# 1920 St. Louis Browns season

The 1920 St. Louis Browns season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Browns finishing 4th in the American League with a record of 76 wins and 77 losses.

## Regular season

The 1920 season belonged to George Sisler. He was the American League batting champion and led all of Major League Baseball with a batting average of .407. This would be 19 points higher than the American League runner-up Tris Speaker, and 37 points higher than the National League batting champion Rogers Hornsby.

### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Cleveland Indians | 98 | 56 | .636 | — | 51‍–‍27 | 47‍–‍29 |
| Chicago White Sox | 96 | 58 | .623 | 2 | 52‍–‍25 | 44‍–‍33 |
| New York Yankees | 95 | 59 | .617 | 3 | 49‍–‍28 | 46‍–‍31 |
| St. Louis Browns | 76 | 77 | .497 | 21½ | 40‍–‍38 | 36‍–‍39 |
| Boston Red Sox | 72 | 81 | .471 | 25½ | 41‍–‍35 | 31‍–‍46 |
| Washington Senators | 68 | 84 | .447 | 29 | 37‍–‍38 | 31‍–‍46 |
| Detroit Tigers | 61 | 93 | .396 | 37 | 32‍–‍46 | 29‍–‍47 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 48 | 106 | .312 | 50 | 25‍–‍50 | 23‍–‍56 |

### Record vs. opponents

1920 American League recordvte Sources: :
| 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
## 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 | Hank Severeid | 123 | 422 | 117 | .277 | 2 | 49 |
| 1B | George Sisler | 154 | 631 | 257 | .407 | 19 | 122 |
| 2B | Joe Gedeon | 153 | 606 | 177 | .292 | 0 | 61 |
| SS | Wally Gerber | 154 | 584 | 163 | .279 | 2 | 60 |
| 3B | Jimmy Austin | 83 | 280 | 76 | .271 | 1 | 32 |
| OF | Ken Williams | 141 | 521 | 160 | .307 | 10 | 72 |
| OF | Jack Tobin | 147 | 593 | 202 | .341 | 4 | 62 |
| OF | Baby Doll Jacobson | 154 | 609 | 216 | .355 | 9 | 122 |

#### 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 |
| Earl Smith | 103 | 353 | 108 | .306 | 3 | 55 |
| Josh Billings | 66 | 155 | 43 | .277 | 0 | 11 |
| Frank Thompson | 22 | 53 | 9 | .170 | 0 | 5 |
| Pat Collins | 23 | 28 | 6 | .214 | 0 | 6 |
| Lyman Lamb | 9 | 24 | 9 | .375 | 0 | 4 |
| Dutch Wetzel | 7 | 21 | 9 | .429 | 0 | 5 |
| John Shovlin | 7 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 2 |
| Billy Mullen | 2 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Marty McManus | 1 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
| Dud Lee | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 1 |
| Paul Speraw | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnnie Heving | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Pruess | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 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 |
| Dixie Davis | 38 | 269.1 | 18 | 12 | 3.17 | 85 |
| Urban Shocker | 38 | 245.2 | 20 | 10 | 2.71 | 107 |
| Allan Sothoron | 36 | 218.1 | 8 | 15 | 4.70 | 81 |
| Carl Weilman | 30 | 183.1 | 9 | 13 | 4.47 | 45 |
| Bill Bayne | 18 | 99.2 | 5 | 6 | 3.70 | 38 |
| Joe DeBerry | 10 | 54.2 | 2 | 4 | 4.94 | 12 |
| Ray Richmond | 2 | 17.0 | 2 | 0 | 6.35 | 4 |

#### 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 |
| Elam Vangilder | 24 | 104.2 | 3 | 8 | 5.50 | 25 |
| Adrian Lynch | 5 | 22.1 | 2 | 0 | 5.24 | 8 |
| Roy Sanders | 8 | 17.1 | 1 | 1 | 5.19 | 2 |
| Hod Leverette | 3 | 10.1 | 0 | 2 | 5.23 | 0 |
| George Boehler | 3 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 7.71 | 2 |
| Bert Gallia | 2 | 3.2 | 0 | 1 | 7.36 | 0 |

#### 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 |
| Bill Burwell | 33 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3.65 | 30 |
| Lefty Leifield | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.00 | 3 |
| John Scheneberg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 0 |
| George Sisler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 2 |