# 1920 Philadelphia Athletics season

The 1920 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing eighth in the American League with a record of 48 wins and 106 losses.

## Regular season
### 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 | Cy Perkins | 148 | 492 | 128 | .260 | 5 | 52 |
| 1B | Ivy Griffin | 129 | 467 | 111 | .238 | 0 | 20 |
| 2B | Jimmy Dykes | 142 | 546 | 140 | .256 | 8 | 35 |
| SS | Chick Galloway | 98 | 298 | 60 | .201 | 0 | 18 |
| 3B | Joe Dugan | 123 | 491 | 158 | .322 | 3 | 60 |
| OF | Tillie Walker | 149 | 585 | 157 | .268 | 17 | 82 |
| OF | Amos Strunk | 58 | 202 | 60 | .297 | 0 | 20 |
| OF | Frank Welch | 100 | 360 | 93 | .258 | 4 | 40 |

#### 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 |
| Fred Thomas | 76 | 255 | 59 | .231 | 1 | 11 |
| Whitey Witt | 65 | 218 | 70 | .321 | 1 | 25 |
| Glenn Myatt | 70 | 196 | 49 | .250 | 0 | 18 |
| Dick Burrus | 71 | 135 | 25 | .185 | 0 | 10 |
| Frank Walker | 24 | 91 | 21 | .231 | 0 | 10 |
| Red Shannon | 25 | 88 | 15 | .170 | 0 | 3 |
| Lyle Bigbee | 38 | 75 | 14 | .187 | 1 | 8 |
| Paul Johnson | 18 | 72 | 15 | .208 | 0 | 5 |
| Charlie High | 17 | 65 | 20 | .308 | 1 | 6 |
| George Burns | 22 | 60 | 14 | .233 | 1 | 7 |
| Lena Styles | 24 | 50 | 13 | .260 | 0 | 5 |
| Emmett McCann | 13 | 34 | 9 | .265 | 0 | 3 |
| Johnny Walker | 9 | 22 | 5 | .227 | 0 | 5 |
| Bill Kelly | 9 | 13 | 3 | .231 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Wingo | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 1 |
| Teddy Kearns | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 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 |
| Scott Perry | 42 | 263.2 | 11 | 25 | 3.62 | 79 |
| Rollie Naylor | 42 | 250.2 | 10 | 23 | 3.48 | 90 |
| Slim Harriss | 31 | 192.0 | 9 | 14 | 3.08 | 60 |
| Walt Kinney | 10 | 61.0 | 2 | 4 | 3.10 | 19 |
| Bill Knowlton | 1 | 5.2 | 0 | 1 | 4.76 | 5 |
| Fred Heimach | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 14.40 | 0 |

#### 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 |
| Eddie Rommel | 34 | 174.1 | 7 | 7 | 2.84 | 43 |
| Roy Moore | 24 | 132.2 | 1 | 13 | 4.68 | 45 |
| Dave Keefe | 31 | 130.1 | 6 | 7 | 2.97 | 41 |
| Bob Hasty | 19 | 71.2 | 1 | 3 | 5.02 | 12 |
| Lyle Bigbee | 12 | 45.0 | 0 | 3 | 8.00 | 12 |
| Pat Martin | 8 | 32.1 | 1 | 4 | 6.12 | 14 |
| John Slappey | 3 | 6.1 | 0 | 1 | 7.11 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| Charlie Eckert | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.76 | 1 |
| Bill Shanner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 1 |