1921_Vanderbilt_Commodores_baseball_team
1921 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team
American college baseball season
The 1921 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team represented the Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University in the 1921 NCAA baseball season, winning the SIAA championship.[1][2] By May 29, the team had hit over .225 for the season, garnering 27 home runs, 17 triples, 26 doubles, 107 singles, and a total of 138 hits for 326 bases with 54 stolen bases.[3]
| 1921 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball | |
|---|---|
SIAA Champions | |
| Conference | Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
| Record | 20–5 (14–4 SIAA) |
| Head coach | |
| Captain | Julian Thomas |
| Home stadium | Curry Field |
Seasons ← 1920 1922 → | |
The Commodores were coached by Byrd Douglas, Vanderbilt alumnus, once a star catcher of the Princeton baseball team. The yearbook claimed the season's success was "due almost entirely to one man", namely Douglas.[2][4]
The 1921 Vanderbilt Commodores football team also won an SIAA title. Frank Godchaux, Doc Kuhn, Tot McCullough, Jess Neely, and Tom Ryan were also members of the football team.
Vanderbilt's yearbook The Commodore states that in a 1921 game against Southwestern Presbyterian University, the team achieved a world record in scoring 13 runs in one inning, after two men were out. The Tennessean recalls the event: "Neely singled as did Kuhn; Neil fanned but Thomas got his third straight hit and both tallied. Big Tot got hit by a pitched ball and Smith was safe on a fielder's choice with one out. Woodruf flied out to right. Tyner slammed one to center which Jetty juggled and everybody advanced a pair of sacks. Ryan was safe on another error and two runs came over. Neely beat out his second hit of the inning and Kuhn walked. Neil walked. Thomas was safe on an error and Big Tot McCullough picked one over the right field fence, clearing the sacks--but oh, what's the use? Why continue?"[2] Joe Smith hit a grand slam as well, and Manning Brown got a homer.[5]
In the game against Camp Benning (GA), Neill netted a home run with a fly ball to left field, which bounced off the outfielder's knee for a home run.[6]
The Kentucky game on May 17 and the Princeton game both went into extra innings.
From June 6 to June 15 the Commodores had an Eastern trip carrying them through Kentucky, West Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York.[4][7] Kuhn starred in the 3 to 2 loss to Princeton.[8]
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| Bold | Vanderbilt team member |
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Coaches
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Byrd Douglas | Head Coach |
| Strat Foster | Manager |
Players
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| A. Bell | 2B |
| Bell | 3B |
| B. Brown | OF |
| Manning Brown | OF |
| Buckner | C |
| Coston | RHP |
| Slim Embry | RHP |
| Frank Godchaux | C |
| Joe Hatcher | C |
| Hawkins | C |
| Hi Hightower | C |
| Huckaby | OF |
| Doc Kuhn | SS |
| Lewis | 2B |
| Bunny Luton | OF |
| Tot McCullough | 1B/OF/LHP |
| McDonald | OF |
| McDonnell | SS |
| McGinnis | OF |
| Bob McNeilly | RHP |
| Jess Neely | OF |
| Scotty Neill | SS/2B/INF |
| Boots Richardson | LHP |
| Riley | RHP |
| Rudolph | RHP |
| Tom Ryan | RHP |
| Sherrod | RHP |
| Joe Smith | OF |
| Paul Stumb | RHP |
| Julian Thomas | 1B |
| Mims Tyner | C |
| Williams | OF |
| Fish Wilson | 2B/INF |
| Wooden | 3B |
| Tobe Woodruf | 3B |
Shortstop Doc Kuhn and outfielders Manning Brown and Tot McCullough made All-Southern.[11]
- "Commodores Claim S.I.A.A. Championship in Baseball". The Houston Post. May 26, 1921. p. 14. Retrieved December 19, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- Bill Traughber. "The Historic 1921 VU Baseball Team". Archived from the original on July 15, 2015. Retrieved September 23, 2014.
- "Sport Chat". Lexington Herald. May 29, 1921.
- Vanderbilt University (1922). The Commodore. pp. 135–137.
- "Wildcats Don't Let it Happen Here". Lexington Herald. April 15, 1921.
- "Benning Loses To Vanderbilt". Columbus Ledger. May 20, 1921.
- "Princeton Alumni Weekly". 1920.
- "2 Apr 1921, 7 - Nashville Banner at". Newspapers.com. April 2, 1921. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
- "3 Apr 1921, 13 - Nashville Banner at". Newspapers.com. April 3, 1921. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
- "College Baseball". Atlanta Constitution. January 1, 1922. Retrieved March 2, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
