1921 Chicago White Sox season

March 2026 November 2013 Chicago White Sox 1921 American League Comiskey Park Chicago, Illinois 62 92 y 7th Charles Comiskey Kid Gleason The 1921 Chicago White Sox season involved the White Sox attempting to win the American League pennant. However, with the core of the team banned after the Black Sox Scandal broke, they fell back to seventh place. Regular season Owner Charles Comiskey struggled to find replacements for his stars. For example, new third baseman Eddie Mulligan had a .623 OPS, lowest among the team's regulars and quite a drop from Buck Weaver's .785 in 1920. The pitching staff took a much worse beating. Chicago had lost its two best starters in Eddie Cicotte and Lefty Williams and could not recover. Red Faber won 25 games with a league-leading 2.48 ERA. The only other pitcher over .500 was Dickey Kerr, who indeed allowed more hits and earned runs than anyone else in the majors. Number three starter Roy Wilkinson went 4–20, and nobody else started more than 10 games. Season standings Chicago White Sox Record vs. opponents CWS Roster 1921 Chicago White Sox Roster Pitchers Bugs Bennett Verne Blackbourn Sarge Connally Lum Davenport Red Faber Hod Fenner Shovel Hodge Dickey Kerr Doug McWeeny John Michaelson Dominic Mulrenan Rusty Pence John Russell Lee Thompson Cy Twombly Jack Wieneke Roy Wilkinson Catchers George Lees Ray Schalk Yam Yaryan Infielders Eddie Collins Ernie Johnson Elmer Leifer Hervey McClellan Eddie Mulligan Earl Sheely Outfielders Fred Bratschi Bibb Falk Harry Hooper Johnny Mostil Amos Strunk Other batters Eddie Murphy Red Ostergard Frank Pratt Manager Kid Gleason 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 Ray Schalk 128 416 105 .252 0 47 1B Earl Sheely 154 563 171 .304 11 95 2B Eddie Collins 139 526 177 .337 2 58 3B Eddie Mulligan 151 609 153 .251 1 45 SS Ernie Johnson Ernie Johnson (shortstop) 142 613 181 .295 1 51 OF Amos Strunk 121 401 133 .332 3 69 OF Harry Hooper 108 419 137 .327 3 58 OF Bibb Falk 152 585 167 .285 5 82 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 Johnny Mostil 100 326 98 .301 3 42 Harvey McClellan 63 196 35 .179 1 14 Yam Yaryan 45 102 31 .304 0 15 George Lees George Lees (baseball) 20 42 9 .214 0 4 Fred Bratschi 16 28 8 .286 0 3 Red Ostergard 12 11 4 .364 0 0 Elmer Leifer 9 10 3 .300 0 1 Eddie Murphy Eddie Murphy (baseball) 6 5 1 .200 0 0 Frank Pratt 1 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 Red Faber 43 330.2 25 15 2.48 124 Dickey Kerr 44 308.2 19 17 4.72 80 John Russell John Russell (pitcher) 11 66.1 2 5 5.29 15 Dominic Mulrenan 12 56.0 2 8 7.23 10 Lee Thompson 4 20.2 0 3 8.27 4 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 Wilkinson Roy Wilkinson (baseball) 32 198.1 4 20 5.13 50 Shovel Hodge 36 142.2 6 8 6.56 25 Doug McWeeny 27 97.2 3 6 6.08 46 Cy Twombly Cy Twombly (baseball) 7 27.2 1 2 5.86 7 Jack Wieneke 10 25.1 0 1 8.17 10 Sarge Connally 5 22.1 0 1 6.45 6 Bugs Bennett 3 17.2 0 3 6.11 2 Hod Fenner 2 7.0 0 0 7.71 1 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 Lum Davenport 13 0 3 0 6.88 9 Rusty Pence 4 0 0 0 8.44 2 John Michaelson 2 0 0 0 10.13 1 Verne Blackbourn 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 Awards and honors League top ten finishers Red Faber MLB leader in ERA (2.48) #3 in AL in wins (25) #4 in AL in strikeouts (124) Dickey Kerr MLB leader in earned runs allowed (162) MLB leader in hits allowed (357) #3 in AL in losses (17) #3 in AL in walks allowed (96) Roy Wilkinson #2 in AL in losses (20) References 1921 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference Category:Chicago White Sox seasons Chicago White Sox season Chicago White Category:1921 in Chicago