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1921 Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
title	1921 MLB season
league	American League (AL)
National League (NL)
sport	Baseball
duration	Regular season:{{Bulleted list
no_of_games	154
no_of_teams	16 (8 per league)
playoffs	Pennant winners
conf1	AL
conf1_champ	[New York Yankees](1921-new-york-yankees-season)
conf1_runner-up	[Cleveland Indians](1921-cleveland-indians-season)
conf2	NL
conf2_champ	[New York Giants](1921-new-york-giants-season)
conf2_runner-up	[Pittsburgh Pirates](1921-pittsburgh-pirates-season)
finals	World Series
finals_link	1921 World Series
finals_champ	[New York Giants](1921-new-york-giants-season)
finals_runner-up	[New York Yankees](1921-new-york-yankees-season)
seasonslist	List of MLB seasons
seasonslistnames	MLB
prevseason_link	1920 Major League Baseball season
prevseason_year	1920
nextseason_link	1922 Major League Baseball season
nextseason_year	1922

National League (NL) | April 13 – October 2, 1921}}World Series:{{Bulleted list | October 5–13, 1921}} | conf1_runner-up = Cleveland Indians | conf2_runner-up = Pittsburgh Pirates | finals_runner-up = New York Yankees

The 1921 major league baseball season began on April 13, 1921. The regular season ended on October 2, with the New York Giants and New York Yankees as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 18th World Series on October 5 and ended with Game 8 on October 13. In the first Subway Series World Series, the Giants defeated the Yankees, five games to three, capturing their second championship in franchise history, since their previous in . Going into the season, the defending World Series champions were the Cleveland Indians from the season.

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. The record for career strikeouts, previously held by Cy Young was also broken in 1921 by Walter Johnson; Johnson led the league in strikeouts with 143 and ended the season with 2,835 strikeouts. Young struck out 2,803 during his career. The Cincinnati Reds set a Major League record for the fewest strikeouts in a season, with only 308. Future Hall of Famers Kiki Cuyler and Goose Goslin both debuted in September 1921.

Schedule

The 1921 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place since the season (except for ) and would be used until in the American League and in the National League.

Opening Day took place on April 13 with all but the Chicago White Sox and Detroit Tigers playing. The final day of the regular season was on October 2. The World Series took place between October 5 and October 13.

Teams

League	Team	City
Boston, Massachusetts	Fenway Park	27,000
Chicago, Illinois	Comiskey Park	28,000
Cleveland, Ohio	Dunn Field	21,414
Detroit, Michigan	Navin Field	23,000
New York, New York	Polo Grounds	38,000
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Shibe Park	23,000
St. Louis, Missouri	Sportsman's Park	24,040
Washington, D.C.	National Park	27,000
Boston, Massachusetts	Braves Field	40,000
New York, New York	Ebbets Field	30,000
Chicago, Illinois	Cubs Park	15,000
Cincinnati, Ohio	Redland Field	20,696
New York, New York	Polo Grounds	38,000
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	National League Park	18,000
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Forbes Field	25,000
St. Louis, Missouri	Sportsman's Park	24,040

Standings

American League

National League

Tie games

3 tie games (2 in AL, 1 in NL), which are not factored into winning percentage or games behind (and were often replayed again) occurred throughout the season.

American League

The Philadelphia Athletics had two tie games. The Detroit Tigers and Washington Senators had one tie game each.

April 29, Washington Senators vs. Philadelphia Athletics, tied at 3 after 10 innings.
July 26, Detroit Tigers vs. Philadelphia Athletics, tied at 3 after the top of the 11th inning.

National League

October 1, Pittsburgh Pirates vs. St. Louis Cardinals, tied at 4 after 9 innings.

Postseason

The postseason began on October 5 and ended on October 13 with the New York Giants defeating the New York Yankees in the 1921 World Series in eight games.

Bracket

Managerial changes

Off-season

Team	Former Manager	New Manager	Boston Braves	Boston Red Sox	Chicago Cubs	Detroit Tigers	Philadelphia Phillies	St. Louis Browns	Washington Senators
George Stallings	Fred Mitchell
Ed Barrow	Hugh Duffy
Fred Mitchell	Johnny Evers
Hughie Jennings	Ty Cobb
Gavvy Cravath	Bill Donovan
Jimmy Burke	Lee Fohl
Clark Griffith	George McBride

In-season

Team	Former Manager	New Manager	Chicago Cubs	Philadelphia Phillies
Johnny Evers	Bill Killefer
Bill Donovan	Kaiser Wilhelm

League leaders

American League

Stat	Player	Total
AVG	Harry Heilmann (DET)	.394
OPS	Babe Ruth (NYY)	1.359
HR	Babe Ruth (NYY)	59
RBI	Babe Ruth (NYY)	168
R	Babe Ruth1 (NYY)	177
H	Harry Heilmann (DET)	237
SB	George Sisler (SLB)	35

1 Modern (1901–present) single-season runs record

Stat	Player	Total
W	Carl Mays (NYY)
Urban Shocker (SLB)	27
L	Eddie Rommel (PHA)	23
ERA	Red Faber (CWS)	2.48
K	Walter Johnson (WSH)	143
IP	Carl Mays (NYY)	336.2
SV	Carl Mays (NYY)	7
WHIP	Red Faber (CWS)	1.149

National League

Stat	Player	Total
AVG	Rogers Hornsby (STL)	.397
OPS	Rogers Hornsby (STL)	1.097
HR	George Kelly (NYG)	23
RBI	Rogers Hornsby (STL)	126
R	Rogers Hornsby (STL)	131
H	Rogers Hornsby (STL)	235
SB	Frankie Frisch (NYG)	49

Stat	Player	Total
W	Wilbur Cooper (PIT)
Burleigh Grimes (BRO)	22
L	George Smith (PHI)	20
ERA	Bill Doak (STL)	2.59
K	Burleigh Grimes (BRO)	136
IP	Wilbur Cooper (PIT)	327.0
SV	Lou North (STL)	7
WHIP	Babe Adams (PIT)	1.081

Home field attendance

Team name	Wins	%±	Home attendance	%±	Per game
New York Yankees	95	18.8%	1,289,422	108.3%	16,746
New York Giants	86	−1.1%	929,609	31.1%	11,620
Cleveland Indians	98	16.7%	912,832	69.6%	11,703
Pittsburgh Pirates	79	11.3%	429,037	55.0%	5,500
Detroit Tigers	61	−23.8%	579,650	−10.0%	7,431
Brooklyn Robins	93	34.8%	808,722	124.2%	10,368
Chicago White Sox	96	9.1%	833,492	32.9%	10,825
Washington Senators	68	21.4%	359,260	53.5%	4,727
Chicago Cubs	75	0.0%	480,783	13.3%	6,244
St. Louis Cardinals	75	38.9%	326,836	95.6%	4,300
St. Louis Browns	76	13.4%	419,311	20.0%	5,376
Philadelphia Athletics	48	33.3%	287,888	27.8%	3,739
Boston Braves	62	8.8%	162,483	−2.9%	2,196
Cincinnati Reds	82	−14.6%	568,107	6.7%	7,378
Boston Red Sox	72	9.1%	402,445	−3.6%	5,295
Philadelphia Phillies	62	31.9%	330,998	37.7%	4,299

Media

Radio

Local

On August 5, the Pittsburgh Pirates 8–5 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies at Forbes Field was the first Major League game to be broadcast on radio. Harold Arlin calls the game for Pittsburgh station KDKA.

References

"Babe Ruth Career Home Runs".
"Progressive Leaders & Records for Strikeouts".
"Single Season Team Strikeout Records".
"1921 Major League Baseball New Debuts".
"1921 Major League Managers".
"Washington Nationals vs Philadelphia Athletics Box Score: April 29, 1921".
"Detroit Tigers vs Philadelphia Athletics Box Score: July 26, 1921".
"Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals Box Score: October 1, 1921".
"1921 American League Batting Leaders".
"1921 American League Pitching Leaders".
"1921 National League Batting Leaders".
"1921 National League Pitching Leaders".
"New York Yankees Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". [[Baseball-Reference.com]].
"San Francisco Giants Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". [[Baseball-Reference.com]].
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