1920 Cleveland Indians season

MLB yearly infobox-pre1969‎
name = Cleveland Indians
season = 1920
misc = 1920 World Series Champions
1920 American League Champions

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
Uniform logo =
ballpark = Dunn Field
y4 = 1901
city = Cleveland, Ohio
y5 = 1901
owners = Jim Dunn
managers = Tris Speaker
television = none
radio = none|

The Cleveland Indians won the American League pennant and proceeded to win their first World Series title in the history of the franchise.

Regular Season

During the season, Jim Bagby would be the last 30 game winner in one season for the Indians in the 20th Century. [Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.99, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0]

eason standings

Roster

Starting pitchers

World Series

On October 10, 1920, which was the fifth game of the World Series, Bill Wambsganss of the Indians had an unassisted triple play. He caught a liner, touched second base, and tagged the runner coming from first base. [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats8.shtml] On the same day, Elmer Smith hit the the first grand slam in World Series history. During that same game, Indians pitcher Jim Bagby became the first pitcher to hit a home run in World Series history. [http://www.baseballlibrary.com/ballplayers/player.php?name=World_Series]

AL Cleveland Indians (5) vs. NL Brooklyn Dodgers (2)

Game 3

October 7, 1920 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York

Game 6

October 11, 1920 at Dunn Field in Cleveland, Ohio

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/1920.shtml 1920 Cleveland Indians team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1920&t=CLE 1920 Cleveland Indians team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1920_WS.shtml 1920 WS page at Baseball Reference]

succession box
title = American League Champions
Cleveland Indians
years = by|1920
before = Chicago White Sox
by|1919
after = New York Yankees
by|1921succession box
title = World Series Champions
Cleveland Indians
years = by|1920
before = Chicago White Sox
by|1919
after = New York Giants
by|1921
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