1920 New York Giants season

1920 New York Giants
League	National League
Ballpark	Polo Grounds
City	New York City
Owners	Charles Stoneham
Managers	John McGraw
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The 1920 New York Giants season was the franchise's 38th season. The team finished in second place in the National League with an 86–68 record, 7 games behind the Brooklyn Robins.

Offseason

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

Regular season

Season standings

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Brooklyn Robins	93	61	0.604	—	49–29	44–32
New York Giants	86	68	0.558	7	45–35	41–33
Cincinnati Reds	82	71	0.536	10½	42–34	40–37
Pittsburgh Pirates	79	75	0.513	14	42–35	37–40
St. Louis Cardinals	75	79	0.487	18	38–38	37–41
Chicago Cubs	75	79	0.487	18	43–34	32–45
Boston Braves	62	90	0.408	30	36–37	26–53
Philadelphia Phillies	62	91	0.405	30½	32–45	30–46

Record vs. opponents

1920 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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	—

Roster

1920 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Jesse Barnes Virgil Barnes Rube Benton Claude Davenport Phil Douglas Tom Grubbs Bill Hubbell Art Nehf Pol Perritt Rosy Ryan Slim Sallee Fred Toney Jesse Winters		Catchers Alex Gaston Mike González Lew McCarty Earl Smith Frank Snyder Infielders Doug Baird Dave Bancroft Larry Doyle Art Fletcher Frankie Frisch Roy Grimes George Kelly Fred Lear Al Lefevre Ed Sicking		Outfielders Eddie Brown George Burns Pug Griffin Benny Kauff Lee King Bob Kinsella Vern Spencer Jigger Statz Curt Walker Ross Youngs		Manager John McGraw Coaches Johnny Evers Christy Mathewson

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	Frank Snyder	87	264	66	.250	3	27
1B	George Kelly	155	590	157	.266	11	94
2B	Larry Doyle	137	471	134	.285	4	50
SS	Dave Bancroft	108	442	132	.299	0	31
3B	Frankie Frisch	110	440	123	.280	4	77
OF	Ross Youngs	153	581	204	.351	6	78
OF	Lee King	93	261	72	.276	7	42
OF	George Burns	154	631	181	.287	6	46

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
Earl Smith	91	262	77	.294	1	30
Art Fletcher	41	171	44	.257	0	24
Benny Kauff	55	157	43	.274	3	26
Vern Spencer	45	140	28	.200	0	19
Ed Sicking	46	134	23	.172	0	9
Fred Lear	31	87	22	.253	1	7
Roy Grimes	26	57	9	.158	0	3
Lew McCarty	36	38	5	.132	0	0
Jigger Statz	16	30	4	.133	0	5
Al Lefevre	17	27	4	.148	0	0
Curt Walker	8	14	1	.071	0	0
Mike González	11	13	3	.231	0	0
Alex Gaston	4	10	1	.100	0	1
Doug Baird	7	8	1	.125	0	0
Eddie Brown	3	8	1	.125	0	0
Pug Griffin	5	4	1	.250	0	0
Bob Kinsella	1	3	1	.333	0	1

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
Jesse Barnes	43	292.2	20	15	2.64	63
Art Nehf	40	280.2	21	12	3.08	79
Fred Toney	42	278.1	21	11	2.65	81
Rube Benton	33	193.1	9	16	3.03	52
Virgil Barnes	1	7.0	0	1	3.86	2
Tom Grubbs	1	5.0	0	1	7.20	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
Phil Douglas	46	226.0	14	10	2.71	71
Slim Sallee	5	17.0	1	0	1.59	2
Rosy Ryan	3	15.1	0	1	1.76	5

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
Jesse Winters	21	0	0	0	3.50	14
Bill Hubbell	14	0	1	2	2.10	8
Pol Perritt	8	0	0	2	1.80	3
Claude Davenport	1	0	0	0	4.50	0

Notes

References

• 1920 New York Giants season at Baseball Reference