1921 New York Giants season

1921  New York Giants
World Series Champions National League Champions
League	National League
Ballpark	Polo Grounds
City	New York City
Owners	Charles Stoneham
Managers	John McGraw
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The 1921 New York Giants season was the franchise's 39th season, which culminated in the Giants defeating the New York Yankees in the World Series.

Regular season

Season standings

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Giants	94	59	0.614	—	53–26	41–33
Pittsburgh Pirates	90	63	0.588	4	45–31	45–32
St. Louis Cardinals	87	66	0.569	7	48–29	39–37
Boston Braves	79	74	0.516	15	42–32	37–42
Brooklyn Robins	77	75	0.507	16½	41–37	36–38
Cincinnati Reds	70	83	0.458	24	40–36	30–47
Chicago Cubs	64	89	0.418	30	32–44	32–45
Philadelphia Phillies	51	103	0.331	43½	29–47	22–56

Record vs. opponents

1921 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	11–11	14–8	13–9	8–13	14–8	9–13	10–12
Brooklyn	11–11	—	10–11	10–11	12–10	16–6	10–12	8–14
Chicago	8–14	11–10	—	13–9	8–14	11–11	5–17	8–14
Cincinnati	9–13	11–10	9–13	—	8–14	13–9	8–14	12–10
New York	13–8	10–12	14–8	14–8	—	16–6	16–6	11–11
Philadelphia	8–14	6–16	11–11	9–13	6–16	—	4–18	7–15
Pittsburgh	13–9	12–10	17–5	14–8	6–16	18–4	—	10–11–1
St. Louis	12–10	14–8	14–8	10–12	11–11	15–7	11–10–1	—

Roster

1921 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Jesse Barnes Rube Benton Red Causey Phil Douglas Claude Jonnard Art Nehf Pol Perritt Rosy Ryan Slim Sallee Red Shea Fred Toney Walter Zink		Catchers Alex Gaston Earl Smith Frank Snyder Infielders Dave Bancroft Joe Berry Frankie Frisch Mike González Bud Heine George Kelly Wally Kopf Jim Mahady John Monroe Pat Patterson Goldie Rapp Johnny Rawlings Hank Schreiber		Outfielders Eddie Brown George Burns Joe Connolly Bill Cunningham Lee King Irish Meusel Casey Stengel Curt Walker Ross Youngs Other batters Butch Henline		Manager John McGraw Coaches Jesse Burkett Hughie Jennings Christy Mathewson

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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
C	Frank Snyder	108	309	99	.320	8	45
1B	High Pockets Kelly	149	587	181	.308	23	122
2B	Johnny Rawlings	86	307	82	.267	1	30
SS	Dave Bancroft	153	606	193	.318	6	67
3B	Frankie Frisch	153	618	211	.341	8	100
OF	Ross Youngs	141	504	165	.327	3	102
OF	George Burns	149	605	181	.299	4	61
OF	Irish Meusel	62	243	80	.329	2	36

Other batters

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
Earl Smith	89	229	77	.336	10	51
Curt Walker	64	192	55	.286	3	35
Goldie Rapp	58	181	39	.215	0	15
Eddie Brown	70	128	36	.281	0	12
Lee King	39	94	21	.223	0	7
Bill Cunningham	40	76	21	.276	1	12
Pat Patterson	23	35	14	.400	1	5
Mike González	13	24	9	.375	0	0
Casey Stengel	18	22	5	.227	0	2
Alex Gaston	20	22	5	.227	0	3
John Monroe	19	21	3	.143	1	3
Joe Berry	9	6	2	.333	0	2
Hank Schreiber	4	6	2	.333	0	2
Joe Connolly	2	4	0	.000	0	0
Wally Kopf	2	3	1	.333	0	0
Bud Heine	1	2	0	.000	0	0
Butch Henline	1	1	0	.000	0	0
Jim Mahady	1	0	0	----	0	0

Pitching

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
Art Nehf	41	260.2	20	10	3.63	67
Jesse Barnes	42	258.2	15	9	3.10	56
Fred Toney	42	249.1	18	11	3.61	63
Phil Douglas	40	221.2	15	10	4.22	55

Other 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
Rosy Ryan	36	147.1	7	10	3.73	58
Rube Benton	18	72.0	5	2	2.88	11
Red Shea	9	32.0	5	2	3.09	10
Red Causey	7	14.2	1	1	2.45	1
Pol Perritt	5	11.2	2	0	3.86	5

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Slim Sallee	37	6	4	2	3.64	23
Walter Zink	2	0	0	0	2.25	1
Claude Jonnard	1	0	0	1	0.00	7

World series

Main article: 1921 World Series

Game 1

October 5, 1921, at the Polo Grounds (IV) in New York City

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	7	0
New York (N)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
W: Carl Mays (1–0)  L: Phil Douglas (0–1)

Game 2

October 6, 1921, at the Polo Grounds (IV) in New York City

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (N)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
New York (A)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	x	3	3	0
W: Waite Hoyt (1–0)  L: Art Nehf (0–1)

Game 3

October 7, 1921, at the Polo Grounds (IV) in New York City

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	8	0
New York (N)	0	0	4	0	0	0	8	1	x	13	20	0
W: Jesse Barnes (1–0)  L: Jack Quinn (0–1)

Game 4

October 9, 1921, at the Polo Grounds (IV) in New York City

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (N)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	9	1
New York (A)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	7	1
W: Phil Douglas (1–1)  L: Carl Mays (1–1)
HR: NYY – Babe Ruth (1)

Game 5

October 10, 1921, at the Polo Grounds (IV) in New York City

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	1
New York (N)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	1
W: Waite Hoyt (2–0)  L: Art Nehf (0–2)

Game 6

October 11, 1921, at the Polo Grounds (IV) in New York City

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (N)	0	3	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	8	13	0
New York (A)	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	7	2
W: Jesse Barnes (2–0)  L: Bob Shawkey (0–1)
HR: NYG – Irish Meusel (1), Frank Snyder (1), NYY – Chick Fewster (1)

Game 7

October 12, 1921, at the Polo Grounds (IV) in New York City

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	1
New York (N)	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	x	2	6	0
W: Phil Douglas (2–1)  L: Carl Mays (1–2)

Game 8

October 13, 1921, at the Polo Grounds (IV) in New York City

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (N)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0
New York (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
W: Art Nehf (1–2)  L: Waite Hoyt (2–1)

References

• 1921 New York Giants team page at Baseball Reference
• 1921 New York Giants team page at Baseball Almanac