In the 1920 World Series, the Cleveland Indians beat the Brooklyn Robins in 7 games. The series score was 5-2.

This Series is noted for the unassisted triple play turned by Cleveland's Bill Wambsganss in Game 5. The fifth game also saw the first grand slam in World Series history (hit by Cleveland's Elmer Smith) and the first Series home run by a pitcher (Cleveland's Jim Bagby, Sr.).

Managers: Tris Speaker (Cleveland), Wilbert Robinson (Brooklyn)

Umpires: Bill Klem (NL), Tommy Connolly (AL), Hank O'Day (NL), Bill Dinneen (AL)

Summary

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AL Cleveland Indians (5) vs. NL Brooklyn Robins (2)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Indians - 3, Robins - 1	October 5	Ebbets Field	23,759
2	Indians - 0, Robins - 3	October 6	Ebbets Field	22,559
3	Indians - 1, Robins - 2	October 7	Ebbets Field	25,088
4	Robins - 1, Indians - 5	October 9	Dunn Field	25,734
5	Robins - 1, Indians - 8	October 10	Dunn Field	26,884
6	Robins - 0, Indians - 1	October 11	Dunn Field	27,194
7	Robins - 0, Indians - 3	October 12	Dunn Field	27,525

Matchups

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Game 1, October 5

Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cleveland		2	0	1		0			0	3	5	0
Brooklyn			0			0	1		0	1	5	1
W: Stan Coveleski (1-0)  L: Rube Marquard (0-1)

Game 2, October 6

Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cleveland			0			0			0	0	7	1
Brooklyn	1		1		1	0			x	3	7	0
W: Burleigh Grimes (1-0)  L: Jim Bagby (0-1)

Game 3, October 7

Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cleveland			0	1		0			0	1	3	1
Brooklyn	2		0			0			x	2	6	1
W: Sherry Smith (1-0)  L: Ray Caldwell (0-1)

Game 4, October 9

Dunn Field, Cleveland, Ohio

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Brooklyn			0	1		0			0	1	5	1
Cleveland	2		2			1			x	5	12	1
W: Stan Coveleski (2-0)  L: Leon Cardore (0-1)

Game 5, October 10

Dunn Field, Cleveland, Ohio

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Brooklyn			0			0			1	1	13	1
Cleveland	4		0	3	1	0			x	8	12	2
W: Jim Bagby (1-1)  L: Burleigh Grimes (1-1)
HR: CLE – Elmer Smith (1), Jim Bagby (1)

Game 6, October 11

Dunn Field, Cleveland, Ohio

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Brooklyn			0			0			0	0	3	0
Cleveland			0		1	0			x	1	7	3
W: Duster Mails (1-0)  L: Sherry Smith (1-1)

Game 7, October 12

Dunn Field, Cleveland, Ohio

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Brooklyn			0			0			0	0	5	2
Cleveland			0	1	1	0	1		x	3	7	3
W: Stan Coveleski (3-0)  L: Burleigh Grimes (1-2)

External Links

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• 1920 World Series at Baseball-Reference.com
• 1920 World Series at WorldSeries.com (MLB.com)
• 1920 World Series at Baseball-Almanac.com
• 1920 World Series box scores and play-by-play at Retrosheet.org

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