1920 Chicago Cubs season

The 1920 Chicago Cubs season was the 49th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 45th in the National League and the 5th at Wrigley Field (then known as "Weeghman/Cubs Park"). The Cubs finished sixth in the National League with a record of 75–79.

1920 Chicago Cubs
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Location
Weeghman Park/Cubs Park (since 1916) Chicago (since 1870)
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles Weeghman
Manager(s)	Fred Mitchell
Local television	none
Local radio	none
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Offseason

• February 1920: Fred Lear was purchased from the Cubs by the New York Giants.[1]

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Brooklyn Robins	93	61	0.604	—	49–29	44–32
New York Giants	86	68	0.558	7	45–35	41–33
Cincinnati Reds	82	71	0.536	10½	42–34	40–37
Pittsburgh Pirates	79	75	0.513	14	42–35	37–40
St. Louis Cardinals	75	79	0.487	18	38–38	37–41
Chicago Cubs	75	79	0.487	18	43–34	32–45
Boston Braves	62	90	0.408	30	36–37	26–53
Philadelphia Phillies	62	91	0.405	30½	32–45	30–46

Record vs. opponents

1920 National League Records Sources:
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

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

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

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
Tom Daly	44	90	28	.311	0	13

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
Pete Alexander	46	363.1	27	14	1.91	173

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

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
Sweetbreads Bailey	21	1	2	0	7.12	8

Notes

1. Fred Lear page at Baseball Reference

References

• 1920 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference