1921_New_York_Yankees_season

1921 New York Yankees
1921 New York Yankees
1921 American League Champions
League	American League
Ballpark	Polo Grounds
City	New York City, New York
Owners	Jacob Ruppert and Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston
General managers	Ed Barrow
Managers	Miller Huggins

1921 New York Yankees season

Major League Baseball team season

The 1921 New York Yankees season was the 19th season for the Yankees. The team finished with a record of 98–55, winning their first pennant in franchise history, winning the American League by 41⁄2 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.

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

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v t e 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

1921 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	15–7	8–14	15–7	7–15	12–10	9–13	9–13
Chicago	7–15	—	7–15	8–14	13–9	14–8	7–15	6–16
Cleveland	14–8	15–7	—	13–9	8–14	15–7	17–5	12–10
Detroit	7–15	14–8	9–13	—	5–17	14–7–1	12–10	10–12
New York	15–7	9–13	14–8	17–5	—	17–5	13–9	13–8
Philadelphia	10–12	8–14	7–15	7–14–1	5–17	—	5–17	11–11–1
St. Louis	13–9	15–7	5–17	10–12	9–13	17–5	—	12–10
Washington	13–9	16–6	10–12	12–10	8–13	11–11–1	10–12	—

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Wally Schang	134	424	134	.316	6	55
1B	Wally Pipp	153	588	174	.296	8	98
2B	Aaron Ward	153	556	170	.306	5	75
3B	Frank Baker	94	330	97	.294	9	71
SS	Roger Peckinpaugh	149	577	166	.288	8	71
OF	Babe Ruth	152	540	204	.378	59	171
OF	Bob Meusel	149	598	190	.318	24	138
OF	Elmer Miller	56	242	72	.298	4	36

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Mike McNally	71	215	56	.260	1	24
Chick Fewster	66	207	58	.280	1	19
Braggo Roth	43	152	43	.283	2	10
Ping Bodie	31	87	15	.172	0	12
Chicken Hawks	41	73	21	.280	2	15
Fred Hofmann	23	62	11	.177	1	5
Al DeVormer	22	49	17	.347	0	7
Johnny Mitchell	13	42	11	.262	0	2
Tom Connelly	4	5	1	.200	0	0

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Carl Mays	49	336.2	27	9	3.05	70
Waite Hoyt	43	282.1	19	13	3.09	102
Bob Shawkey	38	245.0	18	12	4.08	35
Bill Piercy	14	81.2	5	4	2.98	35
Harry Harper	8	52.2	4	3	3.76	22

1921_New_York_Yankees_season

1921 New York Yankees season

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Other batters

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

World Series

Awards and honors

Major league records

Franchise records

Notes

References

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Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Rip Collins	28	137.1	11	5	5.44	64
Jack Quinn	33	119.0	8	7	3.78	44
Alex Ferguson	17	56.1	3	1	5.91	9
Babe Ruth	2	9.0	2	0	9.00	2

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

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