1920 Major League Baseball season
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The 1920 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 14 to October 12, 1920. The Brooklyn Robins and Cleveland Indians were the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The Indians then defeated the Robins in the World Series, five games to two.
| 1920 MLB season | |
|---|---|
| League | Major League Baseball |
| Sport | Baseball |
| Duration | April 14 – October 12, 1920 |
| Number of games | 154 |
| Number of teams | 16 |
| Pennant Winners | |
| AL champions | Cleveland Indians |
| AL runners-up | Chicago White Sox |
| NL champions | Brooklyn Robins |
| NL runners-up | New York Giants |
| World Series | |
| Champions | Cleveland Indians |
| Runners-up | Brooklyn Robins |
| MLB seasons | |
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.
Each team had a 154-game regular season schedule, consisting of 22 games against the seven other teams in the same league. That scheduling had been used since 1904, except for 1919, and would be used until 1961 in the American League and 1962 in the National League.