1921 New York Giants season

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1921  New York Giants
World Series champions
National League champions
New York Giants MLB Cap Logo (1917 to 1922, 1928 to 1929).svg
League National League
Ballpark Polo Grounds
CityNew York City
Owners Charles Stoneham
Managers John McGraw
  1920 Seasons 1922  

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.

Contents

Regular season

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 9459.61453264133
Pittsburgh Pirates 9063.588445314532
St. Louis Cardinals 8766.569748293937
Boston Braves 7974.5161542323742
Brooklyn Robins 7775.50716½41373638
Cincinnati Reds 7083.4582440363047
Chicago Cubs 6489.4183032443245
Philadelphia Phillies 51103.33143½29472256

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBOSBRCHCCINNYGPHIPITSTL
Boston 11–1114–813–98–1314–89–1310–12
Brooklyn 11–1110–1110–1112–1016–610–128–14
Chicago 8–1411–1013–98–1411–115–178–14
Cincinnati 9–1311–109–138–1413–98–1412–10
New York 13–810–1214–814–816–616–611–11
Philadelphia 8–146–1611–119–136–164–187–15
Pittsburgh 13–912–1017–514–86–1618–410–11–1
St. Louis 12–1014–814–810–1211–1115–711–10–1

Roster

1921 New York Giants
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Frank Snyder 10830999.320845
1B High Pockets Kelly 149587181.30823122
2B Johnny Rawlings 8630782.267130
SS Dave Bancroft 153606193.318667
3B Frankie Frisch 153618211.3418100
OF Ross Youngs 141504165.3273102
OF George Burns 149605181.299461
OF Irish Meusel 6224380.329236

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Earl Smith 8922977.3361051
Curt Walker 6419255.286335
Goldie Rapp 5818139.215015
Eddie Brown 7012836.281012
Lee King 399421.22307
Bill Cunningham 407621.276112
Pat Patterson 233514.40015
Mike González 13249.37500
Casey Stengel 18225.22702
Alex Gaston 20225.22703
John Monroe 19213.14313
Joe Berry 962.33302
Hank Schreiber 462.33302
Joe Connolly 240.00000
Wally Kopf 231.33300
Bud Heine 120.00000
Butch Henline 110.00000
Jim Mahady 100----00

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Art Nehf 41260.220103.6367
Jesse Barnes 42258.21593.1056
Fred Toney 42249.118113.6163
Phil Douglas 40221.215104.2255

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Rosy Ryan 36147.17103.7358
Rube Benton 1872.0522.8811
Red Shea 932.0523.0910
Red Causey 714.2112.451
Pol Perritt 511.2203.865

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Slim Sallee 376423.6423
Walter Zink 20002.251
Claude Jonnard 10010.007

World series

Game 1

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

Team123456789RHE
New York (A)100011000370
New York (N)000000000050
W: Carl Mays (1–0)  L: Phil Douglas (0–1)

Game 2

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

Team123456789RHE
New York (N)000000000022
New York (A)10000002x330
W: Waite Hoyt (1–0)  L: Art Nehf (0–1)

Game 3

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

Team123456789RHE
New York (A)004000010580
New York (N)00400081x13200
W: Jesse Barnes (1–0)  L: Jack Quinn (0–1)

Game 4

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

Team123456789RHE
New York (N)000000031491
New York (A)000010001271
W: Phil Douglas (1–1)  L: Carl Mays (1–1)
HR: NYYBabe Ruth (1)

Game 5

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

Team123456789RHE
New York (A)001200000361
New York (N)1000000001101
W: Waite Hoyt (2–0)  L: Art Nehf (0–2)

Game 6

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

Team123456789RHE
New York (N)0304010008130
New York (A)320000000572
W: Jesse Barnes (2–0)  L: Bob Shawkey (0–1)
HR: NYGIrish Meusel (1), Frank Snyder (1), NYYChick Fewster (1)

Game 7

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

Team123456789RHE
New York (A)010000000181
New York (N)10000010x260
W: Phil Douglas (2–1)  L: Carl Mays (1–2)

Game 8

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

Team123456789RHE
New York (N)100000000160
New York (A)000000000041
W: Art Nehf (1–2)  L: Waite Hoyt (2–1)

Source: [1]

References

  1. "1921 World Series - New York Giants over New York Yankees (5-3)". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 22, 2025.