1921 New York Giants season

March 2026 March 2020 November 2013 New York Giants 1921 New York Giants MLB Cap Logo (1917 to 1922, 1928 to 1929).svg World Series championsNational League champions National League Polo Grounds New York City 94 59 y 1st Charles Stoneham John McGraw 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. Regular season Season standings New York Giants Record vs. opponents NYG 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 George Burns (outfielder) 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 Earl Smith (catcher) 89 229 77 .336 10 51 Curt Walker 64 192 55 .286 3 35 Goldie Rapp 58 181 39 .215 0 15 Eddie Brown Eddie Brown (baseball) 70 128 36 .281 0 12 Lee King Lee King (outfielder, born 1892) 39 94 21 .223 0 7 Bill Cunningham Bill Cunningham (outfielder) 40 76 21 .276 1 12 Pat Patterson Pat Patterson (baseball, born 1897) 23 35 14 .400 1 5 Mike González Mike González (catcher) 13 24 9 .375 0 0 Casey Stengel 18 22 5 .227 0 2 Alex Gaston 20 22 5 .227 0 3 John Monroe John Monroe (baseball) 19 21 3 .143 1 3 Joe Berry Joe Berry (second baseman) 9 6 2 .333 0 2 Hank Schreiber 4 6 2 .333 0 2 Joe Connolly Joe Connolly (1920s outfielder) 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 Phil Douglas (baseball) 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 72.0 5 2 2.88 11 Red Shea baseball 9 32.0 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 1921 World Series Game 1 October 5, 1921, at the Polo Grounds (IV) in New York City Team123456789RHENew York (A)100011000370 New York (N)000000000050W: Carl Mays (1–0)  L: Phil Douglas (0–1) Game 2 October 6, 1921, at the Polo Grounds (IV) in New York City Team123456789RHENew York (N)000000000022 New York (A)10000002x330W: Waite Hoyt (1–0)  L: Art Nehf (0–1) Game 3 October 7, 1921, at the Polo Grounds (IV) in New York City Team123456789RHENew York (A)004000010580 New York (N)00400081x13200W: Jesse Barnes (1–0)  L: Jack Quinn (0–1) Game 4 October 9, 1921, at the Polo Grounds (IV) in New York City Team123456789RHENew York (N)000000031491 New York (A)000010001271W: 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 Team123456789RHENew York (A)001200000361 New York (N)1000000001101W: Waite Hoyt (2–0)  L: Art Nehf (0–2) Game 6 October 11, 1921, at the Polo Grounds (IV) in New York City Team123456789RHENew York (N)0304010008130 New York (A)320000000572W: 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 Team123456789RHENew York (A)010000000181 New York (N)10000010x260W: Phil Douglas (2–1)  L: Carl Mays (1–2) Game 8 October 13, 1921, at the Polo Grounds (IV) in New York City Team123456789RHENew York (N)100000000160 New York (A)000000000041W: Art Nehf (1–2)  L: Waite Hoyt (2–1) Source:1921 World Series - New York Giants over New York Yankees (5-3) https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1921_WS.shtml 2025-03-22 Baseball-Reference.com en References External links 1921 New York Giants team page at Baseball Reference 1921 New York Giants team page at Baseball Almanac Category:New York Giants (baseball) seasons New York Giants season Category:National League champion seasons Category:World Series champion seasons New York G Category:1920s in Manhattan Category:Washington Heights, Manhattan