1921 Cleveland Indians season
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.
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Owners | Jim Dunn |
Managers | Tris Speaker |
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Regular season
Season standings
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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
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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
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Pitchers | Catchers
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Outfielders | Manager
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Player stats
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |