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1920 American League Statistics & Leaders

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League Standings Minor League Standings

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Division
Team	W	L	WPct	GB
Washington	92	62	.597	--
Detroit	85	69	.552	7
Chicago (A)	81	73	.526	11
New York (A)	78	76	.506	14
Philadelphia (A)	77	77	.500	15
Boston (A)	74	80	.481	18
Cleveland	67	87	.435	25
St. Louis (A)	62	92	.403	30

Post-Season Results
World Series (5-3)	Washington Senators over Philadelphia (N) Phillies

League Batting Stats Help
Team	R/G	R	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
WAS	5.4	828	154	5381	1612	233	87	34	428	440	.300	.351	.394	.745
CHA	5.2	802	154	5378	1586	207	88	33	453	423	.295	.350	.385	.734
BOS	5.2	794	154	5380	1524	274	70	33	460	577	.283	.340	.379	.718
SLA	4.6	706	154	5414	1511	243	68	23	325	495	.279	.320	.362	.682
PHA	4.6	702	154	5364	1498	180	72	47	422	450	.279	.332	.366	.698
DET	4.4	674	154	5256	1420	229	93	45	424	368	.270	.325	.375	.699
CLE	4.3	658	154	5287	1392	221	73	36	441	474	.263	.320	.353	.673
NYA	4.1	631	154	5263	1402	229	71	39	411	529	.266	.320	.359	.679
Totals	4.7	5795	1232	42723	11945	1816	622	290	3364	3756	.280	.332	.372	.704
Average		724	154	5340	1493	227	78	36	420	470

League Pitching Stats Help
Team	R/G	R	G	ERA	IP	H	H/G	BB	BB/G	SO	SO/G	SV
NYA	4.1	629	154	3.61	1377.3	1425	9.3	411	2.7	393	2.6	12
WAS	4.2	648	154	3.56	1374.3	1451	9.4	307	2.0	557	3.6	6
DET	4.2	649	154	3.62	1376.0	1413	9.2	373	2.4	543	3.5	9
CLE	4.6	715	154	4.07	1389.0	1572	10.2	380	2.5	426	2.8	8
CHA	4.9	752	154	4.07	1379.0	1479	9.6	498	3.2	486	3.2	25
PHA	4.9	759	154	4.19	1372.0	1531	9.9	417	2.7	456	3.0	9
BOS	5.2	794	154	4.45	1370.3	1549	10.1	393	2.6	462	3.0	10
SLA	5.5	849	154	4.78	1373.3	1525	9.9	585	3.8	433	2.8	10
Totals	4.7	5795	1232	4.04	11011.3	11945	9.7	3364	2.7	3756	3.0	89
Average		724	154		1376	1493		420		470		11

League Miscellaneous Stats Help
Team	ExpW	ExpL	Diff	AS	aAS	BAW	PAW	RAW	FAW	PRF	PHrF	Attendance	Manager
BOS	77	77	-3	0	0	0	0	1	11	1.09	0.79	1,855,704	Jason Russell
CHA	82	72	-1	0	0	0	1	1	12	0.96	0.62	1,804,188	Carl Mitchell
CLE	71	83	-4	0	0	0	0	0	4	1.03	0.97	1,205,966	Mark Kossoff
DET	80	74	5	0	0	3	3	2	16	0.90	1.55	1,868,527	Rodney McBride
NYA	77	77	1	0	0	1	1	1	8	0.96	0.96	959,289	Mark Deayton
PHA	72	82	5	0	0	1	0	2	8	1.02	1.37	1,831,390	Mark Goercke
SLA	64	90	-2	0	0	1	1	0	11	1.03	1.16	1,400,262	Jerry Curry
WAS	94	60	-2	0	0	2	2	2	19	0.98	0.74	2,021,004	Ben Johnson

League Win Shares Help
Team	Total	Offensive	Pitching	Fielding	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF
WAS	276	140.75	92.34	42.88	9.96	2.61	6.33	6.85	6.64	10.49
DET	255	111.68	97.45	45.84	8.08	3.07	6.19	7.80	8.44	12.28
CHA	243	137.42	70.35	35.21	7.15	2.67	4.58	3.44	5.48	11.90
NYA	234	85.10	98.49	50.37	12.36	3.81	5.53	5.59	8.26	14.82
PHA	231	110.93	80.63	39.40	4.24	3.13	3.84	7.86	11.91	8.44
BOS	222	120.08	69.89	32.00	3.37	2.36	4.48	3.60	7.21	10.98
CLE	201	80.02	81.25	39.69	7.95	2.44	6.72	6.13	6.13	10.32
SLA	186	102.88	52.14	30.94	7.09	1.96	2.70	5.79	2.97	10.45

