Western Canada Baseball League :
Nelson "Chicken" Hawks of the Calgary Bronchos edged Winnipeg's Jack Sheehan for the batting crown of the Western Canada Baseball League of 1920. Hawks, who also led the circuit in hits, total bases and stolen bases, finished with a .359 average just ahead of Sheehan's .354. Walter Christensen of Calgary was third, at .347, ahead of Saskatoon playing manager Bill Speas, at .339. Ernest "Tex" Vache of Regina was tied for fifth, batting .335, and topped the league in runs batted in, with 80. Christensen scored the most runs, 104.
Calgary also took the pitching honours as Charles Sweeney registered the most wins, 19, tied with Edmonton's George Valentine for the most appearances, 35, and led in strikeouts, with 159. Albert Zweifel of Regina had the best won-lost percentage, .824, based on his 14 victories in 17 decisions.
AVE : Hawks CG - .359
Runs : W. Christensen CG - 104
Hits : Hawks CG - 161
Total Bases : Hawks CG - 226
RBI : Vache RG - 80
Stolen Bases : Hawks CG - 40
WESTERN CANADA LEAGUE G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT
1920 WCBL Hawks Nelson (Chicken) CG 112 449 96 161 226 40 33 58 .359
1920 WCBL Sheehan Jack WM 99 342 52 121 143 34 63 50 .354
1920 WCBL Steengrafe Milt CG 37 95 13 33 41 0 2 13 .347
1920 WCBL Christensen Walter CG 112 440 104 152 193 26 44 55 .345
1920 WCBL Speas Bill RG 101 395 84 134 179 21 57 57 .339
1920 WCBL Vache Ernest (Tex) RG 94 346 53 116 165 16 22 80 .335
1920 WCBL Wirts Elwood (Kettle) CG 93 322 61 108 153 10 30 48 .335
1920 WCBL Hauger Art MJ 104 416 78 138 176 30 41 70 .332
1920 WCBL Marshall Robert MJ 111 405 77 132 206 13 57 66 .326
1920 WCBL Leifer Elmer MJ 100 399 73 130 177 10 27 57 .326
1920 WCBL Williams Denny MJ 117 491 87 158 188 14 27 50 .322
1920 WCBL Forsythe Cy ED 53 180 28 57 75 5 16 29 .317
1920 WCBL Dumovich Nick ED 38 103 14 32 38 0 8 11 .311
1920 WCBL Kelliher Mickey RG 101 399 64 120 166 20 32 57 .301
1920 WCBL Walters Karl (Junk) MJ 117 455 55 136 188 17 11 63 .299
1920 WCBL Schaack Edward WM 52 150 11 44 80 0 11 22 .293
1920 WCBL Mellilo Oscar (Ski) WM 105 382 60 111 163 15 32 39 .291
1920 WCBL Williams Cy SK 69 220 29 63 71 9 22 29 .286
1920 WCBL Fuhrman Ollie RG 65 228 26 65 77 4 9 29 .285
1920 WCBL Poelman WM 54 200 26 57 78 10 19 31 .285
1920 WCBL Manda Carl CG 106 384 78 109 147 22 37 41 .284
1920 WCBL Gleichmann Gustave ED 97 382 53 108 150 19 49 38 .283
1920 WCBL Kernan Joseph SK 117 458 76 129 179 19 56 37 .282
1920 WCBL Hamilton Billy CG 65 288 55 71 95 13 26 18 .278 (a)
1920 WCBL Gill Andrew SK 40 152 11 42 50 7 4 12 .276
1920 WCBL Meisner SK 119 424 61 116 166 18 60 42 .274
1920 WCBL O'Neill William WM 84 294 55 80 110 16 66 28 .272
1920 WCBL Christensen Harvey CG 102 414 86 112 147 27 42 26 .271
1920 WCBL Burke Eamonn (Speck) RG 102 365 49 99 119 14 27 48 .271
1920 WCBL Olson Arthur SK 117 415 36 112 144 8 24 48 .270
1920 WCBL Machold Adolph MJ 44 130 18 35 59 0 6 10 .269
1920 WCBL Andrews Ray ED 83 333 39 89 99 21 29 16 .267
1920 WCBL Gregor Hal WM 75 271 28 72 102 8 15 43 .266
1920 WCBL Murphy James SK 66 240 24 64 75 7 15 17 .266 (a)
1920 WCBL Nelson Hal SK 102 368 40 97 112 21 21 30 .264
