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1921 World Series
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New York Giants (94-59, NL) vs. New York Yankees (98-55, AL)
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Series results
| Game | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | Score | Record
(NYG-NYY) | Attendance | |
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| 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 | ||||||||
Matchups
Game 1
October 5, 1921 at the Polo Grounds (IV) in New York, New York
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York (A) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| New York (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| W: Carl Mays (1-0) L: Phil Douglas (0-1) | ||||||||||||
Game 2
October 6, 1921 at the Polo Grounds (IV) in New York, New York
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| New York (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| New York (A) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | x | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| W: Waite Hoyt (1-0) L: Art Nehf (0-1) | ||||||||||||
Game 3
October 7, 1921 at the Polo Grounds (IV) in New York, New York
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| New York (A) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| New York (N) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | x | 13 | 20 | 0 |
| W: Jesse Barnes (1-0) L: Jack Quinn (0-1) | ||||||||||||
Game 4
October 9, 1921 at the Polo Grounds (IV) in New York, New York
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||
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| New York (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1 | |||||
| New York (A) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | |||||
| W: Phil Douglas (1-1) L: Carl Mays (1-1) | |||||||||||||||||
| HR: NYY – Babe Ruth (1) | |||||||||||||||||
Game 5
October 10, 1921 at the Polo Grounds (IV) in New York, New York
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| New York (A) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| New York (N) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| W: Waite Hoyt (2-0) L: Art Nehf (0-2) | ||||||||||||
Game 6
October 11, 1921 at the Polo Grounds (IV) in New York, New York
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||
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| New York (N) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 0 | |||||
| New York (A) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 2 | |||||
| W: Jesse Barnes (2-0) L: Bob Shawkey (0-1) | |||||||||||||||||
| HR: NYG – Irish Meusel (1), Frank Snyder (1), NYY – Chick Fewster (1) | |||||||||||||||||
Game 7
October 12, 1921 at the Polo Grounds (IV) in New York, New York
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| New York (A) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| New York (N) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | x | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| W: Phil Douglas (2-1) L: Carl Mays (1-2) | ||||||||||||
Game 8
October 13, 1921 at the Polo Grounds (IV) in New York, New York
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| New York (N) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| New York (A) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| W: Art Nehf (1-2) L: Waite Hoyt (2-1) | ||||||||||||
Further Reading
- Lyle Spatz and Steve Steinberg: 1921: The Yankees, the Giants, and the Battle for Baseball Supremacy in New York, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE, 2010.
- Lyle Spatz and Steve Steinberg: "1921: The Yankees, the Giants, and the Battle for Baseball Supremacy in New York" (extract), The Baseball Research Journal, SABR, Vol. 38, Nr. 2 (Fall 2009), pp. 9-19.
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