1921 Chicago Cubs season

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.

1921 Chicago Cubs
LeagueNational League
BallparkCubs Park
CityChicago
OwnersCharles Weeghman, William Wrigley Jr.
ManagersJohnny Evers, Bill Killefer
← 1920 Seasons 1922 →

Regular season

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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

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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

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1921 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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

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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

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Starting pitchers

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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

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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

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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

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