1920 World Series - Cleveland Indians over Brooklyn Robins (5-2)

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1920 World Series (5-2): Cleveland Indians (98-56) over Brooklyn Robins (93-61)

1919 WS / 1921 WS

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Tuesday, October 5, 1920 at Ebbets Field (Brooklyn Robins)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Cleveland Indians            0  2  0    1  0  0    0  0  0     3  5  0
    Brooklyn Robins              0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0     1  5  1

    PITCHERS: CLE - Coveleski
              BRO - Marquard, Mamaux (7), Cadore (9)

               WP - Stan Coveleski
	       LP - Rube Marquard
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CLE - none
              BRO - none

  ATTENDANCE: 23,573

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 6, 1920 at Ebbets Field (Brooklyn Robins)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Cleveland Indians            0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  7  1
    Brooklyn Robins              1  0  1    0  1  0    0  0  x     3  7  0

    PITCHERS: CLE - Bagby, Uhle (7)
              BRO - Grimes

               WP - Burleigh Grimes
	       LP - Jim Bagby
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CLE - none
              BRO - none

  ATTENDANCE: 22,559

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Thursday, October 7, 1920 at Ebbets Field (Brooklyn Robins)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Cleveland Indians            0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0     1  3  1
    Brooklyn Robins              2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  x     2  6  1

    PITCHERS: CLE - Caldwell, Mails (1), Uhle (8)
              BRO - Smith

               WP - Sherry Smith
	       LP - Ray Caldwell
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CLE - none
              BRO - none

  ATTENDANCE: 25,088

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 9, 1920 at Dunn Field (Cleveland Indians)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Brooklyn Robins              0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0     1  5  1
    Cleveland Indians            2  0  2    0  0  1    0  0  x     5 12  2

    PITCHERS: BRO - Cadore, Mamaux (2), Marquard (3), Pfeffer (6)
              CLE - Coveleski

               WP - Stan Coveleski
	       LP - Leon Cadore
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BRO - none
              CLE - none

  ATTENDANCE: 25,734

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Sunday, October 10, 1920 at Dunn Field (Cleveland Indians)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Brooklyn Robins              0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1     1 13  1
    Cleveland Indians            4  0  0    3  1  0    0  0  x     8 12  2

    PITCHERS: BRO - Grimes, Mitchell (4)
              CLE - Bagby

               WP - Jim Bagby
	       LP - Burleigh Grimes
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BRO - none
              CLE - Bagby, Smith

  ATTENDANCE: 26,884

Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Monday, October 11, 1920 at Dunn Field (Cleveland Indians)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Brooklyn Robins              0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  3  0
    Cleveland Indians            0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  x     1  7  3

    PITCHERS: BRO - Smith
              CLE - Mails

               WP - Duster Mails
	       LP - Sherry Smith
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BRO - none
              CLE - none

  ATTENDANCE: 27,194

Game 7 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Tuesday, October 12, 1920 at Dunn Field (Cleveland Indians)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Brooklyn Robins              0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  5  2
    Cleveland Indians            0  0  0    1  1  0    1  0  x     3  7  3

    PITCHERS: BRO - Grimes, Mamaux (8)
              CLE - Coveleski

               WP - Stan Coveleski
	       LP - Burleigh Grimes
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BRO - none
              CLE - none

  ATTENDANCE: 27,525

Series Batting Stats

Cleveland Indians Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Jim Bagby	2	6	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	.333	.333	.833	1.167	0	0	49	131	17	33	1	14	0	.252	.659
George Burns	5	10	1	3	1	0	0	3	3	3	.300	.462	.400	.862	0	0	*66	116	8	29	1	20	5	.250	.679
Ray Caldwell	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	41	89	17	19	0	7	0	.213	.547
Stan Coveleski	3	10	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.100	.100	.100	.200	0	0	41	111	13	25	0	17	0	.225	.592
Joe Evans	4	13	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.308	.357	.308	.665	0	1	56	172	32	60	0	23	6	.349	.910
Larry Gardner	7	24	1	5	1	0	0	2	1	1	.208	.231	.250	.481	0	0	154	597	72	185	3	118	3	.310	.781
Jack Graney	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	62	152	31	45	0	13	4	.296	.794
Charlie Jamieson	6	15	2	5	1	0	0	1	1	0	.333	.375	.400	.775	1	1	108	370	69	118	1	40	2	.319	.799
Doc Johnston	5	11	1	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	.273	.385	.273	.657	1	2	147	535	68	156	2	71	13	.292	.718
Harry Lunte	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	23	71	6	14	0	7	0	.197	.447
Duster Mails	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	9	20	3	4	0	0	0	.200	.523
Les Nunamaker	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	34	54	10	18	0	14	1	.333	.879
Steve O'Neill	7	21	1	7	3	0	0	2	4	3	.333	.440	.476	.916	0	0	149	489	63	157	3	55	3	.321	.848
Joe Sewell	7	23	0	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	.174	.240	.174	.414	0	2	22	70	14	23	0	12	1	.329	.827
Elmer Smith	5	13	1	4	0	1	1	5	1	1	.308	.357	.692	1.049	0	0	129	456	82	144	12	103	5	.316	.910
Tris Speaker	7	25	6	8	2	1	0	1	3	1	.320	.393	.480	.873	0	0	150	552	137	214	8	107	10	.388	1.045
Pinch Thomas	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	9	9	2	3	0	0	0	.333	.944
George Uhle	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	27	32	4	11	0	2	1	.344	.726
Bill Wambsganss	7	26	3	4	0	0	0	1	2	1	.154	.214	.154	.368	0	0	153	565	83	138	1	55	9	.244	.633
Smoky Joe Wood	4	10	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	.200	.273	.300	.573	0	0	61	137	25	37	1	30	1	.270	.792
Totals	81	217	21	53	9	2	2	18	21	21	.244	.310	.332	.641	2	6	154	5196	857	1574	35		73	.303	.794

