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1920 National League

1920 > Class Major League > League History
Overall: 617 games, 8 teams, approx. 154 games in season
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Other Years: 1919 / 1921
League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1919 / 1921

League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1919 / 1921

League Standings

Regular Season

154 games

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB
Brooklyn Robins	93	61	.604	--
New York Giants	86	68	.558	7
Cincinnati Reds	82	71	.536	10.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	79	75	.513	14
St. Louis Cardinals	75	79	.487	18
Chicago Cubs	75	79	.487	18
Boston Braves	62	90	.408	30
Philadelphia Phillies	62	91	.405	30.5

League Batting

Tm	Aff	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH
New York Giants	NYG	26.8	4.40	155	5891	5309	682	1427	210	76	46	590	131	113	432	545	.269	.327	.363	.690	1927	26	124
St. Louis Cardinals	STL	26.4	4.35	155	6086	5495	675	1589	238	96	32	600	126	114	373	484	.289	.337	.385	.722	2115	26	192
Brooklyn Robins	BRO	30.1	4.26	155	5966	5399	660	1493	205	99	28	566	70	80	359	391	.277	.324	.367	.691	1980	19	189
Cincinnati Reds	CIN	29.1	4.15	154	5799	5176	639	1432	169	76	18	546	158	128	382	367	.277	.332	.349	.681	1807	47	194
Chicago Cubs	CHC	29.3	4.02	154	5811	5117	619	1350	223	67	34	535	115	129	428	421	.264	.326	.354	.680	1809	46	220
Philadelphia Phillies	PHI	28.9	3.69	153	5742	5264	565	1385	229	54	64	483	100	83	283	531	.263	.305	.364	.669	1914	36	159
Boston Braves	BSN	27.9	3.42	153	5802	5218	523	1358	168	86	23	456	88	98	385	488	.260	.315	.339	.654	1767	33	166
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	27.6	3.42	155	5796	5219	530	1342	162	90	16	449	181	117	374	405	.257	.310	.332	.642	1732	29	174
League Totals		28.2	3.97	1234	46893	42197	4893	11376	1604	644	261	4225	969	862	3016	3632	.270	.322	.357	.679	15051	262	1418

League Pitching

Tm	Aff	PitchAge	R/G	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
Brooklyn Robins	BRO	28.8	3.41	93	61	.604	2.62	155	155	66	89	17	10	1427.1	1381	528	416	25	327	553	22	3	29	5848	1.197	8.7	0.2	2.1	3.5	1.69
New York Giants	NYG	28.7	3.50	86	68	.558	2.80	155	155	69	86	18	9	1408.2	1379	543	439	44	297	380	19	2	23	5762	1.190	8.8	0.3	1.9	2.4	1.28
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	29.3	3.56	79	75	.513	2.89	155	155	63	92	17	10	1415.1	1389	552	454	25	280	444	27	2	27	5797	1.179	8.8	0.2	1.8	2.8	1.59
Cincinnati Reds	CIN	27.8	3.69	82	71	.536	2.90	154	154	64	90	12	9	1391.2	1327	569	448	26	393	435	34	4	21	5768	1.236	8.6	0.2	2.5	2.8	1.11
Chicago Cubs	CHC	30.1	4.12	75	79	.487	3.27	154	154	59	95	13	9	1388.2	1459	635	504	37	382	508	25	1	22	5859	1.326	9.5	0.2	2.5	3.3	1.33
Boston Braves	BSN	26.9	4.38	62	90	.408	3.54	153	153	60	93	14	6	1386.1	1464	670	545	39	415	368	35	1	27	5864	1.355	9.5	0.3	2.7	2.4	0.89
St. Louis Cardinals	STL	27.2	4.40	75	79	.487	3.43	155	155	83	72	9	12	1426.2	1488	682	544	30	479	529	58	5	23	6100	1.379	9.4	0.2	3.0	3.3	1.10
Philadelphia Phillies	PHI	26.3	4.67	62	91	.405	3.63	153	153	76	77	8	11	1380.2	1480	714	557	35	444	419	41	2	26	5906	1.394	9.6	0.2	2.9	2.7	0.94
League Totals		28.1	3.97	614	614	.500	3.13	1234	1234	540	694	108	76	11225.1	11367	4893	3907	261	3017	3636	261	20	198	46904	1.281	9.1	0.2	2.4	2.9	1.21

League Fielding

Tm	Aff	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	PB	SB	CS	CS%	Managers
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	155	4240	1975	186	119	.971	10	120	99	45%	George Gibson
New York Giants	NYG	155	4232	2240	210	137	.969	14	95	89	48%	John McGraw
Cincinnati Reds	CIN	154	4181	1924	200	125	.968	11	108	111	51%	Pat Moran
Brooklyn Robins	BRO	155	4277	2057	226	118	.966	18	132	99	43%	Wilbert Robinson
Chicago Cubs	CHC	154	4163	2125	225	112	.965	9	115	117	50%	Fred Mitchell
Boston Braves	BSN	153	4163	2212	239	125	.964	5	111	143	56%	George Stallings
Philadelphia Phillies	PHI	153	4127	2117	232	135	.964	21	147	107	42%	Gavvy Cravath
St. Louis Cardinals	STL	155	4277	2109	256	136	.961	16	141	97	41%	Branch Rickey
League Totals		1234	33660	16759	1774	1007	.966	104	969	862	47%

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