League Award Winners
Silver Slugger Award:	Oscar Charleston	WAS	.362, 6 HR, 87 RBI
Cy Young Award:	Dave Brown	WAS	27-9, 2.92, 333.0 IP, 193 K
Rookie of the Year Award:	Frankie Frisch	NYA	.282, 11 HR, 67 RBI

Gold Glove Award Winners

P	Chief Bender	CHA	.981, 25 PO, 81 A, 2 E
C	Biz Mackey	WAS	.983, 375 PO, 79 A, 8 E 51.0% (52-102) Runners Thrown Out
1B	George Burns	DET	.993, 1692 PO, 127 A, 12 E
2B	Frankie Frisch	NYA	.974, 357 PO, 564 A, 25 E
3B	Stuffy McInnis	SLA	.982, 76 PO, 249 A, 6 E
SS	Russ Wrightstone	NYA	.970, 214 PO, 574 A, 24 E
LF	Curt Walker	CHA	.943, 256 PO, 11 A, 16 E
CF	Edd Roush	DET	.977, 323 PO, 13 A, 8 E
RF	Tris Speaker	DET	.996, 260 PO, 3 A, 1 E

League Batting Leaderboards Help

(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.

Batting Average

Charleston	WAS	.362
Kirke	WAS	.347
Shanks	CHA	.342
Walker	CHA	.330
Mackey	WAS	.325

On-Base Pct

Shanks	CHA	.399
Charleston	WAS	.399
Mackey	WAS	.387
Williams	NYA	.386
Walker	CHA	.380

Slugging Pct

Charleston	WAS	.520
Walker	CHA	.460
Kirke	WAS	.455
Gandil	WAS	.442
Williams	NYA	.438

OPS

Charleston	WAS	.918
Walker	CHA	.841
Shanks	CHA	.834
Kirke	WAS	.832
Williams	NYA	.823

Charleston	WAS	107.9
Gandil	WAS	85.2
Walker	CHA	84.5
Williams	NYA	84.2
Shanks	CHA	83.3

Games

Frisch	NYA	145
Lebourveau	DET	145
Burns	PHA	144
Burns	DET	144
Speaker	DET	144

At-Bats

Charleston	WAS	585
Snodgrass	BOS	584
Roush	DET	576
Frisch	NYA	570
Magee	CHA	569

Runs

Charleston	WAS	129
Burns	PHA	100
Shanks	CHA	95
Walker	CHA	94
Frisch	NYA	91

Hits

Charleston	WAS	212
Shanks	CHA	190
Walker	CHA	188
Magee	CHA	177
Mackey	WAS	176

Total Bases

Charleston	WAS	304
Walker	CHA	262
Frisch	NYA	246
Roush	DET	243
Shanks	CHA	242

Singles

Shanks	CHA	156
Onslow	SLA	155
Charleston	WAS	153
Magee	CHA	141
Wrightstone	NYA	139

