1920 Chicago White Sox season


The 1920 Chicago White Sox season was a season in American baseball. The team was in contention to defend their American League pennant going into the final week of the season. However, for all intents and purposes, the season ended on September 26, when news of the Black Sox Scandal became public. Owner Charles Comiskey suspended the five players who were still active. At that time, the White Sox were only a half-game behind the Cleveland Indians, but went 2–2 over their last four games to finish two games out. They would not finish in the first division again until 1936. The 1920 White Sox are one of only two teams in baseball history to have four 20-game winners: Red Faber, Lefty Williams, Eddie Cicotte, and Dickie Kerr.

Regular season

finished third in AL batting average, and Eddie Collins was fifth. Along with the St. Louis Browns, the team was the first in major league history to have three players with at least 200 hits each: Jackson, Collins, and Buck Weaver.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

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
PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C151485131.270161
1B133495150.303163
2B153602224.372376
3B151629208.331275
SS126458122.266265
LF146570218.38212121
CF142556188.33814115
RF10841391.220128

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
5318845.239116
4815036.24008
4612725.197013
5811840.339019
16258.32003
10186.33305
17175.29402
550.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
PlayerGIPWLERASO
4031923132.99108
37303.121103.2687
3929922143.91128

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
PlayerGIPWLERASO
45253.22193.3772
34145794.0330
419.2112.295
24.20115.431

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
PlayerGWLSVERASO
121105.467
400015.430
30006.750

The White Sox became the first team to have four 20-game winners in the same pitching rotation.

League leaders

Happy Felsch
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Lefty Williams