The final day of the regular season, October 3, 1920, sees all seven scheduled games played to completion. The Phillies beat the Giants in New York 4-1 for the low scoring game of the day. In St. Louis, the offenses of the White Sox and Browns have a field day as the home team takes the contest 16-7 for the high scoring game of the day.
Baby Doll Jacobson of the Browns posts the best offensive game of the day. He goes four for five with a triple and five RBI as he pounds a depleted White Sox staff. Jacobson finishes second in the AL with 126 RBI, trailing Babe Ruth who drove in 135 runs. George Sisler got to pitch for the Brown in the blowout.
On the pitching side, George Smith of the Phillies win best pitched game of the day. He holds the Giants to four hits and one walk while striking out eight. He does not allow a long-ball on the day, but finishes tied for the NL lead in most home runs allowed with ten.
Sisler could have sat out the day to keep his batting average above .400, but instead posts a three for five day to end the season with a .407 mark. Tris Speaker of the Indians finishes second at .388. Babe Ruth of the Yankees finishes fourth in the batting race, but takes first in OBP with a .529 mark, and first in slugging percentage at .847. In the NL, Rogers Hornsby of the Cardinals finishes first in all three averages with a .370/.430/.559 slash line.
Bob Shakey of the Yankees takes home the AL ERA title at 2.45, while Pete Alexander of the Cubs wins the NL crown with a 1.96 ERA.
The World Series starts Oct. 5 in Brooklyn.

