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1921 Boston Red Sox season

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1921 Boston Red Sox
BallparkFenway Park
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record75–79 (.487)
OwnersHarry Frazee
ManagersHugh Duffy
StatsESPN.com
Baseball Reference
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The 1921 Boston Red Sox season was the 21st season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fifth in the American League (AL) with a record of 75 wins and 79 losses, 23+12 games behind the New York Yankees.

Regular season

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 98 55 .641 53‍–‍25 45‍–‍30
Cleveland Indians 94 60 .610 51‍–‍26 43‍–‍34
St. Louis Browns 81 73 .526 17½ 43‍–‍34 38‍–‍39
Washington Senators 80 73 .523 18 46‍–‍30 34‍–‍43
Boston Red Sox 75 79 .487 23½ 41‍–‍36 34‍–‍43
Detroit Tigers 71 82 .464 27 37‍–‍40 34‍–‍42
Chicago White Sox 62 92 .403 36½ 37‍–‍40 25‍–‍52
Philadelphia Athletics 53 100 .346 45 28‍–‍47 25‍–‍53

Record vs. opponents


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


Opening Day lineup

Ossie Vitt 3B
Eddie Foster 2B
Mike Menosky LF
Tim Hendryx RF
Stuffy McInnis 1B
Shano Collins CF
Everett Scott SS
Muddy Ruel C
Sad Sam Jones   P

Roster

1921 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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 Muddy Ruel 113 358 99 .277 1 45
1B Stuffy McInnis 152 584 179 .307 0 76
2B Del Pratt 135 521 169 .324 5 102
SS Everett Scott 154 576 151 .262 1 62
3B Eddie Foster 120 412 117 .284 0 35
OF Nemo Leibold 123 467 143 .306 0 31
OF Mike Menosky 133 477 143 .300 3 45
OF Shano Collins 141 542 155 .286 4 69

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
Ossie Vitt 78 232 44 .190 0 13
Roxy Walters 54 169 34 .201 0 14
Tim Hendryx 49 137 33 .241 0 22
Pinky Pittenger 40 91 18 .198 0 5
Sammy Vick 44 77 20 .260 0 9
Ernie Neitzke 11 25 6 .240 0 2
John Perrin 4 13 3 .231 0 1
Ed Chaplin 3 2 0 .000 0 0
Hob Hiller 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
Sam Jones 40 298.2 23 16 3.22 98
Joe Bush 37 235.1 16 9 3.50 96
Herb Pennock 32 222.2 13 14 4.04 91
Elmer Myers 30 172 8 12 4.87 40
Allan Sothoron 2 6 0 2 13.50 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
Allen Russell 39 173 6 11 4.11 60
Benn Karr 26 117.2 8 7 3.67 37
Hank Thormahlen 23 96.1 1 7 4.48 17
Curt Fullerton 4 15.1 0 1 8.80 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
Ernie Neitzke 2 0 0 0 6.14 1
Sam Dodge 1 0 0 0 9.00 0

References