1920 Boston Braves season explained

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 17 more until the 26-inning game was called because of darkness ^[1]

Notable transaction

• August 21, 1920: Frank Gibson was purchased by the Braves from the San Antonio Bears.^[2]

Roster

1920 Boston Braves
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther 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		112	304	86	.283	0	28
1B		144	551	162	.294	3	64
2B		95	383	105	.274	2	28
SS		134	493	131	.266	1	43
3B		153	582	156	.268	3	62
OF		147	609	137	.225	6	29
OF		115	424	117	.276	3	32
OF		91	288	80	.278	1	21

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
	88	257	62	.241	1	30
	81	250	74	.296	1	28
	87	244	80	.328	1	24
	80	214	52	.243	0	18
	65	106	22	.208	0	14
	13	24	2	.083	0	0
	16	19	1	.053	0	0
	3	15	3	.200	0	2
	5	3	0	.000	0	2
	1	1	0	.000	0	0
	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
	38	299.0	15	13	3.46	80
	44	291.0	10	21	3.53	94
	37	272.0	12	21	3.11	66
	38	225.2	11	15	3.55	53
	13	74.2	5	4	3.62	16

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
	18	89.0	4	8	4.04	24
	11	43.0	0	3	5.65	9
	7	26.1	1	2	5.47	7
	6	25.0	1	1	2.88	12
	7	24.1	2	2	1.48	0
	3	9.2	1	0	6.52	6
	4	6.2	0	0	1.35	1

External links

• 1920 Boston Braves season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.mlb.com/cut4/5-of-the-longest-strangest-games-in-mlb-history-c174486106 "5 of the longest, strangest games in MLB history"
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gibsofr01.shtml Frank Gibson page at Baseball Reference