1920 New York Giants season
1920 New York Giants | ||
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League | National League | |
Ballpark | Polo Grounds | |
City | New York City | |
Owners | Charles Stoneham | |
Managers | John McGraw | |
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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, 7 games behind the Brooklyn Robins.
Offseason
[edit]- February 1920: Fred Lear was purchased by the Giants from the Chicago Cubs.[1]
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Brooklyn Robins | 93 | 61 | .604 | — | 49–29 | 44–32 |
New York Giants | 86 | 68 | .558 | 7 | 45–35 | 41–33 |
Cincinnati Reds | 82 | 71 | .536 | 10½ | 42–34 | 40–37 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 79 | 75 | .513 | 14 | 42–35 | 37–40 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 75 | 79 | .487 | 18 | 38–38 | 37–41 |
Chicago Cubs | 75 | 79 | .487 | 18 | 43–34 | 32–45 |
Boston Braves | 62 | 90 | .408 | 30 | 36–37 | 26–53 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 62 | 91 | .405 | 30½ | 32–45 | 30–46 |
Record vs. opponents
[edit]Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 8–14–1 | 7–15 | 9–12 | 10–12 | 10–11 | 7–15 | 11–11 | |||||
Brooklyn | 14–8–1 | — | 13–9 | 10–12 | 15–7 | 14–8 | 12–10 | 15–7 | |||||
Chicago | 15–7 | 9–13 | — | 9–13 | 7–15 | 14–8 | 11–11 | 10–12 | |||||
Cincinnati | 12–9 | 12–10 | 13–9 | — | 6–16–1 | 14–8 | 12–10 | 13–9 | |||||
New York | 12–10 | 7–15 | 15–7 | 16–6–1 | — | 12–10 | 13–9 | 11–11 | |||||
Philadelphia | 11–10 | 8–14 | 8–14 | 8–14 | 10–12 | — | 9–13 | 8–14 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 15–7 | 10–12 | 11–11 | 10–12 | 9–13 | 13–9 | — | 11–11–1 | |||||
St. Louis | 11–11 | 7–15 | 12–10 | 9–13 | 11–11 | 14–8 | 11–11–1 | — |
Roster
[edit]1920 New York Giants | |||||||||
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Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders | Manager
Coaches |
Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]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 |
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C | Frank Snyder | 87 | 264 | 66 | .250 | 3 | 27 |
1B | George Kelly | 155 | 590 | 157 | .266 | 11 | 94 |
2B | Larry Doyle | 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 | 93 | 261 | 72 | .276 | 7 | 42 |
OF | George Burns | 154 | 631 | 181 | .287 | 6 | 46 |
Other batters
[edit]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 |
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Earl Smith | 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 | 11 | 13 | 3 | .231 | 0 | 0 |
Alex Gaston | 4 | 10 | 1 | .100 | 0 | 1 |
Doug Baird | 7 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
Eddie Brown | 3 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
Pug Griffin | 5 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Kinsella | 1 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Phil Douglas | 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
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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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
[edit]References
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