1921 Washington Senators
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkGriffith Stadium
CityWashington, D.C.
OwnersClark Griffith and William Richardson
ManagersGeorge McBride
← 1920 Seasons 1922 →

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.

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 —


Notable transactions

Roster

1921 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

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 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

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

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
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

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

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

Notes

  1. ^ Bobby LaMotte page at Baseball Reference

References

Categories