1921 New York Giants season

1921 New York Giants
	National League Champions ; World Series Champions
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1883);
Location
	Polo Grounds (since 1911); New York City (since 1883);
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles Stoneham
Manager(s)	John McGraw
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The 1921 New York Giants season was the franchise's 39th season, which culminated in the Giants defeating the New York Yankees in the World Series.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

1921 National League Records Sources:
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	—

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1921 New York Giants

Roster

Pitchers

Jesse Barnes

Rube Benton

Red Causey

Phil Douglas

Claude Jonnard

Art Nehf

Pol Perritt

Rosy Ryan

Slim Sallee

Red Shea

Fred Toney

Walter Zink

Catchers

Alex Gaston

Earl Smith

Frank Snyder

Infielders

Dave Bancroft

Joe Berry

Frankie Frisch

Mike González

Bud Heine

George Kelly

Wally Kopf

Jim Mahady

John Monroe

Pat Patterson

Goldie Rapp

Johnny Rawlings

Hank Schreiber

Outfielders

Eddie Brown

George Burns

Joe Connolly

Bill Cunningham

Lee King

Irish Meusel

Casey Stengel

Curt Walker

Ross Youngs

Other batters

Butch Henline

Manager

John McGraw

Coaches

Jesse Burkett

Hughie Jennings

Christy Mathewson

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
C	Frank Snyder	108	309	99	.320	8	45
1B	High Pockets Kelly	149	587	181	.308	23	122
2B	Johnny Rawlings	86	307	82	.267	1	30
SS	Dave Bancroft	153	606	193	.318	6	67
3B	Frankie Frisch	153	618	211	.341	8	100
OF	Ross Youngs	141	504	165	.327	3	102
OF	George Burns	149	605	181	.299	4	61
OF	Irish Meusel	62	243	80	.329	2	36

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
Earl Smith	89	229	77	.336	10	51
Curt Walker	64	192	55	.286	3	35
Goldie Rapp	58	181	39	.215	0	15
Eddie Brown	70	128	36	.281	0	12
Lee King	39	94	21	.223	0	7
Bill Cunningham	40	76	21	.276	1	12
Pat Patterson	23	35	14	.400	1	5
Mike González	13	24	9	.375	0	0
John Monroe	19	21	3	.143	1	3
Casey Stengel	18	22	5	.227	0	2
Alex Gaston	20	22	5	.227	0	3
Joe Berry	9	6	2	.333	0	2
Hank Schreiber	4	6	2	.333	0	2
Joe Connolly	2	4	0	.000	0	0
Wally Kopf	2	3	1	.333	0	0
Bud Heine	1	2	0	.000	0	0
Butch Henline	1	1	0	.000	0	0
Jim Mahady	1	0	0	---	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
Art Nehf	41	260.2	20	10	3.63	67
Jesse Barnes	42	258.2	15	9	3.10	56
Fred Toney	42	249.1	18	11	3.61	63
Phil Douglas	40	221.2	15	10	4.22	55

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
Rosy Ryan	36	147.1	7	10	3.73	58
Rube Benton	18	72	5	2	2.88	11
Red Shea	9	32	5	2	3.09	10
Red Causey	7	14.2	1	1	2.45	1
Pol Perritt	5	11.2	2	0	3.86	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
Slim Sallee	37	6	4	2	3.64	23
Walter Zink	2	0	0	0	2.25	1
Claude Jonnard	1	0	0	1	0.00	7

World series

Game 1

October 5, 1921, at the Polo Grounds (IV) in New York City

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	7	0
New York (N)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
W: Carl Mays (1–0) L: [Phil Douglas (baseball)\|Phil Douglas]] (0–1)

Game 2

October 6, 1921, at the Polo Grounds (IV) in New York City

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (N)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
New York (A)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	x	3	3	0
W: Waite Hoyt (1–0) L: Art Nehf (0–1)

Game 3

October 7, 1921, at the Polo Grounds (IV) in New York City

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	8	0
New York (N)	0	0	4	0	0	0	8	1	x	13	20	0
W: Jesse Barnes (1–0) L: Jack Quinn (0–1)

Game 4

October 9, 1921, at the Polo Grounds (IV) in New York City

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (N)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	9	1
New York (A)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	7	1
W: [Phil Douglas (baseball)\|Phil Douglas]] (1–1) L: Carl Mays (1–1)
HR: NYY – Babe Ruth (1)

Game 5

October 10, 1921, at the Polo Grounds (IV) in New York City

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	1
New York (N)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	1
W: Waite Hoyt (2–0) L: Art Nehf (0–2)

Game 6

October 11, 1921, at the Polo Grounds (IV) in New York City

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (N)	0	3	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	8	13	0
New York (A)	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	7	2
W: Jesse Barnes (2–0) L: Bob Shawkey (0–1)
HR: NYG – Irish Meusel (1), Frank Snyder (1), NYY – Chick Fewster (1)

Game 7

October 12, 1921, at the Polo Grounds (IV) in New York City

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	1
New York (N)	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	x	2	6	0
W: [Phil Douglas (baseball)\|Phil Douglas]] (2–1) L: Carl Mays (1–2)

Game 8

October 13, 1921, at the Polo Grounds (IV) in New York City

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (N)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0
New York (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
W: Art Nehf (1–2) L: Waite Hoyt (2–1)

Awards and honors

References

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1921 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1921 World Series

New York Giants 1921 World Series champions
Dave Bancroft Jesse Barnes George Burns Phil Douglas Frankie Frisch George Kelly Irish Meusel Art Nehf Johnny Rawlings Earl Smith Frank Snyder Casey Stengel Fred Toney Ross Youngs
Manager John McGraw Coaches Jesse Burkett Hughie Jennings Christy Mathewson
Regular season Giants–Yankees rivalry Subway Series