1921 Brooklyn Robins season

1921  Brooklyn Robins
League	National League
Ballpark	Ebbets Field
City	Brooklyn, New York
Owners	Charles Ebbets, Ed McKeever, Stephen McKeever
President	Charles Ebbets
Managers	Wilbert Robinson
←  1920 1922  →

Staff ace Burleigh Grimes won 22 games, but the 1921 Brooklyn Robins fell into fifth place.

Offseason

• December 15, 1920: Rube Marquard was traded by the Robins to the Cincinnati Reds for Dutch Ruether. ^[1]

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	—

Notable transactions

• June 18, 1921: Jeff Pfeffer was traded by the Robins to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ferdie Schupp and Hal Janvrin. ^[2]
• August 31, 1921: Eddie Eayrs was purchased by the Robins from the Boston Braves. ^[3]

Roster

1921 Brooklyn Robins
Roster
Pitchers Sweetbreads Bailey Leon Cadore Ray Gordinier Burleigh Grimes Al Mamaux Johnny Miljus Clarence Mitchell George Mohart Jeff Pfeffer Dutch Ruether Ferdie Schupp Sherry Smith		Catchers Ernie Krueger Otto Miller Zack Taylor Infielders Hal Janvrin Jimmy Johnston Pete Kilduff Ed Konetchy Ivy Olson Ray Schmandt Jack Sheehan Chuck Ward		Outfielders Eddie Eayrs Tommy Griffith Wally Hood Bill Lamar Hy Myers Bernie Neis Zack Wheat		Manager Wilbert Robinson

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	Otto Miller	91	286	67	.234	1	27
1B	Ray Schmandt	95	350	107	.306	1	43
2B	Pete Kilduff	107	372	107	.288	3	45
3B	Jimmy Johnston	152	624	203	.325	5	56
SS	Ivy Olson	151	652	174	.267	3	35
OF	Zack Wheat	148	568	182	.320	14	85
OF	Tommy Griffith	129	455	142	.312	12	71
OF	Hy Myers	144	549	158	.288	4	68

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
Bernie Neis	102	230	59	.257	4	34
Ed Konetchy	55	197	53	.269	3	23
Ernie Krueger	65	163	43	.264	3	20
Zack Taylor	30	102	20	.196	0	8
Hal Janvrin	44	92	18	.196	0	14
Wally Hood	56	65	17	.262	1	4
Chuck Ward	12	28	2	.071	0	0
Jack Sheehan	5	12	0	.000	0	0
Eddie Eayrs	8	6	1	.167	0	1
Bill Lamar	3	3	1	.333	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
Burleigh Grimes	37	302.1	22	13	2.83	136
Leon Cadore	35	211.2	13	14	4.17	79
Dutch Ruether	36	211.1	10	13	4.26	78
Jeff Pfeffer	6	31.2	1	5	4.55	8
Ray Gordinier	3	12.0	1	0	5.25	4

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
Clarence Mitchell	37	190.0	11	9	2.89	39
Sherry Smith	35	175.1	7	11	3.90	36
Johnny Miljus	28	93.2	6	3	4.23	37
Ferdie Schupp	20	61.0	3	4	4.57	26

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
Al Mamaux	12	3	3	1	3.14	21
Sweetbreads Bailey	7	0	0	0	5.18	6
George Mohart	2	0	0	0	3.86	1

References

1. Rube Marquard page at Baseball Reference
2. Jeff Pfeffer page at Baseball Reference
3. Eddie Eayrs page at Baseball Reference

External links

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page
• 1921 Brooklyn Robins uniform
• Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
• Acme Dodgers page Archived September 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
• Retrosheet