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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.
1921 New York Yankees | ||
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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 | |
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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 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 Polo Grounds. The best-5-of-9 Series (its last before returning to the best-4-of-7 format) saw the Yankees take a 2 games to 0 lead and later a 3–2 series lead, but Ruth suffered a serious injury in game 3 that limited his appearances in the remaining games, save for one pinch-hit appearance, and the Giants rallied to win the Series 5 games to 3.
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 98 | 55 | .641 | — | 53–25 | 45–30 |
Cleveland Indians | 94 | 60 | .610 | 4½ | 51–26 | 43–34 |
St. Louis Browns | 81 | 73 | .526 | 17½ | 43–34 | 38–39 |
Washington Senators | 80 | 73 | .523 | 18 | 46–30 | 34–43 |
Boston Red Sox | 75 | 79 | .487 | 23½ | 41–36 | 34–43 |
Detroit Tigers | 71 | 82 | .464 | 27 | 37–40 | 34–42 |
Chicago White Sox | 62 | 92 | .403 | 36½ | 37–40 | 25–52 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 53 | 100 | .346 | 45 | 28–47 | 25–53 |
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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 | — |
1921 New York Yankees | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders | Manager
Coaches |
= Indicates team leader |
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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 |
Note: Carl Mays was team leader in saves with 7.
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Tom Sheehan | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.45 | 7 |
Tom Rogers | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7.36 | 0 |
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 |
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