1921 Major League Baseball season

1921 MLB season
1921 MLB season
League	Major League Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 13 – October 2, 1921
Number of games	154
Number of teams	16
Pennant Winners
AL champions	New York Yankees
AL runners-up	Cleveland Indians
NL champions	New York Giants
NL runners-up	Pittsburgh Pirates
World Series
Champions	New York Giants
Runners-up	New York Yankees
MLB seasons
	← 1920 1922 →

The 1921 Major League Baseball season, ended when the New York Giants beat the New York Yankees in Game 8 of the World Series. 1921 was the first of three straight seasons in which the Yankees would lead the majors in wins. Babe Ruth broke the single season home run record for the third consecutive season by hitting 59 home runs in 152 games. Ruth also broke Roger Connor's record for the most home runs all time when he hit his 139th home run on July 18 against Bert Cole.^[1] The record for career strikeouts, previously held by Cy Young was also broken in 1921 by Walter Johnson; Johnson lead the league in strikeouts with 143 and ended the season with 2,835 strikeouts. Young struck out 2,803 during his career.^[2] The Cincinnati Reds set a Major League record for the fewest strikeouts in a season, with only 308.^[3] Future Hall of Famers Kiki Cuyler and Goose Goslin both debuted in September 1921.^[4]

Standings[]

American League[]

v t American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	98	55	0.641	—	53–25	45–30
Cleveland Indians	94	60	0.610	4½	51–26	43–34
St. Louis Browns	81	73	0.526	17½	43–34	38–39
Washington Senators	80	73	0.523	18	46–30	34–43
Boston Red Sox	75	79	0.487	23½	41–36	34–43
Detroit Tigers	71	82	0.464	27	37–40	34–42
Chicago White Sox	62	92	0.403	36½	37–40	25–52
Philadelphia Athletics	53	100	0.346	45	28–47	25–53

National League[]

v t National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Giants	94	59	0.614	—	53–26	41–33
Pittsburgh Pirates	90	63	0.588	4	45–31	45–32
St. Louis Cardinals	87	66	0.569	7	48–29	39–37
Boston Braves	79	74	0.516	15	42–32	37–42
Brooklyn Robins	77	75	0.507	16½	41–37	36–38
Cincinnati Reds	70	83	0.458	24	40–36	30–47
Chicago Cubs	64	89	0.418	30	32–44	32–45
Philadelphia Phillies	51	103	0.331	43½	29–47	22–56

Postseason[]

Bracket[]

World Series

AL	New York Yankees	3
NL	New York Giants	5

MLB statistical leaders[]

	American League		National League
Type	Name	Stat	Name	Stat
AVG	Harry Heilmann DET	.394	Rogers Hornsby SLC	.397
HR	Babe Ruth NYY	59	George Kelly NYG	23
RBI	Babe Ruth NYY	171	Rogers Hornsby SLC	126
Wins	Urban Shocker SLB, Carl Mays NYY	27	Wilbur Cooper PIT, Burleigh Grimes BKN	22
ERA	Red Faber CHW	2.48	Bill Doak SLC	2.59
SO	Walter Johnson WSH	143	Burleigh Grimes BKN	136
SB	George Sisler	35	Frankie Frisch NYG	49

Managers[]

American League[]

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Red Sox	Hugh Duffy
Chicago White Sox	Kid Gleason
Cleveland Indians	Tris Speaker
Detroit Tigers	Ty Cobb
New York Yankees	Miller Huggins
Philadelphia Athletics	Connie Mack
St. Louis Browns	Lee Fohl
Washington Senators	George McBride

National League[]

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Braves	Fred Mitchell
Brooklyn Robins	Wilbert Robinson
Chicago Cubs	Johnny Evers and Bill Killefer
Cincinnati Reds	Pat Moran
New York Giants	John McGraw
Philadelphia Phillies	Bill Donovan and Kaiser Wilhelm
Pittsburgh Pirates	George Gibson
St. Louis Cardinals	Branch Rickey

Events[]

August 5 – The Pittsburgh Pirates 8–5 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies at Forbes Field is the first Major League game to be broadcast on radio. Harold Arlin calls the game for Pittsburgh station KDKA.^[5]

References[]

^ "Babe Ruth Career Home Runs".
^ "Progressive Leaders & Records for Strikeouts".
^ "Single Season Team Strikeout Records". baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
^ "1921 Major League Baseball New Debuts".
^ Mackin, Bob (2004). The Unofficial Guide to Baseball's Most Unusual Records. Canada: Greystone Books. p. 240. ISBN 9781553650386.

External links[]

1921 Major League Baseball season schedule at Baseball Reference

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[1] "Babe Ruth Career Home Runs".

[2] "Progressive Leaders & Records for Strikeouts".

[3] "Single Season Team Strikeout Records". baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved June 6, 2012.

[4] "1921 Major League Baseball New Debuts".

[5] Mackin, Bob (2004). The Unofficial Guide to Baseball's Most Unusual Records. Canada: Greystone Books. p. 240. ISBN 9781553650386.

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v t 1921 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1921 World Series