1920 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 79-75
Finished 4th in the NL
Attendance: 429,037, Avg. 7,248
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Manager: George Gibson (79-75)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1920 Pittsburgh Pirates RosterTeam Record: 79-75
Finished 4th in the NL
Attendance: 429,037, Avg. 7,248
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Manager: George Gibson (79-75)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1920 Pittsburgh Pirates Results
The Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League ended the 1920 season with a record of 79 wins and 75 losses, finishing fourth in the NL.
The Pirates scored 530 runs and allowed 552 runs. George Whitted accounted for 74 RBI. Max Carey topped all regular batters by connecting at a .289 clip. Wilbur Cooper recorded 24 wins on the mound for the team, while Babe Adams added 15 or more wins, too Babe Adams recorded a 2.16 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
George Gibson coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilbur Cooper | 24 | 15 | .615 | 2.39 | 44 | 37 | 6 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 327.0 | 307 | 113 | 87 | 4 | 52 | 0 | 114 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1312 |
| Babe Adams | 17 | 13 | .567 | 2.16 | 35 | 33 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 263.0 | 240 | 83 | 63 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 84 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1035 |
| Hal Carlson | 14 | 13 | .519 | 3.36 | 39 | 31 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 246.7 | 262 | 102 | 92 | 4 | 63 | 0 | 62 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1033 |
| Elmer Ponder | 11 | 15 | .423 | 2.62 | 33 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 196.0 | 182 | 76 | 57 | 3 | 40 | 0 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 803 |
| Earl Hamilton | 10 | 13 | .435 | 3.24 | 39 | 23 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 230.3 | 223 | 99 | 83 | 2 | 69 | 0 | 74 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 968 |
| Johnny Morrison | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Jimmy Zinn | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.48 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 32 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 130 |
| Jack Wisner | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.43 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44.7 | 46 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 185 |
| Whitey Glazner | 0 | 0 | 3.12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | |
| Sheriff Blake | 0 | 0 | 8.10 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 21 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 64 | |
| Mule Watson | 0 | 0 | 8.74 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.3 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | |
| Johnny Meador | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.21 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.3 | 48 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 153 |
| Totals | 79 | 75 | .513 | 2.89 | 240 | 155 | 63 | 92 | 17 | 10 | 1415.3 | 1389 | 552 | 454 | 25 | 280 | 0 | 444 | 27 | 2 | 27 | 5796 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Southworth | 146 | 617 | 546 | 64 | 155 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 53 | 23 | 25 | 52 | 20 | .284 | .348 | .374 | .722 | 204 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Carson Bigbee | 137 | 607 | 550 | 78 | 154 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 32 | 31 | 15 | 45 | 28 | .280 | .341 | .391 | .732 | 215 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Carey | 130 | 567 | 485 | 74 | 140 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 52 | 10 | 59 | 31 | .289 | .369 | .348 | .718 | 169 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| George Whitted | 134 | 555 | 494 | 53 | 129 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 74 | 11 | 11 | 35 | 36 | .261 | .314 | .338 | .652 | 167 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| George Cutshaw | 131 | 549 | 488 | 56 | 123 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 47 | 17 | 14 | 23 | 10 | .252 | .287 | .318 | .605 | 155 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Grimm | 148 | 581 | 533 | 38 | 121 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 54 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 40 | .227 | .273 | .289 | .562 | 154 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Nicholson | 99 | 271 | 247 | 33 | 89 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 31 | .360 | .404 | .530 | .934 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Walter Schmidt | 94 | 348 | 310 | 22 | 86 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 24 | 15 | .277 | .337 | .329 | .666 | 102 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Howdy Caton | 98 | 394 | 352 | 29 | 83 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 9 | 33 | 19 | .236 | .305 | .295 | .600 | 104 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Walter Barbare | 57 | 199 | 186 | 9 | 51 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 11 | .274 | .308 | .323 | .630 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Haeffner | 54 | 186 | 175 | 8 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 14 | .194 | .230 | .229 | .458 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill McKechnie | 40 | 140 | 133 | 13 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 7 | .218 | .241 | .278 | .519 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Wilbur Cooper | 44 | 120 | 113 | 11 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 19 | .221 | .254 | .283 | .537 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Hal Carlson | 39 | 88 | 85 | 3 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .271 | .279 | .341 | .620 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Cliff Lee | 37 | 81 | 76 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 14 | .237 | .275 | .316 | .591 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Clyde Barnhart | 12 | 47 | 46 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .326 | .340 | .500 | .840 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Babe Adams | 35 | 92 | 89 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .146 | .156 | .180 | .335 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Cotton Tierney | 12 | 52 | 46 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .239 | .286 | .348 | .634 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Pie Traynor | 17 | 56 | 52 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | .212 | .268 | .308 | .576 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Hamilton | 39 | 80 | 67 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18 | .149 | .219 | .149 | .368 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Homer Summa | 10 | 29 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .318 | .400 | .455 | .855 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Elmer Ponder | 33 | 64 | 59 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | .119 | .148 | .136 | .283 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Zinn | 8 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .200 | .250 | .333 | .583 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Hinchman | 18 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .188 | .278 | .188 | .465 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sheriff Blake | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Meador | 12 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Morrison | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Wisner | 17 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mule Watson | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay Clarke | 3 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .000 | .222 | .000 | .222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Whitey Glazner | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wally Hood | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1621 | 5796 | 5219 | 530 | 1342 | 162 | 90 | 16 | 449 | 181 | 117 | 374 | 405 | .257 | .310 | .332 | .642 | 1732 | 0 | 29 | 174 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Whitted | 1B | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 97 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1.000 | 1.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill McKechnie | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Grimm | 1B | 148 | 0 | 0.0 | 1496 | 95 | 8 | 95 | .995 | 1.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cotton Tierney | 2B | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 34 | 2 | 4 | .964 | 5.300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill McKechnie | 2B | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 2 | .938 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Cutshaw | 2B | 129 | 0 | 0.0 | 336 | 423 | 25 | 62 | .968 | 5.884 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Walter Barbare | 2B | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | 49 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 5.833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Whitted | 3B | 125 | 0 | 0.0 | 166 | 229 | 16 | 16 | .961 | 3.160 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill McKechnie | 3B | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | 29 | 3 | 2 | .943 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clyde Barnhart | 3B | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 23 | 1 | 3 | .971 | 2.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Walter Barbare | 3B | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Walter Schmidt | C | 92 | 0 | 0.0 | 323 | 109 | 13 | 10 | .971 | 4.696 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cliff Lee | C | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 51 | 24 | 2 | 3 | .974 | 3.947 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Haeffner | C | 52 | 0 | 0.0 | 192 | 48 | 7 | 1 | .972 | 4.615 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jay Clarke | C | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Zinn | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Whitted | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Homer Summa | OF | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 3.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Southworth | OF | 142 | 0 | 0.0 | 337 | 12 | 3 | 3 | .991 | 2.458 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Nicholson | OF | 58 | 0 | 0.0 | 125 | 9 | 6 | 2 | .957 | 2.310 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cliff Lee | OF | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Max Carey | OF | 129 | 0 | 0.0 | 345 | 10 | 12 | 0 | .967 | 2.752 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carson Bigbee | OF | 133 | 0 | 0.0 | 289 | 16 | 9 | 4 | .971 | 2.293 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Zinn | P | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Wisner | P | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.176 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mule Watson | P | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Elmer Ponder | P | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 55 | 3 | 2 | .958 | 2.061 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Morrison | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Meador | P | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Earl Hamilton | P | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 62 | 1 | 0 | .986 | 1.846 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whitey Glazner | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wilbur Cooper | P | 44 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 75 | 1 | 2 | .989 | 1.955 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hal Carlson | P | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 47 | 4 | 2 | .934 | 1.462 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sheriff Blake | P | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Babe Adams | P | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 66 | 2 | 1 | .972 | 1.971 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pie Traynor | SS | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 35 | 39 | 12 | 4 | .860 | 4.353 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cotton Tierney | SS | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill McKechnie | SS | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 37 | 3 | 7 | .949 | 5.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Howdy Caton | SS | 96 | 0 | 0.0 | 191 | 296 | 37 | 40 | .929 | 5.073 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Walter Barbare | SS | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 54 | 102 | 13 | 14 | .923 | 4.588 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1515 | 0 | 0.0 | 4240 | 1975 | 186 | 296 | .971 | 4.102 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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