# 1920 Washington Senators season

The 1920 Washington Senators won 68 games, lost 84, and finished in sixth place in the American League. They were managed by Clark Griffith and played home games at Griffith Stadium.

## 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 | Patsy Gharrity | 131 | 428 | 105 | .245 | 3 | 44 |
| 1B | Joe Judge | 126 | 493 | 164 | .333 | 5 | 51 |
| 2B | Bucky Harris | 136 | 506 | 152 | .300 | 1 | 68 |
| SS | Jim O'Neill | 86 | 294 | 85 | .289 | 1 | 40 |
| 3B | Frank Ellerbe | 101 | 336 | 98 | .292 | 0 | 36 |
| OF | Braggo Roth | 138 | 468 | 136 | .291 | 9 | 92 |
| OF | Clyde Milan | 126 | 506 | 163 | .322 | 3 | 41 |
| OF | Sam Rice | 153 | 624 | 211 | .338 | 3 | 80 |

#### 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 |
| Howie Shanks | 128 | 444 | 119 | .268 | 4 | 37 |
| Red Shannon | 62 | 222 | 64 | .288 | 0 | 30 |
| Val Picinich | 48 | 133 | 27 | .203 | 3 | 14 |
| Frank Brower | 36 | 119 | 37 | .311 | 1 | 13 |
| Frank O'Rourke | 14 | 54 | 16 | .296 | 0 | 5 |
| George McBride | 13 | 41 | 9 | .220 | 0 | 3 |
| Ricardo Torres | 16 | 30 | 10 | .333 | 0 | 3 |
| Jack Calvo | 17 | 23 | 1 | .043 | 0 | 2 |
| Ed Johnson | 4 | 13 | 3 | .231 | 0 | 3 |
| Doc Prothro | 6 | 13 | 5 | .385 | 0 | 2 |
| Fred Thomas | 3 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Hollahan | 3 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby LaMotte | 4 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Elmer Bowman | 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Allie Watt | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 1 |
| Joe Leonard | 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 |
| Tom Zachary | 44 | 262.2 | 15 | 16 | 3.77 | 53 |
| Eric Erickson | 39 | 239.1 | 12 | 16 | 3.84 | 87 |
| Jim Shaw | 38 | 236.1 | 11 | 18 | 4.27 | 88 |
| Walter Johnson | 21 | 143.2 | 8 | 10 | 3.13 | 78 |

#### 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 |
| Harry Courtney | 37 | 188.0 | 8 | 11 | 4.74 | 48 |
| Al Schacht | 22 | 99.1 | 6 | 4 | 4.44 | 19 |
| José Acosta | 17 | 82.2 | 5 | 4 | 4.03 | 9 |
| Bill Snyder | 16 | 54.0 | 2 | 1 | 4.17 | 17 |
| Harry Biemiller | 5 | 17.0 | 1 | 0 | 4.76 | 10 |
| Gus Bono | 4 | 12.1 | 0 | 2 | 8.76 | 4 |
| Duke Shirey | 2 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 6.75 | 0 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Leon Carlson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.65 | 3 |
| Joe Gleason | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 2 |
| Clarence Fisher | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.82 | 0 |
| Jerry Conway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Joe Engel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.60 | 0 |