1921 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1921 Pittsburgh Pirates
1921 Pittsburgh Pirates
Ballpark	Forbes Field
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Owners	Barney Dreyfuss
Managers	George Gibson
Television	none
Radio	KDKA (ad hoc)

The 1921 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 40th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 35th in the National League. The Pirates finished second in the league standings with a record of 90–63. It would be the first that games would be aired on radio via the then new station KDKA-AM to listeners all over Pittsburgh, making that team the first in the MLB to employ radio broadcasters for game broadcasts on the then new medium.

Regular season

Season standings

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National League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Giants	94	59	.614	—	53‍–‍26	41‍–‍33
Pittsburgh Pirates	90	63	.588	4	45‍–‍31	45‍–‍32
St. Louis Cardinals	87	66	.569	7	48‍–‍29	39‍–‍37
Boston Braves	79	74	.516	15	42‍–‍32	37‍–‍42
Brooklyn Robins	77	75	.507	16½	41‍–‍37	36‍–‍38
Cincinnati Reds	70	83	.458	24	40‍–‍36	30‍–‍47
Chicago Cubs	64	89	.418	30	32‍–‍44	32‍–‍45
Philadelphia Phillies	51	103	.331	43½	29‍–‍47	22‍–‍56

Record vs. opponents

1921 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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	—

Game log

1921 Game Log: 90–63 (Home: 45–31; Away: 45–32)

April: 11–3 (Home: 3–1; Away: 8–2)

May: 18–7 (Home: 7–2; Away: 11–5)

June: 17–12 (Home: 11–7; Away: 6–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
40	June 1	Cubs	4–2	Glazner (5–0)	Martin	—	—	30–10
41	June 2	Giants	0–7	Nehf	Zinn (3–2)	—	20,000	30–11
42	June 3	Giants	1–4	Toney	Hamilton (5–6)	—	15,000	30–12
43	June 4	Giants	0–12	Douglas	Cooper (8–1)	—	25,000	30–13
44	June 6	Giants	5–4	Adams (5–3)	Barnes	—	9,000	31–13
45	June 7	Braves	7–10	Oeschger	Yellow Horse (2–1)	—	—	31–14
46	June 8	Braves	16–4	Hamilton (6–6)	McQuillan	—	—	32–14
47	June 9	Braves	5–3	Cooper (9–1)	Fillingim	—	—	33–14
48	June 10	Braves	1–4	Scott	Glazner (5–1)	—	—	33–15
49	June 11	Phillies	10–3	Adams (6–3)	Hubbell	—	—	34–15
50	June 13	Phillies	12–5	Hamilton (7–6)	Baumgartner	—	—	35–15
51	June 14	Phillies	8–3	Zinn (4–2)	Ring	—	—	36–15
52	June 15	Robins	3–7	Grimes	Cooper (9–2)	—	7,000	36–16
53	June 16	Robins	6–5 (17)	Yellow Horse (3–1)	Mamaux	—	5,000	37–16
54	June 17	Robins	3–8	Cadore	Hamilton (7–7)	—	8,000	37–17
55	June 18	Robins	4–3	Cooper (10–2)	Ruether	—	18,000	38–17
56	June 20	Phillies	3–2	Yellow Horse (4–1)	Meadows	Zinn (3)	—	39–17
57	June 22	@ Reds	5–2 (12)	Cooper (11–2)	Rixey	—	—	40–17
58	June 23	@ Cardinals	2–3 (12)	Walker	Carlson (1–2)	—	—	40–18
59	June 23	@ Cardinals	3–4	Doak	Zinn (4–3)	—	—	40–19
60	June 24	@ Cardinals	4–3 (10)	Glazner (6–1)	Bailey	—	—	41–19
61	June 25	@ Cardinals	4–7	Pfeffer	Yellow Horse (4–2)	North	—	41–20
62	June 25	@ Cardinals	5–2	Cooper (12–2)	Pertica	—	—	42–20
63	June 26	@ Cubs	11–3	Adams (7–3)	Alexander	—	—	43–20
64	June 27	@ Cubs	10–3	Morrison (1–0)	Vaughn	—	—	44–20
65	June 28	@ Cubs	1–2	Martin	Zinn (4–4)	—	—	44–21
66	June 28	@ Cubs	6–8	Tyler	Carlson (1–3)	—	—	44–22
67	June 29	@ Cubs	3–1	Cooper (13–2)	Cheeves	—	—	45–22
68	June 30	Reds	5–3	Yellow Horse (5–2)	Luque	—	—	46–22

