1921 New York Yankees season

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1921 New York Yankees 1921 AL Champions
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901)
Location
Polo Grounds (Since 1913) New York City, New York (Since 1903)
1921 Information
Owner(s)	Jacob Ruppert and Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston
Manager(s)	Miller Huggins
Local television	none
Local radio	none
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The 1921 New York Yankees season was the 19th season for the Yankees in New York and their 21st overall. The team finished with a record of 98-55, winning their first pennant in franchise history, winning the American League by 4½ games over the previous year's champion, the Cleveland Indians. New York was managed by Miller Huggins. Their home games were played at the Polo Grounds.

Contents

1 Regular season
- 1.1 Season standings
- 1.2 Roster
2 Player stats
- 2.1 Batting
  - 2.1.1 Starters by position
  - 2.1.2 Other batters
- 2.2 Pitching
3 World series
4 Awards and honors
- 4.1 Major league records
- 4.2 Franchise records
5 Notes
6 References
7 External links

Regular season

With star slugger Babe Ruth hitting 59 home runs, setting a new major league home run record for the third consecutive year, while also having his greatest overall season statistically, the Yankees appeared to be the team to beat in the World Series. Their landlords, the New York Giants, had rebuilt after slipping a bit in the late 1910s, and had won the National League pennant. For the first time, all the games of a World Series would be held in the same ballpark. The best-5-of-9 Series (its last before returning to the best-4-of-7 format) saw the Yankees take a 3 games to 1 lead, but Ruth suffered a serious injury that took him out of the remaining games, save for one pinch-hit appearance, and the Giants rallied to win the Series 5 games to 3.

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	98	55	.641	--
Cleveland Indians	94	60	.610	4
St. Louis Browns	81	73	.526	17½
Washington Senators	80	73	.523	18
Boston Red Sox	75	79	.487	23½
Detroit Tigers	71	82	.464	27
Chicago White Sox	62	92	.403	36½
Philadelphia Athletics	53	100	.346	45

Roster

1921 New York Yankees

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Miller Huggins

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Schang, WallyWally Schang	134	424	134	.316	6	55
1B	Pipp, WallyWally Pipp	153	588	174	.296	8	98
2B	Ward, AaronAaron Ward	153	556	170	.306	5	75
3B	Baker, FrankFrank Baker	94	330	97	.294	9	71
SS	Peckinpaugh, RogerRoger Peckinpaugh	149	577	166	.288	8	71
OF	Ruth, BabeBabe Ruth	152	540	204	.378	59	171
OF	Meusel, BobBob Meusel	149	598	190	.318	24	136
OF	Miller, ElmerElmer Miller	56	242	72	.298	4	36

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
McNally, MikeMike McNally	71	215	56	.260	1	24
Fewster, ChickChick Fewster	66	207	58	.280	1	19
Roth, BraggoBraggo Roth	43	152	43	.283	2	10
Bodie, PingPing Bodie	31	87	15	.172	0	12
Hawks, ChickenChicken Hawks	41	73	21	.280	2	15
Hofmann, FredFred Hofmann	23	62	11	.177	1	5
DeVormer, AlAl DeVormer	22	49	17	.347	0	7
Mitchell, JohnnyJohnny Mitchell	13	42	11	.262	0	2
Connelly, TomTom Connelly	4	5	1	.200	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Mays, CarlCarl Mays	49	336.2	27	9	3.05	70
Shawkey, BobBob Shawkey	38	245	18	12	4.08	35
Hoyt, WaiteWaite Hoyt	43	282.1	19	13	3.09	102
Piercy, BillBill Piercy	14	81.2	5	4	2.98	35
Harper, HarryHarry Harper	8	52.2	4	3	3.76	22

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Collins, RipRip Collins	28	137.1	11	5	5.44	64
Quinn, JackJack Quinn	33	119	8	7	3.78	44
Ferguson, AlexAlex Ferguson	17	56.1	3	1	5.91	9
Ruth, BabeBabe Ruth	2	9	2	0	9.00	2

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Sheehan, TomTom Sheehan	12	1	0	1	5.45	7
Rogers, TomTom Rogers	5	0	1	1	7.36	0

World series

Main article: 1921 World Series

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Score	Record (NYG-NYY)	Attendance
1	October 5	New York Yankees	3	New York Giants	0	0-1	30,202
2	October 6	New York Giants	0	New York Yankees	3	0-2	34,939
3	October 7	New York Yankees	5	New York Giants	13	1-2	36,509
4	October 9 ‡	New York Giants	4	New York Yankees	2	2-2	36,372
5	October 10 ‡	New York Yankees	3	New York Giants	1	2-3	35,758
6	October 11 ‡	New York Giants	8	New York Yankees	5	3-3	34,238
7	October 12 ‡	New York Yankees	1	New York Giants	2	4-3	36,503
8	October 13 ‡	New York Giants	1	New York Yankees	0	5-3	25,410
New York Giants win 5-3

