1920 Pittsburgh Pirates

79-75 • 0.513 Win% • 4th in NL

📊 Season Record

79 Wins
75 Losses
0.513 Win %
4th Rank
530 R 552 RA
Diff -22

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530 Runs Scored
552 Runs Allowed
-22 Run Diff
434K Attendance

📈 vs. 1920 NL Average

Batting Avg .257 5% below the 1920 league average (.269)
OBP .306 4% below the 1920 league average (.318)
SLG .266 8% below the 1920 league average (.288)
Team ERA 2.89 8% better than the 1920 league average (3.13)
Runs Scored 530 13% below the 1920 league average (612 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumForbes Field
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Home Games 78
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Total Attendance 434,900
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Avg per Game 5,575

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Fred Nicholson 0.360 2 Max Carey 0.289 3 Billy Southworth 0.284 4 Carson Bigbee 0.280 5 Walter Schmidt 0.277

Home Runs

1 Carson Bigbee 4 2 Fred Nicholson 4 3 Charlie Grimm 2 4 Billy Southworth 2 5 Babe Adams 1

RBI

1 George Whitted 74 2 Charlie Grimm 54 3 Billy Southworth 53 4 George Cutshaw 47 5 Max Carey 35
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Carson Bigbee 137 550 78 154 0 0 4 32 45 28 31 0.280
Billy Southworth 146 546 64 155 0 0 2 53 52 20 23 0.284
Charlie Grimm 148 533 38 121 0 0 2 54 30 40 7 0.227
George Whitted 134 494 53 129 0 0 1 74 35 36 11 0.261
George Cutshaw 131 488 56 123 0 0 0 47 23 10 17 0.252
Max Carey 130 485 74 140 0 0 1 35 59 31 52 0.289
Howdy Caton 98 352 29 83 0 0 0 27 33 19 4 0.236
Walter Schmidt 94 310 22 86 0 0 0 20 24 15 9 0.277
Fred Nicholson 99 247 33 89 0 0 4 30 18 31 9 0.360
Walter Barbare 57 186 9 51 0 0 0 12 9 11 5 0.274
Bill Haeffner 54 175 8 34 0 0 0 14 8 14 1 0.194
Bill McKechnie 40 133 13 29 0 0 1 13 4 7 7 0.218
Wilbur Cooper 44 113 11 25 0 0 0 2 5 19 0 0.221
Babe Adams 35 89 4 13 0 0 1 3 1 18 0 0.146
Hal Carlson 39 85 3 23 0 0 0 2 1 16 0 0.271
Cliff Lee 37 76 9 18 0 0 0 8 4 14 0 0.237
Earl Hamilton 39 67 4 10 0 0 0 2 5 18 0 0.149
Elmer Ponder 33 59 2 7 0 0 0 3 2 24 0 0.119
Pie Traynor 17 52 6 11 0 0 0 2 3 6 1 0.212
Clyde Barnhart 12 46 5 15 0 0 0 5 1 2 1 0.326
Cotton Tierney 12 46 4 11 0 0 0 8 3 4 1 0.239
Homer Summa 10 22 1 7 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 0.318
Bill Hinchman 18 16 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0.188
Jimmy Zinn 8 15 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 0.200
Jay Clarke 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0.000
Jack Wisner 17 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Johnny Meador 12 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.167
Sheriff Blake 6 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.250
Whitey Glazner 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Johnny Morrison 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Mule Watson 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Wally Hood 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Babe Adams 2.16 2 Wilbur Cooper 2.39 3 Elmer Ponder 2.62 4 Earl Hamilton 3.24 5 Hal Carlson 3.36

Wins

1 Wilbur Cooper 24 2 Babe Adams 17 3 Hal Carlson 14 4 Elmer Ponder 11 5 Earl Hamilton 10

Strikeouts

1 Wilbur Cooper 114 2 Babe Adams 84 3 Earl Hamilton 74 4 Hal Carlson 62 5 Elmer Ponder 62
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Wilbur Cooper 24 15 2.39 44 37 2 327.0 52 114
Babe Adams 17 13 2.16 35 33 2 263.0 18 84
Hal Carlson 14 13 3.36 39 31 3 246.2 63 62
Earl Hamilton 10 13 3.24 39 23 3 230.1 69 74
Elmer Ponder 11 15 2.62 33 23 0 196.0 40 62
Jack Wisner 1 3 3.43 17 2 0 44.2 10 13
Johnny Meador 0 2 4.21 12 2 0 36.1 7 5
Jimmy Zinn 1 1 3.48 6 3 0 31.0 5 18
Sheriff Blake 0 0 8.10 6 0 0 13.1 6 7
Mule Watson 0 0 8.74 5 0 0 11.1 7 1
Whitey Glazner 0 0 3.12 2 0 0 8.2 2 1
Johnny Morrison 1 0 0.00 2 1 0 7.0 1 3

👥 Roster (32)

Babe Adams Walter Barbare Clyde Barnhart Carson Bigbee Sheriff Blake Max Carey Hal Carlson Howdy Caton Jay Clarke Wilbur Cooper George Cutshaw Whitey Glazner +20 more

32 players

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