1920 Detroit Tigers season

1920 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Navin Field (since 1912)
Detroit (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Frank Navin
Manager(s)	Hughie Jennings
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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.

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 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
OF	Cobb, TyTy Cobb	112	428	143	.334	2	63

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
Jones, BobBob Jones	81	265	66	.249	1	18

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

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
Ayers, DocDoc Ayers	46	208.2	7	14	3.88	103
Morrisette, BillBill Morrisette	8	27	1	1	4.33	15

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
Alten, ErnieErnie Alten	14	0	1	0	9.00	4
Coombs, JackJack Coombs	2	0	0	0	3.18	1

Farm system

• 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

• 1920 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference