The 1919 Cincinnati Reds got their season off to a good start with a one-run victory in game number one, but the 1920 Cleveland Indians came back with three straight victories to win the series. Elmer Smith (8-for-17, .471) and Tris Speaker (8-for-18, .444) had big weeks, with the latter providing an extra-innings walk-off hit in the finale. The Reds were led by Heinie Groh’s .438 (7-for-16) average.
Game #1: Cincinnati 4, Cleveland 3
The Reds built a 4-0 lead and Dutch Reuther was cruising along, allowing only one hit through five innings while providing an RBI triple to help his cause. The Indians’ offense finally woke up in the sixth, as they strung together three straight hits, including a two-RBI double from Tris Speaker, and cut the deficit to 4-3. But Ruether only allowed one hit the rest of the way, and although Cleveland got the potential tying run to third base with two outs in the ninth inning, Ruether struck out the final batter to preserve the win.
1920 CLEVELAND INDIA AB R H BI 1919 CINCINNATI REDS AB R H BI
Charlie Jamieson 4 1 1 0 Morrie Rath 4 0 1 0
Ray Chapman 4 1 1 0 Jake Daubert 3 0 0 0
Tris Speaker 4 1 2 2 Heinie Groh 4 1 2 0
Elmer Smith 4 0 1 0 Edd Roush 4 0 1 0
Larry Gardner 2 0 0 1 Greasy Neale 4 0 2 1
Bill Wambsganss 4 0 0 0 Larry Kopf 2 2 1 0
Doc Johnston 3 0 0 0 Sherry Magee 4 0 1 0
Steve ONeill 2 0 0 0 Ivey Wingo 3 1 1 1
Jim Bagby BZ 3 0 0 0 Dutch Ruether AYW 4 0 1 1
TOTALS 30 3 5 3 TOTALS 32 4 10 3
1920 CLEVELAND INDIANS 000 003 000 -- 3
1919 CINCINNATI REDS 010 210 00x -- 4
LOB--1920 CLEVELAND INDIANS 4, 1919 CINCINNATI REDS 8.
ERR--Ray Chapman. 2B--Tris Speaker. 3B--Dutch Ruether AYW.
SACF--Larry Gardner. SACB--Larry Gardner, Jake Daubert,
Larry Kopf. SB--Heinie Groh, Ivey Wingo.
1920 CLEVELAND INDIANS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jim Bagby BZ [L] 8.00 10 4 4 2 2 0
1919 CINCINNATI REDS
Dutch Ruether AYW [W] 9.00 5 3 3 2 5 0
Game #2: Cleveland 5, Cincinnati 0
The Indians’ Stan Coveleski gave up eight hits but no runs, repeatedly pitching out of trouble. The game was scoreless until the sixth, when Tris Speaker, Elmer Smith and Larry Gardner had back-to-back-to-back doubles, making it 2-0. Cleveland made it 4-0 in the seventh on sacrifice flies by Coveleski and Charlie Jamieson. Elmer Smith led off the eighth with his fourth hit and he scored on Do Johnston’s single to make it 5-0.
1920 CLEVELAND INDIA AB R H BI 1919 CINCINNATI REDS AB R H BI
Charlie Jamieson 3 0 1 1 Morrie Rath 3 0 0 0
Ray Chapman 3 0 0 0 Rube Bressler 1 0 0 0
Tris Speaker 5 1 2 0 Jake Daubert 4 0 0 0
Elmer Smith 5 2 4 1 Heinie Groh 4 0 2 0
Larry Gardner 4 0 1 1 Edd Roush 4 0 1 0
Bill Wambsganss 4 0 0 0 Greasy Neale 4 0 1 0
Doc Johnston 4 1 2 1 Larry Kopf 4 0 1 0
Steve ONeill 4 1 3 0 Sherry Magee 4 0 1 0
Stan Coveleski AXZ 2 0 0 1 Ivey Wingo 4 0 1 0
Slim Sallee BRZ 2 0 1 0
Bill Rariden 1 0 0 0
Louis Duncan 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 34 5 13 5 TOTALS 36 0 8 0
1920 CLEVELAND INDIANS 000 002 210 -- 5
1919 CINCINNATI REDS 000 000 000 -- 0
LOB--1920 CLEVELAND INDIANS 8, 1919 CINCINNATI REDS 9.
ERR--Ray Chapman, Larry Gardner. 2B--Tris Speaker, Elmer
Smith, Steve ONeill, Larry Gardner, Heinie Groh. SACF--Stan
Coveleski AXZ, Charlie Jamieson. SACB--Ray Chapman, Stan
Coveleski AXZ. SB--Slim Sallee BRZ, Greasy Neale.
1920 CLEVELAND INDIANS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Stan Coveleski AXZ [W] 8.67 8 0 0 0 3 0
Duster Mails AXZ 0.33 0 0 0 0 0 0
1919 CINCINNATI REDS
Slim Sallee BRZ [L] 7.00 10 4 4 1 0 0
Jimmy Ring BY 2.00 3 1 1 1 2 0
Game #3: Cleveland 8, Cincinnati 4
Cleveland scored the first four runs, and it was 4-1 heading to the bottom of the seventh. The Indians then scored four times, as Larry Gardner and Doc Johnston both had two-RBI doubles. It turns out they needed those runs, as the Reds scored three times in the top of the eighth, two on a single by Sherry Magee, ubt it wasn’t enough for a comeback.
1919 CINCINNATI REDS AB R H BI 1920 CLEVELAND INDIA AB R H BI
Jake Daubert 4 1 1 0 Charlie Jamieson 3 1 1 1
Heinie Groh 4 1 2 0 Ray Chapman 2 2 0 0
Edd Roush 4 0 0 0 Tris Speaker 4 1 1 0
Greasy Neale 2 2 1 1 Elmer Smith 5 0 1 0
Larry Kopf 3 0 0 0 Larry Gardner 3 2 2 2
Sherry Magee 4 0 1 2 Bill Wambsganss 3 1 1 0
Ivey Wingo 4 0 0 0 Doc Johnston 4 0 2 3
Rube Bressler 4 0 1 1 Steve ONeill 3 0 0 0
Hod Eller BKZ 2 0 0 0 Guy Morton CXY 4 1 1 0
Bill Rariden 1 0 0 0
Louis Duncan 1 0 1 0
TOTALS 33 4 7 4 TOTALS 31 8 9 6
1919 CINCINNATI REDS 000 000 130 -- 4
1920 CLEVELAND INDIANS 012 100 40x -- 8
LOB--1919 CINCINNATI REDS 7, 1920 CLEVELAND INDIANS 8.
ERR--Sherry Magee, Larry Kopf. 2B--Doc Johnston, Larry
Gardner. HBP--Jake Daubert. SACB--Ray Chapman. SB--Greasy
Neale.
1919 CINCINNATI REDS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Hod Eller BKZ [L] 6.00 6 4 2 5 4 0
Dolf Luque BYW 2.00 3 4 4 3 0 0
1920 CLEVELAND INDIANS
Guy Morton CXY [W] 9.00 7 4 4 4 4 0
Game #4: Cleveland 4, Cincinnati 3 (10 inn.)
Six of Cincinnati’s 10 hits came in a three-run third inning, with Edd Roush driving in a run with a single and Greasy Neale providing a two-run double. That was it for the Reds, however. In both the sixth and eighth innings, Cleveland’s Elmer Smith doubled and scored on Larry Gardner singles. The game went to extra innings and in the bottom of the 10th, Ray Chapman singled, stole second, and scored on Tris Speaker’s walk-off hit.
1919 CINCINNATI REDS AB R H BI 1920 CLEVELAND INDIA AB R H BI
Morrie Rath 4 0 1 0 Charlie Jamieson 5 0 0 0
Jake Daubert 4 1 1 0 Ray Chapman 5 2 2 0
Heinie Groh 4 1 1 0 Tris Speaker 5 0 3 1
Edd Roush 5 1 3 1 Elmer Smith 3 2 2 1
Greasy Neale 5 0 1 2 Larry Gardner 4 0 2 2
Larry Kopf 4 0 1 0 Bill Wambsganss 3 0 1 0
Sherry Magee 5 0 0 0 Doc Johnston 4 0 0 0
Ivey Wingo 4 0 1 0 Steve ONeill 4 0 0 0
Ray Fisher B 3 0 1 0 Ray Caldwell CYZ 2 0 0 0
Joe Evans 1 0 0 0
Duster Mails AXZ 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 38 3 10 3 TOTALS 36 4 10 4
1919 CINCINNATI REDS 003 000 000 0 -- 3
1920 CLEVELAND INDIANS 100 001 010 1 -- 4
LOB--1919 CINCINNATI REDS 11, 1920 CLEVELAND INDIANS 8.
ERR--Larry Gardner. 2B--Greasy Neale, Tris Speaker, Elmer
Smith (2). SACF--Elmer Smith. SACB--Jake Daubert. SB--Ray
Chapman.
1919 CINCINNATI REDS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Ray Fisher B [L] 9.00 10 4 4 2 0 0
1920 CLEVELAND INDIANS
Ray Caldwell CYZ 7.00 10 3 3 4 3 0
Duster Mails AXZ [W] 3.00 0 0 0 1 1 0
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