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| 1921 New York Giants | ||
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| World Series Champions National League Champions | ||
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| 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.
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | 94 | 59 | .614 | — | 53–26 | 41–33 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 90 | 63 | .588 | 4 | 45–31 | 45–32 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 87 | 66 | .569 | 7 | 48–29 | 39–37 |
| Boston Braves | 79 | 74 | .516 | 15 | 42–32 | 37–42 |
| Brooklyn Robins | 77 | 75 | .507 | 16½ | 41–37 | 36–38 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 70 | 83 | .458 | 24 | 40–36 | 30–47 |
| Chicago Cubs | 64 | 89 | .418 | 30 | 32–44 | 32–45 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 51 | 103 | .331 | 43½ | 29–47 | 22–56 |
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| 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 | — | |||||
| 1921 New York Giants | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roster | |||||||||
| Pitchers | Catchers Infielders | Outfielders
Other batters | Manager Coaches | ||||||
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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) | ||||||||||||
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) | ||||||||||||
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) | ||||||||||||
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) | |||||||||||||||||
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) | ||||||||||||
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) | |||||||||||||||||
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) | ||||||||||||
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) | ||||||||||||
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