1921 Chicago (A) White Sox
Record: 64-90
Finish: 8th in AL Division Division
Runs Scored: 737
Runs Allowed: 843
Exp W-L: 68-86
 
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 1,815,539
Manager: Carl Mitchell

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 70-59, 3rd in the American League
AA: 84-45, 1st in the American League
A: 52-77, 7th in the American League
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
SS  Jimmy Esmond 31 133 541 98 176 33 8 2 61 37 11 48 66 .325 .378 .427 .805 84.4 16.6 7.2
CF #Bernie Neis 25 137 500 52 153 30 5 2 72 0 1 39 53 .306 .353 .398 .751 67.4 11.8 3.1
RF *Curt Walker 24 126 504 90 180 29 16 7 77 38 15 35 20 .357 .399 .520 .918 90.2 19.7 2.2
C  Mike Gonzalez 30 128 453 45 122 10 2 3 51 0 1 44 27 .269 .333 .320 .653 46.9 5.1 4.5
3B  Pie Traynor 21 104 373 43 103 17 4 4 43 13 4 24 16 .276 .322 .375 .697 41.7 5.4 3.5
1B *Vic Saier 30 122 322 51 88 20 8 5 56 7 2 40 19 .273 .361 .432 .793 48.8 8.5 0.9
2B #Lee Magee 32 82 316 39 84 14 3 2 31 9 7 17 2 .266 .304 .348 .653 28.6 2.5 2.6
1B *Ivy Griffin 24 99 281 33 83 15 1 1 40 0 0 13 9 .295 .331 .367 .698 31.8 4.5 0.7
LF *Guy Zinn 34 89 220 41 70 6 4 0 30 0 5 21 18 .318 .379 .382 .761 30.5 5.1 1.7
LF  Johnny Mokan 25 64 207 28 54 4 1 1 19 1 0 21 21 .261 .336 .304 .641 21.8 2.5 1.2
LF  Howie Shanks 30 48 193 24 56 6 4 0 34 10 5 9 5 .290 .320 .363 .683 22.3 3.0 1.4
2B *John Monroe 22 49 173 20 51 5 1 0 29 4 2 16 15 .295 .354 .335 .689 19.3 2.6 1.3
2B *Gene Robertson 22 73 139 20 41 8 1 1 18 0 0 10 4 .295 .340 .388 .728 16.8 2.5 1.0
SS #Buck Weaver 30 58 144 22 41 13 1 2 16 2 3 3 6 .285 .299 .431 .730 14.3 1.8 1.2
CF *Doc Cook 35 51 112 14 37 4 0 0 14 5 1 10 12 .330 .390 .366 .756 15.5 2.8 0.6
P  Rip Hagerman 33 38 95 6 10 3 0 0 4 0 0 2 28 .105 .124 .137 .261 -1.0 0.0 0.0
P  Slim Harriss 24 34 87 3 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 37 .080 .101 .092 .193 -3.2 0.0 0.0
P  Howard Ehmke 27 31 80 10 19 2 1 1 12 0 0 2 16 .238 .253 .325 .578 7.2 0.3 0.0
C  Frank Owens 35 28 85 10 18 3 0 0 9 0 0 3 12 .212 .247 .247 .494 4.9 0.0 0.6
3B  Possum Whitted 31 30 74 11 24 9 3 0 12 0 0 2 3 .324 .342 .527 .869 11.0 2.3 0.7
RF *Fred Beck 34 49 72 7 24 3 0 0 8 1 1 1 10 .333 .338 .375 .713 8.5 1.3 0.5
P  Bill Doak 30 16 36 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 .056 .056 .056 .111 -1.8 0.0 0.0
C  Zack Taylor 22 10 36 3 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .167 .189 .167 .356 -0.1 0.0 0.3
P  Harry Heitmann 24 15 23 2 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .348 .348 .348 .696 2.7 0.4 0.0
P  Jack Mercer 32 52 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .091 .083 .091 .174 -0.1 0.0 0.0
LF *Burt Shotton 36 4 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9 0.0 0.0
P *Dickie Kerr 27 33 9 4 4 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 .444 .444 .778 1.222 2.5 0.6 0.0
P  Larry Cheney 35 28 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Sullivan 27 57 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 1.000 1.333 0.9 0.2 0.0
P #Bill James 34 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Vic Aldridge 27 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Sarge Connally 22 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Bill Bayne 22 15 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.2 0.0
  Team Totals 28.4 1851 5108 680 1464 236 65 31 643 128 58 363 426 .287 .335 .376 .711 610.7 99.6 35.4
  Rank among 8 AL teams 8 8 8 6 7 8 8 5 1 8 5 8 8 8 8 8  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Rip Hagerman 33 11 18 .379 38 38 0 269.0 267 137 13 154 181 4.58 9.9
 Slim Harriss 24 14 16 .467 34 34 0 243.3 252 117 13 66 89 4.33 12.0
 Howard Ehmke 27 14 14 .500 31 31 0 227.0 286 131 9 71 58 5.19 8.9
 Bill Doak 30 4 8 .333 16 15 0 116.7 168 65 8 39 31 5.01 1.4
 Jim Sullivan 27 5 3 .625 57 0 4 75.7 70 32 1 42 35 3.81 7.7
 Harry Heitmann 24 2 7 .222 15 10 1 65.3 61 37 3 30 27 5.10 2.7
 Jack Mercer 32 2 5 .286 52 0 19 61.7 68 34 3 37 44 4.96 5.1
*Dickie Kerr 27 0 1 .000 29 0 1 46.3 54 26 4 19 10 5.05 1.7
 Vic Aldridge 27 3 2 .600 27 0 1 36.7 33 13 1 14 14 3.19 4.2
 Larry Cheney 35 0 6 .000 28 2 2 35.7 49 30 0 14 7 7.57 0.0
*Bill Bayne 22 0 1 .000 15 0 0 16.3 10 4 1 7 8 2.20 1.9
 Bill James 34 0 0 .000 8 0 0 12.0 14 2 0 5 6 1.50 1.5
 Sarge Connally 22 0 1 .000 10 3 1 9.0 16 14 0 11 5 14.00 0.0
Team Totals 28.0 55 82 .401 360 133 29 1214.6 1348 642 56 509 515 4.76 57.0
Rank among 8 AL teams 8 8 1 8 8 1 6 5 8 1 6  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 35.0
M.Gonzalez 1035.7 117 119 456 71 12 0 .978 29.7
F.Owens 177.3 20 21 68 12 3 0 .964 30.4
Z.Taylor 78.7 8 9 33 7 2 0 .952 41.7
Team Total 1291.7 145 149 557 90 17 0 .974 30.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 13.09
V.Saier 687.3 70 100 909 69 13 88 .987 12.81
I.Griffin 581.7 75 75 738 57 8 73 .990 12.30
M.Gonzalez 13.7 0 4 19 2 0 2 1.000 13.84
F.Beck 8.0 0 3 12 1 0 1 1.000 14.63
P.Whitted 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1291.7 145 183 1678 130 21 164 .989 12.60
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 6.95
L.Magee 588.9 67 68 149 297 12 58 .974 6.82
J.Monroe 413.7 49 49 101 194 10 33 .967 6.42
G.Robertson 219.7 22 35 50 119 2 35 .988 6.92
B.Weaver 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
H.Shanks 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1225.6 138 153 301 610 24 126 .974 6.69
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .943 2.97
P.Traynor 847.7 100 103 58 191 14 22 .947 2.64
B.Weaver 105.0 11 15 2 22 2 0 .923 2.06
H.Shanks 97.6 11 12 5 19 3 2 .889 2.21
L.Magee 83.5 10 10 6 25 2 1 .939 3.34
P.Whitted 58.0 7 9 2 20 1 3 .957 3.41
G.Robertson 20.0 0 11 3 5 1 1 .889 3.60
V.Saier 16.7 0 9 1 4 0 1 1.000 2.70
J.Esmond 4.3 0 2 1 3 0 0 1.000 8.31
Team Total 1232.8 139 171 78 289 23 30 .941 2.68
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 5.87
J.Esmond 1133.3 127 130 233 492 42 99 .945 5.76
B.Weaver 146.0 18 18 29 61 6 12 .938 5.55
H.Shanks 53.0 6 7 15 31 2 7 .958 7.81
G.Robertson 6.0 0 4 0 3 0 0 1.000 4.50
P.Traynor 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
V.Aldridge 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Mokan 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1344.7 151 162 278 587 50 118 .945 5.79
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .946 1.94
J.Mokan 488.7 59 60 104 4 4 2 .964 1.99
H.Shanks 260.7 30 30 52 0 2 0 .963 1.80
B.Neis 251.3 28 30 55 1 4 1 .933 2.01
G.Zinn 235.0 24 38 58 2 2 0 .968 2.30
C.Walker 42.0 4 6 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.71
L.Magee 34.2 4 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.84
B.Shotton 24.7 3 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.09
F.Beck 11.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
P.Whitted 9.0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
V.Aldridge 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1359.6 153 181 291 7 12 3 .961 1.97
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 2.52
B.Neis 871.0 102 105 226 6 11 2 .955 2.40
G.Zinn 211.3 23 34 68 2 1 0 .986 2.98
D.Cook 167.3 18 25 47 2 2 1 .961 2.64
P.Whitted 20.0 2 3 9 0 0 0 1.000 4.05
C.Walker 11.0 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45
