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1920 Boston Braves
BallparkBraves Field
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record62–90 (.408)
OwnersGeorge W. Grant
ManagersGeorge Stallings
Televisionnone
Radionone
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The 1920 Boston Braves season was the 50th season of the franchise.

Regular season

On May 1, the Braves and the Brooklyn Robins (later the Brooklyn Dodgers and now the Los Angeles Dodgers) played what remains the longest major league baseball game, tied 1 to 1 at the end of nine innings and then going scoreless for 19 more until the game 26-inning game was called because of darkness [1]

Season standings

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


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


Notable transaction

Roster

1920 Boston Braves
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

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 Mickey O'Neil 112 304 86 .283 0 28

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
John Sullivan 81 250 74 .296 1 28
Oscar Dugey 5 0 0 ---- 0 0

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
Jack Scott 44 291 10 21 3.53 94
Dana Fillingim 37 272 12 21 3.11 66
Hugh McQuillan 38 225.2 11 15 3.55 53

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
Bunny Hearn 11 43 0 3 5.65 9
Johnny Jones 3 9.2 1 0 6.52 6

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

References