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April 1, 1920
John "The Kid" Carver opens the 1920 season on the Red Sox roster as heralded well in advance by the Boston media. The community is still stinging from the sale of star Babe Ruth to the Yankees and is looking for a new hero. Boston puts Carver at first base and asks veteran Stuffy McInnis to step into a backup role for the time being during which he will serve as Carver’s personal trainer and coach.
June 30, 1920
Babe Ruth cracks his 25th home run of the season as the rest of baseball marvels and the City of Boston simmers. John Carver "quietly" hits number 10 on the same day.
September 25, 1920
Boston ends up 73-81, 22 games behind pennant winner Cleveland. Even though the Yankees finish ten games back, Babe Ruth is the talk of baseball, hitting 58 homers and also driving in 138 runs while scoring 125. John Carver caps an amazing rookie season by hitting home run number 24 on the last day of the season. He finishes a very distant second in the majors in home runs to Ruth. Carver ends up hitting .281 with 92 runs scored, 32 doubles, 11 triples, 97 RBIs, 75 walks and 18 SBs but loses the Rookie of the Year nod in a close vote to Bob Meusel.
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