1921 in the Negro Leagues

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1921 in the Negro Leagues saw the Negro Southern League become a minor league.

The Cincinnati Cuban Stars were no-hit on June 6 by the Detroit Stars' Bill Gatewood. On September 10, Phil Cockrell of the Philadelphia Hilldale Giants no-hit the Detroit Stars.

Standings

Note: BOLD indicates League Champion

Negro National League

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Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB
1	Chicago American Giants	68	44	22	2	0.667	--
2	Kansas City Monarchs	95	54	41	0	0.568	4.5
3	St. Louis Giants	75	43	31	1	0.581	5.0
4	Indianapolis ABCs	76	37	37	2	0.500	11.0
5	Detroit Stars	64	30	33	1	0.476	12.5
6	Columbus Buckeyes	69	30	38	1	0.441	15.0
7	Cincinnati Cuban Stars	70	29	40	1	0.420	16.5
8	Chicago Giants	47	10	35	2	0.222	23.5

Associate and Non-League Clubs

Team		versus NNL						All Games
		G	W	L	T	WPCT		G	W	L	T	WPCT
Hilldale Club (Associate)		20	12	7	1	0.632		47	27	19	1	0.587
Bacharach Giants (Associate)		48	24	22	2	0.522		77	40	35	2	0.533
Pittsburgh Keystones (Associate)		14	5	8	1	0.385		21	7	13	1	0.350
Cleveland Tate Stars (Associate)		33	11	21	1	0.344		40	16	23	1	0.410
Tesreau Bears (Non-League)	2	1	1	0	0.500	13	5	8	0	0.385
All-Cubans (Non-League)	1	0	1	0	0.000	9	3	6	0	0.333
Baltimore Black Sox (Non-League)	3	1	2	0	0.333

Independant Teams

Records are from The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues, John Holway

• All-Cubans
• Atlantic City Bacharach Giants: 34 - 28 (.630)
• Baltimore Black Sox: 2 - 6 (.250)
• Brooklyn Royal Giants: 1 - 2 (.333)
• Cuban Stars East: 12 - 26 (.316)
• Madison Stars
• Montgomery Grey Sox
• New Orleans Caulfield Ads
• New York Lincoln Giants: 10 - 7 (.590)
• Norfolk All-stars
• Pelham Silk Sox
• Philadelphia Hilldale Giants: 26 - 16 (.619)
• Pittsburgh Keystones
• Pittsburgh Stars of Buffalo
• Washington Black Sox
• Washington Braves

Leading Players

Batters

• Charles Blackwell, St. Louis Giants: 0.484 batting average
• Tank Carr, Kansas City Monarchs: 15 home runs
• Oscar Charleston, St. Louis Giants: 0.437 batting average, 17 home runs
• Dick Lundy, Atlantic City Bacharach Giants: 0.361 batting average
• Louis Santop, Philadelphia Hilldales: 8 home runs

Pitchers

• Bill Drake, St. Louis Giants: 22 - 11 W - L record, 132 strikeouts
• Dick Redding, Atlantic City Bacharach Giants: 15 - 11 W - L record
• Joe Rogan, Kansas City Monarchs: 20 - 11 W - L record, 108 strikeouts
• Joe Williams, New York Lincoln Giants: 7 - 1 W - L record

Postseason

The Atlantic City Bacharach Giants and Philadelphia Hilldale Giants held a four game championship series in September, with the champion to face the Chicago American Giants. The series ended tied at two games apiece and the American Giants traveled east to play one series versus both the Bacharach Giants and the Hilldale Giants. Chicago defeated the Bacharach Giants 2-1-1 and lost to the Hilldale Giants 3-2-1.

The Montgomery Grey Sox were swept in a championship series versus Nashville in four games.

Further Reading

• Terry Bohn: "Rube Foster's Canadian Farm Teams", in Michael J. Haupert, ed.: Baseball in the Land of 10,000 Lakes, The National Pastime, 2024 Edition, pp. 13-16.

Related Sites

• SABR Century Committee: SABR Century: 1921 - Negro Leagues