1920 Pittsburgh Pirates
LeagueNational League
BallparkForbes Field
CityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1]
OwnersBarney Dreyfuss
ManagersGeorge Gibson
Seasons

The 1920 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 39th in franchise history; the 34th in the National League.

Regular season

  • Pirates pitcher Babe Adams had outstanding control, allowing only 18 bases on balls in 263 innings pitched.[2]
  • October 2, 1920: The Cincinnati Reds and the Pirates played in the last tripleheader to date and the only one in the modern World Series era (post-1903). Umpire Peter Harrison officiated all three games.[3]

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Brooklyn Robins 9361 0.604 — 49–29 44–32
New York Giants 8668 0.558 7 45–35 41–33
Cincinnati Reds 8271 0.536 10½ 42–34 40–37
Pittsburgh Pirates 7975 0.513 14 42–35 37–40
St. Louis Cardinals 7579 0.487 18 38–38 37–41
Chicago Cubs 7579 0.487 18 43–34 32–45
Boston Braves 6290 0.408 30 36–37 26–53
Philadelphia Phillies 6291 0.405 30½ 32–45 30–46

Record vs. opponents

1920 National League record

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —8–14–17–159–1210–1210–117–1511–11
Brooklyn 14–8–1—13–910–1215–714–812–1015–7
Chicago 15–79–13—9–137–1514–811–1110–12
Cincinnati 12–912–1013–9—6–16–114–812–1013–9
New York 12–107–1515–716–6–1—12–1013–911–11
Philadelphia 11–108–148–148–1410–12—9–138–14
Pittsburgh 15–710–1211–1110–129–1313–9—11–11–1
St. Louis 11–117–1512–109–1311–1114–811–11–1—

