The 1921 Washington Senators won 80 games, lost 73, and finished in fourth place in the American League. They were managed by George McBride and played home games at Griffith Stadium.
1921 Washington Senators | ||
---|---|---|
League | American League | |
Ballpark | Griffith Stadium | |
City | Washington, D.C. | |
Owners | Clark Griffith and William Richardson | |
Managers | George McBride | |
|
Regular season edit
Season standings edit
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
New York Yankees | 98 | 55 | 0.641 | — | 53–25 | 45–30 |
Cleveland Indians | 94 | 60 | 0.610 | 4½ | 51–26 | 43–34 |
St. Louis Browns | 81 | 73 | 0.526 | 17½ | 43–34 | 38–39 |
Washington Senators | 80 | 73 | 0.523 | 18 | 46–30 | 34–43 |
Boston Red Sox | 75 | 79 | 0.487 | 23½ | 41–36 | 34–43 |
Detroit Tigers | 71 | 82 | 0.464 | 27 | 37–40 | 34–42 |
Chicago White Sox | 62 | 92 | 0.403 | 36½ | 37–40 | 25–52 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 53 | 100 | 0.346 | 45 | 28–47 | 25–53 |
Record vs. opponents edit
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | — |
Notable transactions edit
- August 3, 1921: Bobby LaMotte was purchased by the Senators from the Tampa Smokers.[1]
Roster edit
1921 Washington Senators | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders
Other batters |
Manager |
Player stats edit
Batting edit
Starters by position edit
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 | Patsy Gharrity | 121 | 387 | 120 | .310 | 7 | 55 |
1B | Joe Judge | 153 | 622 | 187 | .301 | 7 | 72 |
2B | Bucky Harris | 154 | 584 | 169 | .289 | 0 | 54 |
SS | Frank O'Rourke | 123 | 444 | 104 | .234 | 3 | 54 |
3B | Howie Shanks | 154 | 562 | 170 | .302 | 7 | 69 |
OF | Bing Miller | 114 | 420 | 121 | .288 | 9 | 71 |
OF | Clyde Milan | 113 | 406 | 117 | .288 | 1 | 40 |
OF | Sam Rice | 143 | 561 | 185 | .330 | 4 | 79 |
Other batters edit
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frank Brower | 83 | 203 | 53 | .261 | 1 | 35 |
Earl Smith | 59 | 180 | 39 | .217 | 2 | 12 |
Val Picinich | 45 | 141 | 39 | .277 | 0 | 12 |
Duffy Lewis | 27 | 102 | 19 | .186 | 0 | 14 |
Donie Bush | 23 | 84 | 18 | .214 | 0 | 2 |
Goose Goslin | 14 | 50 | 13 | .260 | 1 | 6 |
Bobby LaMotte | 16 | 41 | 8 | .195 | 0 | 2 |
Frank Ellerbe | 10 | 10 | 2 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
Tony Brottem | 4 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
George Foss | 4 | 7 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Ricardo Torres | 2 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching edit
Starting pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
George Mogridge | 38 | 288.0 | 18 | 14 | 3.00 | 101 |
Walter Johnson | 35 | 264.0 | 17 | 14 | 3.51 | 143 |
Tom Zachary | 39 | 250.0 | 18 | 16 | 3.96 | 53 |
Eric Erickson | 32 | 179.0 | 8 | 10 | 3.62 | 71 |
Tom Phillips | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 | 2 |
Other pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Harry Courtney | 30 | 132.2 | 6 | 9 | 5.63 | 26 |
José Acosta | 33 | 115.2 | 5 | 4 | 4.36 | 30 |
Al Schacht | 29 | 82.2 | 6 | 6 | 4.90 | 15 |
Jim Shaw | 15 | 40.1 | 1 | 0 | 7.36 | 4 |
Frank Woodward | 3 | 10.2 | 0 | 0 | 5.91 | 4 |
Relief pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nemo Gaines | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
Red Bird | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 2 |
Ralph Miller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Vance McIlree | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |