1921 New York Yankees season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees March 2026 November 2013 New York Yankees 1921 American League Champion American League Polo Grounds New York City, New York 98 55 y 1st Jacob Ruppert and Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston Ed Barrow Miller Huggins 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 41 2 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 New York Yankees Record vs. opponents NYY Roster 1921 New York Yankees Roster Pitchers Rip Collins Alex Ferguson Harry Harper Waite Hoyt Carl Mays Bill Piercy Jack Quinn Tom Rogers Bob Shawkey Tom Sheehan Catchers Al DeVormer Fred Hofmann Wally Schang Infielders Frank Baker Mike McNally Johnny Mitchell Roger Peckinpaugh Wally Pipp Aaron Ward Outfielders Ping Bodie Tom Connelly Chick Fewster Chicken Hawks Bob Meusel Elmer Miller Braggo Roth Babe Ruth Manager Miller Huggins Coaches Charley O'Leary Frank Roth 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 Wally Schang 134 424 134 .316 6 55 1B Wally Pipp 153 588 174 .296 8 98 2B Aaron Ward Aaron Ward (baseball) 153 556 170 .306 5 75 3B Frank Baker Home Run Baker 94 330 97 .294 9 71 SS Roger Peckinpaugh 149 577 166 .288 8 71 OF Babe Ruth 152 540 204 .378 59 168 OF Bob Meusel 149 598 190 .318 24 138 OF Elmer Miller Elmer Miller (outfielder) 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 Mike McNally 71 215 56 .260 1 24 Chick Fewster 66 207 58 .280 1 19 Braggo Roth 43 152 43 .283 2 10 Ping Bodie 31 87 15 .172 0 12 Chicken Hawks 41 73 21 .280 2 15 Fred Hofmann 23 62 11 .177 1 5 Al DeVormer 22 49 17 .347 0 7 Johnny Mitchell Johnny Mitchell (baseball) 13 42 11 .262 0 2 Tom Connelly 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 Carl Mays 49 336.2 27* 9 3.05 70 Waite Hoyt 43 282.1 19 13 3.09 102 Bob Shawkey 38 245.0 18 12 4.08 35 Bill Piercy 14 81.2 5 4 2.98 35 Harry Harper 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 Rip Collins Rip Collins (pitcher) 28 137.1 11 5 5.44 64 Jack Quinn Jack Quinn (baseball) 33 119.0 8 7 3.78 44 Alex Ferguson Alex Ferguson (baseball) 17 56.1 3 1 5.91 9 Babe Ruth 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 Tom Sheehan 12 1 0 1 5.45 7 Tom Rogers Tom Rogers (baseball) 5 0 1 1 7.36 0 World Series 1921 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, 978-1-55365-507-7 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 Category:New York Yankees seasons New York Yankees New York Yankees Category:1920s in Manhattan Category:American League champion seasons Category:Washington Heights, Manhattan