1920 Chicago Cubs Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 75-79
Finished 5th in the NL
Attendance: 336,300, Avg. 8,202
Ballpark: Wrigley Field
Manager: Fred Mitchell (75-79)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1920 Chicago Cubs RosterTeam Record: 75-79
Finished 5th in the NL
Attendance: 336,300, Avg. 8,202
Ballpark: Wrigley Field
Manager: Fred Mitchell (75-79)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1920 Chicago Cubs Results
The Chicago Cubs of the National League ended the 1920 season with a record of 75 wins and 79 losses, finishing fifth in the NL.
The Cubs tallied 619 runs and yielded 635 runs. Dave Robertson paced Chicago with 10 home runs and accounted for 75 RBI. Max Flack topped hitters with significant playing time with a .302 average. Pete Alexander recorded 27 wins on the mound for the team, while Hippo Vaughn, too added 15 or more wins, too Pete Alexander registered a 1.91 earned run average, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Fred Mitchell coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Alexander | 27 | 14 | .659 | 1.91 | 46 | 40 | 6 | 33 | 7 | 5 | 363.3 | 335 | 96 | 77 | 8 | 69 | 0 | 173 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1447 |
| Hippo Vaughn | 19 | 16 | .543 | 2.54 | 40 | 38 | 2 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 301.0 | 301 | 113 | 85 | 8 | 81 | 0 | 131 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1255 |
| Lefty Tyler | 11 | 12 | .478 | 3.31 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 193.0 | 193 | 83 | 71 | 6 | 57 | 0 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 803 |
| Claude Hendrix | 9 | 12 | .429 | 3.58 | 27 | 23 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 203.7 | 216 | 101 | 81 | 6 | 54 | 0 | 72 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 872 |
| Speed Martin | 4 | 15 | .211 | 4.83 | 35 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 136.0 | 165 | 96 | 73 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 618 |
| Paul Carter | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4.67 | 31 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 106.0 | 131 | 68 | 55 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 466 |
| George Gaw | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.85 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 58 |
| Abraham Bailey | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7.12 | 21 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.7 | 55 | 38 | 29 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 175 |
| Virgil Cheeves | 0 | 0 | 3.50 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | |
| Percy Jones | 0 | 0 | 11.57 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | |
| Joe Jaeger | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |
| Ted Turner | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Joel Newkirk | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.40 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| Totals | 75 | 79 | .487 | 3.27 | 247 | 154 | 59 | 95 | 13 | 9 | 1388.7 | 1459 | 635 | 504 | 37 | 382 | 0 | 508 | 25 | 1 | 22 | 5859 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Flack | 135 | 592 | 520 | 85 | 157 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 49 | 13 | 19 | 52 | 15 | .302 | .373 | .406 | .779 | 211 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Robertson | 134 | 555 | 500 | 68 | 150 | 29 | 11 | 10 | 75 | 17 | 23 | 40 | 44 | .300 | .353 | .462 | .815 | 231 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Zeb Terry | 133 | 575 | 496 | 56 | 139 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 52 | 12 | 16 | 44 | 22 | .280 | .341 | .369 | .710 | 183 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| Dode Paskert | 139 | 572 | 487 | 57 | 136 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 71 | 16 | 14 | 64 | 58 | .279 | .366 | .396 | .763 | 193 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Deal | 129 | 512 | 450 | 48 | 108 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 39 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 14 | .240 | .285 | .304 | .589 | 137 | 0 | 8 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Hollocher | 80 | 369 | 301 | 53 | 96 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 20 | 14 | 41 | 15 | .319 | .406 | .389 | .795 | 117 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Merkle | 92 | 367 | 330 | 33 | 94 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 32 | .285 | .335 | .397 | .732 | 131 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Turner Barber | 94 | 369 | 340 | 27 | 90 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 50 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 26 | .265 | .290 | .324 | .613 | 110 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob O'Farrell | 94 | 312 | 270 | 29 | 67 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 23 | .248 | .332 | .352 | .684 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Buck Herzog | 91 | 350 | 305 | 39 | 59 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 21 | .193 | .261 | .236 | .497 | 72 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Babe Twombly | 78 | 205 | 183 | 25 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 20 | .235 | .303 | .284 | .588 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Killefer | 62 | 212 | 191 | 16 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | .220 | .280 | .267 | .547 | 51 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Daly | 44 | 94 | 90 | 12 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | .311 | .333 | .378 | .711 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Alexander | 46 | 135 | 118 | 9 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 26 | .229 | .295 | .305 | .600 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Bernie Friberg | 50 | 124 | 114 | 11 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 20 | .211 | .250 | .272 | .522 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Hippo Vaughn | 40 | 116 | 102 | 14 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 23 | .216 | .298 | .294 | .592 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lefty Tyler | 29 | 76 | 65 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | .262 | .351 | .338 | .690 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Claude Hendrix | 34 | 87 | 83 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .181 | .209 | .217 | .426 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| William Marriott | 14 | 50 | 43 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | .279 | .367 | .465 | .832 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hal Leathers | 9 | 25 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .304 | .333 | .478 | .812 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Speed Martin | 35 | 48 | 44 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .159 | .213 | .250 | .463 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Carter | 31 | 37 | 35 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .171 | .194 | .257 | .452 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill McCabe | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sumpter Clarke | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Gaw | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Abraham Bailey | 21 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Turner | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Virgil Cheeves | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Jaeger | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel Newkirk | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Percy Jones | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1638 | 5811 | 5117 | 619 | 1350 | 223 | 67 | 34 | 536 | 115 | 129 | 428 | 421 | .264 | .326 | .354 | .680 | 1809 | 0 | 46 | 220 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Merkle | 1B | 85 | 0 | 0.0 | 906 | 54 | 15 | 52 | .985 | 11.294 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Buck Herzog | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Turner Barber | 1B | 69 | 0 | 0.0 | 739 | 30 | 9 | 40 | .988 | 11.145 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Babe Twombly | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zeb Terry | 2B | 63 | 0 | 0.0 | 138 | 222 | 9 | 30 | .976 | 5.714 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Marriott | 2B | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 26 | 40 | 8 | 2 | .892 | 4.714 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hal Leathers | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Buck Herzog | 2B | 59 | 0 | 0.0 | 128 | 175 | 20 | 25 | .938 | 5.136 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bernie Friberg | 2B | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 57 | 74 | 5 | 9 | .963 | 5.458 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Turner Barber | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Buck Herzog | 3B | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 66 | 9 | 7 | .910 | 3.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Deal | 3B | 128 | 0 | 0.0 | 129 | 268 | 11 | 22 | .973 | 3.102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sumpter Clarke | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob O'Farrell | C | 86 | 0 | 0.0 | 317 | 100 | 19 | 6 | .956 | 4.849 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Killefer | C | 61 | 0 | 0.0 | 304 | 80 | 9 | 6 | .977 | 6.295 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Daly | C | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 88 | 18 | 2 | 0 | .981 | 3.655 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Babe Twombly | OF | 45 | 0 | 0.0 | 91 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .970 | 2.156 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Robertson | OF | 134 | 0 | 0.0 | 230 | 10 | 8 | 1 | .968 | 1.791 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dode Paskert | OF | 137 | 0 | 0.0 | 306 | 23 | 15 | 3 | .956 | 2.401 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Merkle | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bernie Friberg | OF | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .968 | 1.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Max Flack | OF | 132 | 0 | 0.0 | 216 | 16 | 8 | 2 | .967 | 1.758 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Turner Barber | OF | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .966 | 1.647 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hippo Vaughn | P | 40 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 71 | 10 | 4 | .889 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lefty Tyler | P | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 64 | 2 | 3 | .975 | 2.926 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Turner | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joel Newkirk | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Speed Martin | P | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 44 | 4 | 1 | .926 | 1.429 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Percy Jones | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Jaeger | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Claude Hendrix | P | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 56 | 5 | 1 | .923 | 2.222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Gaw | P | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Virgil Cheeves | P | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Carter | P | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 1 | .893 | .806 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Abraham Bailey | P | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Alexander | P | 46 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 105 | 2 | 2 | .983 | 2.457 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zeb Terry | SS | 70 | 0 | 0.0 | 153 | 249 | 16 | 32 | .962 | 5.743 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hal Leathers | SS | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 0 | .825 | 5.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Hollocher | SS | 80 | 0 | 0.0 | 196 | 280 | 23 | 34 | .954 | 5.950 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1548 | 0 | 0.0 | 4163 | 2125 | 225 | 283 | .965 | 4.062 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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