Английская Википедия:1920 Vernon Tigers season
Шаблон:Infobox baseball team season The 1920 Vernon Tigers season was the 12th season in the history of the Vernon Tigers baseball team. Playing in the Pacific Coast League (PCL), the team compiled a 110–88 record and won the PCL pennant.[1] Vernon compiled the best record in the PCL for a third consecutive seasons under manager Bill Essick.
The Tigers' championship was marred by revelations during the 1920 season of a gambling scandal involving first baseman Babe Borton. Borton admitted paying money during the 1919 pennant race to three players on the Salt Lake City Bees to throw games against the Tigers. Borton claimed that bribes had also been paid by a teammate to Portland and Seattle players, that the bribes were paid out of a pool of money funded by numerous teammates, and that the bribes were instigated by Vernor manager Bill Essick. Borton was released by the Tigers in August 1920 and never again played professional baseball.[2][3][4] Borton was charged by a Los Angeles grand jury in December 1920 with criminal conspiracy for his role in the bribery scandal.[5]
1920 PCL standings
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
---|---|---|---|---|
Vernon Tigers | 110 | 88 | .556 | -- |
Seattle Rainiers | 102 | 91 | .528 | 5.5 |
San Francisco Seals | 103 | 96 | .518 | 7.5 |
Los Angeles Angels | 101 | 95 | .515 | 8.0 |
Salt Lake City Bees | 95 | 92 | .508 | 9.5 |
Oakland Oaks | 95 | 103 | .480 | 15.0 |
Sacramento Senators | 89 | 109 | .449 | 21.0 |
Portland Beavers | 81 | 102 | .443 | 21.5 |
Statistics
Batting
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; SLG = Slugging percentage
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | SLG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1B | Babe Borton | 123 | 439 | 143 | .326 | 10 | .487 |
2B | Bob Fisher | 190 | 787 | 244 | .310 | 2 | .395 |
3B | Red Smith | 186 | 616 | 180 | .292 | 1 | .351 |
LF | Hugh High | 177 | 664 | 191 | .288 | 4 | .373 |
CF | Chet Chadbourne | 195 | 775 | 222 | .286 | 3 | .379 |
LF | Scotty Alcock | 74 | 149 | 42 | .282 | 0 | .336 |
RF | Tom Long | 124 | 392 | 107 | .273 | 0 | .347 |
1B | Stump Edington | 124 | 394 | 107 | .272 | 3 | .343 |
SS | Johnny Mitchell | 196 | 790 | 213 | .270 | 1 | .358 |
1B | Art Mueller | 45 | 161 | 40 | .248 | 0 | .323 |
C | Al DeVormer | 159 | 550 | 133 | .242 | 3 | .311 |
RF | Harry Morse | 68 | 196 | 45 | .230 | 0 | .281 |
P | Wheezer Dell | 55 | 135 | 30 | .222 | 0 | .237 |
Pitching
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; PCT = Win percentage; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | PCT | ERA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wheezer Dell | 54 | 370.0 | 27 | 15 | .643 | 2.99 | |
Willie Mitchell | 52 | 348.1 | 25 | 13 | .658 | 2.38 | |
Frank Shellenback | 47 | 298.2 | 18 | 12 | .600 | 2.71 | |
Bill Piercy | 41 | 243.2 | 10 | 17 | .370 | 2.62 | |
Byron Houck | 45 | 278.0 | 19 | 16 | .543 | 3.88 | |
Walt Smallwood | 43 | 164.2 | 10 | 10 | .500 | 3.94 | |
Art Fromme | 21 | 107.2 | 6 | 8 | .429 | 2.67 |
References
Further reading
- "The Greatest Minor League: A History of the Pacific Coast League, 1903-1957", by Dennis Snelling (McFarland 2011
Шаблон:Pacific Coast League champions