9 2 9 : ▁Dro pped ▁Cleveland ▁Tig ers . ▁ 1 9 3 0 : ▁Added ▁Nash ville ▁El ite ▁Gi ants . ▁ 1 9 3 1 : ▁Dro pped ▁M emph is ▁Red ▁So x , ▁B irmingham ▁Black ▁Bar ons , ▁Cub an ▁Stars ; ▁Added ▁Louis ville ▁White ▁So x , ▁( new ) ▁Indian apolis ▁ABC s . ▁League ▁fell ▁apart ▁before ▁season ▁end . ▁ ▁League ▁champions ▁ ▁P enn ant ▁w inners ▁▁ ▁From ▁ 1 9 2 0 ▁through ▁ 1 9 2 4 , ▁the ▁team ▁in ▁first ▁place ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁season ▁was ▁declared ▁the ▁P enn ant ▁winner . ▁ ▁Due ▁to ▁the ▁un orth odox ▁nature ▁of ▁the ▁schedule ▁( and ▁little ▁in cent ive ▁to ▁en force ▁it ), ▁some ▁teams ▁frequently ▁played ▁many ▁more ▁games ▁than ▁others ▁did ▁in ▁any ▁given ▁season . ▁This ▁led ▁to ▁some ▁disput ed ▁champion ships ▁and ▁two ▁teams ▁claim ing ▁the ▁title . ▁ ▁Gener ally , ▁the ▁team ▁with ▁the ▁best ▁winning ▁percentage ▁( with ▁some ▁minimum ▁number ▁of ▁games ▁played ) ▁was ▁awarded ▁the ▁P enn ant , ▁but ▁other ▁times ▁it ▁was ▁the ▁team ▁with ▁the ▁most ▁vict ories . ▁ ▁The ▁" g ames ▁behind " ▁method ▁of ▁recording ▁stand ings ▁was ▁un common ▁in ▁most ▁black ▁le agues . ▁▁ 1 9 2 0 ▁– ▁Chicago ▁American ▁Gi ants ▁ 1 9 2 1 ▁– ▁Chicago ▁American ▁Gi ants ▁ 1 9 2 2 ▁–