1920 Major League Baseball season

1920 MLB season
LeagueMajor League Baseball
SportBaseball
DurationApril 14 – October 12, 1920
Number of games154
Number of teams16
Pennant Winners
AL championsCleveland Indians
  AL runners-upChicago White Sox
NL championsBrooklyn Robins
  NL runners-upNew York Giants
World Series
ChampionsCleveland Indians
  Runners-upBrooklyn Robins
Locations of teams for the 1915–1922 American League seasons
American League

The 1920 Major League Baseball season began on April 14, 1920. The regular season ended on October 3, with the Brooklyn Robins and Cleveland Indians as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 17th World Series on October 5 and ended with Game 7 on October 12. The Indians defeated the Robins, five games to two.

This was the final season to be presided over by the three-person National Baseball Commission, which ran the major and minor leagues—composed of the American League President, National League President, and one team owner as president. In the wake of the Black Sox scandal, the credibility of baseball had been tarnished with the public and fans and the owners of the teams clamored for credibility to be restored. The owners felt that creating one position with near-unlimited authority was the answer. After the season, the commission was replaced with the newly created office of Commissioner of Baseball.


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