The New York Yankees

New York Yankees

The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the The Bronx, New York. They compete in Major League Baseball in the American League's East Division...

 season was the 19th season for the Yankees in New York and their 21st overall. The team finished with a record of 98-55, winning their first pennant in franchise history, winning the American League

American League

The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League , is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western League, a minor league based in the Great Lakes states, which eventually aspired to major...

 by 4½ games over the previous year's champion, the Cleveland Indians

1921 Cleveland Indians season

The Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished second in the American League with a record of 94-60, 4 games behind the New York Yankees.- Roster :- Starters by position :...

. New York was managed by Miller Huggins

Miller Huggins

Miller James Huggins , nicknamed "Mighty Mite", was a baseball player and manager. He managed the powerhouse New York Yankee teams of the 1920s and won six American League pennants and three World Series championships....

. Their home games were played at the Polo Grounds

Polo Grounds

The Polo Grounds was the name given to four different stadiums in Upper Manhattan, New York City, used by many professional teams in both baseball and American football from 1880 until 1963...

.

Regular season

With star slugger Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth

George Herman Ruth, Jr. , best known as "Babe" Ruth and nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Sultan of Swat", was an American Major League baseball player from 1914–1935...

 hitting 59 home runs, setting a new major league home run record for the third consecutive year, while also having his greatest overall season statistically, the Yankees appeared to be the team to beat in the World Series

1921 World Series

In the 1921 World Series, the New York Giants beat the New York Yankees five games to three. This was the last of the experimental best-five-of-nine series....

. Their landlords, the New York Giants

San Francisco Giants

The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division....

, had rebuilt after slipping a bit in the late 1910s, and had won the National League

National League

The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League , is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball, and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league. Founded on February 2, 1876, to replace the National Association of Professional...

 pennant. For the first time, all the games of a World Series would be held in the same ballpark. The best-5-of-9 Series (its last before returning to the best-4-of-7 format) saw the Yankees take a 3 games to 1 lead, but Ruth suffered a serious injury that took him out of the remaining games, save for one pinch-hit appearance, and the Giants rallied to win the Series 5 games to 3.

Roster

1921 New York Yankees
Roster
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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		134	424	134	.316	6	55
1B		153	588	174	.296	8	98
2B		153	556	170	.306	5	75
3B		94	330	97	.294	9	71
SS		149	577	166	.288	8	71
OF		152	540	204	.378	59	171
OF		149	598	190	.318	24	136
OF		56	242	72	.298	4	36

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
	71	215	56	.260	1	24
	66	207	58	.280	1	19
	43	152	43	.283	2	10
	31	87	15	.172	0	12
	41	73	21	.280	2	15
	23	62	11	.177	1	5
	22	49	17	.347	0	7
	13	42	11	.262	0	2
	4	5	1	.200	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
	49	336.2	27	9	3.05	70
	38	245	18	12	4.08	35
	43	282.1	19	13	3.09	102
	14	81.2	5	4	2.98	35
	8	52.2	4	3	3.76	22

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
	28	137.1	11	5	5.44	64
	33	119	8	7	3.78	44
	17	56.1	3	1	5.91	9
	2	9	2	0	9.00	2

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
	12	1	0	1	5.45	7
	5	0	1	1	7.36	0

World series

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Score	Record (NYG-NYY)	Attendance
1	October 5	New York Yankees	3	New York Giants San Francisco Giants The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division....	0	0-1	30,202
2	October 6	New York Giants San Francisco Giants The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division....	0	New York Yankees	3	0-2	34,939
3	October 7	New York Yankees	5	New York Giants San Francisco Giants The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division....	13	1-2	36,509
4	October 9 ‡	New York Giants San Francisco Giants The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division....	4	New York Yankees	2	2-2	36,372
5	October 10 ‡	New York Yankees	3	New York Giants San Francisco Giants The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division....	1	2-3	35,758
6	October 11 ‡	New York Giants San Francisco Giants The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division....	8	New York Yankees	5	3-3	34,238
7	October 12 ‡	New York Yankees	1	New York Giants San Francisco Giants The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division....	2	4-3	36,503
8	October 13 ‡	New York Giants San Francisco Giants The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division....	1	New York Yankees	0	5-3	25,410
New York Giants win 5-3

Franchise records

• Babe Ruth
  Babe Ruth
  George Herman Ruth, Jr. , best known as "Babe" Ruth and nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Sultan of Swat", was an American Major League baseball player from 1914–1935...
  
  , Yankees single season record, runs scored in a season (177)

External links

• Yankees game log at baseball-almanac.com