1920 Detroit Tigers season

The 1920 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished seventh in the American League with a record of 61–93, 37 games behind the Cleveland Indians.

1920 Detroit Tigers
League	American League
Ballpark	Navin Field
City	Detroit
Owners	Frank Navin
Managers	Hughie Jennings
← 1919 Seasons 1921 →

Regular season

Season standings

v t e 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 record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	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 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Ernie Alten Doc Ayers Harry Baumgartner John Bogart Bernie Boland Allen Conkwright Jack Coombs Red Cox Roy Crumpler Hooks Dauss Howard Ehmke Cy Fried John Glaiser Norman Glaser Dutch Leonard Slim Love Bill Morrisette Frank Okrie Red Oldham Lou Vedder Mutt Wilson		Catchers Eddie Ainsmith Clyde Manion Oscar Stanage Larry Woodall Infielders Donie Bush Davey Claire Babe Ellison Sammy Hale Harry Heilmann Clarence Huber Bob Jones Babe Pinelli Ralph Young		Outfielders Ty Cobb Ira Flagstead Chick Shorten Bobby Veach		Manager Hughie Jennings Coaches Jack Coombs

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	Oscar Stanage	78	238	55	.231	0	17
1B	Harry Heilmann	145	543	168	.309	9	89
2B	Ralph Young	150	594	173	.291	0	33
SS	Donie Bush	141	506	133	.263	1	33
3B	Babe Pinelli	102	284	65	.229	0	21
OF	Chick Shorten	116	364	105	.288	1	40
OF	Ty Cobb	112	428	143	.334	2	63
OF	Bobby Veach	154	612	188	.307	11	113

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
Ira Flagstead	110	311	73	.235	3	35
Bob Jones	81	265	66	.249	1	18
Eddie Ainsmith	69	186	43	.231	1	19
Babe Ellison	61	155	34	.219	0	21
Sammy Hale	76	116	34	.293	1	14
Clyde Manion	32	80	22	.275	0	8
Larry Woodall	18	49	12	.245	0	5
Clarence Huber	11	42	9	.214	0	5
Davey Claire	3	7	1	.143	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
Hooks Dauss	38	270.1	13	21	3.56	82
Howard Ehmke	38	268.1	15	18	3.25	98
Dutch Leonard	28	191.1	10	17	4.33	76
Roy Crumpler	2	13.0	1	0	5.54	2

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
Red Oldham	39	215.1	8	13	3.85	62
Doc Ayers	46	208.2	7	14	3.88	103
Bill Morrisette	8	27.0	1	1	4.33	15
John Bogart	4	23.2	2	1	3.04	5
Allen Conkwright	5	19.1	2	1	6.98	4
Bernie Boland	4	17.1	0	2	7.79	4
John Glaiser	8	14.2	0	0	4.91	2
Mutt Wilson	3	13.0	1	1	3.46	4

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
Frank Okrie	21	1	2	0	5.27	9
Ernie Alten	14	0	1	0	9.00	4
Harry Baumgartner	9	0	1	0	4.00	7
Red Cox	3	0	0	0	5.40	1
Jack Coombs	2	0	0	0	3.18	1
Cy Fried	2	0	0	0	16.20	0
Slim Love	1	0	0	0	8.31	2
Norman Glaser	1	0	0	0	15.43	1
Lou Vedder	1	0	0	0	0.00	1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

• Class B: Fort Worth Panthers (Texas League; Jake Atz, manager) — LEAGUE CHAMPION^[1]

Notes

1. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

External links

•  Baseball portal

• 1920 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference