1921 St. Louis Cardinals season
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Record | 87–66 (.569) |
League place | 3rd |
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Owner(s) | Sam Breadon |
Manager(s) | 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 3rd 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
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 |
Record vs. opponents
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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 | — |
Roster
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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 |
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C | Clemons, VerneVerne Clemons | 117 | 341 | 109 | .320 | 2 | 48 |
2B | Hornsby, RogersRogers Hornsby | 154 | 592 | 235 | .397 | 21 | 126 |
OF | Smith, JackJack Smith | 116 | 411 | 135 | .328 | 7 | 33 |
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 |
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Schultz, JoeJoe Schultz | 92 | 275 | 85 | .309 | 6 | 45 |
Mueller, HeinieHeinie Mueller | 55 | 176 | 62 | .352 | 1 | 34 |
Hunter, HerbHerb Hunter | 9 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Ewing, ReubenReuben 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 |
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Haines, JesseJesse Haines | 37 | 244.1 | 18 | 12 | 3.50 | 84 |
Doak, BillBill Doak | 32 | 208.2 | 15 | 6 | 2.59 | 83 |
May, JakieJakie May | 5 | 21 | 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 |
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Walker, RoyRoy Walker | 38 | 170.2 | 11 | 12 | 4.22 | 52 |
Bailey, BillBill Bailey | 19 | 74 | 2 | 5 | 4.26 | 20 |
Goodwin, MarvMarv 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 |
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Kircher, MikeMike Kircher | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8.10 | 2 |
Awards and honors
- Rogers Hornsby, National League batting champion
Farm system
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 |
References
- ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007