1921 American League
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League Standings     Minor League Standings
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Division
Team W L WPct GB
Washington 91 63 .591 --
Philadelphia (A) 83 71 .539 8
Detroit 82 72 .532 9
New York (A) 75 79 .487 16
Cleveland 75 79 .487 16
Boston (A) 75 79 .487 16
St. Louis (A) 71 83 .461 20
Chicago (A) 64 90 .416 27
   
Post-Season Results
World Series (5-2) Washington Senators over Cincinnati Reds
League Batting Stats     Help
Team R/G R G AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
WAS 5.7 885 154 5585 1696 231 89 68 444 423 .304 .355 .413 .768
SLA 5.6 862 154 5587 1687 276 105 40 410 528 .302 .350 .410 .760
PHA 5.6 858 154 5572 1675 234 95 59 416 433 .301 .349 .408 .758
BOS 5.4 836 154 5516 1608 312 98 59 438 610 .292 .344 .416 .759
CLE 5.1 791 154 5521 1655 314 68 44 420 436 .300 .349 .405 .754
NYA 5.0 776 154 5539 1590 281 94 69 390 448 .287 .334 .409 .743
DET 5.0 775 154 5486 1591 260 89 41 395 351 .290 .338 .392 .730
CHA 4.8 737 154 5446 1561 248 75 33 391 462 .287 .334 .378 .712
Totals 5.3 6520 1232 44252 13063 2156 713 413 3304 3691 .295 .344 .404 .748
Average   815 154 5532 1633 270 89 52 413 461  
League Pitching Stats     Help
Team R/G R G ERA IP H H/G BB BB/G SO SO/G SV
WAS 4.5 695 154 4.16 1381.7 1615 10.5 302 2.0 517 3.4 13
CLE 5.1 778 154 4.30 1372.0 1642 10.7 386 2.5 390 2.5 6
PHA 5.1 786 154 4.40 1381.0 1603 10.4 392 2.5 398 2.6 12
DET 5.1 793 154 4.30 1382.7 1611 10.5 354 2.3 511 3.3 11
NYA 5.4 832 154 4.76 1388.3 1688 11.0 394 2.6 433 2.8 11
BOS 5.4 836 154 4.67 1385.0 1649 10.7 411 2.7 442 2.9 8
CHA 5.5 843 154 4.78 1371.7 1540 10.0 569 3.7 556 3.6 31
SLA 6.2 957 154 5.10 1376.0 1715 11.1 496 3.2 444 2.9 9
Totals 5.3 6520 1232 4.56 11038.3 13063 10.6 3304 2.7 3691 3.0 101
Average   815 154   1380 1633   413   461   13
League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team ExpW ExpL Diff AS aAS BAW PAW RAW FAW PRF PHrF Attendance   Manager
BOS 77 77 -2 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.03 0.99 1,874,070   Jason Russell
CHA 68 86 -4 0 0 0 1 1 15 0.86 0.59 1,815,539   Carl Mitchell
CLE 78 76 -3 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.01 0.77 1,283,323   Mark Kossoff
DET 75 79 7 0 0 3 3 2 25 1.14 1.92 2,042,527   Rodney McBride
NYA 72 82 3 0 0 1 1 1 9 1.03 1.76 1,447,110   Mark Deayton
PHA 83 71 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 0.91 0.87 1,803,990   Mark Goercke
SLA 70 84 1 0 0 1 0 2 8 1.03 1.17 1,242,427   Jerry Curry
WAS 94 60 -3 0 0 3 2 1 12 1.03 0.55 1,975,069   Ben Johnson
League Win Shares     Help
Team Total Offensive Pitching Fielding C 1B 2B 3B SS OF
WAS 273 122.87 100.94 49.17 12.16 3.82 6.25 5.57 8.35 13.04
PHA 249 131.41 79.94 37.60 8.42 4.10 2.63 8.09 4.00 10.37
DET 246 94.92 103.76 47.30 8.67 2.08 5.61 7.20 7.87 15.88
NYA 225 100.29 84.31 40.37 10.33 2.86 5.42 6.07 5.91 9.78
CLE 225 99.77 85.24 39.96 6.49 3.32 6.62 6.29 7.04 10.21
BOS 225 109.86 77.31 37.79 3.64 1.94 6.88 2.91 9.92 12.52
SLA 213 127.22 56.89 28.86 5.33 2.04 3.73 3.90 4.78 9.09
CHA 192 99.56 57.00 35.40 5.43 1.54 4.13 5.41 8.65 10.24
League Award Winners
Silver Slugger Award: Oscar Charleston WAS .357, 11 HR, 110 RBI
Cy Young Award: Jesse Haines PHA 23-8, 3.47, 303.3 IP, 98 K
Rookie of the Year Award: Bob Meusel SLA .342, 11 HR, 99 RBI
 
