5.47 7 Al Pierotti 6 25.0 1 1 2.88 12 Leo Townsend 7 24.1 2 2 1.48 0 Johnny Jones Johnny Jones (pitcher) 3 9.2 1 0 6.52 6 Ira Townsend 4 6.2 0 0 1.35 1 References 2 External links 1920 Boston Braves season at Baseball Reference Category:Boston Braves seasons Boston Braves Boston Braves Category:1920s in Boston