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29 teams in AL, EAS, NL, NNL · 1236 regular-season games · 1920-04-14 to 1920-10-05 · attendance 9,120,875

◀ 1919 1921 ▶

World Series champion

Cleveland Indians

Postseason

Round	Result	Games
World Series	Cleveland Indians 5–2 Brooklyn Robins	7

Standings

AL

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Cleveland Indians	98	56	.636	—	642	912,832	Tris Speaker	World Series
2	Chicago White Sox	96	58	.623	2	665	833,492	Kid Gleason
3	New York Yankees	95	59	.617	3	629	1,289,422	Miller Huggins
4	St. Louis Browns	76	77	.497	21.5	766	419,311	Jimmy Burke
5	Boston Red Sox	72	81	.471	25.5	698	402,445	Ed Barrow
6	Washington Senators	68	84	.447	29	802	359,260	Clark Griffith
7	Detroit Tigers	61	93	.396	37	833	579,650	Hughie Jennings
8	Philadelphia Athletics	48	106	.312	50	834	287,888	Connie Mack

NL

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Brooklyn Robins	93	61	.604	—	528	808,722	Wilbert Robinson	Pennant
2	New York Giants	86	68	.558	7	543	929,609	John McGraw
3	Cincinnati Reds	82	71	.536	10.5	569	568,107	Pat Moran
4	Pittsburgh Pirates	79	75	.513	14	552	429,037	George Gibson
5	Chicago Cubs	75	79	.487	18	635	480,783	Fred Mitchell
5	St. Louis Cardinals	75	79	.487	18	682	326,836	Branch Rickey
7	Boston Braves	62	90	.408	30	670	162,483	George Stallings
8	Philadelphia Phillies	62	91	.405	30.5	714	330,998	Gavvy Cravath

EAS

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Manager
1	Brooklyn Royal Giants	13	7	.650	—	67	John Henry Lloyd
2	Atlantic City Bacharach Giants	22	16	.579	—	98	Dick Redding
3	Hilldale Club	9	9	.500	3	53	Bill Francis
5	New York Lincoln Giants	4	8	.333	5	32	Joe Williams
7	Cuban Stars East	5	11	.312	6	50	Pelayo Chacón

Negro National League (I)

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Manager
1	Chicago American Giants	45	15	.750	—	181	Rube Foster	Pennant
2	Detroit Stars	38	25	.603	8.5	219	Pete Hill
3	Kansas City Monarchs	42	35	.545	11.5	308	Jose Mendez
4	Indianapolis ABCs	41	40	.506	14.5	379	C. I. Taylor
5	Cuban Stars West	35	34	.507	14.5	223	Tinti Molina
6	St. Louis Giants	33	39	.458	18	274	Dick Wallace
7	Dayton Marcos	17	37	.315	25	177	Candy Jim Taylor
8	Chicago Giants	5	31	.139	28	198	Joe Green

Leaders

AL

RBI

AVG

ERA

NL

RBI

AVG

ERA

EAS

RBI

No-hitters

Walter Johnson, Washington Senators vs. Boston Red Sox, 1920-07-01

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