1921 Cleveland Indians
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkDunn Field
CityCleveland, Ohio
OwnersJim Dunn
ManagersTris Speaker
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The 1921 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. A year after winning their first World Series championship, the team finished second in the American League with a record of 94–60, 4.5 games behind the New York Yankees.

Regular season

Season standings

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

1921 American League record

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 —


Roster

1921 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 Steve O'Neill 106 335 108 .322 1 50
1B Doc Johnston 118 384 114 .297 2 46
2B Bill Wambsganss 107 410 117 .285 2 47
SS Joe Sewell 154 572 182 .318 4 93
3B Larry Gardner 153 586 187 .319 3 120
OF Charlie Jamieson 140 536 166 .310 1 46
OF Elmer Smith 129 431 125 .290 16 85
OF Tris Speaker 132 506 183 .362 3 75

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
George Burns 84 244 88 .361 0 49
Riggs Stephenson 65 206 68 .330 2 34
Smoky Joe Wood 66 194 71 .366 4 60
Joe Evans 57 153 51 .333 0 21
Les Nunamaker 46 131 47 .359 0 25
Jack Graney 68 107 32 .299 2 18
Pinch Thomas 21 35 9 .257 0 4
Ginger Shinault 22 29 11 .379 0 4
Luke Sewell 3 6 0 .000 0 1
Tex Jeanes 5 3 2 .667 0 4
Lou Guisto 2 2 1 .500 0 1
Art Wilson 2 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
Stan Coveleski 43 315.0 23 13 3.37 99
George Uhle 41 238.0 16 13 4.01 63
Duster Mails 34 194.1 14 8 3.94 87

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
Jim Bagby 40 191.2 14 12 4.70 37
Ray Caldwell 37 147.0 6 6 4.90 76
Allan Sothoron 22 144.2 12 4 3.24 61
Guy Morton 30 107.2 8 3 2.76 45
Bernie Henderson 2 3.0 0 1 9.00 1

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
Ted Odenwald 10 1 0 0 1.56 4
Bob Clark 5 0 0 0 14.46 2
Jesse Petty 4 0 0 0 2.00 0

External links

1921 MLB season by team
Cleveland Guardians
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