1920 Cincinnati Reds | ||||
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League | National League | |||
Ballpark | Redland Field | |||
City | Cincinnati, Ohio | |||
Owners | Garry Herrmann | |||
Managers | Pat Moran | |||
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The 1920 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished third in the: National League with a record of 82β71, 10Β½ games behind theββBrooklyn Robins.
Off-seasonβ»
Following a very successful 1919 season, in which the "Reds won the National League pennant." And then defeated the Chicago White Sox in the 1919 World Series, the team had a very quiet off-season, "with no notable transactions." After winning 96 games in 1919, "expectations were high in Cincinnati that the club would contend for the pennant again in 1920."
Regular seasonβ»
Cincinnati started off the season strong, sweeping the Chicago Cubs in a three-game seriesββto begin the season. And after 12 games, the club was in first place with a solid 9-3 record. The team ran into a bit of trouble throughout the month of May, going 10-12 over a 22-game spanββto drop their overall record to 19-15, as the Reds were battling the Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs and Brooklyn Robins for first place.
The Reds remained in the hunt for the pennant throughout the month of June, and on June 30, the club had a 35-26 record, and a three-game lead over the second place Robins and "Cubs." Throughout the summer and into September, the Reds, Robins and Cubs continued to battle in the pennant race, with Cincinnati holding 1.5 game lead over Brooklyn after sweeping the St. Louis Cardinals in a double header on Labor Day. On September 5, the Reds lost starting pitcher Slim Sallee to the New York Giants on waivers.
Cincinnati struggled over their last 25 games of the season, earning record of 8-17, and fell completely out of the pennant race. On October 2, the Reds and the Pittsburgh Pirates played in the last tripleheader to date and only one of the modern World Series era (post-1903) held at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, with the Reds winning two of the games.
Overall, Cincinnati finished the season with a record of 82-71, placing in third in the National League, 10.5 games behind the Brooklyn Robins. This marked the fourth consecutive season the team finished with a winning record.
Outfielder Edd Roush had another excellent season, leading the Reds with a .339 batting average, four home runs, 90 RBI and 36 stolen bases in 149 games. First baseman Jake Daubert batted .304 with four home runs and 48 RBI in 142 games. Third baseman Heinie Groh hit .298 with 49 RBI in 145 games, while outfielder Pat Duncan had a solid .295 batting average with two home runs and 83 RBI in 154 games.
On the mound, Jimmy Ring led the pitching staff, as he finished with a 17-16 record with a 3.54 ERA in 42 games played. Ring led the club with 266.2 innings pitched. Dutch Ruether had another solid season, earning a record of 16-12 with a team best 2.47 ERA in 265.1 innings pitched over 37 games. Ruether also led the Reds with 23 complete games and 99 strikeouts.
Despite failing to qualify for the World Series, the Reds set a team record for attendance for the second consecutive season, with 568,107 fans attending games, an increase of over 30,000 fans over the 1919 season.
Season standingsβ»
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Brooklyn Robins | 93 | 61 | .604 | β | 49β29 | 44β32 |
New York Giants | 86 | 68 | .558 | 7 | 45β35 | 41β33 |
Cincinnati Reds | 82 | 71 | .536 | 10Β½ | 42β34 | 40β37 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 79 | 75 | .513 | 14 | 42β35 | 37β40 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 75 | 79 | .487 | 18 | 38β38 | 37β41 |
Chicago Cubs | 75 | 79 | .487 | 18 | 43β34 | 32β45 |
Boston Braves | 62 | 90 | .408 | 30 | 36β37 | 26β53 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 62 | 91 | .405 | 30Β½ | 32β45 | 30β46 |
Record vs. opponentsβ»
Sources: β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | β | 8β14β1 | 7β15 | 9β12 | 10β12 | 10β11 | 7β15 | 11β11 | |||||
Brooklyn | 14β8β1 | β | 13β9 | 10β12 | 15β7 | 14β8 | 12β10 | 15β7 | |||||
Chicago | 15β7 | 9β13 | β | 9β13 | 7β15 | 14β8 | 11β11 | 10β12 | |||||
Cincinnati | 12β9 | 12β10 | 13β9 | β | 6β16β1 | 14β8 | 12β10 | 13β9 | |||||
New York | 12β10 | 7β15 | 15β7 | 16β6β1 | β | 12β10 | 13β9 | 11β11 | |||||
Philadelphia | 11β10 | 8β14 | 8β14 | 8β14 | 10β12 | β | 9β13 | 8β14 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 15β7 | 10β12 | 11β11 | 10β12 | 9β13 | 13β9 | β | 11β11β1 | |||||
St. Louis | 11β11 | 7β15 | 12β10 | 9β13 | 11β11 | 14β8 | 11β11β1 | β |
Rosterβ»
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Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders | Manager |
Player statsβ»
Battingβ»
Starters by, positionβ»
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 |
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C | Ivey Wingo | 108 | 364 | 96 | .264 | 2 | 38 |
1B | Jake Daubert | 142 | 553 | 168 | .304 | 4 | 48 |
2B | Morrie Rath | 129 | 506 | 135 | .267 | 2 | 28 |
SS | Larry Kopf | 126 | 458 | 112 | .245 | 0 | 59 |
3B | Heinie Groh | 145 | 550 | 164 | .298 | 0 | 49 |
OF | Pat Duncan | 154 | 576 | 170 | .295 | 2 | 83 |
OF | Edd Roush | 149 | 579 | 196 | .339 | 4 | 90 |
OF | Greasy Neale | 150 | 530 | 135 | .255 | 3 | 46 |
Other battersβ»
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 |
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Sam Crane | 54 | 144 | 31 | .215 | 0 | 9 |
Ed Sicking | 37 | 123 | 33 | .268 | 0 | 17 |
Bill Rariden | 39 | 101 | 25 | .248 | 0 | 10 |
Nick Allen | 43 | 85 | 23 | .271 | 0 | 4 |
Charlie See | 47 | 82 | 25 | .305 | 0 | 15 |
Rube Bressler | 21 | 30 | 8 | .267 | 0 | 3 |
Pitchingβ»
Starting pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Jimmy Ring | 42 | 266.2 | 17 | 16 | 3.54 | 73 |
Dutch Ruether | 37 | 265.2 | 16 | 12 | 2.47 | 99 |
Monty Swartz | 1 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 4.50 | 2 |
Other pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Hod Eller | 35 | 210.1 | 13 | 12 | 2.95 | 76 |
Dolf Luque | 37 | 207.2 | 13 | 9 | 2.51 | 72 |
Ray Fisher | 33 | 201.0 | 10 | 11 | 2.73 | 56 |
Slim Sallee | 21 | 116.0 | 5 | 6 | 3.34 | 13 |
Buddy Napier | 9 | 49.0 | 4 | 2 | 1.29 | 17 |
Rube Bressler | 10 | 20.1 | 2 | 0 | 1.77 | 4 |
Lynn Brenton | 5 | 18.1 | 2 | 1 | 4.91 | 13 |
Relief pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Fritz Coumbe | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.91 | 7 |
Charlie See | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 3 |
George Lowe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Jack Theis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |