1921 in baseball

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

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

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.

Champions

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

Awards and honors

League Award
- None

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

Major League Baseball final standings

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

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

Negro League Baseball final standings

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

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

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.

October 1 - Babe Ruth compiles the greatest single season of batting in Major League baseball history by hitting 59 home runs, driving in 171 runs, scoring 177 runs with 204 hits for a .378 batting average in only 540 At-Bats. His On-base percentage for the year was .510 and his slugging percentage was an astounding .846 mark. Ruth's 59 home runs were more than the other 7 American League team home run totals combined.

October 13 - The New York Giants defeat the New York Yankees, 1-0, in Game 8 of the World Series, to capture their second World Championship, five games to three. This series marked the first time the Yankees participated in the World Series, to date the Yankees have participated in 39 World Series. For the first time in World Series play, all games were held at one site: the Polo Grounds in New York, with the home team alternating. The Yankees sub-leased the Polo Grounds from the New York Giants from 1913 through 1922. The Series was the first to be broadcast on radio. Announcer Thomas Cowan recreated the game over Westinghouse-owned WJZ in Newark, listening to phoned-in reports from the stadium.

Births

January-March

April-June

July-September

October-December

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
March 31 - John Fitzgerald, 50, pitcher for the 1891 Boston Reds
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
August 24 - Emil Gross, 63, catcher for five seasons from 1879 to 1884.
September 3 - Jim Clinton, 71, outfielder for 10 seasons; 1872-1876, 1882-1886.
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
December 9, Charlie Morton, 67, player, manager, and later a minor league president.

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

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