1921 in the Negro Leagues
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1921 in the Negro Leagues saw the Negro Southern League become a minor league.
The Cincinnati Cuban Stars were no-hit on June 6 by the Detroit Stars' Bill Gatewood. On September 10, Phil Cockrell of the Philadelphia Hilldale Giants no-hit the Detroit Stars.
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[edit] Standings
- Note: BOLD indicates League Champion
[edit] Negro National League
- Source: agate type blog, Gary Ashwill
| Rank | Team | NNL-only | All Games | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | L | T | WPCT | G | W | L | T | WPCT | ||||
| 1 | Chicago American Giants | 66 | 42 | 22 | 2 | 0.656 | 85 | 52 | 29 | 4 | 0.642 | ||
| 2 | St. Louis Giants | 71 | 40 | 30 | 1 | 0.571 | 76 | 44 | 31 | 1 | 0.587 | ||
| 3 | Kansas City Monarchs | 95 | 54 | 41 | 0 | 0.568 | 101 | 57 | 44 | 0 | 0.564 | ||
| 4 | Indianapolis ABCs | 71 | 37 | 32 | 2 | 0.536 | 106 | 54 | 49 | 3 | 0.524 | ||
| 5 | Detroit Stars | 62 | 28 | 34 | 0 | 0.452 | 79 | 35 | 44 | 0 | 0.443 | ||
| 6 | Cincinnati Cuban Stars | 68 | 30 | 38 | 0 | 0.441 | 78 | 36 | 41 | 1 | 0.468 | ||
| 7 | Columbus Buckeyes | 70 | 30 | 39 | 1 | 0.435 | 89 | 41 | 47 | 1 | 0.466 | ||
| 8 | Chicago Giants | 47 | 10 | 35 | 2 | 0.222 | 54 | 12 | 39 | 3 | 0.235 | ||
[edit] Associate and Non-League Clubs
| Team | versus NNL | All Games | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | L | T | WPCT | G | W | L | T | WPCT | |||
| Hilldale Club (Associate) | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0.632 | 47 | 27 | 19 | 1 | 0.587 | ||
| Bacharach Giants (Associate) | 48 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 0.522 | 77 | 40 | 35 | 2 | 0.533 | ||
| Pittsburgh Keystones (Associate) | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0.385 | 21 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0.350 | ||
| Cleveland Tate Stars (Associate) | 33 | 11 | 21 | 1 | 0.344 | 40 | 16 | 23 | 1 | 0.410 | ||
| Tesreau Bears (Non-League) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.500 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0.385 | ||
| All-Cubans (Non-League) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0.333 | ||
| Baltimore Black Sox (Non-League) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.333 | |||||||
[edit] Independant Teams
- Records are from The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues, John Holway
- All-Cubans
- Atlantic City Bacharach Giants: 34 - 28 (.630)
- Baltimore Black Sox: 2 - 6 (.250)
- Brooklyn Royal Giants: 1 - 2 (.333)
- Cuban Stars East: 12 - 26 (.316)
- Madison Stars
- Montgomery Grey Sox
- New Orleans Caulfield Ads
- New York Lincoln Giants: 10 - 7 (.590)
- Norfolk All-stars
- Pelham Silk Sox
- Philadelphia Hilldale Giants: 26 - 16 (.619)
- Pittsburgh Keystones
- Pittsburgh Stars of Buffalo
- Washington Black Sox
- Washington Braves
[edit] Leading Players
[edit] Batters
- Charles Blackwell, St. Louis Giants: 0.484 batting average
- Tank Carr, Kansas City Monarchs: 15 home runs
- Oscar Charleston, St. Louis Giants: 0.437 batting average, 17 home runs
- Dick Lundy, Atlantic City Bacharach Giants: 0.361 batting average
- Louis Santop, Philadelphia Hilldales: 8 home runs
[edit] Pitchers
- Bill Drake, St. Louis Giants: 22 - 11 W - L record, 132 strikeouts
- Dick Redding, Atlantic City Bacharach Giants: 15 - 11 W - L record
- Joe Rogan, Kansas City Monarchs: 20 - 11 W - L record, 108 strikeouts
- Joe Williams, New York Lincoln Giants: 7 - 1 W - L record
[edit] Postseason
The Atlantic City Bacharach Giants and Philadelphia Hilldale Giants held a four game championship series in September, with the champion to face the Chicago American Giants. The series ended tied at two games apiece and the American Giants traveled east to play one series versus both the Bacharach Giants and the Hilldale Giants. Chicago defeated the Bacharach Giants 2-1-1 and lost to the Hilldale Giants 3-2-1.
The Montgomery Grey Sox were swept in a championship series versus Nashville in four games.
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