# 1920 Boston Braves season

The 1920 Boston Braves season was the 50th season of the franchise.

## Regular season

On May 1, the Braves and the Brooklyn Robins (later the Brooklyn Dodgers and now the Los Angeles Dodgers) played what remains the longest major league baseball game, tied 1 to 1 at the end of nine innings and then going scoreless for 17 more until the 26-inning game was called because of darkness

### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Brooklyn Robins | 93 | 61 | .604 | — | 49‍–‍29 | 44‍–‍32 |
| New York Giants | 86 | 68 | .558 | 7 | 45‍–‍35 | 41‍–‍33 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 82 | 71 | .536 | 10½ | 42‍–‍34 | 40‍–‍37 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 79 | 75 | .513 | 14 | 42‍–‍35 | 37‍–‍40 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 75 | 79 | .487 | 18 | 38‍–‍38 | 37‍–‍41 |
| Chicago Cubs | 75 | 79 | .487 | 18 | 43‍–‍34 | 32‍–‍45 |
| Boston Braves | 62 | 90 | .408 | 30 | 36‍–‍37 | 26‍–‍53 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 62 | 91 | .405 | 30½ | 32‍–‍45 | 30‍–‍46 |

### Record vs. opponents

1920 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 8–14–1 | 7–15 | 9–12 | 10–12 | 10–11 | 7–15 | 11–11 |
| Brooklyn | 14–8–1 | — | 13–9 | 10–12 | 15–7 | 14–8 | 12–10 | 15–7 |
| Chicago | 15–7 | 9–13 | — | 9–13 | 7–15 | 14–8 | 11–11 | 10–12 |
| Cincinnati | 12–9 | 12–10 | 13–9 | — | 6–16–1 | 14–8 | 12–10 | 13–9 |
| New York | 12–10 | 7–15 | 15–7 | 16–6–1 | — | 12–10 | 13–9 | 11–11 |
| Philadelphia | 11–10 | 8–14 | 8–14 | 8–14 | 10–12 | — | 9–13 | 8–14 |
| Pittsburgh | 15–7 | 10–12 | 11–11 | 10–12 | 9–13 | 13–9 | — | 11–11–1 |
| St. Louis | 11–11 | 7–15 | 12–10 | 9–13 | 11–11 | 14–8 | 11–11–1 | — |

### Notable transaction

* August 21, 1920: Frank Gibson was purchased by the Braves from the San Antonio Bears.

### 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 | Mickey O'Neil | 112 | 304 | 86 | .283 | 0 | 28 |
| 1B | Walter Holke | 144 | 551 | 162 | .294 | 3 | 64 |
| 2B | Charlie Pick | 95 | 383 | 105 | .274 | 2 | 28 |
| SS | Rabbit Maranville | 134 | 493 | 131 | .266 | 1 | 43 |
| 3B | Tony Boeckel | 153 | 582 | 156 | .268 | 3 | 62 |
| OF | Ray Powell | 147 | 609 | 137 | .225 | 6 | 29 |
| OF | Leslie Mann | 115 | 424 | 117 | .276 | 3 | 32 |
| OF | Walton Cruise | 91 | 288 | 80 | .278 | 1 | 21 |

#### 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 |
| Hod Ford | 88 | 257 | 62 | .241 | 1 | 30 |
| John Sullivan | 81 | 250 | 74 | .296 | 1 | 28 |
| Eddie Eayrs | 87 | 244 | 80 | .328 | 1 | 24 |
| Hank Gowdy | 80 | 214 | 52 | .243 | 0 | 18 |
| Lloyd Christenbury | 65 | 106 | 22 | .208 | 0 | 14 |
| Gene Bailey | 13 | 24 | 2 | .083 | 0 | 0 |
| Art Wilson | 16 | 19 | 1 | .053 | 0 | 0 |
| Red Torphy | 3 | 15 | 3 | .200 | 0 | 2 |
| Johnny Rawlings | 5 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 2 |
| Tom Whelan | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Oscar Dugey | 5 | 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 |
| Joe Oeschger | 38 | 299.0 | 15 | 13 | 3.46 | 80 |
| Jack Scott | 44 | 291.0 | 10 | 21 | 3.53 | 94 |
| Dana Fillingim | 37 | 272.0 | 12 | 21 | 3.11 | 66 |
| Hugh McQuillan | 38 | 225.2 | 11 | 15 | 3.55 | 53 |
| Mule Watson | 13 | 74.2 | 5 | 4 | 3.62 | 16 |

#### 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 |
| Dick Rudolph | 18 | 89.0 | 4 | 8 | 4.04 | 24 |
| Bunny Hearn | 11 | 43.0 | 0 | 3 | 5.65 | 9 |
| Eddie Eayrs | 7 | 26.1 | 1 | 2 | 5.47 | 7 |
| Al Pierotti | 6 | 25.0 | 1 | 1 | 2.88 | 12 |
| Leo Townsend | 7 | 24.1 | 2 | 2 | 1.48 | 0 |
| Johnny Jones | 3 | 9.2 | 1 | 0 | 6.52 | 6 |
| Ira Townsend | 4 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 1.35 | 1 |