More 1920 Baseball Season Highlights

Following are more highlights from the 1920 baseball season, including the lifetime ban of eight White Sox players for throwing the 1919 World Series.

  • Eight White Sox are found innocent of rigging the 1919 World Series by a Chicago jury.

  • Baseball Commissioner Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis permanently bars all eight suspended White Sox from organized baseball.

  • George Sisler sets an all-time major league record with 257 hits.

  • The spitball and all other similar pitches are abolished.

  • Detroit's Sammy Hale collects 17 pinch hits, an American League rookie record.

  • Walter Johnson wins his 300th game.

  • Johnson no-hits Boston on July 1.

  • Cleveland's Larry Gardner is thrown out 20 times in 23 steal attempts.

  • On October 2, Pittsburgh and Cincinnati play the last major league tripleheader.

  • Tris Speaker sets a new major league record with 11 consecutive base hits.

  • Rube Foster organizes the Negro National League.

  • On May 1, Babe Ruth hits his first homer as a Yankee.

  • On May 1, Leon Cadore of Brooklyn and Joe Oeschger of Boston both pitch all 26 innings of a 1-1 tie.

  • Rogers Hornsby tops the National League in doubles (44), total bases (329), and SA (.559), as well as tying for the RBI crown (94).

  • Philly's Cy Williams tops the National League with 15 homers, 39 fewer than Babe Ruth.

  • Pete Alexander heads the National League in wins (27), ERA (1.91), CGs (33), innings (363), and Ks (173).

  • Joe Jackson's 20 triples top the American League; Jackson is also high in almost every other hitting department.

  • The White Sox have a record four 20-game winners, including Ed Cicotte and Lefty Williams.

  • White Sox Jackson, Cicotte, and Williams are among the Eight Men Out.

  • Owing to Babe Ruth, the Yankees hit 115 homers, shattering the major league record.

  • Phillies batters walk just 283 times, a major league record.

  • The Giants' Benny Kauff is banned during the season after he's tried for being part of a stolen car ring; he's found not guilty.

  • Phillie Gene Paulette is banned for allegedly betting on games in 1919.

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