1921 in baseball

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The following are the baseball events of the year 1921 throughout the world.  

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See also

Baseball Major League Baseball Minor league baseball Negro league baseball Nippon Professional Baseball 1921 in sports

Sources

Baseball Hall of Fame Baseball Almanac Baseball Library Baseball Reference National Pastime The Deadball Era

Contents 1 Headline Events of the Year 2 Champions 3 Awards and honors 4 MLB Statistical Leaders 5 Major League Baseball final standings 5.1 American League final standings 5.2 National League final standings 6 Negro League Baseball final standings 6.1 Negro National League final standings 6.2 East (independent teams) final standings 7 Events 8 Births 9 Deaths

[edit] Headline Events of the Year

• First radio broadcast of the World Series.
• Babe Ruth breaks Roger Connor's All-Time Home Run record of 138.

[edit] Champions

• World Series: New York Giants over New York Yankees (5-3)

[edit] Awards and honors

• League Award
  • None

[edit] MLB Statistical Leaders

American League National League Type Name Stat Name Stat AVG Harry Heilmann DET .394 Rogers Hornsby STL .397 HR Babe Ruth NYY 59 George Kelly NYG 23 RBI Babe Ruth NYY 171 Rogers Hornsby STL 126 Wins Carl Mays NYY & Urban Shocker SLB 27 Wilbur Cooper PIT 22 ERA Red Faber CHW 2.48 Bill Doak STL 2.59 Ks Walter Johnson WAS 283 Burleigh Grimes BRK 136

[edit] Major League Baseball final standings

[edit] American League final standings

American League
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
New York Yankees	98	55	.641	--
Cleveland Indians	94	60	.610	4.5
St. Louis Browns	81	73	.526	17.5
Washington Senators	80	73	.523	18
Boston Red Sox	75	79	.487	23.5
Detroit Tigers	71	82	.464	27
Chicago White Sox	62	92	.403	36.5
Philadelphia Athletics	53	100	.346	45

[edit] National League final standings

National League
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
New York Giants	94	59	.614	--
Pittsburgh Pirates	90	63	.588	4
St. Louis Cardinals	87	66	.569	7
Boston Braves	79	74	.516	15
Brooklyn Robins	77	75	.507	16.5
Cincinnati Reds	70	83	.458	24
Chicago Cubs	64	89	.418	30
Philadelphia Phillies	51	103	.331	43.5

[edit] Negro League Baseball final standings

[edit] Negro National League final standings

Negro National League (West)
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Chicago American Giants	50	27	.650
St. Louis Giants	54	30	.645
Kansas City Monarchs	73	43	.630
Detroit Stars	46	46	.500
Columbus Buckeyes	30	39	.435
Cincinnati Cubans	30	39	.435
Indianapolis ABCs	43	60	.417
Chicago Giants	7	37	.159

[edit] East (independent teams) final standings

A loose confederation of teams were gathered in the East to compete with the West, however East teams did not organize a formal league as the West did.

East
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Atlantic City Bacharach Giants	34	28	.630
Philadelphia Hilldales	26	16	.619
New York Lincoln Giants	12	7	.590
Brooklyn Royal Giants	1	2	.333
Cuban Stars	12	26	.316
Baltimore Black Sox	2	6	.250

[edit] Events

• August 12 - Philadelphia's George Smith gave up 12 hits and still pitched a shutout as the Phillies beat the Boston Braves 4-0.

• August 19 - Ty Cobb of the Detroit Tigers becomes the fourth player with 3000 career hits.

[edit] Births

• February 25 - Andy Pafko
• March 5 - Elmer Valo
• April 23 - Warren Spahn
• May 20 - Hal Newhouser
• May 29 - Ferris Fain
• June 26 - Howie Pollet
• June 27 - Lou Kretlow
• June 30 - Joe Stephenson
• October 16 - Matt Batts
• November 19 - Roy Campanella
• December 14 - Bobby Adams

[edit] Deaths

• March 30 - Frank Bancroft, 74, manager who won 1884 championship with Providence Grays, also managed six other teams; introduced baseball to Cuba in 1879, and was Reds executive for 30 years
• April 21 - Tom O'Brien, 60, 19th-century infielder/outfielder for the Worcester Ruby Legs, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Reds, New York Metropolitans and Rochester Broncos
• June 27 - Hugh Nicol, 63, Scottish right fielder who set 19th-century record for steals with 138 for 1887 Cincinnati team
• July 16 - Arthur Irwin, 63, Canadian shortstop for six teams who managed Boston to 1891 American Association pennant; later a scout and minor league manager
• October 27 - Bill Kuehne, 63, German third baseman for the Columbus Buckeyes, Pittsburgh Alleghenys & Burghers, Columbus Solons, Louisville Colonels, St. Louis Browns, and Cincinnati Reds during the 19th century
• November 4 - Levi Meyerle, 76, infielder who won National Association batting titles in 1871 and 1874, later playing in the first major league game