1921 St. Louis Browns season

1921 St. Louis Browns
1921 St. Louis Browns
League	American League
Ballpark	Sportsman's Park
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Record	81–73 (.526)
League place	3rd
Owners	Phil Ball
Managers	Lee Fohl

The 1921 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing third in the American League with a record of 81 wins and 73 losses.

Regular season

Season standings

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

1921 American League record v t e 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	—

Roster

1921 St. Louis Browns

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Lee Fohl

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	Hank Severeid	143	472	153	.324	2	78
1B	George Sisler	138	582	216	.371	12	104
2B	Marty McManus	121	412	107	.260	3	64
SS	Wally Gerber	114	436	121	.278	2	48
3B	Frank Ellerbe	105	430	124	.288	2	49
OF	Ken Williams	146	547	190	.347	24	117
OF	Jack Tobin	150	671	236	.352	8	59
OF	Baby Doll Jacobson	151	599	211	.352	5	90

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
Dud Lee	72	180	30	.167	0	11
Lyman Lamb	45	134	34	.254	1	17
Dutch Wetzel	61	119	25	.210	2	10
Pat Collins	58	111	27	.243	1	10
Earl Smith	25	78	26	.333	2	14
Billy Gleason	26	74	19	.257	0	8
Jimmy Austin	27	66	18	.273	0	2
Josh Billings	20	46	10	.217	0	4
Jim Riley	4	11	0	.000	0	0
Billy Mullen	4	4	0	.000	0	0
Luke Stuart	3	3	1	.333	1	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
Urban Shocker	47	326.2	27	12	3.55	132
Dixie Davis	40	265.1	16	16	4.44	100
Elam Vangilder	31	180.1	11	12	3.94	48
Allan Sothoron	5	27.2	1	2	5.20	9
Bernie Boland	7	27.0	1	4	9.33	6

Other pitchers