1921 Chicago Cubs season

1921 Chicago Cubs
League	National League
Ballpark	Cubs Park
City	Chicago
Owners	Charles Weeghman, William Wrigley Jr.
Managers	Johnny Evers, Bill Killefer
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The 1921 Chicago Cubs season was the 50th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 46th in the National League and the sixth at Wrigley Field (then known as "Cubs Park"). The Cubs finished seventh in the National League with a record of 64–89.

Regular season

Season standings

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Giants	94	59	0.614	—	53–26	41–33
Pittsburgh Pirates	90	63	0.588	4	45–31	45–32
St. Louis Cardinals	87	66	0.569	7	48–29	39–37
Boston Braves	79	74	0.516	15	42–32	37–42
Brooklyn Robins	77	75	0.507	16½	41–37	36–38
Cincinnati Reds	70	83	0.458	24	40–36	30–47
Chicago Cubs	64	89	0.418	30	32–44	32–45
Philadelphia Phillies	51	103	0.331	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	—

Roster

1921 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers Pete Alexander Sweetbreads Bailey Virgil Cheeves Buck Freeman Oscar Fuhr Ollie Hanson Percy Jones Tony Kaufmann Vic Keen Speed Martin Elmer Ponder George Stueland Lefty Tyler Hippo Vaughn Lefty York		Catchers Tom Daly Bill Killefer Bob O'Farrell Kettle Wirts Infielders Charlie Deal Carter Elliott Ray Grimes Charlie Hollocher John Kelleher Joe Klugmann William Marriott Zeb Terry Hooks Warner		Outfielders Turner Barber Max Flack George Maisel Dave Robertson John Sullivan Red Thomas Babe Twombly		Manager Johnny Evers Bill Killefer Coaches Oscar Dugey

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	Bob O'Farrell	96	260	65	.250	4	32
1B	Ray Grimes	147	530	170	.321	6	79
2B	Zeb Terry	123	488	134	.275	2	45
SS	Charlie Hollocher	140	558	161	.289	3	37
3B	Charlie Deal	115	422	122	.289	3	66
OF	Max Flack	133	572	172	.301	6	37
OF	Turner Barber	127	452	142	.314	1	54
OF	George Maisel	111	393	122	.310	0	43

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
John Kelleher	95	301	93	.309	4	47
John Sullivan	76	240	79	.329	4	41
Babe Twombly	37	175	66	.377	1	18
Tom Daly	51	143	34	.238	0	22
Bill Killefer	45	133	43	.323	0	16
William Marriott	30	38	12	.316	0	7
Hooks Warner	14	38	8	.211	0	3
Dave Robertson	22	36	8	.222	0	14
Red Thomas	8	30	8	.267	1	5
Carter Elliott	12	28	7	.250	0	0
Joe Klugmann	6	21	6	.286	0	2
Kettle Wirts	7	11	2	.182	0	1

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
Pete Alexander	31	252.0	15	13	3.39	77
Speed Martin	37	217.1	11	15	4.35	86
Hippo Vaughn	17	109.1	3	11	6.01	30
Elmer Ponder	16	89.1	3	6	4.74	31
Vic Keen	5	25.0	0	3	4.68	9
Ollie Hanson	2	9.0	0	2	7.00	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
Buck Freeman	38	177.1	9	10	4.11	42
Virgil Cheeves	37	163.0	11	12	4.64	39
Lefty York	40	139.0	5	9	4.73	57
Lefty Tyler	10	50.0	3	2	3.24	8
Tony Kaufmann	2	13.0	1	0	4.15	6
George Stueland	2	11.0	0	1	5.73	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
Percy Jones	32	3	5	0	4.56	46
Sweetbreads Bailey	3	0	0	0	3.60	2
Oscar Fuhr	1	0	0	0	9.00	2

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Los Angeles Angels	Pacific Coast League LEAGUE CHAMPION	Red Killefer

External links

• 1921 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference