The 1921 New York Yankees season was the 19th season for the Yankees. The team finished with a record of 98–55, winning their first pennant in franchise history, winning the American League by 4 games over the previous year's champion, the Cleveland Indians. New York was managed by Miller Huggins. Their home games were played at the Polo Grounds.

Regular season With star slugger Babe Ruth hitting 59 home runs, setting a new major league home run record for the third consecutive year, while also having his greatest overall season statistically, the Yankees appeared to be the team to beat in the World Series. Their landlords, the New York Giants, had rebuilt after slipping a bit in the late 1910s, and had won the National League pennant. For the first time, all the games of a World Series would be held in the same ballpark, the Polo Grounds. The best-5-of-9 Series (its last before returning to the best-4-of-7 format) saw the Yankees take a 2 games to 0 lead and later a 3–2 series lead, but Ruth suffered a serious injury in game 3 that limited his appearances in the remaining games, save for one pinch-hit appearance, and the Giants rallied to win the Series 5 games to 3.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster 1921 New York Yankees Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats = Indicates team leader = Indicates league leader 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 134 424 134 .316 6 55 1B 153 588 174 .296 8 98 2B 153 556 170 .306 5 75 3B 94 330 97 .294 9 71 SS 149 577 166 .288 8 71 OF 152 540 204 .378 59 168 OF 149 598 190 .318 24 138 OF 56 242 72 .298 4 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 71 215 56 .260 1 24 66 207 58 .280 1 19 43 152 43 .283 2 10 31 87 15 .172 0 12 41 73 21 .280 2 15 23 62 11 .177 1 5 22 49 17 .347 0 7 13 42 11 .262 0 2 4 5 1 .200 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 49 336.2 27* 9 3.05 70 43 282.1 19 13 3.09 102 38 245.0 18 12 4.08 35 14 81.2 5 4 2.98 35 8 52.2 4 3 3.76 22 Note: Carl Mays was team leader in saves with 7. Tied with Urban Shocker (St Louis Browns) 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 28 137.1 11 5 5.44 64 33 119.0 8 7 3.78 44 17 56.1 3 1 5.91 9 2 9.0 2 0 9.00 2

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 12 1 0 1 5.45 7 5 0 1 1 7.36 0

World Series

GameDateVisitorScoreHomeScoreRecord (NYG-NYY)Attendance1October 5New York Yankees3New York Giants00–130,2022October 6New York Giants0New York Yankees30–234,9393October 7New York Yankees5New York Giants131–236,5094October 9 ‡New York Giants4New York Yankees22–236,3725October 10 ‡New York Yankees3New York Giants12–335,7586October 11 ‡New York Giants8New York Yankees53–334,2387October 12 ‡New York Yankees1New York Giants24–336,5038October 13 ‡New York Giants1New York Yankees05–325,410 New York Giants win 5–3

Awards and honors

Major league records Babe Ruth, major league record, Most total bases in one season (457)Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.54, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC,

Franchise records Babe Ruth, Yankees single season record, runs scored in a season (177)

Notes

References 1921 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com 1921 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference

External links

Yankees game log at baseball-almanac.com