1920 in baseball

The following are the baseball events of the year 1920 throughout the world.

Champions

 * World Series: Cleveland Indians over Brooklyn Robins (5-2)

Events

 * August 16 - Indians shortstop Ray Chapman is struck in the head by a pitch from the Yankees' Carl Mays in a game at the Polo Grounds. He dies twelve hours later from a fractured skull, making it the only fatal field accident in major league history.

Births

 * January 6 - Early Wynn
 * January 10 - Max Patkin
 * May 16 - Dave Philley
 * August 3 - Jim Hegan
 * August 18 - Bob Kennedy
 * September 12 - Andy Seminick
 * September 22 - Bob Lemon
 * October 23 - Vern Stephens
 * November 21 - Stan Musial
 * December 15 - Eddie Robinson

Deaths

 * August 17 - Ray Chapman, 29, shortstop for the Cleveland Indians since 1912 who batted .300 three times, led AL in runs and walks in 1918
 * September 11 - Bill Hallman, 53, second baseman, mainly with the Phillies, who batted .300 and scored 100 runs four times each