Gold Glove Award Winners
 
P Suds Sutherland CLE .988, 15 PO, 66 A, 1 E
C Mike Gonzalez CHA .978, 456 PO, 71 A, 12 E
29.7% (49-165) Runners Thrown Out
1B George Burns DET .992, 1483 PO, 113 A, 13 E
2B Frankie Frisch NYA .971, 331 PO, 602 A, 28 E
3B Aaron Ward NYA .971, 98 PO, 339 A, 13 E
SS Joe Gedeon WAS .979, 175 PO, 527 A, 15 E
LF Ken Williams NYA .951, 245 PO, 10 A, 13 E
CF Edd Roush DET .963, 328 PO, 8 A, 13 E
RF Tris Speaker DET .988, 252 PO, 4 A, 3 E
League Batting Leaderboards     Help
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.
Batting Average
CharlestonWAS.357
WalkerCHA.357
StephensonCLE.348
HarrisSLA.345
MeuselSLA.342
On-Base Pct
StephensonCLE.409
CharlestonWAS.404
WalkerCHA.399
HarrisSLA.397
MeuselSLA.394
Slugging Pct
MeuselSLA.568
CharlestonWAS.524
WalkerCHA.520
StephensonCLE.487
StatzBOS.487*
OPS
MeuselSLA.962
CharlestonWAS.928
WalkerCHA.918
StephensonCLE.897
HarrisSLA.882
XR
CharlestonWAS109.7
MeuselSLA103.9
HarrisSLA97.6
MackeyWAS97.1
StephensonCLE96.7
Games
MeuselSLA142
WilliamsNYA142
HarrisSLA141
BurnsDET140
CharlestonWAS140
At-Bats
WardNYA598
FrischNYA584
HarrisSLA577
CharlestonWAS574
RoushDET568
Runs
HarrisSLA116
MeuselSLA112
CharlestonWAS111
GandilWAS111
LebourveauDET100
Hits
CharlestonWAS205
HarrisSLA199
StephensonCLE194
MackeyWAS192
WardNYA190
Total Bases
MeuselSLA302
CharlestonWAS301
HarrisSLA280
StephensonCLE272
MackeyWAS271
Singles
CharlestonWAS151
MackeyWAS142
WardNYA139
HarrisSLA138
EsmondCHA133
Doubles
StephensonCLE55
HarrisSLA43
MeuselSLA43
FrischNYA36
FlagsteadBOS35
Triples
MeuselSLA22
CharlestonWAS20
FrischNYA18
LebourveauDET18
SargentBOS17
Homeruns
WrightstoneNYA14
CharlestonWAS11
LebourveauDET11
MeuselSLA11
ThomasPHA11
RBIs
CharlestonWAS110
MackeyWAS104
WrightstoneNYA100
MeuselSLA99
LebourveauDET91
Stolen Bases
CharlestonWAS54
GandilWAS50
FrischNYA41
OldringCLE38
WalkerCHA38
Caught Stealing
CharlestonWAS26
StatzBOS25
FlackCLE24
FrischNYA20
RoushDET17
Walks
WilliamsNYA61
SnodgrassBOS57
SpeakerDET57
StephensonCLE55
BurnsPHA54
Strikeouts
EllisSLA75
RohwerBOS71
MeuselSLA69
EsmondCHA66
BowmanCLE58
 
