1921 New York Giants season

1921 New York Giants
National League Champions World Series Champions
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1883)
Location
Polo Grounds (since 1911)
New York City (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles Stoneham
Manager(s)	John McGraw
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The 1921 New York Giants season was the franchise's 39th season, which culminated in the Giants defeating the New York Yankees in the World Series.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

1921 National League Records Sources:
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

1921 New York Giants

Roster

Pitchers

Jesse Barnes

Rube Benton

Red Causey

Phil Douglas

Claude Jonnard

Art Nehf

Pol Perritt

Rosy Ryan

Slim Sallee

Red Shea

Fred Toney

Walter Zink

Catchers

Alex Gaston

Earl Smith

Frank Snyder

Infielders

Dave Bancroft

Joe Berry

Frankie Frisch

Mike González

Bud Heine

George Kelly

Wally Kopf

Jim Mahady

John Monroe

Pat Patterson

Goldie Rapp

Johnny Rawlings

Hank Schreiber

Outfielders

Eddie Brown

George Burns

Joe Connolly

Bill Cunningham

Lee King

Irish Meusel

Casey Stengel

Curt Walker

Ross Youngs

Other batters

Butch Henline

Manager

John McGraw

Coaches

Jesse Burkett

Hughie Jennings

Christy Mathewson

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

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
González, MikeMike González	13	24	9	.375	0	0
Berry, JoeJoe Berry	9	6	2	.333	0	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
Barnes, JesseJesse Barnes	42	258.2	15	9	3.10	56

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

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

World series

Main article: 1921 World Series

Game 1

October 5, 1921, at the Polo Grounds (IV) in New York City

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	7	0
New York (N)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
W: Carl Mays (1–0) L: Phil Douglas (0–1)

Game 2

October 6, 1921, at the Polo Grounds (IV) in New York City

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (N)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
New York (A)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	x	3	3	0
W: Waite Hoyt (1–0) L: Art Nehf (0–1)

Game 3

October 7, 1921, at the Polo Grounds (IV) in New York City

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	8	0
New York (N)	0	0	4	0	0	0	8	1	x	13	20	0
W: Jesse Barnes (1–0) L: Jack Quinn (0–1)

Game 4

October 9, 1921, at the Polo Grounds (IV) in New York City

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (N)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	9	1
New York (A)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	7	1
W: Phil Douglas (1–1) L: Carl Mays (1–1)
HR: NYY – Babe Ruth (1)

Game 5

October 10, 1921, at the Polo Grounds (IV) in New York City

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	1
New York (N)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	1
W: Waite Hoyt (2–0) L: Art Nehf (0–2)

Game 6

October 11, 1921, at the Polo Grounds (IV) in New York City

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (N)	0	3	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	8	13	0
New York (A)	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	7	2
W: Jesse Barnes (2–0) L: Bob Shawkey (0–1)
HR: NYG – Irish Meusel (1), Frank Snyder (1), NYY – Chick Fewster (1)

Game 7

October 12, 1921, at the Polo Grounds (IV) in New York City

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	1
New York (N)	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	x	2	6	0
W: Phil Douglas (2–1) L: Carl Mays (1–2)

Game 8

October 13, 1921, at the Polo Grounds (IV) in New York City

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (N)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0
New York (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
W: Art Nehf (1–2) L: Waite Hoyt (2–1)

Notes

References

World Series champions

National League champions

1921 MLB season by team

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington

National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

1921 World Series

New York Giants 1921 World Series Champions

Dave Bancroft Jesse Barnes George Burns Phil Douglas Frankie Frisch George Kelly Irish Meusel Art Nehf Johnny Rawlings Earl Smith Frank Snyder Fred Toney Ross Youngs

Manager John McGraw Coaches Jesse Burkett Hughie Jennings Christy Mathewson

Regular season Giants–Yankees rivalry Subway Series

San Francisco Giants

Formerly the New York Gothams and the New York Giants
Based in San Francisco, California (Bay Area)

Franchise

Ballparks

Polo Grounds Oakland Park St. George Grounds Hilltop Park Seals Stadium Candlestick Park AT&T Park

Spring training	Payne Park Flamingo Field LSU Varsity Baseball Field Al Lang Stadium Phoenix Municipal Stadium Scottsdale Stadium

Culture and lore

Rivalries

Retired numbers

Pre-World Series Champions (2)

1888
1889

Temple Cup Champions (1)

1894

World Series Champions (8)

National League
Championships (23)

Division titles (8)

Wild card (3)

Minors

AAA: Sacramento River Cats
AA: Richmond Flying Squirrels
A Adv.: San Jose Giants
A: Augusta GreenJackets
Short A: Salem-Keizer Volcanoes
Rookie: AZL Giants; DSL Giants

Seasons (135)

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1900s	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909

1910s	1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919

1920s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929

1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949

1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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