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1920 New York Giants season

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1920 New York Giants
LeagueNational League
BallparkPolo Grounds
CityNew York City
OwnersCharles Stoneham
ManagersJohn McGraw
← 1919 Seasons 1921 →

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

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Regular season

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Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Brooklyn Robins 93 61 .604 49‍–‍29 44‍–‍32
New York Giants 86 68 .558 7 45‍–‍35 41‍–‍33
Cincinnati Reds 82 71 .536 10½ 42‍–‍34 40‍–‍37
Pittsburgh Pirates 79 75 .513 14 42‍–‍35 37‍–‍40
St. Louis Cardinals 75 79 .487 18 38‍–‍38 37‍–‍41
Chicago Cubs 75 79 .487 18 43‍–‍34 32‍–‍45
Boston Braves 62 90 .408 30 36‍–‍37 26‍–‍53
Philadelphia Phillies 62 91 .405 30½ 32‍–‍45 30‍–‍46

Record vs. opponents

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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

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1920 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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

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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

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Starting pitchers

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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

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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

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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

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References

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