1921 St. Louis Cardinals season
St. Louis, Missouri | ||
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Record | 87–66 (.569) | |
League place | 3rd | |
Owners | Sam Breadon | |
Managers | Branch Rickey | |
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The 1921
Regular season
Rogers Hornsby hit .397 in 1921, and his 21 home runs were second in the league. He also led the league in on-base percentage (.458), slugging percentage (.639), runs (131), RBI (126), doubles (44), and triples (18).
Season standings
National League | W
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L
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Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Giants | 94 | 59 | 0.614 | — | 53–26 | 41–33 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 90 | 63 | 0.588 | 4 | 45–31 | 45–32 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 87 | 66 | 0.569 | 7 | 48–29 | 39–37 |
Boston Braves | 79 | 74 | 0.516 | 15 | 42–32 | 37–42 |
Brooklyn Robins | 77 | 75 | 0.507 | 16½ | 41–37 | 36–38 |
Cincinnati Reds | 70 | 83 | 0.458 | 24 | 40–36 | 30–47 |
Chicago Cubs | 64 | 89 | 0.418 | 30 | 32–44 | 32–45 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 51 | 103 | 0.331 | 43½ | 29–47 | 22–56 |
Record vs. opponents
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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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 | — |
Roster
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Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders
Other batters |
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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
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Verne Clemons | 117 | 341 | 109 | .320 | 2 | 48 |
1B | Jack Fournier | 149 | 574 | 197 | .343 | 16 | 86 |
2B | Rogers Hornsby | 154 | 592 | 235 | .397 | 21 | 126 |
SS | Doc Lavan | 150 | 560 | 145 | .259 | 2 | 82 |
3B | Milt Stock | 149 | 587 | 180 | .307 | 3 | 84 |
OF | Austin McHenry | 152 | 574 | 201 | .350 | 17 | 102 |
OF | Jack Smith | 116 | 411 | 135 | .328 | 7 | 33 |
OF | Les Mann |
97 | 256 | 84 | .328 | 7 | 30 |
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 |
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Joe Schultz | 92 | 275 | 85 | .309 | 6 | 45 |
Heinie Mueller | 55 | 176 | 62 | .352 | 1 | 34 |
Pickles Dillhoefer | 76 | 162 | 39 | .241 | 0 | 15 |
Cliff Heathcote | 62 | 156 | 38 | .244 | 0 | 9 |
Eddie Ainsmith | 27 | 62 | 18 | .290 | 0 | 5 |
Specs Toporcer | 22 | 53 | 14 | .264 | 0 | 2 |
Burt Shotton | 38 | 48 | 12 | .250 | 1 | 7 |
Hal Janvrin | 18 | 32 | 9 | .281 | 0 | 5 |
Charlie Niebergall | 5 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
Herb Hunter | 9 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Howie Jones | 3 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
George Gilham | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Lew McCarty | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Walt Irwin | 4 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Reuben Ewing | 3 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
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 |
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Jesse Haines | 37 | 244.1 | 18 | 12 | 3.50 | 84 |
Bill Doak | 32 | 208.2 | 15 | 6 | 2.59 | 83 |
Bill Pertica | 38 | 208.1 | 14 | 10 | 3.37 | 67 |
Jeff Pfeffer | 18 | 98.2 | 9 | 3 | 4.29 | 22 |
Jakie May | 5 | 21.0 | 1 | 3 | 4.71 | 5 |
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 |
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Roy Walker | 38 | 170.2 | 11 | 12 | 4.22 | 52 |
Bill Sherdel | 38 | 144.1 | 9 | 8 | 3.18 | 57 |
Bill Bailey | 19 | 74.0 | 2 | 5 | 4.26 | 20 |
Ferdie Schupp | 9 | 37.1 | 2 | 0 | 4.10 | 22 |
Marv Goodwin | 14 | 36.1 | 1 | 2 | 3.72 | 7 |
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 |
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Lou North | 40 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3.54 | 28 |
Tink Riviere | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.10 | 15 |
Mike Kircher | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8.10 | 2 |
Awards and honors
- Rogers Hornsby, National League batting champion
- Top 12 Players of the season:[1]
- Rogers Hornsby (WAR 10.8)
- Austin McHenry (WAR 5.1)
- Jack Fournier (WAR 4.2)
- Bill Doak (WAR 3.0)
- Verne Clemons (WAR 2.5)
- Jack Smith (WAR 2.3)
- Les Mann (WAR 2.3)
- Milt Stock (WAR 2.0)
- Doc Lavan (WAR 1.9)
- Jesse Haines (WAR 1.8)
- Bill Sherdel (WAR 1.6)
- Joe Schultz (WAR 1.5)
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AA | Syracuse Stars
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International League | Tom Madden and Frank Shaughnessy |
A | Houston Buffaloes | Texas League | George Whiteman |
References
- ^ "1921 St. Louis Cardinals Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
External links
- 1921 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference
- 1921 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com