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1921 St. Louis Cardinals season

1921 St. Louis Cardinals
LeagueNational League
BallparkSportsman's Park
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record87–66 (.569)
League place3rd
OwnersSam Breadon
ManagersBranch Rickey
← 1920 Seasons 1922 →

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 third 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
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 94 59 .614 — 53‍–‍26 41‍–‍33
Pittsburgh Pirates 90 63 .588 4 45‍–‍31 45‍–‍32
St. Louis Cardinals 87 66 .569 7 48‍–‍29 39‍–‍37
Boston Braves 79 74 .516 15 42‍–‍32 37‍–‍42
Brooklyn Robins 77 75 .507 16½ 41‍–‍37 36‍–‍38
Cincinnati Reds 70 83 .458 24 40‍–‍36 30‍–‍47
Chicago Cubs 64 89 .418 30 32‍–‍44 32‍–‍45
Philadelphia Phillies 51 103 .331 43½ 29‍–‍47 22‍–‍56

Record vs. opponents

1921 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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

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
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
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
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
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
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]
    1. Rogers Hornsby (WAR 10.8)
    2. Austin McHenry (WAR 5.1)
    3. Jack Fournier (WAR 4.2)
    4. Bill Doak (WAR 3.0)
    5. Verne Clemons (WAR 2.5)
    6. Jack Smith (WAR 2.3)
    7. Les Mann (WAR 2.3)
    8. Milt Stock (WAR 2.0)
    9. Doc Lavan (WAR 1.9)
    10. Jesse Haines (WAR 1.8)
    11. Bill Sherdel (WAR 1.6)
    12. Joe Schultz (WAR 1.5)

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball
Level Team League Manager
AA Syracuse Stars International League Tom Madden and Frank Shaughnessy
A Houston Buffaloes Texas League George Whiteman

[2]

References

  1. ^ "1921 St. Louis Cardinals Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
  2. ^ 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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