1920 MLB Season Leaders

4 leagues · 153 team games · 78 ranking tables

Awards

Not every award existed in this season. This database has Rookie of the Year (from 1947), Cy Young Award (from 1956), Gold Glove (from 1957), Silver Slugger (from 1980). Their absence here is not a statement about these players: those awards had not been invented yet.

No award in this database was given for 1920. The Most Valuable Player award has entries from 1911, but it was not handed out every year in that early stretch, and this is one of the years with nothing recorded. An empty award section here means the record is empty, not that nobody deserved one.

American League

Led the American League — the first row of every table below.

Batting13 categories

RunsR

1	Babe Ruth	158
2	George Sisler	137
2	Tris Speaker	137
4	Eddie Collins	117
5	Roger Peckinpaugh	109
5	Wally Pipp	109
7	Shoeless Joe Jackson	105
8	Joe Judge	103
9	Buck Weaver	102
10	Ray Chapman	97
10	Baby Doll Jacobson	97

HitsH

1	George Sisler	257
2	Eddie Collins	224
3	Shoeless Joe Jackson	218
4	Baby Doll Jacobson	216
5	Tris Speaker	214
6	Sam Rice	211
7	Buck Weaver	208
8	Jack Tobin	202
9	Happy Felsch	188
9	Bobby Veach	188

Doubles2B

1	Tris Speaker	50
2	George Sisler	49
3	Shoeless Joe Jackson	42
4	Joe Dugan	40
4	Happy Felsch	40
4	Bob Meusel	40
7	Steve O'Neill	39
7	Bobby Veach	39
9	Eddie Collins	38
10	Del Pratt	37
10	Elmer Smith	37

Triples3B

1	Shoeless Joe Jackson	20
2	George Sisler	18
3	Harry Hooper	17
4	Happy Felsch	15
4	Joe Judge	15
4	Bobby Veach	15
7	Baby Doll Jacobson	14
7	Wally Pipp	14
9	Eddie Collins	13
9	Ken Williams	13

Home RunsHR

1	Babe Ruth	54
2	George Sisler	19
3	Tillie Walker	17
4	Happy Felsch	14
5	Shoeless Joe Jackson	12
5	Elmer Smith	12
7	Bob Meusel	11
7	Wally Pipp	11
7	Bobby Veach	11
7	Aaron Ward	11

Runs Batted InRBI

1	Babe Ruth	137
2	Baby Doll Jacobson	122
2	George Sisler	122
4	Shoeless Joe Jackson	121
5	Larry Gardner	118
6	Happy Felsch	115
7	Bobby Veach	113
8	Tris Speaker	107
9	Elmer Smith	103
10	Del Pratt	97

WalksBB

1	Babe Ruth	150
2	Tris Speaker	97
3	Harry Hooper	88
4	Ralph Young	85
5	Braggo Roth	75
6	Donie Bush	73
7	Roger Peckinpaugh	72
8	Eddie Collins	69
8	Steve O'Neill	69
10	Ray Schalk	68

Stolen BasesSB

1	Sam Rice	63
2	George Sisler	42
3	Braggo Roth	24
4	Mike Menosky	23
5	Jack Tobin	21
6	Eddie Collins	20
7	Buck Weaver	19
8	Ken Williams	18
9	Bucky Harris	16
9	Harry Hooper	16

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Babe Ruth	14.9
2	George Sisler	11.7
3	Tris Speaker	11.6
4	Eddie Collins	11.1
5	Shoeless Joe Jackson	9.9
6	Happy Felsch	8.5
7	Baby Doll Jacobson	8.5
8	Sam Rice	7.4
9	Bobby Veach	6.0
10	Steve O'Neill	5.8

Batting Averagemin 474 PA

1	George Sisler	.407
2	Tris Speaker	.388
3	Shoeless Joe Jackson	.382
4	Babe Ruth	.376
5	Eddie Collins	.372
6	Baby Doll Jacobson	.355
7	Jack Tobin	.341
8	Happy Felsch	.338
8	Sam Rice	.338
10	Ty Cobb	.334

On-Base Percentagemin 474 PA

1	Babe Ruth	.533
2	Tris Speaker	.483
3	George Sisler	.449
4	Shoeless Joe Jackson	.444
5	Eddie Collins	.438
6	Ty Cobb	.416
6	Joe Judge	.416
8	Harry Hooper	.411
9	Steve O'Neill	.408
10	Baby Doll Jacobson	.402

Slugging Percentagemin 474 PA

1	Babe Ruth	.849
2	George Sisler	.632
3	Shoeless Joe Jackson	.589
4	Tris Speaker	.562
5	Happy Felsch	.540
6	Elmer Smith	.520
7	Bob Meusel	.517
8	Baby Doll Jacobson	.501
9	Eddie Collins	.493
10	Ken Williams	.480

On-Base Plus Sluggingmin 474 PA

1	Babe Ruth	1.382
2	George Sisler	1.082
3	Tris Speaker	1.045
4	Shoeless Joe Jackson	1.033
5	Eddie Collins	.932
6	Happy Felsch	.923
7	Elmer Smith	.910
8	Baby Doll Jacobson	.903
9	Harry Hooper	.881
10	Joe Judge	.878

Pitching10 categories

WinsW

1	Jim Bagby	31
2	Carl Mays	26
3	Stan Coveleski	24
4	Red Faber	23
5	Lefty Williams	22
6	Eddie Cicotte	21
6	Dickey Kerr	21
8	Ray Caldwell	20
8	Bob Shawkey	20
8	Urban Shocker	20

SavesSV

1	Dickey Kerr	5
1	Urban Shocker	5
3	Bill Burwell	4
4	Howard Ehmke	3
4	Walter Johnson	3
4	Jack Quinn	3
7	Eddie Cicotte	2
7	Stan Coveleski	2
7	Carl Mays	2
7	Dick Niehaus	2
7	Herb Pennock	2
7	Bob Shawkey	2
7	Allen Sothoron	2
7	Carl Weilman	2
7	Roy Wilkinson	2
7	Tom Zachary	2

StrikeoutsSO

1	Stan Coveleski	133
2	Lefty Williams	128
3	Bob Shawkey	126
4	Red Faber	108
5	Urban Shocker	107
6	Doc Ayers	103
7	Jack Quinn	101
8	Howard Ehmke	98
9	Carl Mays	92
10	Rollie Naylor	90

Innings PitchedIP

1	Jim Bagby	339.7
2	Red Faber	319.0
3	Stan Coveleski	315.0
4	Carl Mays	312.0
5	Eddie Cicotte	303.3
6	Lefty Williams	299.0
7	Sad Sam Jones	274.0
8	Hooks Dauss	270.3
9	Dixie Davis	269.3
10	Howard Ehmke	268.3

Complete GamesCG

1	Jim Bagby	30
2	Eddie Cicotte	28
2	Red Faber	28
4	Stan Coveleski	26
4	Carl Mays	26
6	Lefty Williams	25
7	Howard Ehmke	23
8	Dixie Davis	22
8	Urban Shocker	22
10	Sad Sam Jones	21

ShutoutsSHO

1	Carl Mays	6
2	Bob Shawkey	5
2	Urban Shocker	5
4	Eddie Cicotte	4
4	Walter Johnson	4
4	Herb Pennock	4
7	Doc Ayers	3
7	Jim Bagby	3
7	Stan Coveleski	3
7	Sad Sam Jones	3
7	Dickey Kerr	3
7	Dutch Leonard	3
7	Tom Zachary	3

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Stan Coveleski	6.5
2	Red Faber	4.9
3	Eddie Cicotte	4.9
4	Jack Quinn	4.5
5	Jim Bagby	4.3
6	Bob Shawkey	3.9
7	Lefty Williams	3.5
8	Carl Mays	3.4
9	Urban Shocker	3.4
10	Rollie Naylor	3.3

Earned Run Averagemin 153 IP

1	Bob Shawkey	2.46
2	Stan Coveleski	2.49
3	Urban Shocker	2.71
4	Eddie Rommel	2.85
5	Jim Bagby	2.89
6	Red Faber	2.99
7	Harry Harper	3.04
8	Carl Mays	3.06
9	Dixie Davis	3.17
10	Jack Quinn	3.20

Walks and Hits per Inningmin 153 IP

1	Stan Coveleski	1.11
2	Urban Shocker	1.20
3	Eddie Rommel	1.20
4	Jim Bagby	1.23
5	Bob Shawkey	1.24
6	Herb Pennock	1.26
6	Jack Quinn	1.26
8	Carl Mays	1.26
9	Eddie Cicotte	1.29
10	Lefty Williams	1.31

Fielding Independent Pitchingmin 153 IP

1	Stan Coveleski	2.85
2	Jack Quinn	3.00
3	Doc Ayers	3.19
4	Eddie Cicotte	3.23
5	Elmer Myers	3.30
6	Bob Shawkey	3.30
7	Red Faber	3.31
8	Urban Shocker	3.35
9	Jim Bagby	3.45
10	Ray Caldwell	3.46

National League

Led the National League — the first row of every table below.

Batting13 categories

RunsR

1	George Burns	115
2	Dave Bancroft	102
3	Jake Daubert	97
4	Rogers Hornsby	96
5	Ross Youngs	92
6	Zack Wheat	89
7	Cy Williams	88
8	Jimmy Johnston	87
9	Heinie Groh	86
10	Max Flack	85
10	Milt Stock	85

HitsH

1	Rogers Hornsby	218
2	Milt Stock	204
2	Ross Youngs	204
4	Edd Roush	196
5	Cy Williams	192
6	Zack Wheat	191
7	Jimmy Johnston	185
8	Dave Bancroft	183
9	George Burns	181
10	Hi Myers	177

Doubles2B

1	Rogers Hornsby	44
2	Dave Bancroft	36
2	Hi Myers	36
2	Cy Williams	36
5	George Burns	35
6	Jack Fournier	33
7	Art Fletcher	32
8	Max Flack	30
9	Dave Robertson	29
10	Tony Boeckel	28
10	Jake Daubert	28
10	Heinie Groh	28
10	Milt Stock	28

Triples3B

1	Hi Myers	22
2	Rogers Hornsby	20
3	Edd Roush	16
4	Carson Bigbee	15
4	Rabbit Maranville	15
6	Jack Fournier	14
6	Ross Youngs	14
8	Jake Daubert	13
8	Billy Southworth	13
8	Zack Wheat	13

Home RunsHR

1	Cy Williams	15
2	Irish Meusel	14
3	George Kelly	11
4	Austin McHenry	10
4	Dave Robertson	10
6	Rogers Hornsby	9
6	Casey Stengel	9
6	Zack Wheat	9
9	Lee King	7
10	George Burns	6
10	Ray Powell	6
10	Walt Tragesser	6
10	Ross Youngs	6

Runs Batted InRBI

1	Rogers Hornsby	94
1	George Kelly	94
3	Edd Roush	90
4	Pat Duncan	83
5	Hi Myers	80
6	Ross Youngs	78
7	Frankie Frisch	77
8	Milt Stock	76
9	Dave Robertson	75
10	George Whitted	74

WalksBB

1	George Burns	76
2	Ross Youngs	75
3	Dode Paskert	64
4	Heinie Groh	60
4	Rogers Hornsby	60
6	Max Carey	59
7	Pete Kilduff	58
8	Max Flack	52
8	Billy Southworth	52
10	Zack Wheat	48

Stolen BasesSB

1	Max Carey	52
2	Edd Roush	36
3	Frankie Frisch	34
4	Carson Bigbee	31
5	Greasy Neale	29
6	Jack Fournier	26
7	Billy Southworth	23
8	George Burns	22
9	Cliff Heathcote	21
10	Charlie Hollocher	20

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Rogers Hornsby	10.6
2	Edd Roush	7.4
3	Cy Williams	7.2
4	Ross Youngs	6.5
5	Dave Bancroft	6.0
6	Hi Myers	5.2
7	Zack Wheat	4.5
8	Max Carey	4.5
9	Rabbit Maranville	4.4
10	Charlie Hollocher	4.3

Batting Averagemin 474 PA

1	Rogers Hornsby	.370
2	Ross Youngs	.351
3	Edd Roush	.339
4	Zack Wheat	.328
5	Cy Williams	.325
6	Milt Stock	.319
7	Irish Meusel	.309
8	Ed Konetchy	.308
9	Jack Fournier	.306
10	Jake Daubert	.304
10	Hi Myers	.304

On-Base Percentagemin 474 PA

1	Rogers Hornsby	.431
2	Ross Youngs	.427
3	Edd Roush	.386
4	Zack Wheat	.385
5	Heinie Groh	.375
6	Max Flack	.373
7	Jack Fournier	.370
8	Max Carey	.369
9	Dode Paskert	.366
10	George Burns	.365

Slugging Percentagemin 474 PA

1	Rogers Hornsby	.559
2	Cy Williams	.497
3	Ross Youngs	.477
4	Irish Meusel	.473
5	Zack Wheat	.463
6	Hi Myers	.462
6	Dave Robertson	.462
8	Edd Roush	.453
9	Jack Fournier	.438
10	Casey Stengel	.436

On-Base Plus Sluggingmin 474 PA

1	Rogers Hornsby	.990
2	Ross Youngs	.904
3	Cy Williams	.861
4	Zack Wheat	.848
5	Edd Roush	.839
6	Irish Meusel	.822
7	Dave Robertson	.815
8	Jack Fournier	.808
9	Hi Myers	.807
10	Casey Stengel	.792

Pitching10 categories

WinsW

1	Pete Alexander	27
2	Wilbur Cooper	24
3	Burleigh Grimes	23
4	Art Nehf	21
4	Fred Toney	21
6	Jesse Barnes	20
6	Bill Doak	20
8	Hippo Vaughn	19
9	Babe Adams	17
9	Jimmy Ring	17

SavesSV

1	Bill Sherdel	6
2	Pete Alexander	5
2	Hugh McQuillan	5
4	Bill Hubbell	4
4	Al Mamaux	4
6	Hal Carlson	3
6	Red Causey	3
6	Earl Hamilton	3
6	Dutch Ruether	3
6	Sherry Smith	3

StrikeoutsSO

1	Pete Alexander	173
2	Burleigh Grimes	131
2	Hippo Vaughn	131
4	Jesse Haines	120
5	Ferdie Schupp	119
6	Wilbur Cooper	114
7	Eppa Rixey	109
8	Al Mamaux	101
9	Dutch Ruether	99
10	Lee Meadows	95

Innings PitchedIP

1	Pete Alexander	363.3
2	Wilbur Cooper	327.0
3	Burleigh Grimes	303.7
4	Jesse Haines	301.7
5	Hippo Vaughn	301.0
6	Joe Oeschger	299.0
7	Jesse Barnes	292.7
8	Jack Scott	291.0
9	Eppa Rixey	284.3
10	Art Nehf	280.7

Complete GamesCG

1	Pete Alexander	33
2	Wilbur Cooper	28
3	Burleigh Grimes	25
3	Eppa Rixey	25
5	Hippo Vaughn	24
6	Jesse Barnes	23
6	Dutch Ruether	23
8	Dana Fillingim	22
8	Art Nehf	22
8	Jack Scott	22

ShutoutsSHO

1	Babe Adams	8
2	Pete Alexander	7
3	Bill Doak	5
3	Burleigh Grimes	5
3	Joe Oeschger	5
3	Dutch Ruether	5
7	Rube Benton	4
7	Leon Cadore	4
7	Jesse Haines	4
7	Art Nehf	4
7	Fred Toney	4
7	Hippo Vaughn	4

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Pete Alexander	8.0
2	Wilbur Cooper	6.7
3	Burleigh Grimes	6.2
4	Babe Adams	6.1
5	Eppa Rixey	5.4
6	Hippo Vaughn	5.2
7	Art Nehf	4.6
8	Leon Cadore	4.6
9	Jesse Haines	4.3
10	Rube Marquard	4.2

Earned Run Averagemin 153 IP

1	Pete Alexander	1.91
2	Babe Adams	2.16
3	Burleigh Grimes	2.22
4	Wilbur Cooper	2.39
5	Dutch Ruether	2.47
6	Dolf Luque	2.51
7	Bill Doak	2.53
8	Hippo Vaughn	2.54
9	Elmer Ponder	2.62
10	Leon Cadore	2.62

Walks and Hits per Inningmin 153 IP

1	Babe Adams	0.98
2	Wilbur Cooper	1.10
2	Dolf Luque	1.10
4	Pete Alexander	1.11
5	Burleigh Grimes	1.11
6	Jesse Barnes	1.12
7	Art Nehf	1.13
7	Elmer Ponder	1.13
9	Rube Marquard	1.14
10	Fred Toney	1.16

Fielding Independent Pitchingmin 153 IP

1	Babe Adams	2.67
2	Pete Alexander	2.71
3	Rube Marquard	2.77
4	Wilbur Cooper	2.83
5	Burleigh Grimes	2.85
6	Bill Sherdel	2.90
7	Al Mamaux	2.92
8	Elmer Ponder	3.00
9	Eppa Rixey	3.03
10	Jeff Pfeffer	3.05

Other leagues

Led the Other leagues — the first row of every table below.

There is no batting average table in this section, and that is not a gap in the record. Rate statistics need a qualifying line, and the one this site uses for 1920 is 474 plate appearances — three point one per team game across a 153-game schedule. The Other leagues played a far shorter league season than that, so no player in it reaches the line and no rate table can be built without comparing a handful of games to a full year. The counting tables above are unaffected: those are simply what the players did.

Batting9 categories

RunsR

1	Jesse Barber	20
2	Dick Lundy	19
3	Oliver Marcell	17
4	Bill Handy	16
4	Bill Pierce	16
6	Country Brown	14
7	Eddie Douglass	13
7	Louis Santop	13
9	Julio Rojo	10
10	Toussaint Allen	9
10	Tom Fiall	9

HitsH

1	Jesse Barber	41
2	Dick Lundy	40
3	Bill Pierce	34
4	Oliver Marcell	31
5	Country Brown	30
6	Toussaint Allen	22
6	Eddie Douglass	22
8	Bill Handy	21
8	John Henry Lloyd	21
10	Louis Santop	20
10	Bob Scott	20

Doubles2B

1	Bill Pierce	6
2	Jesse Barber	5
2	Dick Lundy	5
2	Louis Santop	5
5	Ramiro Ramírez	4
6	Bill Handy	3
6	George Johnson	3
6	Oliver Marcell	3
6	Spottswood Poles	3
10	Toussaint Allen	2
10	Eddie Douglass	2
10	Julián Fabelo	2
10	José María Fernández	2
10	Fats Jenkins	2
10	John Henry Lloyd	2
10	Lico Mederos	2
10	Bill Pettus	2
10	Dick Redding	2
10	Julio Rojo	2
10	Bob Scott	2
10	Recurvon Terán	2
10	Doc Wiley	2

Triples3B

1	Jesse Barber	5
2	Oliver Marcell	4
3	Dick Lundy	2
3	Bill Pierce	2
3	Dick Redding	2
6	Toussaint Allen	1
6	Lucas Boada	1
6	Country Brown	1
6	Tom Fiall	1
6	Bill Handy	1
6	Jesse Hubbard	1
6	Harry Kenyon	1
6	John Henry Lloyd	1
6	Lico Mederos	1
6	Bill Pettus	1
6	Roy Roberts	1
6	Louis Santop	1
6	Bob Scott	1
6	Doc Wiley	1

Home RunsHR

1	Dick Lundy	3
2	Irvin Brooks	1
2	Bill Handy	1
2	Bill Pierce	1
2	Julio Rojo	1

Runs Batted InRBI

1	Dick Lundy	19
2	Bill Pierce	15
3	Jesse Barber	12
4	Toussaint Allen	11
4	Bill Handy	11
6	José María Fernández	10
6	George Johnson	10
6	Oliver Marcell	10
9	Country Brown	9
10	Eddie Douglass	8
10	Bob Scott	8

WalksBB

1	Oliver Marcell	17
2	Dick Lundy	13
3	Julio Rojo	12
4	Jesse Barber	11
4	Bill Handy	11
4	Bill Pierce	11
7	Toussaint Allen	9
7	Country Brown	9
9	John Henry Lloyd	8
9	Bob Scott	8

Stolen BasesSB

1	Dick Lundy	11
2	Country Brown	7
3	Bill Handy	6
4	Jesse Barber	4
4	Spottswood Poles	4
6	John Henry Lloyd	3
6	Lewis Means	3
6	Bill Pierce	3
6	Johnny Pugh	3
6	Bob Scott	3

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Dick Lundy	2.0
2	Oliver Marcell	1.3
3	Jesse Barber	0.9
4	Bill Pierce	0.9
5	John Henry Lloyd	0.8
6	Louis Santop	0.6
7	Toussaint Allen	0.5
8	Doc Wiley	0.4
9	Bob Scott	0.2
10	Fats Jenkins	0.2

Pitching7 categories

WinsW

1	Dick Redding	6
1	Red Ryan	6
3	Dick Whitworth	5
4	Phil Cockrell	3
4	Jesse Hubbard	3
4	Juan Padrón	3
4	Harold Treadwell	3
4	String Bean Williams	3
9	Isidro Fabré	2
9	Ping Gardner	2
9	Harry Kenyon	2
9	Roy Roberts	2

SavesSV

1	Dick Redding	1

StrikeoutsSO

1	Dick Redding	65
2	Red Ryan	45
3	Jesse Hubbard	41
3	String Bean Williams	41
5	Dick Whitworth	31
6	Roy Roberts	26
7	Phil Cockrell	22
8	Juan Padrón	20
9	Harold Treadwell	18
10	Willis Flournoy	16

Innings PitchedIP

1	Dick Redding	103.7
2	String Bean Williams	72.3
3	Red Ryan	70.3
4	Juan Padrón	65.0
5	Jesse Hubbard	62.0
6	Phil Cockrell	60.0
7	Dick Whitworth	56.3
8	Harold Treadwell	40.0
9	Roy Roberts	35.0
10	Lucas Boada	29.3

Complete GamesCG

1	Dick Redding	11
2	Jesse Hubbard	7
2	Red Ryan	7
4	Phil Cockrell	6
4	Juan Padrón	6
6	Dick Whitworth	5
6	String Bean Williams	5
8	Roy Roberts	4
9	Lucas Boada	3
9	Ping Gardner	3
9	Harry Kenyon	3
9	Connie Rector	3
9	Harold Treadwell	3
9	Joe Williams	3

ShutoutsSHO

1	Dick Redding	2
2	Phil Cockrell	1
2	Ping Gardner	1
2	Jesse Hubbard	1
2	Harry Kenyon	1
2	Juan Padrón	1
2	Dick Whitworth	1
2	Joe Williams	1
2	String Bean Williams	1

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Dick Redding	2.2
2	Red Ryan	1.9
3	String Bean Williams	1.9
4	Jesse Hubbard	1.7
5	Dick Whitworth	1.4
6	Juan Padrón	1.1
7	Phil Cockrell	1.0
8	Joe Williams	0.8
9	Lucas Boada	0.7
10	Willis Flournoy	0.7

Negro Leagues in 1920

16 more ranking tables from 1920. These clubs played a much shorter league schedule than the American and National Leagues did, so the counting statistics are not on the same scale as the ones above.

The Negro Leagues had none of these awards. There was no Most Valuable Player vote, no Cy Young Award, no Gold Glove and no Silver Slugger in Black baseball, so no player in those sections below could appear in the award list above however he played. A blank there says something about how the leagues were organised and nothing at all about the players.

Negro Leagues

Led the Negro Leagues — the first row of every table below.

There is no batting average table in this section, and that is not a gap in the record. Rate statistics need a qualifying line, and the one this site uses for 1920 is 474 plate appearances — three point one per team game across a 153-game schedule. The Negro Leagues played a far shorter league season than that, so no player in it reaches the line and no rate table can be built without comparing a handful of games to a full year. The counting tables above are unaffected: those are simply what the players did.

