1921 St. Louis Cardinals season

1921 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record 87–66 (.569)
League place 3rd
Other information
Owner(s) Sam Breadon
Manager(s) Branch Rickey
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The 1921 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 40th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 30th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 87–66 during the season and finished 3rd in the National League.

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 L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 9459 0.614 — 53–26 41–33
Pittsburgh Pirates 9063 0.588 4 45–31 45–32
St. Louis Cardinals 8766 0.569 7 48–29 39–37
Boston Braves 7974 0.516 15 42–32 37–42
Brooklyn Robins 7775 0.507 16½ 41–37 36–38
Cincinnati Reds 7083 0.458 24 40–36 30–47
Chicago Cubs 6489 0.418 30 32–44 32–45
Philadelphia Phillies 51103 0.331 43½ 29–47 22–56

Record vs. opponents

1921 National League Records

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —11–1114–813–98–1314–89–1310–12
Brooklyn 11–11—10–1110–1112–1016–610–128–14
Chicago 8–1411–10—13–98–1411–115–178–14
Cincinnati 9–1311–109–13—8–1413–98–1412–10
New York 13–810–1214–814–8—16–616–611–11
Philadelphia 8–146–1611–119–136–16—4–187–15
Pittsburgh 13–912–1017–514–86–1618–4—10–11–1
St. Louis 12–1014–814–810–1211–1115–711–10–1—

Roster

1921 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

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
CVerne Clemons117341109.320248
2BRogers Hornsby154592235.39721126
OFJack Smith116411135.328733

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
Joe Schultz9227585.309645
Heinie Mueller5517662.352134
Herb Hunter920.00000
Reuben Ewing310.00000

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
Jesse Haines37244.118123.5084
Bill Doak32208.21562.5983
Jakie May521134.715

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
Roy Walker38170.211124.2252
Bill Bailey1974254.2620
Marv Goodwin1436.1123.727

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
Mike Kircher30108.102

Awards and honors

  • Rogers Hornsby, National League batting champion

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AA Syracuse Stars International League Tom Madden and Frank Shaughnessy
A Houston Buffaloes Texas League George Whiteman

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References

  1. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007


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