League Pitching Leaderboards     Help
ERA
HainesPHA3.47
BrownWAS3.59
DaussBOS3.77
VanceDET3.84
FergusonWAS3.94
Wins
HainesPHA 23
BrownWAS 22
CaldwellWAS 19
KrohNYA 19
CauseyPHA 18
Losses
HagermanCHA 18
CauseyPHA 17
KrohNYA 17
RuthNYA 17
SothoronSLA 17
Winning Pct
HainesPHA.742
FergusonWAS.727
BrownWAS.629
MortonDET.625
BaumgardnerCLE.591
Saves
MercerCHA 19
JacobusCLE 5
McCabePHA 5
RitterSLA 5
CanavanWAS 4
Games Pitched
SullivanCHA 57
MercerCHA 52
YellowhorseBOS 40
BrownWAS 38
CaldwellWAS 38
Games Started
YellowhorseBOS 40
BrownWAS 38
CaldwellWAS 38
DaussBOS 38
HagermanCHA 38
Complete Games
BrownWAS 33
CaldwellWAS 29
DaussBOS 28
VanceDET 27
YellowhorseBOS 27
Shutouts
BrownWAS 4
HainesPHA 4
BaumgardnerCLE 3
ComstockWAS 2
DaussBOS 2
Innings Pitched
CaldwellWAS333.0
YellowhorseBOS330.7
BrownWAS328.7
DaussBOS322.7
RuthNYA314.7
Hits Allowed
KrohNYA 413
YellowhorseBOS 389
CaldwellWAS 373
DaussBOS 367
CauseyPHA 354
Homeruns Allowed
TesreauSLA 21
BrownWAS 20
BoultesSLA 17
HughesBOS 17
MaySLA 17
Strikeouts
HagermanCHA 181
BrownWAS 165
VanceDET 154
HughesBOS 138
BoehlingDET 121
Walks Allowed
HagermanCHA 154
TesreauSLA 115
RuthNYA 100
YellowhorseBOS 96
MaySLA 91
Walks per 9IP
ComstockWAS1.4
MayerDET1.4
FergusonWAS1.4
BrownWAS1.5
HainesPHA1.6
Hits per 9IP
BrownWAS8.7
HagermanCHA8.9
HarrissCHA9.3
TesreauSLA9.7
FosterNYA9.8
Strikeouts per 9IP
HagermanCHA6.1
TesreauSLA4.6
HughesBOS4.5
BrownWAS4.5
VanceDET4.5
WHiP
BrownWAS1.13
HainesPHA1.30
HarrissCHA1.31
MayerDET1.32
CaldwellWAS1.33
OAVG
BrownWAS.255
HagermanCHA.260
HarrissCHA.268
TesreauSLA.275
VanceDET.277
OOBP
BrownWAS.286
MayerDET.313
HarrissCHA.314
HainesPHA.314
DaussBOS.322
OSLG
HainesPHA.371
FosterNYA.372
BoehlingDET.377
VanceDET.378
DaussBOS.378
OOPS
BrownWAS.668
HainesPHA.685
DaussBOS.700
MayerDET.702
HarrissCHA.704
   
League All-Stars
 
No All-Stars selected
 
League Top Salaries
Rank    Name Team Salary  
1.    Tris Speaker DET $ 24,000,000  
2.    Rube Kroh NYA $ 16,650,000  
3.    Del Pratt PHA $ 15,555,550  
4.    Joe Boehling DET $ 13,000,000  
5.    Dick Rudolph PHA $ 12,700,000  
6.    Johnny Bassler WAS $ 12,000,000  
7.    Rip Hagerman CHA $ 11,150,000  
8.    Beals Becker PHA $ 9,890,000  
9.    Frank Baker PHA $ 9,800,000  
  George Burns PHA $ 9,800,000  
11.    Dick Hoblitzel CLE $ 9,400,000  
12.    Vic Saier CHA $ 8,610,000  
13.    Stuffy McInnis SLA $ 8,550,000  
14.    Tom Hughes BOS $ 8,420,000  
15.    Harry Ables PHA $ 8,400,000  
16.    Doc Cook CHA $ 7,511,000  
17.    Jimmy Esmond CHA $ 7,150,000  
18.    George Burns DET $ 7,000,000  
19.    Chick Gandil WAS $ 6,700,000  
  Eddie Collins WAS $ 6,700,000  
21.    Erskine Mayer DET $ 6,670,000  
22.    Chief Wilson SLA $ 6,290,000  
23.    Ralph Caldwell WAS $ 6,200,000  
24.    Tommy Griffith NYA $ 6,100,000  
25.    George Ferguson WAS $ 6,000,000