Game log

1920 Game Log: 79–75 (Home: 42–35; Away: 37–40)
April: 6–5 (Home: 0–3; Away: 6–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 14@ Cardinals5–4 (10)Adams (1–0)GoodwinHamilton (1)—1–0
2April 15@ Cardinals2–3SchuppCooper (0–1)——1–1
3April 16@ Cardinals5–0Carlson (1–0)Sherdel——2–1
4April 17@ Cardinals3–0 (13)Ponder (1–0)Haines——3–1
5April 18@ Reds2–1Adams (2–0)Ruether——4–1
6April 21@ Reds5–3Cooper (1–1)Ring——5–1
7April 23Cardinals7–9JacobsHamilton (0–1)——5–2
8April 24Cardinals0–6DoakPonder (1–1)——5–3
9April 25@ Cubs4–1 (15)Adams (3–0)Hendrix——6–3
10April 28@ Cubs1–11AlexanderCooper (1–2)——6–4
11April 29Reds2–8RingCarlson (1–1)——6–5
May: 13–12 (Home: 11–8; Away: 2–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
12May 1Reds1–7RuetherAdams (3–1)——6–6
13May 2@ Reds3–0Cooper (2–2)Sallee——7–6
14May 5Cubs2–0Adams (4–1)Martin——8–6
15May 6Cubs3–1Cooper (3–2)Hendrix——9–6
16May 7Cubs4–6AlexanderCarlson (1–2)——9–7
17May 8Cubs1–4VaughnHamilton (0–2)——9–8
18May 9@ Cubs7–8MartinAdams (4–2)Carter—9–9
19May 10Phillies3–1Cooper (4–2)Causey——10–9
20May 12Phillies5–3Hamilton (1–2)Rixey——11–9
21May 15Giants0–2NehfAdams (4–3)—12,00011–10
22May 17Giants7–6 (15)Ponder (2–1)Douglas—6,00012–10
23May 18Braves7–2Hamilton (2–2)Oeschger——13–10
24May 19Braves2–1Cooper (5–2)McQuillan——14–10
25May 20Braves5–1Adams (5–3)Fillingim——15–10
26May 21Braves9–0Carlson (2–2)Eayrs——16–10
27May 22Robins1–4GrimesCooper (5–3)—18,00016–11
28May 23@ Robins1–0Ponder (3–1)Pfeffer—10,00017–11
29May 24Robins0–1MamauxAdams (5–4)—2,50017–12
30May 25Robins2–0Carlson (3–2)Cadore—3,00018–12
31May 26Robins2–3GrimesWisner (0–1)——18–13
32May 28@ Reds1–6RuetherCooper (5–4)——18–14
33May 29@ Reds2–3LuqueCarlson (3–3)——18–15
34May 30@ Reds3–5SalleeWisner (0–2)——18–16
35May 31Cardinals4–5SherdelPonder (3–2)Jacobs—18–17
36May 31Cardinals7–4Cooper (6–4)DoakCarlson (1)—19–17
June: 10–13 (Home: 2–2; Away: 8–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
37June 1Cardinals4–5 (15)HainesPonder (3–3)——19–18
38June 2Cardinals2–6SchuppCarlson (3–4)——19–19
39June 6@ Reds3–1 (10)Cooper (7–4)Ruether——20–19
40June 9@ Braves6–7 (10)FillingimAdams (5–5)——20–20
41June 10@ Braves1–2ScottCooper (7–5)——20–21
42June 11@ Braves0–3FillingimHamilton (2–3)——20–22
43June 12@ Phillies6–4Carlson (4–4)Rixey—4,00021–22
44June 14@ Phillies6–1Cooper (8–5)Gallia——22–22
45June 15@ Phillies7–6 (10)Ponder (4–3)Causey——23–22
46June 18@ Giants4–5BarnesCooper (8–6)—1,00023–23
47June 19@ Giants3–0Adams (6–5)Nehf—15,00024–23
48June 20@ Giants0–8DouglasCarlson (4–5)—23,00024–24
49June 22@ Robins9–7Cooper (9–6)Pfeffer—5,00025–24
50June 23@ Robins2–5MarquardCarlson (4–6)——25–25
51June 24@ Robins2–6MamauxAdams (6–6)—3,50025–26
52June 25Cubs6–3Cooper (10–6)Hendrix——26–26
53June 26Cubs9–4Ponder (5–3)Vaughn——27–26
54June 27@ Cubs8–3Carlson (5–6)AlexanderCooper (1)—28–26
55June 28@ Cubs2–5TylerAdams (6–7)——28–27
56June 28@ Cubs4–5GawPonder (5–4)——28–28
57June 29@ Cubs4–3 (11)Cooper (11–6)Martin——29–28
58June 29@ Cubs3–14HendrixMeador (0–1)——29–29
59June 30@ Cubs0–1VaughnPonder (5–5)——29–30
July: 18–15 (Home: 12–8; Away: 6–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
60July 1@ Cardinals6–2 (10)Carlson (6–6)SherdelAdams (1)—30–30
61July 2@ Cardinals0–3DoakHamilton (2–4)——30–31
62July 3@ Cardinals3–1Cooper (12–6)Goodwin——31–31
63July 4@ Reds0–5RuetherAdams (6–8)——31–32
64July 5Reds4–1Carlson (7–6)Fisher——32–32
65July 5Reds6–5 (11)Hamilton (3–4)Luque——33–32
66July 6Reds2–7RingMeador (0–2)——33–33
67July 7Phillies2–1Cooper (13–6)Smith——34–33
68July 8Phillies1–0Adams (7–8)Meadows——35–33
69July 9Phillies1–4RixeyCarlson (7–7)——35–34
70July 10Phillies7–8 (11)MeadowsCooper (13–7)——35–35
71July 10Phillies1–3HubbellPonder (5–6)——35–36
72July 12Braves3–2 (11)Adams (8–8)Fillingim——36–36
73July 13Braves5–2Carlson (8–7)Scott——37–36
74July 14Braves4–3Cooper (14–7)Oeschger——38–36
75July 15Braves9–8Carlson (9–7)Watson——39–36
76July 16Giants0–7 (17)BentonHamilton (3–5)—4,00039–37
77July 17Giants2–0Adams (9–8)Toney——40–37
78July 17Giants2–4BarnesCarlson (9–8)—25,00040–38
79July 20Giants2–5NehfCooper (14–8)—3,00040–39
80July 21Robins4–3Ponder (6–6)Marquard—3,80041–39
81July 22Robins5–2Carlson (10–8)Cadore—4,00042–39
82July 23Robins5–6SmithAdams (9–9)—4,00042–40
83July 24Robins5–1Cooper (15–8)Grimes—15,00043–40
84July 25@ Robins5–4Ponder (7–6)Mitchell—22,00044–40
85July 26@ Robins4–6SmithCarlson (10–9)——44–41
86July 27@ Phillies7–1Hamilton (4–5)Meadows——45–41
87July 28@ Phillies6–3Cooper (16–8)Smith——46–41
88July 28@ Phillies4–5CauseyAdams (9–10)Gallia—46–42
89July 29@ Phillies3–7RixeyPonder (7–7)——46–43
90July 30@ Phillies2–7HubbellCarlson (10–10)——46–44
91July 31@ Braves4–2Cooper (17–8)Rudolph——47–44
92July 31@ Braves1–6FillingimHamilton (4–6)——47–45
August: 16–13 (Home: 7–8; Away: 9–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
93August 2@ Braves3–2Adams (10–10)OeschgerCarlson (2)—48–45
94August 3@ Braves3–2Ponder (8–7)McQuillan——49–45
95August 4@ Braves3–0Cooper (18–8)Fillingim——50–45
96August 5@ Robins8–5 (10)Hamilton (5–6)Grimes—7,00051–45
97August 7@ Robins7–0Adams (11–10)Smith—12,00052–45
98August 8@ Robins1–2CadorePonder (8–8)—20,00052–46
99August 9@ Giants0–9NehfCooper (18–9)—12,00052–47
100August 11@ Giants1–5BentonHamilton (5–7)——52–48
101August 11@ Giants3–6DouglasCarlson (10–11)—20,00052–49
102August 12@ Giants2–0Adams (12–10)Barnes—15,00053–49
103August 13Cardinals2–4SchuppCooper (18–10)——53–50
104August 14Cardinals0–1DoakPonder (8–9)——53–51
105August 14Cardinals1–1 (8)——53–51
106August 15@ Cardinals4–2 (11)Hamilton (6–7)May——54–51
107August 15@ Cardinals2–3KircherWisner (0–3)——54–52
108August 16@ Cardinals3–2Adams (13–10)Haines——55–52
109August 17@ Cardinals10–6Cooper (19–10)SchuppCarlson (3)—56–52
110August 19Phillies2–5 (12)EnzmannHamilton (6–8)——56–53
111August 20Phillies2–4 (11)BettsPonder (8–10)——56–54
112August 21Phillies1–3RixeyCooper (19–11)——56–55
113August 21Phillies5–0Adams (14–10)Hubbell——57–55
114August 23Robins0–3PfefferHamilton (6–9)—3,50057–56
115August 24Robins4–3Carlson (11–11)Grimes—3,00058–56
116August 25Robins3–4MamauxPonder (8–11)—4,00058–57
117August 26Braves2–1Adams (15–10)McQuillan——59–57
118August 27Braves8–1Cooper (20–11)Oeschger——60–57
119August 28Braves1–5FillingimHamilton (6–10)——60–58
120August 30Giants4–2Carlson (12–11)Douglas——61–58
121August 30Giants2–1Ponder (9–11)Toney—5,00062–58
122August 31Giants6–5Wisner (1–3)NehfHamilton (2)—63–58
September: 14–15 (Home: 9–4; Away: 5–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
123September 1Giants4–3Cooper (21–11)Benton——64–58
124September 2Giants1–5BarnesHamilton (6–11)—5,00064–59
125September 3Cubs2–4 (13)VaughnCarlson (12–12)——64–60
126September 4Cubs3–2Adams (16–10)TylerCooper (2)—65–60
127September 5@ Cubs0–2AlexanderPonder (9–12)——65–61
128September 6Cubs2–5MartinCooper (21–12)——65–62
129September 6Cubs12–1Hamilton (7–11)Bailey——66–62
130September 7Cubs7–4Carlson (13–12)VaughnAdams (2)—67–62
131September 9@ Phillies7–6Ponder (10–12)CauseyHamilton (3)—68–62
132September 10@ Phillies8–3Cooper (22–12)Hubbell——69–62
133September 11@ Phillies3–2Hamilton (8–11)Meadows——70–62
134September 13@ Braves0–3ScottAdams (16–11)——70–63
135September 15@ Braves2–1Cooper (23–12)McQuillan——71–63
136September 15@ Braves1–4FillingimCarlson (13–13)——71–64
137September 16@ Giants3–1Hamilton (9–11)Barnes——72–64
138September 16@ Giants0–4NehfPonder (10–13)—10,00072–65
139September 17@ Giants3–4 (10)ToneyAdams (16–12)—6,00072–66
140September 18@ Giants7–8DouglasPonder (10–14)—12,00072–67
141September 19@ Robins3–4PfefferCooper (23–13)—25,00072–68
142September 20@ Robins1–2 (10)MamauxHamilton (9–12)—6,00072–69
143September 22Reds2–0Adams (17–12)Luque——73–69
144September 22Reds3–1Ponder (11–14)Ruether——74–69
145September 23Reds4–0Cooper (24–13)Eller——75–69
146September 24Cardinals12–7Hamilton (10–12)Schupp——76–69
147September 25Cardinals2–1 (12)Zinn (1–0)Sherdel——77–69
148September 25Cardinals1–3HainesPonder (11–15)——77–70
149September 26@ Reds0–8NapierAdams (17–13)——77–71
150September 28@ Reds0–2EllerCooper (24–14)——77–72
151September 28@ Reds3–5BrentonHamilton (10–13)——77–73
October: 2–2 (Home: 1–2; Away: 1–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
152October 2Reds4–13FisherCooper (24–15)——77–74
153October 2Reds3–7BrentonZinn (1–1)——77–75
154October 2Reds6–0 (6)Morrison (1–0)Napier——78–75
155October 3@ Cubs4–3Carlson (14–13)Tyler——79–75
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie
Bold = Pirates team member