Batting9 categories

RunsR

1	Oscar Charleston	60
2	Bingo DeMoss	58
3	Bartolo Portuondo	57
4	Hurley McNair	56
5	Morten Clark	54
5	Jimmie Lyons	54
7	George Carr	45
8	Cristóbal Torriente	44
9	Ben Taylor	41
10	Charlie Blackwell	40
10	Frank Warfield	40

HitsH

1	Oscar Charleston	95
1	Hurley McNair	95
3	Bartolo Portuondo	93
4	George Carr	90
4	Morten Clark	90
6	Ben Taylor	83
6	Cristóbal Torriente	83
8	John Donaldson	80
9	Jimmie Lyons	72
10	Charlie Blackwell	66

Doubles2B

1	Bartolo Portuondo	20
2	Oscar Charleston	18
2	Hurley McNair	18
2	Cristóbal Torriente	18
5	George Carr	15
5	Edgar Wesley	15
7	Jimmie Lyons	13
7	Ben Taylor	13
7	Frank Warfield	13
10	Sidney Brooks	12
10	Bingo DeMoss	12
10	John Donaldson	12

Triples3B

1	Hurley McNair	8
1	Bullet Rogan	8
3	Cristóbal Torriente	7
4	George Carr	5
4	Oscar Charleston	5
4	Connie Day	5
4	Jimmie Lyons	5
8	Koke Alexander	4
8	Charlie Blackwell	4
8	Morten Clark	4
8	George Dixon	4
8	Judy Gans	4
8	Dobie Moore	4
8	George Shively	4
8	Ben Taylor	4

Home RunsHR

1	Edgar Wesley	8
2	Jimmie Lyons	7
3	Oscar Charleston	5
4	George Carr	4
4	John Donaldson	4
4	Hurley McNair	4
7	Charlie Blackwell	3
7	Cheo Hernández	3
7	Pete Hill	3
7	Ben Taylor	3

Runs Batted InRBI

1	Cristóbal Torriente	50
2	George Carr	48
3	Ben Taylor	46
4	Oscar Charleston	45
5	Hurley McNair	44
6	John Donaldson	41
6	Jimmie Lyons	41
8	Edgar Wesley	39
9	Bingo DeMoss	33
10	Charlie Blackwell	32

WalksBB

1	Dave Malarcher	36
2	Oscar Charleston	35
2	Pete Hill	35
4	Morten Clark	31
5	Bingo DeMoss	29
6	José Méndez	28
6	Ben Taylor	28
8	Matías Ríos	26
9	Joe Hewitt	25
9	Bartolo Portuondo	25

Stolen BasesSB

1	Bartolo Portuondo	27
2	Jimmie Lyons	21
3	Oscar Charleston	20
4	Lee Hill	19
5	George Carr	18
6	Morten Clark	16
7	Charlie Blackwell	15
8	Marcelino Guerra	14
9	Hurley McNair	13
9	Ben Taylor	13
9	Candy Jim Taylor	13

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Oscar Charleston	5.0
2	Jimmie Lyons	4.6
3	Cristóbal Torriente	3.8
4	Hurley McNair	3.1
5	Bingo DeMoss	3.1
6	Bartolo Portuondo	2.6
7	Charlie Blackwell	2.4
8	George Carr	2.4
9	Morten Clark	2.2
10	Bernardo Baró	2.1

Pitching7 categories

WinsW

1	Sam Crawford	14
2	Dave Brown	12
3	Bill Gatewood	11
3	Tom Williams	11
5	Dizzy Dismukes	10
5	Bill Drake	10
5	Bill Holland	10
5	Tom Johnson	10
9	Cheo Hernández	9
10	Rube Curry	8
10	Dicta Johnson	8

SavesSV

1	Bill Holland	3
1	Tom Williams	3
3	Bill Gatewood	2
3	Jim Jeffries	2
5	Andy Cooper	1
5	Sam Crawford	1
5	Rube Curry	1
5	John Donaldson	1
5	Bill Drake	1
5	John Finner	1
5	Cheo Hernández	1
5	Jack Marshall	1
5	Ben Taylor	1
5	Faustino Valdés	1

StrikeoutsSO

1	Sam Crawford	102
2	Dave Brown	97
3	Bill Drake	90
4	Rube Curry	89
5	Bill Holland	87
6	Bullet Rogan	83
7	José Leblanc	75
8	Dicta Johnson	72
9	Bill Gatewood	68
10	Wayne Carr	65

Innings PitchedIP

1	Bill Drake	191.0
2	Rube Curry	186.7
3	Sam Crawford	181.7
4	Dicta Johnson	171.0
5	Bill Holland	157.3
6	Cheo Hernández	154.3
7	Tom Williams	148.0
8	Dave Brown	141.7
9	Dizzy Dismukes	137.3
9	John Finner	137.3

