# 1920 Detroit Tigers season

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

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 | Oscar Stanage | 78 | 238 | 55 | .231 | 0 | 17 |
| 1B | Harry Heilmann | 145 | 543 | 168 | .309 | 9 | 89 |
| 2B | Ralph Young | 150 | 594 | 173 | .291 | 0 | 33 |
| SS | Donie Bush | 141 | 506 | 133 | .263 | 1 | 33 |
| 3B | Babe Pinelli | 102 | 284 | 65 | .229 | 0 | 21 |
| OF | Chick Shorten | 116 | 364 | 105 | .288 | 1 | 40 |
| OF | Ty Cobb | 112 | 428 | 143 | .334 | 2 | 63 |
| OF | Bobby Veach | 154 | 612 | 188 | .307 | 11 | 113 |

#### 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 |
| Ira Flagstead | 110 | 311 | 73 | .235 | 3 | 35 |
| Bob Jones | 81 | 265 | 66 | .249 | 1 | 18 |
| Eddie Ainsmith | 69 | 186 | 43 | .231 | 1 | 19 |
| Babe Ellison | 61 | 155 | 34 | .219 | 0 | 21 |
| Sammy Hale | 76 | 116 | 34 | .293 | 1 | 14 |
| Clyde Manion | 32 | 80 | 22 | .275 | 0 | 8 |
| Larry Woodall | 18 | 49 | 12 | .245 | 0 | 5 |
| Clarence Huber | 11 | 42 | 9 | .214 | 0 | 5 |
| Davey Claire | 3 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 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 |
| Hooks Dauss | 38 | 270.1 | 13 | 21 | 3.56 | 82 |
| Howard Ehmke | 38 | 268.1 | 15 | 18 | 3.25 | 98 |
| Dutch Leonard | 28 | 191.1 | 10 | 17 | 4.33 | 76 |
| Roy Crumpler | 2 | 13.0 | 1 | 0 | 5.54 | 2 |

#### 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 |
| Red Oldham | 39 | 215.1 | 8 | 13 | 3.85 | 62 |
| Doc Ayers | 46 | 208.2 | 7 | 14 | 3.88 | 103 |
| Bill Morrisette | 8 | 27.0 | 1 | 1 | 4.33 | 15 |
| John Bogart | 4 | 23.2 | 2 | 1 | 3.04 | 5 |
| Allen Conkwright | 5 | 19.1 | 2 | 1 | 6.98 | 4 |
| Bernie Boland | 4 | 17.1 | 0 | 2 | 7.79 | 4 |
| John Glaiser | 8 | 14.2 | 0 | 0 | 4.91 | 2 |
| Mutt Wilson | 3 | 13.0 | 1 | 1 | 3.46 | 4 |

#### 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 |
| Frank Okrie | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5.27 | 9 |
| Ernie Alten | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.00 | 4 |
| Harry Baumgartner | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.00 | 7 |
| Red Cox | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 1 |
| Jack Coombs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.18 | 1 |
| Cy Fried | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.20 | 0 |
| Slim Love | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.31 | 2 |
| Norman Glaser | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.43 | 1 |
| Lou Vedder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |

## Farm system

* Class B: Fort Worth Panthers (Texas League; Jake Atz, manager) — LEAGUE CHAMPION