1920 Boston Red Sox
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkFenway Park
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record72–81 (.471)
League place5th (25+1⁄2 GB)
OwnersHarry Frazee
ManagersEd Barrow
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
Seasons

The 1920 Boston Red Sox season was the 20th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fifth in the American League (AL) with a record of 72 wins and 81 losses, 25+1⁄2 games behind the Cleveland Indians, who went on to win the 1920 World Series.

Offseason

On January 5, 1920, news that the Red Sox sold their star pitcher-turned-outfielder Babe Ruth to the Yankees for $125,000 (equivalent to $2,100,000 in 2022) became public, the sub-headline in The New York Times the next day read, "Highest Purchase Price in Baseball History Paid for Game's Greatest Slugger."[1] The trade to the Yankees would live in infamy for generations of Boston fans for nearly 85 years and was one of the worse highlights of that offseason.

Regular season

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cleveland Indians 9856 0.636 — 51–27 47–29
Chicago White Sox 9658 0.623 2 52–25 44–33
New York Yankees 9559 0.617 3 49–28 46–31
St. Louis Browns 7677 0.497 21½ 40–38 36–39
Boston Red Sox 7281 0.471 25½ 41–35 31–46
Washington Senators 6884 0.447 29 37–38 31–46
Detroit Tigers 6193 0.396 37 32–46 29–47
Philadelphia Athletics 48106 0.312 50 25–50 23–56

Record vs. opponents

1920 American League record

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston —12–106–1613–99–1313–9–19–1310–11
Chicago 10–12—10–1219–310–1216–614–817–5
Cleveland 16–612–10—15–79–1316–615–715–7
Detroit 9–133–197–15—7–1512–10–110–1213–9
New York 13–912–1013–915–7—19–312–1011–11
Philadelphia 9–13–16–166–1610–12–13–19—8–146–16
St. Louis 13–98–147–1512–1010–1214–8—12–9–1
Washington 11–105–177–159–1311–1116–69–12–1—

Opening Day lineup

Harry HooperRF
Mike McNally2B
Mike MenoskyLF
Tim HendryxRF
Stuffy McInnis1B
Eddie Foster3B
Everett ScottSS
Roxy WaltersC
Allen RussellP

Roster

1920 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

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
CRoxy Walters8825851.198028
1BStuffy McInnis148559166.297271
2BMike McNally9331280.256023
3BEddie Foster117386100.259041
SSEverett Scott154569153.269461
OFTim Hendryx99363119.328073
OFMike Menosky141532158.297364
OFHarry Hooper139536167.312753

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
Wally Schang122387118.305451
Ossie Vitt8729665.220128
Cliff Brady5318041.228012
Gene Bailey4613531.23005
Hack Eibel29478.18606
Hob Hiller17295.17202
Ben Paschal92819.35705
Mickey Devine8122.16700
Herb Hunter4121.08300
George Orme462.33301
Ed Chaplin451.20000
Ray Grimes141.25000
Paddy Smith220.00000
Jigger Statz230.00000

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
Sam Jones37274.013163.9486
Joe Bush35243.215154.2588
Herb Pennock37242.116133.6868
Harry Harper27162.25143.0471
Allen Russell16107.2563.0153
Elmer Myers1297.0912.1334

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
Waite Hoyt22121.1664.3845
Gary Fortune1441.2025.8310

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
Benn Karr263814.8121
Hack Eibel30003.485
Hal Deviney100015.000

References

  1. ↑ "Ruth Bought By New York Americans For $125,000, Highest Price in Baseball Annals". New York Times. January 6, 1920.


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