1921 Los Angeles Angels season
1918 Los Angeles Angels | ||
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League | Pacific Coast League | |
Ballpark | Washington Park | |
City | Los Angeles | |
Record | 108–80 | |
League place | 1st | |
Managers | Red Killefer | |
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The 1921 Los Angeles Angels season was the 19th season for the Los Angeles Angels playing in the Pacific Coast League (PCL). The team won the PCL pennant with a 108–80 record. Red Killefer was the manager and also appeared in 103 games, principally as a center fielder.
Center fielder Jigger Statz, at age 23, compiled a .310 batting average, went on to play 18 seasons for the Angels until retiring after the 1942 season, and was later inducted into the Pacific Coast League Hall of Fame.
The team's pitching staff was led by
1921 PCL standings
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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Los Angeles Angels | 108 | 80 | .574 | -- |
Sacramento Senators |
105 | 80 | .568 | 1.5 |
San Francisco Seals |
106 | 82 | .564 | 2.0 |
Seattle Rainiers | 103 | 82 | .557 | 3.5 |
Oakland Oaks | 101 | 85 | .543 | 6.0 |
Vernon Tigers | 96 | 90 | .516 | 11.0 |
Salt Lake City Bees | 73 | 110 | .399 | 32.5 |
Portland Beavers | 51 | 134 | .276 | 52.0 |
Statistics
Batting
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; SLG = Slugging percentage
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | SLG |
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RF | Sam Crawford | 175 | 626 | 199 | .318 | 9 | .463 |
2B | Bill McCabe | 85 | 254 | 80 | .315 | 1 | .386 |
CF | Jigger Statz | 153 | 584 | 181 | .310 | 2 | .380 |
SS | Ike McAuley | 177 | 665 | 199 | .299 | 0 | .361 |
1B | Art Griggs | 177 | 678 | 199 | .294 | 10 | .445 |
3B/2B | Bert Niehoff | 179 | 646 | 189 | .293 | 11 | .432 |
LF | Dixie Carroll | 180 | 686 | 200 | .292 | 3 | .410 |
C | Oscar Stanage | 96 | 323 | 90 | .279 | 0 | .328 |
CF | Red Killefer | 103 | 349 | 95 | .272 | 1 | .341 |
3B | Howard Lindimore | 132 | 457 | 123 | .269 | 1 | .352 |
C | Red Baldwin | 108 | 339 | 82 | .242 | 1 | .298 |
Pitching
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; PCT = Win percentage; ERA = Earned run average
Player | G | IP | W | L | PCT | ERA |
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Doc Crandall | 40 | 328.0 | 24 | 13 | .649 | 3.13 |
Vic Aldridge | 33 | 283.0 | 20 | 10 | .667 | 2.16 |
Art Reinhart | 36 | 233.0 | 15 | 5 | .750 | 3.05 |
Tom Hughes | 36 | 241.0 | 14 | 14 | .500 | 2.84 |
Tony Lyons | 41 | 232.0 | 14 | 14 | .500 | 3.92 |
Claude Thomas | 42 | 225.0 | 12 | 7 | .632 | 3.52 |
Nick Dumovich | 34 | 148.0 | 8 | 7 | .533 | 2.61 |
References
- ^ a b c d "1921 Los Angeles Angels". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
Further reading
- "The Greatest Minor League: A History of the Pacific Coast League, 1903-1957", by Dennis Snelling (McFarland 2011)
- "The Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast League: A History, 1903-1957", by Richard Beverage (McFarland 2011)