1921 New York Yankees

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1921 New York Yankees
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901)
1921 Uniform
Location
Polo Grounds (Since 1913) New York (Since 1903)
1921 Information
Owner(s)	Jacob Ruppert and Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston
Manager(s)	Miller Huggins
Local television
Local radio
Baseball-Reference	{{{link}}}

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 4 1/2 games over the previous year's champion, the Cleveland Indians. New York was managed by Miller Huggins. Home games were played at the Polo Grounds.

Contents 1 Season summary 2 Season standings 3 Game Log 3.1 Player stats 3.1.1 Batting 3.1.1.1 Other batters 3.2 Starting pitchers 3.2.1 Other pitchers 3.2.1.1 Relief pitchers 3.3 History, Comments, Contributions 4 World Series 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Season summary

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 probably 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.

[edit] 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

[edit] Game Log

1921 Game Log
April # Date Opponent Stadium Score Record 1 April 13 Philadelphia Athletics Polo Grounds 11 - 1 1 - 0 2 April 14 Philadelphia Athletics Polo Grounds 4 - 3 1 - 1 3 April 16 Philadelphia Athletics Polo Grounds 3 - 1 2 - 1 4 April 17 Boston Red Sox Polo Grounds 4 - 0 3 - 1 5 April 20 Boston Red Sox Polo Grounds 8 - 4 4 - 1 6 April 21 @Philadelphia Athletics Shibe Park 6 - 1 5 - 1 7 April 22 @Philadelphia Athletics Shibe Park 11 - 4 5 - 2 8 April 24 Washington Senators Polo Grounds 3 - 1 5 - 3 9 April 25 Washington Senators Polo Grounds 5 - 3 5 - 4 10 April 26 Washington Senators Polo Grounds 5 - 4 5 - 5 11 April 27 Washington Senators Polo Grounds 5 - 3 5 - 6 12 April 28 Washington Senators Polo Grounds 9 - 5 6 - 6
May # Date Opponent Stadium Score Record 13 May 2 @Boston Red Sox Fenway Park 6 - 7 14 May 3 @Boston Red Sox Fenway Park 7 - 7 15 May 6 @ Griffith Stadium 8 - 7 16 May 7 @ Griffith Stadium 9 - 7 17 May 8 Polo Grounds 9 - 8 18 May 10 @ Tiger Stadium 10 - 8 19 May 11 @ Tiger Stadium 10 - 9 20 May 12 @ Tiger Stadium 11 - 9 21 May 13 @ Tiger Stadium 12 - 9 22 May 14 @ 13 - 9 23 May 15 @ 14 - 9 24 May 16 @ 15 - 9 25 May 17 @ 15 - 10 26 May 18 @ 15 - 11 27 May 19 @ 16 - 11 28 May 20 @ 16 - 12 29 May 21 @ 17 - 12 30 May 22 @ 18 - 12 31 May 23 @ 19 - 12 32 May 24 @ 19 - 13 33 May 25 @ 19 - 14 34 May 27 @ 20 - 14 35 May 28 Polo Grounds 21 - 14 36 May 28 Polo Grounds 22 - 14 37 May 29 Polo Grounds 23 - 14 38 May 30 @ 24 - 14 39 May 30 @ 24 - 15 40 May 31 @ 24 - 16
June # Date Opponent Stadium Score Record 41 June 1 @ 42 June 2 Polo Grounds 43 June 3 Polo Grounds 44 June 4 Polo Grounds 45 June 5 Polo Grounds 46 June 6 Polo Grounds 47 June 7 Polo Grounds 48 June 8 Polo Grounds 49 June 9 Polo Grounds 50 June 10 Polo Grounds 51 June 11 Polo Grounds 52 June 12 Polo Grounds 53 June 13 Polo Grounds 54 June 14 Polo Grounds 55 June 15 Polo Grounds 56 June 16 Polo Grounds 57 June 18 Polo Grounds 58 June 19 Polo Grounds 59 June 20 @ 60 June 21 @ 61 June 21 @ 62 June 22 @ 63 June 22 @ 64 June 23 @ 65 June 24 Polo Grounds 66 June 25 Polo Grounds 67 June 26 Polo Grounds 68 June 29 Polo Grounds 69 June 29 Polo Grounds
July # Date Opponent Stadium Score Record 70 July 2 Polo Grounds 71 July 2 Polo Grounds 72 July 4 Polo Grounds 73 July 4 Polo Grounds 74 July 5 Polo Grounds 75 July 8 @ 76 July 9 @ 77 July 10 @ 78 July 11 @ 79 July 12 @ 80 July 13 @ 81 July 15 @ 82 July 16 @ 83 July 17 @ 84 July 18 @ 85 July 19 @ 86 July 20 @ 87 July 21 @ 88 July 23 @ 89 July 24 @ 90 July 27 Polo Grounds 91 July 28 Polo Grounds 92 July 30 Polo Grounds 93 July 31 Polo Grounds
August # Date Opponent Stadium Score Record 94 August 1 Polo Grounds 95 August 4 Polo Grounds 96 August 5 Polo Grounds 97 August 6 Polo Grounds 98 August 7 Polo Grounds 99 August 8 Polo Grounds 100 August 8 Polo Grounds 101 August 9 Polo Grounds 102 August 10 Polo Grounds 103 August 11 @ 104 August 12 @ 105 August 13 @ 106 August 13 @ 107 August 17 @ 108 August 18 @ 109 August 19 @ 110 August 20 @ 111 August 21 @ 112 August 21 @ 113 August 22 @ 114 August 23 @ 115 August 24 @ 116 August 25 @ 117 August 26 @ 118 August 27 @ 119 August 28 @ 120 August 30 Polo Grounds 121 August 31 Polo Grounds
September # Date Opponent Stadium Score Record 122 September 1 Polo Grounds 123 September 1 Polo Grounds 124 September 2 Polo Grounds 125 September 3 Polo Grounds 126 September 5 @ 127 September 5 @ 128 September 6 @ 129 September 7 Polo Grounds 130 September 7 Polo Grounds 131 September 8 @ 132 September 9 @ 133 September 10 @ 134 September 11 Polo Grounds 135 September 11 Polo Grounds 136 September 13 Polo Grounds 137 September 14 Polo Grounds 138 September 15 Polo Grounds 139 September 15 Polo Grounds 140 September 16 Polo Grounds 141 September 18 Polo Grounds 142 September 19 Polo Grounds 143 September 20 Polo Grounds 144 September 22 Polo Grounds 145 September 23 Polo Grounds 146 September 24 Polo Grounds 147 September 25 Polo Grounds 148 September 26 Polo Grounds 149 September 27 Polo Grounds 150 September 29 @
October # Date Opponent Stadium Score Record 151 October 1 Philadelphia Athletics Polo Grounds 5 - 3 96-55 152 October 1 Philadelphia Athletics Polo Grounds 7 - 6 97-55 153 October 2 Boston Red Sox Polo Grounds 7 - 6 98-55

