1921 St. Louis Cardinals season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 St. Louis Cardinals 1921 National League Sportsman's Park St. Louis, Missouri 87–66 (.569) 3rd Sam Breadon Branch Rickey 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 St. Louis Cardinals Record vs. opponents STL Roster 1921 St. Louis Cardinals Roster Pitchers Bill Bailey Bill Doak Marv Goodwin Jesse Haines Mike Kircher Jakie May Lou North Bill Pertica Jeff Pfeffer Tink Riviere Ferdie Schupp Bill Sherdel Roy Walker Catchers Eddie Ainsmith Verne Clemons Pickles Dillhoefer Charlie Niebergall Infielders Reuben Ewing Jack Fournier Rogers Hornsby Herb Hunter Hal Janvrin Doc Lavan Milt Stock Specs Toporcer Outfielders Cliff Heathcote Howie Jones Les Mann Austin McHenry Heinie Mueller Joe Schultz Burt Shotton Jack Smith Other batters George Gilham Walt Irwin Lew McCarty Manager Branch Rickey Coaches Joe Sugden 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 Jack Smith (outfielder) 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 Joe Schultz (outfielder) 92 275 85 .309 6 45 Heinie Mueller Heinie Mueller (outfielder) 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 baseball 9 2 0 .000 0 0 Howie Jones baseball 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 Roy Walker (baseball) 38 170.2 11 12 4.22 52 Bill Sherdel 38 144.1 9 8 3.18 57 Bill Bailey Bill Bailey (pitcher) 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:1921 St. Louis Cardinals Statistics https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/STL/1921.shtml 2022-06-27 Baseball-Reference.com en Rogers Hornsby (WAR 10.8) Austin McHenry (WAR 5.1) Jack Fournier (WAR 4.2) Bill Doak (WAR 3.0) Verne Clemons (WAR 2.5) Jack Smith (WAR 2.3) Les Mann (WAR 2.3) Milt Stock (WAR 2.0) Doc Lavan (WAR 1.9) Jesse Haines (WAR 1.8) Bill Sherdel (WAR 1.6) Joe Schultz (WAR 1.5) Farm system Minor league baseball AA Syracuse Stars International League Tom Madden and Frank Shaughnessy A Houston Buffaloes Texas League George WhitemanJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 References 2 External links 1921 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference 1921 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:St. Louis Cardinals seasons Saint Louis Cardinals season St Louis Category:1920s in St. Louis