This article is about the 1921 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1921 in baseball.
Sports season
1921 MLB season
League
Major League Baseball
Sport
Baseball
Duration
April 13 – October 13, 1921
Number of games
154
Number of teams
16
Pennant Winners
AL champions
New York Yankees
AL runners-up
Cleveland Indians
NL champions
New York Giants
NL runners-up
Pittsburgh Pirates
World Series
Champions
New York Giants
Runners-up
New York Yankees
MLB seasons
← 1920
1922 →
Red Sox
White Sox
Indians
Tigers
Athletics
Browns
Yankees
Senators
Locations of teams for the 1915–1922 American League seasons American League
Braves
Robins
Cubs
Reds
Giants
Phillies
Pirates
Cardinals
Locations of teams for the 1920–1931 National League seasons National League
The 1921 Major League Baseball season began on April 13, 1921. The regular season ended on October 2, with the New York Giants and New York Yankees as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 18th World Series on October 5 and ended with Game 8 on October 13. The Giants defeated the Yankees, five games to three.
1921 was the first of three straight seasons in which the Yankees would lead the majors in wins. Babe Ruth broke the single season home run record for the third consecutive season by hitting 59 home runs in 152 games. Ruth also broke Roger Connor's record for the most home runs all time when he hit his 139th home run on July 18 against Bert Cole.[1] The record for career strikeouts, previously held by Cy Young was also broken in 1921 by Walter Johnson; Johnson led the league in strikeouts with 143 and ended the season with 2,835 strikeouts. Young struck out 2,803 during his career.[2] The Cincinnati Reds set a Major League record for the fewest strikeouts in a season, with only 308.[3] Future Hall of Famers Kiki Cuyler and Goose Goslin both debuted in September 1921.[4]
^"Babe Ruth Career Home Runs".
^"Progressive Leaders & Records for Strikeouts".
^"Single Season Team Strikeout Records". baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
^"1921 Major League Baseball New Debuts".
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