Awards and honors

Major league records

Babe Ruth, major league record, Most total bases in one season (457) ^[1]

Franchise records

Babe Ruth, Yankees single season record, runs scored in a season (177)

Notes

^ Baseball’s Top 100: The Game’s Greatest Records, p.54, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: 1921 New York Yankees season

Yankees game log at baseball-almanac.com

Preceded by Cleveland Indians 1920	American League Champions New York Yankees 1921	Succeeded by New York Yankees 1922

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National League	Boston • Brooklyn • Chicago • Cincinnati • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis

1921 World Series

New York Yankees

Formerly the Baltimore Orioles and the New York Highlanders • Based in The Bronx, New York City, New York

Franchise

History • Seasons • Records • No-hitters • Awards • Players • Managers • Coaches • Owners and executives • Broadcasters • Opening Day starting pitchers • Opening Day starting lineups • Team captains • Members of the Hall of Fame • First-round picks • YES Network

Ballparks

Oriole Park • Hilltop Park • Polo Grounds • Yankee Stadium (opened 1923) (Events) • Shea Stadium • Yankee Stadium (opened 2009)
Spring Training: Barrs Field • Bader Field • Al Lang Stadium • Fort Lauderdale Stadium • George M. Steinbrenner Field

Lore

Curse of the Bambino • Johnny Sylvester • Murderers' Row • Babe Ruth's called shot • Lou Gehrig's "Luckiest Man" speech • Ed Lucas • M&M Boys • Chris Chambliss' walk-off home run • Reggie Jackson/"Mr. October" • Bucky "Bleeping" Dent • Pine Tar Incident • Jeffrey Maier • The Flip Play • Derek Jeter/"Mr. November" • Aaron Boone's walk-off home run • The Yankee Years • The Core Four

Culture

Monument Park • New York Yankees Museum • Old-Timers' Day • Bleacher Creatures • Yankees Universe • Eddie Layton • Logos, uniforms and dress code • "Holy Cow!" • Robert Merrill • John Sterling/"Yankees win! Theeeeeee Yankees win!" • Ronan Tynan • "Here Come the Yankees" • "Haya Doin'?" • "New York, New York" • "God Bless America" • The Pride of the Yankees • The Babe Ruth Story • Damn Yankees (musical · film · The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant) • Safe at Home! • 61* • The Bronx is Burning (Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bronx Is Burning • The Bronx Is Burning) • Gene Monahan • Dandy • Freddy Sez • George Costanza • Paul Olden • Yankee Stadium Legacy • Yankees HOPE Week

Rivalries

Boston Red Sox • New York Mets • Los Angeles Dodgers • San Francisco Giants • Subway Series

Monument Park
honorees

Mel Allen • Ed Barrow • Yogi Berra • Bill Dickey • Joe DiMaggio • Whitey Ford • Lou Gehrig • Lefty Gomez • Ron Guidry • Elston Howard • Miller Huggins • Reggie Jackson • Mickey Mantle • Roger Maris • Billy Martin • Don Mattingly • Joe McCarthy • Thurman Munson • Allie Reynolds • Phil Rizzuto • Red Ruffing • Jacob Ruppert • Babe Ruth • Bob Sheppard • George Steinbrenner • Casey Stengel

Retired numbers

4 • 3 • 5 • 7 • 37 • 8 • 8 • 16 • 15 • 32 • 9 • 10 • 1 • 44 • 23 • 42 • 49

Key personnel

Owners: Yankee Global Enterprises (Hal Steinbrenner • Hank Steinbrenner) • General Manager: Brian Cashman • Manager: Joe Girardi • Team Captain: Derek Jeter

Championships (27)

1923 • 1927 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939 • 1941 • 1943 • 1947 • 1949 • 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1956 • 1958 • 1961 • 1962 • 1977 • 1978 • 1996 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2009

American League
Pennants (40)

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Other titles

Eastern Division: 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1980 • 1981 • 1996 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2009 • 2011 | Wild Card: 1995 • 1997 • 2007 • 2010

Minors

AAA: Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees | AA: Trenton Thunder | A: Tampa Yankees • Charleston RiverDogs • Staten Island Yankees | Rookie: Gulf Coast League Yankees • DSL Yankees1 • DSL Yankees2

Seasons (111)

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