F.Beck 8.0 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
J.Mokan 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1291.7 145 178 356 10 14 3 .963 2.55
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 1.91
C.Walker 1010.0 114 114 195 7 9 4 .957 1.80
F.Beck 108.0 13 16 31 2 0 0 1.000 2.75
P.Whitted 62.0 7 7 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.89
D.Cook 55.0 6 8 9 0 1 0 .900 1.47
G.Zinn 45.7 4 9 7 2 0 1 1.000 1.77
B.Neis 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Mokan 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
H.Shanks 1.9 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1293.6 145 158 255 11 10 5 .964 1.85
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .962 2.56
R.Hagerman 269.0 38 38 9 62 5 5 .934 2.38
S.Harriss 243.3 34 34 17 44 2 4 .968 2.26
H.Ehmke 227.0 31 31 23 57 4 2 .952 3.17
B.Doak 116.7 15 16 6 37 6 4 .878 3.32
J.Sullivan 75.7 0 57 4 16 3 3 .870 2.38
H.Heitmann 65.3 10 15 7 10 1 0 .944 2.34
J.Mercer 61.7 0 52 2 4 0 1 1.000 0.88
D.Kerr 46.3 0 29 1 15 0 1 1.000 3.11
V.Aldridge 36.7 0 27 5 9 0 1 1.000 3.44
L.Cheney 35.7 2 28 2 11 0 1 1.000 3.28
B.Bayne 16.3 0 15 1 5 0 0 1.000 3.31
B.James 12.0 0 8 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.50
S.Connally 9.0 3 10 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1214.6 133 360 79 273 21 22 .944 2.61
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Walker .357
On-Base Pct Walker .399
Slugging Pct Walker .520
OPS Walker .918
XR Walker 90.2
Games Neis 137
At-Bats Esmond 541
Runs Esmond 98
Hits Walker 180
Total Bases Walker 262
Singles Esmond 133
Doubles Esmond 33
Triples Walker 16
Homeruns Walker 7
RBIs Walker 77
Stolen Bases Walker 38
Caught Stealing Walker 15
Walks Esmond 48
Strikeouts Esmond 66
ERA Harriss 4.33
Wins Ehmke, Harriss 14
Losses Hagerman 18
Winning Pct Ehmke .500
Saves Mercer 19
Games Pitched Sullivan 57
Games Started Hagerman 38
Complete Games Ehmke 12
Shutouts No Qualifiers
Innings Pitched Hagerman 269.0
Hits Allowed Ehmke 286
Homeruns Allowed Hagerman, Harriss 13
Strikeouts Hagerman 181
Walks Allowed Hagerman 154
Walks per 9IP Harriss 2.4
Hits per 9IP Hagerman 8.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Hagerman 6.1
WHiP Harriss 1.31
OAVG Hagerman .260
OOBP Harriss .314
OSLG Harriss .390
OOPS Harriss .704
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Rip Hagerman $ 11,150,000
Vic Saier $ 8,610,000
Doc Cook $ 7,511,000
Jimmy Esmond $ 7,150,000
Guy Zinn $ 3,400,000
Mike Gonzalez $ 3,111,111
Fred Beck $ 2,700,000
Jack Mercer $ 1,750,000
Bill Doak $ 1,540,000
Buck Weaver $ 1,000,000
Verne Clemons $ 350,000
Possum Whitted $ 350,000
Bill Bayne $ 300,000
Sarge Connally $ 300,000
Dickie Kerr $ 300,000
Howard Ehmke $ 300,000
Ivy Griffin $ 300,000
Vic Aldridge $ 300,000
Harry Heitmann $ 300,000
Johnny Mokan $ 300,000
John Monroe $ 300,000
Bernie Neis $ 300,000
Gene Robertson $ 300,000
Jim Sullivan $ 300,000
Zack Taylor $ 300,000
Pie Traynor $ 300,000
Curt Walker $ 300,000
Slim Harriss $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/13 Signed     Mike Gonzalez
2/15 Traded Butch Henline Pittsburgh Trade S Bait
2/15 Traded Jack Burnett Philadelphia (N) Fred Beck
Vic Aldridge
2/21 Signed     Burt Shotton
2/22 Traded Tom Zachary Brooklyn Trade I Bait
3/12 Traded Trade I Bait Brooklyn Sarge Connally
6/16 Traded Howie Shanks Philadelphia (A) Bill Doak
7/1 Released Burt Shotton    
7/11 Released Chief Bender    
7/31 Traded Lee Magee Boston (A) Trade P Bait
Round Draft Pick.
8/15 Released Frank Owens    
10/13 Released Butch Schmidt    
10/13 Released Bill James    
10/13 Released Larry Cheney