1920 WCBL Bliss Art SK 12 38 6 10 10 0 2 3 .263
1920 WCBL Starkey John ED 53 199 19 52 63 10 10 25 .261
1920 WCBL Ritchie Pete ED 104 379 40 99 133 15 27 49 .261
1920 WCBL Corrigan MJ 58 196 29 51 67 0 39 15 .260
1920 WCBL Ritter Art RG 106 409 76 106 134 22 52 34 .259
1920 WCBL Kilhullen Pat CG 98 359 46 93 115 14 8 40 .259
1920 WCBL Tobin Joe CG 110 391 56 101 154 12 36 66 .258
1920 WCBL Smith Marvin (Red) RG 106 444 69 112 144 14 37 35 .252
1920 WCBL Bender John RG 99 328 69 82 112 17 60 51 .250
1920 WCBL Stokke Gilbert ED 95 321 33 79 94 9 43 42 .246
1920 WCBL Whaling Bert RG 65 205 32 50 59 7 19 29 .244
1920 WCBL Shaw (Hunky) ED 82 300 36 72 88 24 37 24 .240
1920 WCBL Morrison Eugene WM 103 379 67 91 129 21 47 33 .240
1920 WCBL Lamarra Anthony MJ 109 387 46 92 113 14 43 31 .238
1920 WCBL Seiffert Leo WM 62 196 29 46 59 5 18 13 .235
1920 WCBL Bonner Al ED 34 81 9 19 30 0 11 12 .235
1920 WCBL Wolgamot Earl ED 72 247 24 58 73 12 32 17 .235
1920 WCBL Wright SK 72 259 24 60 70 7 32 22 .232
1920 WCBL Miller Ralph RG 20 52 3 12 13 1 2 3 .230 (a)
1920 WCBL Griffith William MJ 115 337 79 103 136 17 75 24 .230 (a)
1920 WCBL Johnson O. MJ 27 179 18 40 51 6 12 15 .227 (a)
1920 WCBL Williams Nick MJ 52 162 18 36 44 4 12 17 .222
1920 WCBL Cline Edward CG 25 68 9 15 18 0 2 6 .221
1920 WCBL Webb Emery MJ 21 60 9 13 14 0 4 6 .216 (a)
1920 WCBL Swartz Monroe MJ 31 88 9 19 26 5 3 5 .216
1920 WCBL Bachant Louis SK 86 279 20 60 84 5 22 29 .215
1920 WCBL Gibson George MJ 14 42 3 9 9 0 2 6 .214
1920 WCBL Zweifel Albert RG 26 89 11 19 30 0 9 5 .213
1920 WCBL Evans Evan (Rube) RG 34 94 12 20 27 0 5 10 .213
1920 WCBL Mack Frank (Stubby) CG 32 81 13 17 44 0 9 10 .210
1920 WCBL Standridge Pete ED 51 131 16 27 40 0 16 11 .207 (a)
1920 WCBL Loewe Ruddy SK 94 349 29 72 87 8 23 17 .206
1920 WCBL Smallwood ED 95 311 41 64 81 13 64 13 .206
1920 WCBL Raleigh WM 93 329 23 67 86 11 25 30 .204
1920 WCBL Roman Paul SK 25 65 4 13 24 0 2 5 .200
1920 WCBL Dallas A. (Porky) MJ 76 265 19 53 58 5 27 14 .200
1920 WCBL Reppy Gay ED 47 127 9 25 29 4 4 13 .199 (a)
1920 WCBL Valentine George ED 37 87 17 17 19 0 6 5 .195
1920 WCBL Beer Sam SK 35 94 7 18 19 0 3 4 .191
1920 WCBL Henion Lafayette WM 25 79 6 15 17 1 4 4 .190
1920 WCBL Libke Fred ED 15 37 3 7 7 0 2 1 .189
1920 WCBL Benton Harry WM 14 32 3 6 9 0 2 3 .188
1920 WCBL Dixon J.A. WM 95 317 27 59 71 7 32 25 .186
1920 WCBL Morrison Harry MJ 30 83 7 15 13 0 4 8 .181
1920 WCBL Dailey Joe RG 31 79 5 14 15 9 4 7 .177
1920 WCBL Thollander Ernest CG 29 86 8 15 19 0 1 5 .174
1920 WCBL Madura Jake WM 50 162 19 28 35 4 14 5 .173
1920 WCBL Sweeney/Swaney Charles CG 34 83 6 14 16 0 7 6 .169
1920 WCBL Kaufmann Tony WM 29 78 5 13 17 0 15 5 .167
1920 WCBL Pillette Herman RG 29 86 5 14 17 0 3 7 .163
1920 WCBL Gervais (Lefty) WM 14 44 2 7 11 0 0 4 .159
1920 WCBL Grimes Roy SK 11 31 1 4 4 0 0 0 .129
1920 WCBL Brant Grover ED 25 56 4 7 8 1 5 0 .125
1920 WCBL Watson Charles (Doc) SK 25 65 4 6 7 3 7 2 .092
1920 WCBL Lesher William MJ 19 30 3 2 2 0 2 1 .067
(a) Eight players had published averages at variance from the marks compiled from
the at bats and hits published - Hamilton, Murphy, Miller, Griffith, Johnson,
Webb, Standridge and Reppy.
Source : Reach Official American League Guide 1921
Games : Sweeney CG & Valentine ED - 35 Wins : Sweeney CG - 19 Won-Lost PCT - Zweifel, 14-3 - .424 Strikeouts : Sweeney CG - 159 ERA : Evans RG - 1.42
WESTERN CANADA LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA 1920 WCBL Leifer Elmer MJ 8 5 1 .833 15 13 21 1.87 1920 WCBL Zweifel Albert RG 20 14 3 .824 31 52 75 1.55 1920 WCBL Benton Harry WM 8 6 2 .750 20 32 37 2.50 1920 WCBL Cline Edward CG 22 12 4 .750 48 78 64 2.18 1920 WCBL Steengrafe Milt CG 25 12 4 .750 66 65 85 2.64 1920 WCBL Bartliff WM 9 5 2 .714 9 23 18 1.00 1920 WCBL Dailey Joe RG 30 15 7 .682 58 101 136 1.93 1920 WCBL Seiffert Leo WM 24 14 7 .667 49 55 51 2.04 1920 WCBL Lesher William MJ 9 4 2 .667 19 28 43 2.11 1920 WCBL Sweeney/Swaney Charles CG 35 19 11 .633 63 58 159 1.80 1920 WCBL Pillette Herman RG 26 14 9 .609 56 82 146 2.15 1920 WCBL Miller Ralph RG 20 9 6 .600 40 38 54 2.00 1920 WCBL Mack Frank (Stubby) CG 31 16 11 .593 79 101 121 2.55 1920 WCBL Swartz Monroe MJ 29 13 9 .591 49 95 158 1.68 1920 WCBL Evans Evan (Rube) RG 24 10 7 .588 34 35 83 1.42 1920 WCBL Webb Emery MJ 22 9 7 .563 72 63 99 3.27 1920 WCBL Schaack Edward WM 29 13 12 .520 76 58 84 2.62 1920 WCBL Williams Cy SK 29 13 13 .500 78 68 118 2.69 1920 WCBL Standridge Pete ED 7 3 3 .500 15 7 14 2.14 1920 WCBL Brown ED 5 1 1 .500 11 8 11 2.20 1920 WCBL Morrison Harry MJ 29 12 13 .480 72 50 108 2.48 1920 WCBL Thollander Ernest CG 28 10 11 .476 79 78 107 2.84 1920 WCBL Machold Adolph MJ 28 10 11 .476 82 83 111 2.93 1920 WCBL Beer Sam SK 31 10 12 .455 71 48 114 2.29 1920 WCBL Roman Paul SK 25 9 11 .450 61 110 61 2.44 1920 WCBL Valentine George ED 35 10 15 .400 79 82 66 2.26 1920 WCBL Brant Grover ED 25 7 12 .368 50 92 102 2.00 1920 WCBL Dumovich Nick ED 23 7 13 .350 54 30 55 2.35 1920 WCBL Libke Fred ED 14 4 8 .333 29 44 20 2.07 1920 WCBL Gibson George MJ 13 4 8 .333 45 32 43 3.45 1920 WCBL Kaufmann Tony WM 21 5 13 .278 82 50 57 3.90 1920 WCBL Bonner Al ED 23 5 14 .263 62 36 67 2.70 1920 WCBL Henion Lafayette WM 12 3 9 .250 35 26 54 2.92 1920 WCBL Gervais (Lefty) WM 9 2 7 .222 32 21 13 3.55 1920 WCBL Grimes Roy SK 11 2 7 .222 43 33 24 3.91 1920 WCBL Reppy Gay ED 19 3 12 .200 68 61 50 3.58 1920 WCBL Watson Charles (Doc) SK 22 4 17 .190 53 51 60 2.41
Sources : The Reach Official American League Guide 1921
CG=Calgary Bronchos, ED=Edmonton Eskimos, MJ=Moose Jaw Robin Hoods, RG=Regina Senators,
SK=Saskatoon Quakers, WM-Winnipeg Maroons