Doubles

Mackey	WAS	41
Burns	DET	37
Flack	CLE	34
Brower	BOS	32
Charleston	WAS	32

Triples

Charleston	WAS	21
Gandil	WAS	18
Walker	CHA	16
Williams	NYA	16
Frisch	NYA	15

Homeruns

Baker	PHA	12
Frisch	NYA	11
Wrightstone	NYA	9
Magee	CHA	8
Mueller	PHA	8

RBIs

Mackey	WAS	94
Shanks	CHA	93
Kirke	WAS	89
Burns	DET	88
Charleston	WAS	87

Stolen Bases

Gandil	WAS	63
Charleston	WAS	59
Malarcher	CLE	51
Frisch	NYA	44
Bates	BOS	42

Caught Stealing

Walker	CHA	39
Malarcher	CLE	29
Charleston	WAS	27
Roush	DET	26
Magee	CHA	24

Walks

Burns	PHA	85
Speaker	DET	67
Saier	CHA	65
Williams	NYA	64
Snodgrass	BOS	63

Strikeouts

Snodgrass	BOS	81
Esmond	CHA	73
Chapman	BOS	66
Onslow	SLA	66
Charleston	WAS	63

League Pitching Leaderboards Help

ERA

Ruth	NYA	2.66
Brown	WAS	2.92
Tyler	CLE	3.09
Hagerman		3.13
Mayer	DET	3.28

Wins

Brown	WAS	27
Mayer	DET	25
Haines	PHA	24
Ruth	NYA	24
Hughes	BOS	23

Losses

Dubuc	CLE	22
Dauss	BOS	21
Bender	CHA	20
Lange	SLA	20
Kroh	NYA	19

Winning Pct

Brown	WAS	.750
Ruether	CLE	.737
Mayer	DET	.676
Tyler	CLE	.667
Haines	PHA	.649

Saves

Winham	CHA	12
Mercer	CHA	11
Fisher	NYA	9
Tuero	PHA	9
Morton	DET	7

Games Pitched

Mercer	CHA	51
Boehling	DET	41
Haines	PHA	41
Hughes	BOS	41
Kroh	NYA	41

Games Started

Boehling	DET	41
Haines	PHA	41
Hughes	BOS	41
Kroh	NYA	41
Caldwell	WAS	40

Complete Games

Brown	WAS	35
Kroh	NYA	34
Vance	DET	34
Caldwell	WAS	33
Dauss	BOS	33

Shutouts

Brown	WAS	5
Tyler	CLE	5
Hagerman		3
Hughes	BOS	3
Mayer	DET	3

Innings Pitched

Kroh	NYA	355.3
Caldwell	WAS	347.7
Boehling	DET	345.7
Haines	PHA	345.0
Mayer	DET	342.7

Hits Allowed

Dauss	BOS	415
Caldwell	WAS	389
Haines	PHA	388
Rogers	NYA	369
Kroh	NYA	365

Homeruns Allowed

Walker	SLA	20
Brown	WAS	17
Ables	PHA	15
Vance	DET	13
Doak	PHA	11

Strikeouts

Brown	WAS	193
Vance	DET	187
Hughes	BOS	170
Caldwell	WAS	150
Boehling	DET	142

Walks Allowed

Lange	SLA	171
Rogers	NYA	120
Boehling	DET	113
Hagerman		113
May		113

Walks per 9IP

Mayer	DET	1.2
Haines	PHA	1.3
Ruether	CLE	1.3
Brown	WAS	1.4
Baumgardner	CLE	1.5

Hits per 9IP

Hagerman		7.0
Brown	WAS	7.6
Hughes	BOS	8.4
Ruth	NYA	8.4
Lange	SLA	8.7

Strikeouts per 9IP

Hagerman		5.5
Brown	WAS	5.2
Vance	DET	5.0
Hughes	BOS	4.5
Caldwell	WAS	3.9

WHiP

Brown	WAS	1.00
Mayer	DET	1.17
Ruth	NYA	1.20
Tyler	CLE	1.20
Hughes	BOS	1.22

OAVG

Hagerman		.220
Brown	WAS	.226
Hughes	BOS	.244
Ruth	NYA	.252
Lange	SLA	.259

OOBP

Brown	WAS	.258
Mayer	DET	.296
Hughes	BOS	.299
Ruth	NYA	.302
Tyler	CLE	.303

OSLG

Hagerman		.323
Brown	WAS	.334
Ruth	NYA	.337
Ehmke	CHA	.337
Hughes	BOS	.344

OOPS

Brown	WAS	.592
Ruth	NYA	.639
Hughes	BOS	.643
Hagerman		.645
Mayer	DET	.646

League All-Stars

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League Top Salaries
Rank	Name	Team	Salary
1.	Tris Speaker	DET	$ 24,000,000
2.	Rube Kroh	NYA	$ 16,650,000
3.	Joe Boehling	DET	$ 13,000,000
4.	Al Bridwell	WAS	$ 11,100,000
5.	Frank Baker	PHA	$ 9,800,000
6.	Dick Hoblitzel	CLE	$ 9,400,000
7.	George Daly	WAS	$ 9,375,000
8.	Larry Gardner	BOS	$ 9,000,000
9.	Jack Burnett	CHA	$ 8,775,000
10.	Ralph Caldwell	WAS	$ 8,740,000
11.	Fred Snodgrass	BOS	$ 8,680,000
12.	Vic Saier	CHA	$ 8,610,000
13.	Stuffy McInnis	SLA	$ 8,550,000
14.	Tom Hughes	BOS	$ 8,420,000
15.	Harry Ables	PHA	$ 8,400,000
16.	Rip Hagerman	CHA	$ 8,000,000
17.	George Burns	PHA	$ 7,790,000
18.	Doc Cook	CHA	$ 7,511,000
19.	Jimmy Esmond	CHA	$ 7,150,000
20.	Al Burch	CLE	$ 7,020,000
21.	George Burns	DET	$ 7,000,000
22.	Eddie Collins	WAS	$ 6,700,000
	Chick Gandil	WAS	$ 6,700,000
24.	Erskine Mayer	DET	$ 6,670,000
25.	Chief Wilson	SLA	$ 6,290,000