July: 14–13 (Home: 5–6; Away: 9–7)

August: 18–12 (Home: 9–3; Away: 9–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
96	August 1	Braves	7–3	Adams (11–3)	McQuillan	—	—	61–35
97	August 3	Phillies	9–5	Cooper (18–6)	Winters	—	—	62–35
98	August 4	Phillies	5–0	Hamilton (9–10)	Meadows	—	—	63–35
99	August 5	Phillies	8–5	Zinn (5–4)	Ring	—	—	64–35
100	August 6	Robins	2–3	Cadore	Glazner (9–4)	—	18,000	64–36
101	August 8	Robins	2–4	Grimes	Cooper (18–7)	—	8,000	64–37
102	August 9	Robins	4–2	Adams (12–3)	Mitchell	Zinn (4)	8,000	65–37
103	August 10	Robins	0–1	Cadore	Morrison (3–3)	—	6,000	65–38
104	August 11	Cubs	7–3	Hamilton (10–10)	Alexander	—	—	66–38
105	August 11	Cubs	5–4 (11)	Zinn (6–4)	Martin	—	—	67–38
106	August 12	Cubs	12–9	Cooper (19–7)	Cheeves	—	—	68–38
107	August 13	Cubs	4–3	Glazner (10–4)	Freeman	—	—	69–38
108	August 14	@ Cubs	1–0	Morrison (4–3)	Martin	—	—	70–38
109	August 16	@ Phillies	5–6	Betts	Cooper (19–8)	—	—	70–39
110	August 16	@ Phillies	8–6 (11)	Zinn (7–4)	Smith	—	—	71–39
111	August 18	@ Phillies	4–3	Hamilton (11–10)	Ring	Carlson (2)	—	72–39
112	August 18	@ Phillies	3–2	Glazner (11–4)	Winters	—	—	73–39
113	August 19	@ Phillies	14–3	Morrison (5–3)	Meadows	—	—	74–39
114	August 19	@ Phillies	1–4	Hubbell	Zinn (7–5)	—	—	74–40
115	August 20	@ Braves	6–4 (13)	Cooper (20–8)	Fillingim	—	—	75–40
116	August 22	@ Braves	10–8	Hamilton (12–10)	McQuillan	Carlson (3)	—	76–40
117	August 23	@ Braves	3–4	Watson	Glazner (11–5)	—	—	76–41
118	August 24	@ Giants	2–10	Nehf	Adams (12–4)	—	—	76–42
119	August 24	@ Giants	0–7	Douglas	Cooper (20–9)	—	—	76–43
120	August 25	@ Giants	2–5	Toney	Morrison (5–4)	—	12,000	76–44
121	August 26	@ Giants	1–2	Douglas	Hamilton (12–11)	—	15,000	76–45
122	August 27	@ Giants	1–3	Nehf	Carlson (2–5)	—	36,000	76–46
123	August 28	@ Robins	2–0	Morrison (6–4)	Grimes	—	20,000	77–46
124	August 29	@ Robins	0–1	Ruether	Cooper (20–10)	—	4,500	77–47
125	August 30	@ Robins	8–2	Glazner (12–5)	Cadore	—	—	78–47