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1920 Pittsburgh Pirates
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
CWalter Schmidt9431086.277020
1BCharlie Grimm148533121.227254
2BGeorge Cutshaw131488123.252047
SSHowdy Caton9835283.236027
3BPossum Whitted134494129.261174
OFBilly Southworth146546155.284253
OFCarson Bigbee137550154.280432
OFMax Carey130485140.289135

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
Fred Nicholson9924789.360430
Walter Barbare5718651.274012
Bill Haeffner5417534.194014
Bill McKechnie4013329.218113
Cliff Lee377618.23708
Pie Traynor175211.21202
Cotton Tierney124611.23908
Clyde Barnhart124615.32605
Homer Summa10227.31801
Bill Hinchman18163.18801
Nig Clarke370.00000
Wally Hood210.00000

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
Wilbur Cooper44327.024152.39114
Babe Adams35263.017132.1684
Hal Carlson39246.214133.3662
Elmer Ponder33196.011152.6262

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
Earl Hamilton39230.110133.2474
Johnny Meador1236.1024.215
Jimmy Zinn631.0113.4818
Johnny Morrison27.0100.003

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
Jack Wisner171303.4313
Sheriff Blake60008.107
Mule Watson50008.741
Whitey Glazner20003.121

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
B Wichita Falls Spudders Texas League Walter Salm

References

  1. ↑ From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
  2. ↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.88, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  3. ↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.43, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
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