1921 Philadelphia Athletics season

1921  Philadelphia Athletics
League	American League
Ballpark	Shibe Park
City	Philadelphia
Owners	Connie Mack, Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
Managers	Connie Mack
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The 1921 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing eighth in the American League for the seventh time in a row with a record of 53 wins and 100 losses.

Regular season

Season standings

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American League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	98	55	.641	—	53‍–‍25	45‍–‍30
Cleveland Indians	94	60	.610	4½	51‍–‍26	43‍–‍34
St. Louis Browns	81	73	.526	17½	43‍–‍34	38‍–‍39
Washington Senators	80	73	.523	18	46‍–‍30	34‍–‍43
Boston Red Sox	75	79	.487	23½	41‍–‍36	34‍–‍43
Detroit Tigers	71	82	.464	27	37‍–‍40	34‍–‍42
Chicago White Sox	62	92	.403	36½	37‍–‍40	25‍–‍52
Philadelphia Athletics	53	100	.346	45	28‍–‍47	25‍–‍53

Record vs. opponents

1921 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	15–7	8–14	15–7	7–15	12–10	9–13	9–13
Chicago	7–15	—	7–15	8–14	13–9	14–8	7–15	6–16
Cleveland	14–8	15–7	—	13–9	8–14	15–7	17–5	12–10
Detroit	7–15	14–8	9–13	—	5–17	14–7–1	12–10	10–12
New York	15–7	9–13	14–8	17–5	—	17–5	13–9	13–8
Philadelphia	10–12	8–14	7–15	7–14–1	5–17	—	5–17	11–11–1
St. Louis	13–9	15–7	5–17	10–12	9–13	17–5	—	12–10
Washington	13–9	16–6	10–12	12–10	8–13	11–11–1	10–12	—

Roster

1921 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Bill Bishop Harvey Freeman Slim Harriss Bob Hasty Fred Heimach Dave Keefe Ray Miner Roy Moore Rollie Naylor Scott Perry Eddie Rommel Jim Sullivan Arlas Taylor Lefty Wolf		Catchers Glenn Myatt Cy Perkins Lena Styles Infielders Bill Barrett Frank Brazill Frank Callaway Joe Dugan Jimmy Dykes Dot Fulghum Chick Galloway Ivy Griffin Emmett McCann Johnny Walker		Outfielders Zip Collins Paul Johnson Ben Mallonee Frank Walker Tilly Walker Frank Welch Whitey Witt Other batters Red Shannon Elmer Yoter		Manager Connie Mack

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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	Cy Perkins	141	538	155	.288	12	73
1B	Johnny Walker	113	423	109	.258	2	46
2B	Jimmy Dykes	155	613	168	.274	16	77
SS	Chick Galloway	131	465	123	.265	3	47
3B	Joe Dugan	119	461	136	.295	10	58
OF	Tillie Walker	142	556	169	.304	23	101
OF	Frank Welch	115	403	115	.285	7	45
OF	Whitey Witt	154	629	198	.315	4	45

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
Frank Brazill	66	177	48	.271	0	19
Emmett McCann	52	157	35	.223	0	15
Paul Johnson	48	127	40	.315	1	10
Ivy Griffin	39	103	33	.320	0	13
Zip Collins	24	71	20	.282	0	5
Glenn Myatt	44	69	14	.203	0	5
Frank Walker	19	66	15	.227	1	6
Frank Callaway	14	50	12	.240	0	4
Bill Barrett	14	30	7	.233	0	3
Ben Mallonee	7	25	6	.240	0	4
Lena Styles	4	5	1	.200	0	0
Elmer Yoter	3	3	0	.000	0	0
Dot Fulghum	2	2	0	.000	0	0
Red Shannon	1	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

= Indicates league leader

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
Eddie Rommel	46	285.1	16	23	3.94	71
Slim Harriss	39	227.2	11	16	4.27	92
Roy Moore	29	191.2	10	10	4.51	64
Scott Perry	12	70.0	3	6	4.11	19
Jim Sullivan	2	17.0	0	2	3.18	8
Fred Heimach	1	9.0	1	0	0.00	1
Arlas Taylor	1	2.0	0	1	22.50	1

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
Bob Hasty	35	179.1	5	16	4.87	46
Dave Keefe	44	173.0	2	9	4.68	68
Rollie Naylor	32	169.1	3	13	4.84	39
Harvey Freeman	18	48.0	1	4	7.69	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
Lefty Wolf	8	0	0	0	7.20	11
Bill Barrett	4	1	0	0	7.20	2
Bill Bishop	2	0	0	0	9.00	4
Ray Miner	1	0	0	0	36.00	1

External links

• 1921 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 1921 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com