1920 New York Giants season

March 2026 November 2013 New York Giants 1920 New York Giants MLB Cap Logo (1917 to 1922, 1928 to 1929).svg National League Polo Grounds New York City 86 68 y 2nd Charles Stoneham John McGraw List of San Francisco Giants seasons The 1920 New York Giants season was the franchise's 38th season. The team finished in second place in the National League with an 86–68 record, seven games behind the Brooklyn Robins. Offseason February 1920: Fred Lear was purchased by the Giants from the Chicago Cubs.Fred Lear page at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings New York Giants Record vs. opponents NYG Roster 1920 New York Giants Roster Pitchers Jesse Barnes Virgil Barnes Rube Benton Claude Davenport Phil Douglas Tom Grubbs Bill Hubbell Art Nehf Pol Perritt Rosy Ryan Slim Sallee Fred Toney Jesse Winters Catchers Alex Gaston Mike González Lew McCarty Earl Smith Frank Snyder Infielders Doug Baird Dave Bancroft Larry Doyle Art Fletcher Frankie Frisch Roy Grimes George Kelly Fred Lear Al Lefevre Ed Sicking Outfielders Eddie Brown George Burns Pug Griffin Benny Kauff Lee King Bob Kinsella Vern Spencer Jigger Statz Curt Walker Ross Youngs Manager John McGraw Coaches Johnny Evers Christy Mathewson 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 Frank Snyder 87 264 66 .250 3 27 1B George Kelly George Kelly (baseball) 155 590 157 .266 11 94 2B Larry Doyle Larry Doyle (baseball) 137 471 134 .285 4 50 SS Dave Bancroft 108 442 132 .299 0 31 3B Frankie Frisch 110 440 123 .280 4 77 OF Ross Youngs 153 581 204 .351 6 78 OF Lee King Lee King (outfielder, born 1892) 93 261 72 .276 7 42 OF George Burns George Burns (outfielder) 154 631 181 .287 6 46 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 Earl Smith Earl Smith (catcher) 91 262 77 .294 1 30 Art Fletcher 41 171 44 .257 0 24 Benny Kauff 55 157 43 .274 3 26 Vern Spencer 45 140 28 .200 0 19 Ed Sicking 46 134 23 .172 0 9 Fred Lear 31 87 22 .253 1 7 Roy Grimes 26 57 9 .158 0 3 Lew McCarty 36 38 5 .132 0 0 Jigger Statz 16 30 4 .133 0 5 Al Lefevre 17 27 4 .148 0 0 Curt Walker 8 14 1 .071 0 0 Mike González Mike González (catcher) 11 13 3 .231 0 0 Alex Gaston 4 10 1 .100 0 1 Doug Baird Doug Baird (baseball) 7 8 1 .125 0 0 Eddie Brown Eddie Brown (baseball) 3 8 1 .125 0 0 Pug Griffin 5 4 1 .250 0 0 Bob Kinsella 1 3 1 .333 0 1 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 Jesse Barnes 43 292.2 20 15 2.64 63 Art Nehf 40 280.2 21 12 3.08 79 Fred Toney 42 278.1 21 11 2.65 81 Rube Benton 33 193.1 9 16 3.03 52 Virgil Barnes 1 7.0 0 1 3.86 2 Tom Grubbs 1 5.0 0 1 7.20 0 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 Phil Douglas Phil Douglas (baseball) 46 226.0 14 10 2.71 71 Slim Sallee 5 17.0 1 0 1.59 2 Rosy Ryan 3 15.1 0 1 1.76 5 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 Jesse Winters 21 0 0 0 3.50 14 Bill Hubbell 14 0 1 2 2.10 8 Pol Perritt 8 0 0 2 1.80 3 Claude Davenport 1 0 0 0 4.50 0 Notes 2 References 1920 New York Giants season at Baseball Reference Category:New York Giants (baseball) seasons New York Giants season New York G Category:1920s in Washington Heights, Manhattan