The following are the baseball events of the year 1921 throughout the world.
American League | National League | Negro National League | ||||
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Stat | Player | Total | Player | Total | Player | Total |
AVG | Harry Heilmann (DET) | .394 | Rogers Hornsby (SLC) | .397 | Oscar Charleston 1 (SLG) | .433 |
HR | Babe Ruth (NYY) | 59 | George Kelly (NYG) | 23 | Oscar Charleston 1 (SLG) | 15 |
RBI | Babe Ruth (NYY) | 168 | Rogers Hornsby (SLC) | 126 | Oscar Charleston 1 (SLG) | 91 |
Wins | Carl Mays (NYY) Urban Shocker (SLB) | 27 | Wilbur Cooper (PIT) Burleigh Grimes (BKN) | 22 | Dave Brown (CAG) Bill Drake (SLG) | 17 |
ERA | Red Faber (CWS) | 2.48 | Bill Doak (SLC) | 2.59 | Bullet Rogan (KC) | 1.72 |
K | Walter Johnson (WSH) | 143 | Burleigh Grimes (BKN) | 136 | Bill Holland (DES/CAG) | 140 |
1 Negro National League Triple Crown batting winner
American League final standings
National League final standings
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This was the second overall season of the first Negro National League. Chicago repeated as pennant champion. [1]
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A loose confederation of teams were gathered in the East to compete with the West, however East teams did not organize a formal league as the West did.
East | ||||
Club | Wins | Losses | Win % | GB |
Atlantic City Bacharach Giants | 34 | 28 | .630 | |
Philadelphia Hilldales | 26 | 16 | .619 | |
New York Lincoln Giants | 12 | 7 | .590 | |
Brooklyn Royal Giants | 1 | 2 | .333 | |
Cuban Stars | 12 | 26 | .316 | |
Baltimore Black Sox | 2 | 6 | .250 |
Chicago, the best team of the "West" and Hilldale, the best team of the "East Coast", engaged in a "postseason series" that was played over eleven days in three states (Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey). It was the first postseason series between two Negro league teams in eight years and it would be the first of six held in the 1920s. Hilldale won three games to Chicago winning two while Game 4 ended in tie. [2]
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