Complete GamesCG

1	Bill Drake	19
2	Cheo Hernández	15
3	Sam Crawford	14
3	Tom Williams	14
5	Dave Brown	13
6	Rube Curry	12
6	Bill Holland	12
6	Dicta Johnson	12
6	José Leblanc	12
6	Faustino Valdés	12

ShutoutsSHO

1	Dizzy Dismukes	3
2	Dave Brown	2
2	Sam Crawford	2
2	Tom Johnson	2
2	Tom Williams	2
6	Slim Branham	1
6	George Britt	1
6	Wayne Carr	1
6	Rube Curry	1
6	John Donaldson	1
6	Bill Drake	1
6	John Finner	1
6	Jim Jeffries	1
6	Jack Marshall	1
6	Bob McClure	1
6	Ed Rile	1
6	Ben Taylor	1
6	John Taylor	1
6	Morris Williams	1

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Rube Curry	4.1
2	Sam Crawford	3.4
3	Bill Drake	3.4
4	Dicta Johnson	3.2
5	Dave Brown	3.1
6	José Leblanc	2.7
7	Bullet Rogan	2.7
8	Tom Williams	2.7
9	Bill Holland	2.5
10	John Finner	2.3

How this page is built

The qualifying line for 1920 is 474 plate appearances and 153 innings pitched. It comes from the length of the schedule — 153 games per team, measured from the season files themselves — at the official rate of 3.1 plate appearances and one inning per team game. Batting average, on-base, slugging, OPS, earned run average and WHIP all use it; a player who came to the plate twice and got two hits does not appear at the top of the batting average table, which is exactly what that line is for. Counting statistics such as home runs and strikeouts have no minimum, because none is needed.

How the rankings were made

Wins above replacement in these tables is ours rather than the source database's, so it will not match a published figure exactly. Also: why every ranking stops at one league, and why some categories are missing on purpose.

Every ranking on this page is worked out inside one league. 1920 is counted as 4 separate leagues — American League, National League, Negro Leagues and Other leagues, and a player is ranked only against the men in his own. Leading the American League and leading baseball are different claims, and the one we can make from these files is the first. There is no combined table anywhere on this page, because adding two leagues together would produce a number that no record book recognises.

There are 78 ranking tables here, 22 places deep. Players tied on a value share a place, so a table can run past ten rows when the tenth spot is shared, and a league with fewer than ten qualified players in a category is left out rather than shown as a top ten that is not one. A player who did none of the thing is not ranked in it either — a shutout table lists the pitchers who threw one, not the hundreds who threw none tied on zero. Some categories are missing on purpose: nobody leads a league in strikeouts at the plate, in losses, or in home runs allowed. A ranking is meant to mark an achievement, so only achievements are ranked.

Wins above replacement on this page is ours, not the source database's. The hitting and pitching files carry a WAR column that we compute here from the same season lines you see, using park factors and a run environment worked out per season. Published versions elsewhere use different methods and will not match ours exactly. Every other column is the record as the database supplies it.

Names on this page lead to that player's own record. Most of them open a full career page with every season he appeared in. Some open a summary screen instead — we pre-build pages for the players people look for, and everyone else is assembled on demand from the same files, so the numbers are identical either way even though the address looks different.

Data for 1871 to 2025: Lahman Baseball Database 2025, compiled by SABR (Society for American Baseball Research) and licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported. Negro Leagues data licensed from Seamheads.com and included under SABR major-league recommendations (2021-02-11, 2024-06-03). This page ranks the 1920 season lines published on this site, league by league, with WAR worked out here. — the WAR columns are computed here — and they are published under the same CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported licence, as ShareAlike requires. That database is published once a season is complete, so the 2026 figures on this site come from a different place: the MLB Stats API, whose notice reads “Copyright 2026 MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Use of any content on this page acknowledges agreement to the terms posted here http://gdx.mlb.com/components/copyright.txt”. Those numbers are MLB Advanced Media, L.P.’s, not SABR (Society for American Baseball Research)’s, and they carry that notice rather than the CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported licence above. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Major League Baseball or any of its clubs.