September: 11–16 (Home: 10–12; Away: 1–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
126	September 1	Cardinals	4–10	Pertica	Hamilton (12–12)	—	—	78–48
127	September 1	Cardinals	0–8	Sherdel	Morrison (6–5)	—	—	78–49
128	September 2	Cardinals	0–1	Haines	Carlson (2–6)	—	—	78–50
129	September 4	@ Reds	2–1 (12)	Glazner (13–5)	Luque	—	—	79–50
130	September 5	Reds	1–2 (13)	Rixey	Hamilton (12–13)	—	—	79–51
131	September 5	Reds	2–1	Cooper (21–10)	Markle	—	—	80–51
132	September 9	Cubs	5–8	Freeman	Cooper (21–11)	Alexander	—	80–52
133	September 10	Cubs	8–0	Morrison (7–5)	Alexander	—	10,000	81–52
134	September 11	@ Reds	1–4	Marquard	Hamilton (12–14)	—	3,000	81–53
135	September 12	Braves	5–4 (15)	Adams (13–4)	Scott	—	8,000	82–53
136	September 12	Braves	3–4	Morgan	Zinn (7–6)	—	—	82–54
137	September 13	Braves	5–3	Carlson (3–6)	McQuillan	—	5,000	83–54
138	September 14	Braves	5–2	Morrison (8–5)	Fillingim	—	—	84–54
139	September 15	Braves	3–6	Scott	Cooper (21–12)	—	5,000	84–55
140	September 16	Giants	0–5	Toney	Hamilton (12–15)	—	25,000	84–56
141	September 17	Giants	1–6	Nehf	Carlson (3–7)	—	25,000	84–57
142	September 19	Giants	2–1	Adams (14–4)	Douglas	—	10,000	85–57
143	September 21	Robins	0–2 (7)	Mitchell	Morrison (8–6)	—	3,000	85–58
144	September 22	Robins	3–1	Glazner (14–5)	Grimes	Carlson (4)	8,000	86–58
145	September 22	Robins	0–2	Cadore	Cooper (21–13)	Smith	12,000	86–59
146	September 23	Phillies	2–0	Hamilton (13–15)	Meadows	—	2,500	87–59
147	September 24	Phillies	4–3	Morrison (9–6)	Ring	—	6,000	88–59
148	September 26	Phillies	1–2	Hubbell	Adams (14–5)	—	1,500	88–60
149	September 27	Phillies	9–6	Carlson (4–7)	Winters	—	300	89–60
150	September 29	@ Cardinals	4–5 (10)	North	Cooper (21–14)	—	5,000	89–61
151	September 29	@ Cardinals	1–3 (6)	Sherdel	Morrison (9–7)	—	—	89–62
152	September 30	@ Cardinals	4–12	Haines	Carlson (4–8)	—	—	89–63

October: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–0)

Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie
Bold = Pirates team member

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1921 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

George Gibson

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	Walter Schmidt	114	393	111	.282	0	38
1B	Charlie Grimm	151	562	154	.274	7	71
2B	George Cutshaw	98	350	119	.340	0	53
SS	Rabbit Maranville	153	612	180	.294	1	70
3B	Clyde Barnhart	124	449	116	.258	3	62
OF	Carson Bigbee	147	632	204	.323	3	42
OF	Max Carey	140	521	161	.309	7	56
OF	Possum Whitted	108	403	114	.283	7	63

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
Cotton Tierney	117	442	132	.299	3	52
Dave Robertson	60	230	74	.322	6	48
Tony Brottem	30	91	22	.242	0	9
Johnny Mokan	19	52	14	.269	0	9
Bill Skiff	16	45	13	.289	0	11
Ray Rohwer	30	40	10	.250	0	6
Johnny Gooch	13	38	9	.237	0	3
Pie Traynor	7	19	5	.263	0	2
Mike Wilson	5	4	0	.000	0	0
Kiki Cuyler	1	3	0	.000	0	0
Bill Warwick	1	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
Wilbur Cooper	38	327	22	14	3.25	134
Whitey Glazner	36	234	14	5	2.77	88
Earl Hamilton	35	225	13	15	3.36	59
Babe Adams	25	160	14	5	2.64	55
Johnny Morrison	21	144	9	7	2.88	52

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
Jimmy Zinn	32	127.1	7	6	3.68	49
Hal Carlson	31	109.2	4	8	4.27	37
Chief Yellow Horse	10	48.1	5	3	2.98	19

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	ERA	SO
Elmer Ponder	8	2	2.19	3
Lyle Bigbee	5	0	1.13	1
Rip Wheeler	1	0	9.00	0
Bill Hughes	1	0	4.50	2
Drew Rader	1	0	0.00	0
Phil Morrison	1	0	0.00	1

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	Wichita Falls Spudders	Texas League	Walter Salm

References

^ From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.

1921 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
1921 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.

[1] From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.

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