1920 Chicago Cubs season explained

Chicago Cubs
Season:	1920
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Weeghman Park/Cubs Park
City:	Chicago
Owners:	Charles Weeghman
Managers:	Fred Mitchell

The 1920 Chicago Cubs season was the 49th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 45th in the National League and the fifth at Wrigley Field (then known as "Weeghman/Cubs Park"). The Cubs finished sixth in the National League with a record of 75–79.

Offseason

• February 1920: Fred Lear was purchased from the Cubs by the New York Giants.^[1]

Regular season

Roster

1920 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		Manager

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		94	270	67	.248	3	19
1B		92	330	94	.285	3	38
2B		133	496	139	.280	0	52
SS		80	301	96	.319	0	22
3B		129	450	108	.240	3	39
OF		139	487	136	.279	5	71
OF		135	520	157	.302	4	49
OF		134	500	150	.300	10	75

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
	94	340	90	.265	0	50
	91	305	59	.193	0	19
	62	191	42	.220	0	16
	78	183	43	.235	2	14
	50	114	24	.211	0	7
	44	90	28	.311	0	13
	14	43	12	.279	0	5
	9	23	7	.304	1	0(a)
	1	3	1	.333	0	0
	3	2	1	.500	0	0

(a) Not credited with an RBI for his home run, according to Baseball Reference and Retrosheet.

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
	46	363.1	27	14	1.91	173
	40	301.0	19	16	2.54	131
	27	203.2	9	12	3.58	72
	27	193.0	11	12	3.31	57

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
	35	136.0	4	15	4.83	44
	31	106.0	3	6	4.67	14
	5	18.0	0	0	3.50	3
	6	13.0	1	1	4.85	4
	2	6.2	0	1	5.40	2

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
	21	1	2	0	7.12	8
	4	0	0	0	11.57	0
	2	0	0	0	12.00	0
	1	0	0	0	13.50	0

References

• 1920 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/learfr01.shtml Fred Lear page at Baseball Reference