Brooklyn Robins Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Leon Cadore	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	35	91	4	20	2	11	1	.220	.582
Tommy Griffith	7	21	1	4	2	0	0	3	0	2	.190	.190	.286	.476	0	1	93	334	41	87	2	30	3	.260	.622
Burleigh Grimes	3	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	43	111	9	34	0	16	2	.306	.791
Jimmy Johnston	4	14	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	.214	.214	.214	.429	1	0	155	635	87	185	1	52	19	.291	.699
Pete Kilduff	7	21	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	4	.095	.136	.095	.232	0	0	141	478	62	130	0	58	2	.272	.711
Ed Konetchy	7	23	0	4	0	1	0	2	3	2	.174	.269	.261	.530	0	0	131	497	62	153	5	63	3	.308	.783
Ernie Krueger	4	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	0	0	52	146	21	42	1	17	2	.288	.721
Bill Lamar	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	24	44	5	12	0	4	0	.273	.636
Al Mamaux	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	41	60	5	10	0	5	0	.167	.465
Rube Marquard	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	28	59	2	10	0	0	1	.169	.421
Bill McCabe	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	*44	70	11	11	0	3	1	.157	.338
Otto Miller	6	14	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	.143	.200	.143	.343	0	0	90	301	16	87	0	33	0	.289	.644
Clarence Mitchell	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	55	107	9	25	0	11	1	.234	.577
Hi Myers	7	26	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	.231	.231	.231	.462	0	2	154	582	83	177	4	80	9	.304	.807
Bernie Neis	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	95	249	38	63	2	22	9	.253	.666
Ivy Olson	7	25	2	8	1	0	0	0	3	1	.320	.393	.360	.753	0	1	143	637	71	162	1	46	4	.254	.592
Jeff Pfeffer	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	30	74	5	18	0	8	0	.243	.533
Ray Schmandt	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	28	63	7	15	0	7	1	.238	.574
Jack Sheehan	3	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.182	.182	.182	.364	0	0	3	5	0	2	0	0	0	.400	1.100
Sherry Smith	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	33	43	6	10	0	3	1	.233	.622
Zack Wheat	7	27	2	9	2	0	0	2	1	2	.333	.357	.407	.765	0	0	148	583	89	191	9	73	8	.328	.848
Totals	83	215	8	44	5	1	0	8	10	20	.205	.240	.237	.477	1	4	155	5399	660	1493	28		70	.277	.691

Cleveland Indians Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Jim Bagby	2	2	1.80	1	1	0	1	15.0	20	3	1	3	1.400	48	38	2.89	31	12	0	339.2	338	79	73	1.228
Ray Caldwell	1	1	27.00	0	1	0	0	0.1	2	1	1	0	9.000	34	33	3.86	20	10	0	237.2	286	63	80	1.468
Stan Coveleski	3	3	0.67	3	0	0	3	27.0	15	2	2	8	0.630	41	38	2.49	24	14	2	315.0	284	65	133	1.108
Duster Mails	2	1	0.00	1	0	0	1	15.2	6	0	6	6	0.766	9	8	1.85	7	0	0	63.1	54	18	25	1.137
George Uhle	2	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	3	0.333	27	6	5.21	4	5	1	84.2	98	29	27	1.500
Totals	10	7	0.89	5	2	0	5	61.0	44	6	10	20	0.885	154	154	3.412	98	56		1377.0	1448	401	466	1.343

Brooklyn Robins Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Leon Cadore	2	1	9.00	0	1	0	0	2.0	4	2	1	1	2.500	35	30	2.62	15	14	0	254.1	256	56	79	1.227
Burleigh Grimes	3	3	4.19	1	2	0	1	19.1	23	9	9	4	1.655	40	33	2.22	23	11	2	303.2	271	67	131	1.113
Al Mamaux	3	0	4.50	0	0	0	0	4.0	2	2	0	5	0.500	41	17	2.69	12	8	4	190.2	172	63	101	1.233
Rube Marquard	2	1	3.00	0	1	0	0	9.0	7	3	3	6	1.111	28	26	3.23	10	7	0	189.2	181	35	89	1.139
Clarence Mitchell	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	4.2	3	0	3	1	1.286	19	7	3.09	5	2	1	78.2	85	23	18	1.373
Jeff Pfeffer	1	0	3.00	0	0	0	0	3.0	4	1	2	1	2.000	30	28	3.01	16	9	0	215.0	225	45	80	1.256
Sherry Smith	2	2	0.53	1	1	0	2	17.0	10	1	3	3	0.765	33	13	1.85	11	9	3	136.1	134	27	33	1.181
Totals	14	7	2.75	2	5	0	3	59.0	53	18	21	21	1.254	155	155	2.623	93	61		1427.1	1381	327	553	1.197

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