1921 American League

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The 1921 season of the American League was the twenty-first season of the league.

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Standings

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	New York Yankees	153	98	55	0	.641	-.-	948 (6.20)	708 (4.63)	0.300	0.371	0.464	3.82	0.965
2	Cleveland Indians	154	94	60	0	.610	4.5	925 (6.01)	712 (4.62)	0.308	0.379	0.430	3.90	0.967
3	St. Louis Browns	154	81	73	0	.526	17.5	835 (5.42)	845 (5.49)	0.304	0.353	0.425	4.61	0.964
4	Washington Senators	154	80	73	1	.519	18.0	704 (4.57)	738 (4.79)	0.277	0.335	0.383	3.97	0.963
5	Boston Red Sox	154	75	79	0	.487	23.5	668 (4.34)	696 (4.52)	0.277	0.332	0.361	3.98	0.975
6	Detroit Tigers	154	71	82	1	.461	27.0	883 (5.73)	852 (5.53)	0.316	0.382	0.433	4.40	0.964
7	Chicago White Sox	154	62	92	0	.403	36.5	683 (4.44)	858 (5.57)	0.283	0.338	0.379	4.94	0.969
8	Philadelphia Athletics	155	53	100	2	.342	45.0	657 (4.24)	894 (5.77)	0.274	0.326	0.389	4.61	0.957

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Jimmie Dykes	Philadelphia Athletics	155
At Bats	Jack Tobin	St. Louis Browns	671
Runs Scored	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	177
Hits	Harry Heilmann	Detroit Tigers	237
Doubles	Tris Speaker	Cleveland Indians	52
Triples	Howie Shanks George Sisler Jack Tobin	Washington Senators St. Louis Browns St. Louis Browns	18
Home Runs	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	59
Total Bases	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	457
Runs Batted In	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	171
Stolen Bases	George Sisler	St. Louis Browns	35
Caught Stealing	Eddie Mulligan	Chicago White Sox	18
Walks	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	145
Hit by Pitch	Bucky Harris	Washington Senators	18
Strikeouts	Bob Meusel	New York Yankees	88
Sacrifice Hits	Bill Wambsganss	Cleveland Indians	43
Batting Average	Harry Heilmann	Detroit Tigers	0.394
On-Base Percentage	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	0.512
Slugging Percentage	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	0.846
On-Base plus Slugging	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	1.358
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	239

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Carl Mays Urban Shocker	New York Yankees St. Louis Browns	27
Losses	Eddie Rommel	Philadelphia Athletics	23
Win-Loss Percentage	Carl Mays	New York Yankees	0.750
Appearances	Carl Mays	New York Yankees	49
Games Started	Stan Coveleski	Cleveland Indians	40
Complete Games	Red Faber	Chicago White Sox	32
Shutouts	Sam Jones	Boston Red Sox	5
Games Finished	Bill Burwell	St. Louis Browns	21
Saves	Carl Mays Jim Middleton	New York Yankees Detroit Tigers	7
Innings Pitched	Carl Mays	New York Yankees	336.2
Batters Faced	Urban Shocker	St. Louis Browns	1401
Hits Allowed	Dickie Kerr	Chicago White Sox	357
Home Runs Allowed	Eddie Rommel Urban Shocker	Philadelphia Athletics St. Louis Browns	21
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Dixie Davis	St. Louis Browns	123
Hit Batsmen	Hooks Dauss Howard Ehmke	Detroit Tigers Detroit Tigers	13
Strikeouts	Walter Johnson	Washington Senators	143
Wild Pitches	Roy Moore	Philadelphia Athletics	9
Balks	Bob Hasty Dickie Kerr	Philadelphia Athletics Chicago White Sox	3
Runs Allowed	Dickie Kerr	Chicago White Sox	182
Earned Runs Allowed	Dickie Kerr	Chicago White Sox	162
Earned Run Average	Red Faber	Chicago White Sox	2.48
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Red Faber	Chicago White Sox	1.149

Postseason

In the World Series, the American League champion New York Yankees were defeated by the National League's New York Giants, 5 games to 3.

Umpires

• Ollie Chill
• Tom Connolly
• Bill Dinneen
• Billy Evans
• George Hildebrand
• George Moriarty
• Dick Nallin
• Brick Owens
• Frank Wilson