1920 Philadelphia Athletics season

The 1920 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 48 wins and 106 losses.

1920 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Shibe Park (since 1909) Philadelphia (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Connie Mack, Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
Manager(s)	Connie Mack
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Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Indians	98	56	0.636	—	51–27	47–29
Chicago White Sox	96	58	0.623	2	52–25	44–33
New York Yankees	95	59	0.617	3	49–28	46–31
St. Louis Browns	76	77	0.497	21½	40–38	36–39
Boston Red Sox	72	81	0.471	25½	41–35	31–46
Washington Senators	68	84	0.447	29	37–38	31–46
Detroit Tigers	61	93	0.396	37	32–46	29–47
Philadelphia Athletics	48	106	0.312	50	25–50	23–56

Record vs. opponents

1920 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	12–10	6–16	13–9	9–13	13–9–1	9–13	10–11
Chicago	10–12	—	10–12	19–3	10–12	16–6	14–8	17–5
Cleveland	16–6	12–10	—	15–7	9–13	16–6	15–7	15–7
Detroit	9–13	3–19	7–15	—	7–15	12–10–1	10–12	13–9
New York	13–9	12–10	13–9	15–7	—	19–3	12–10	11–11
Philadelphia	9–13–1	6–16	6–16	10–12–1	3–19	—	8–14	6–16
St. Louis	13–9	8–14	7–15	12–10	10–12	14–8	—	12–9–1
Washington	11–10	5–17	7–15	9–13	11–11	16–6	9–12–1	—

Roster

1920 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Charlie Eckert Slim Harriss Bob Hasty Fred Heimach Dave Keefe Walt Kinney Bill Knowlton Pat Martin Roy Moore Rollie Naylor Scott Perry Eddie Rommel Bill Shanner John Slappey		Catchers Cy Perkins Lena Styles Johnny Walker Ed Wingo Infielders Dick Burrus Joe Dugan Jimmy Dykes Chick Galloway Ivy Griffin Bill Kelly Emmett McCann Red Shannon Fred Thomas		Outfielders Lyle Bigbee George Burns Charlie High Paul Johnson Glenn Myatt Amos Strunk Frank Walker Tilly Walker Frank Welch Whitey Witt Other batters Teddy Kearns		Manager Connie Mack

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
3B	Fred Thomas	76	255	59	.231	1	11
OF	Frank Welch	100	360	93	.258	4	40

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
George Burns	22	60	14	.233	1	7
Bill Kelly	9	13	3	.231	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
Slim Harriss	31	192	9	14	3.08	60
Walt Kinney	10	61	2	4	3.10	19
Fred Heimach	1	5	0	1	14.40	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
Roy Moore	24	132.2	1	13	4.68	45
Dave Keefe	31	130.1	6	7	2.97	41
Bob Hasty	19	71.2	1	3	5.02	12

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
Charlie Eckert	2	0	0	0	4.76	1

External links

• 1920 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 1920 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com