1921 St. Louis Browns season

1921 St. Louis Browns
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkSportsman's Park
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record81–73 (.526)
League place3rd
OwnersPhil Ball
ManagersLee Fohl
← 1920 Seasons 1922 →

The 1921 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing third in the American League with a record of 81 wins and 73 losses.

Regular season

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 98 55 .641 53‍–‍25 45‍–‍30
Cleveland Indians 94 60 .610 51‍–‍26 43‍–‍34
St. Louis Browns 81 73 .526 17½ 43‍–‍34 38‍–‍39
Washington Senators 80 73 .523 18 46‍–‍30 34‍–‍43
Boston Red Sox 75 79 .487 23½ 41‍–‍36 34‍–‍43
Detroit Tigers 71 82 .464 27 37‍–‍40 34‍–‍42
Chicago White Sox 62 92 .403 36½ 37‍–‍40 25‍–‍52
Philadelphia Athletics 53 100 .346 45 28‍–‍47 25‍–‍53

Record vs. opponents


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Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston 15–7 8–14 15–7 7–15 12–10 9–13 9–13
Chicago 7–15 7–15 8–14 13–9 14–8 7–15 6–16
Cleveland 14–8 15–7 13–9 8–14 15–7 17–5 12–10
Detroit 7–15 14–8 9–13 5–17 14–7–1 12–10 10–12
New York 15–7 9–13 14–8 17–5 17–5 13–9 13–8
Philadelphia 10–12 8–14 7–15 7–14–1 5–17 5–17 11–11–1
St. Louis 13–9 15–7 5–17 10–12 9–13 17–5 12–10
Washington 13–9 16–6 10–12 12–10 8–13 11–11–1 10–12


Roster

1921 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

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
C Hank Severeid 143 472 153 .324 2 78
1B George Sisler 138 582 216 .371 12 104
2B Marty McManus 121 412 107 .260 3 64
SS Wally Gerber 114 436 121 .278 2 48
3B Frank Ellerbe 105 430 124 .288 2 49
OF Ken Williams 146 547 190 .347 24 117
OF Jack Tobin 150 671 236 .352 8 59
OF Baby Doll Jacobson 151 599 211 .352 5 90

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
Dud Lee 72 180 30 .167 0 11
Lyman Lamb 45 134 34 .254 1 17
Dutch Wetzel 61 119 25 .210 2 10
Pat Collins 58 111 27 .243 1 10
Earl Smith 25 78 26 .333 2 14
Billy Gleason 26 74 19 .257 0 8
Jimmy Austin 27 66 18 .273 0 2
Josh Billings 20 46 10 .217 0 4
Jim Riley 4 11 0 .000 0 0
Billy Mullen 4 4 0 .000 0 0
Luke Stuart 3 3 1 .333 1 2

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
Urban Shocker 47 326.2 27 12 3.55 132
Dixie Davis 40 265.1 16 16 4.44 100
Elam Vangilder 31 180.1 11 12 3.94 48
Allan Sothoron 5 27.2 1 2 5.20 9
Bernie Boland 7 27.0 1 4 9.33 6

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
Ray Kolp 37 166.2 8 7 4.97 43
Bill Bayne 47 164.0 11 5 4.72 82
Emilio Palmero 24 90.0 4 7 5.00 26
Ray Richmond 6 14.1 0 1 11.30 6
Nick Cullop 4 11.2 0 2 8.49 3
Bugs Bennett 3 5.2 0 0 14.29 3

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
Bill Burwell 33 2 4 2 5.12 17
Joe DeBerry 10 0 1 0 6.57 1
Dutch Henry 1 0 0 0 4.50 1
George Boehler 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

References