1921 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1921 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Location
Forbes Field (since 1909)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1] (since 1907)
Other information
Owner(s)	Barney Dreyfuss
Manager(s)	George Gibson
Local television	none
Local radio	KDKA (ad hoc)
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The 1921 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 40th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 35th in the National League. The Pirates finished second in the league standings with a record of 90–63.

Regular season

Season standings

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 Records Sources:
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 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Babe Adams Lyle Bigbee Hal Carlson Wilbur Cooper Whitey Glazner Earl Hamilton Bill Hughes Johnny Morrison Phil Morrison Elmer Ponder Drew Rader Rip Wheeler Chief Yellow Horse Jimmy Zinn		Catchers Tony Brottem Johnny Gooch Walter Schmidt Bill Skiff Bill Warwick Mike Wilson Infielders Clyde Barnhart George Cutshaw Charlie Grimm Rabbit Maranville Cotton Tierney Pie Traynor		Outfielders Carson Bigbee Max Carey Kiki Cuyler Johnny Mokan Dave Robertson Ray Rohwer Possum Whitted		Manager George Gibson

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	Schmidt, WalterWalter Schmidt	114	393	111	.282	0	38

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
Traynor, PiePie Traynor	7	19	5	.263	0	2
Wilson, MikeMike Wilson	5	4	0	.000	0	0
Warwick, BillBill Warwick	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
Adams, BabeBabe Adams	25	160	14	5	2.64	55
Morrison, JohnnyJohnny Morrison	21	144	9	7	2.88	52

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
Cooper, WilburWilbur Cooper	38	327	22	14	3.25	124
Carlson, HalHal Carlson	31	109.2	4	8	4.27	37
Yellow Horse, ChiefChief Yellow Horse	10	48.1	5	3	2.98	19

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
Bigbee, LyleLyle Bigbee	5	0	0	0	1.12	1
Hughes, BillBill Hughes	1	0	0	0	4.50	2

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	Wichita Falls Spudders	Texas League	Walter Salm

References

1. From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.

• 1921 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
• 1921 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac
• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.