1921 St. Louis Cardinals | ||
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League | National League | |
Ballpark | Sportsman's Park | |
City | St. Louis, Missouri | |
Record | 87–66 (.569) | |
League place | 3rd | |
Owners | Sam Breadon | |
Managers | Branch Rickey | |
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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.
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).
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Giants | 94 | 59 | 0.614 | — | 53–26 | 41–33 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 90 | 63 | 0.588 | 4 | 45–31 | 45–32 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 87 | 66 | 0.569 | 7 | 48–29 | 39–37 |
Boston Braves | 79 | 74 | 0.516 | 15 | 42–32 | 37–42 |
Brooklyn Robins | 77 | 75 | 0.507 | 16½ | 41–37 | 36–38 |
Cincinnati Reds | 70 | 83 | 0.458 | 24 | 40–36 | 30–47 |
Chicago Cubs | 64 | 89 | 0.418 | 30 | 32–44 | 32–45 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 51 | 103 | 0.331 | 43½ | 29–47 | 22–56 |
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 11–11 | 14–8 | 13–9 | 8–13 | 14–8 | 9–13 | 10–12 | |||||
Brooklyn | 11–11 | — | 10–11 | 10–11 | 12–10 | 16–6 | 10–12 | 8–14 | |||||
Chicago | 8–14 | 11–10 | — | 13–9 | 8–14 | 11–11 | 5–17 | 8–14 | |||||
Cincinnati | 9–13 | 11–10 | 9–13 | — | 8–14 | 13–9 | 8–14 | 12–10 | |||||
New York | 13–8 | 10–12 | 14–8 | 14–8 | — | 16–6 | 16–6 | 11–11 | |||||
Philadelphia | 8–14 | 6–16 | 11–11 | 9–13 | 6–16 | — | 4–18 | 7–15 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 13–9 | 12–10 | 17–5 | 14–8 | 6–16 | 18–4 | — | 10–11–1 | |||||
St. Louis | 12–10 | 14–8 | 14–8 | 10–12 | 11–11 | 15–7 | 11–10–1 | — |
1921 St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||
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Pitchers | Catchers
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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 |
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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 | 116 | 411 | 135 | .328 | 7 | 33 |
OF | Les Mann | 97 | 256 | 84 | .328 | 7 | 30 |
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 |
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Joe Schultz | 92 | 275 | 85 | .309 | 6 | 45 |
Heinie Mueller | 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 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Howie Jones | 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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Roy Walker | 38 | 170.2 | 11 | 12 | 4.22 | 52 |
Bill Sherdel | 38 | 144.1 | 9 | 8 | 3.18 | 57 |
Bill Bailey | 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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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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 |
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AA | Syracuse Stars | International League | Tom Madden and Frank Shaughnessy |
A | Houston Buffaloes | Texas League | George Whiteman |