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

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
Frank Baker	94	330	97	.294	9	71
Bob Meusel	149	598	190	.318	24	136
Elmer Miller	56	242	72	.298	4	36
Roger Peckinpaugh	149	577	166	.288	8	71
Wally Pipp	153	588	174	.296	8	98
Babe Ruth	152	540	204	.378	59	171
Wally Schang	134	424	134	.316	6	55
Aaron Ward	153	556	170	.306	5	75

[edit] Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Ping Bodie	31	87	15	.172	0	12
Tom Connelly	4	5	1	.200	0	0
Al DeVormer	22	49	17	.347	0	7
Chick Fewster	25	207	58	.280	1	19
Chicken Hawks	41	73	21	.280	2	15
Fred Hofmann	23	62	11	.177	1	5
Mike McNally	71	215	56	.260	1	24
Johnny Mitchell	13	42	11	.262	0	2
Braggo Roth	43	152	43	.283	2	10

[edit] 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
Rip Collins	28	137.3	11	5	5.44	64
Waite Hoyt	43	282.3	19	13	3.09	102
Carl Mays	49	336.7	27	9	3.05	70
Bill Piercy	14	81.7	5	4	2.98	35
Bob Shawkey	38	245	18	12	4.08	35

[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Harry Harper	8	52.7	4	3	3.76	22
Tom Rogers	5	11	0	1	7.36	0
Babe Ruth	2	9	2	0	9.00	2

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Alex Ferguson	17	3	1	1	5.91	9
Jack Quinn	33	8	7	0	3.78	44
Tom Sheehan	12	1	0	1	5.45	7

[edit] History, Comments, Contributions

[edit] 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

[edit] References

• 1921 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

[edit] External links

• Yankees game log courtesy baseball-almanac.com
• 1921 New York Yankees

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