1921 National League

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The 1921 season of the National League was the forty-sixth 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 Giants	153	94	59	0	.614	-.-	840 (5.49)	637 (4.16)	0.298	0.356	0.421	3.55	0.971
2	Pittsburgh Pirates	154	90	63	1	.584	4.0	692 (4.49)	595 (3.86)	0.285	0.328	0.387	3.17	0.973
3	St. Louis Cardinals	154	87	66	1	.565	7.0	809 (5.25)	681 (4.42)	0.308	0.354	0.437	3.62	0.965
4	Boston Braves	153	79	74	0	.516	15.0	721 (4.71)	697 (4.56)	0.290	0.336	0.400	3.90	0.969
5	Brooklyn Robins	152	77	75	0	.507	16.5	667 (4.39)	681 (4.48)	0.280	0.322	0.386	3.70	0.964
6	Cincinnati Reds	153	70	83	0	.458	24.0	618 (4.04)	649 (4.24)	0.278	0.327	0.370	3.46	0.969
7	Chicago Cubs	153	64	89	0	.418	30.0	668 (4.37)	773 (5.05)	0.292	0.335	0.378	4.39	0.974
8	Philadelphia Phillies	154	51	103	0	.331	43.5	617 (4.01)	919 (5.97)	0.284	0.321	0.397	4.48	0.955

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Rogers Hornsby	St. Louis Cardinals	154
At Bats	Ivy Olson	Brooklyn Robins	652
Runs Scored	Rogers Hornsby	St. Louis Cardinals	131
Hits	Rogers Hornsby	St. Louis Cardinals	235
Doubles	Rogers Hornsby	St. Louis Cardinals	44
Triples	Rogers Hornsby Ray Powell	St. Louis Cardinals Boston Braves	18
Home Runs	George Kelly	New York Giants	23
Total Bases	Rogers Hornsby	St. Louis Cardinals	378
Runs Batted In	Rogers Hornsby	St. Louis Cardinals	126
Stolen Bases	Frankie Frisch	New York Giants	49
Caught Stealing	Sam Bohne Jack Fournier	Cincinnati Reds St. Louis Cardinals	22
Walks	George Burns	New York Giants	80
Hit by Pitch	Jack Fournier	St. Louis Cardinals	8
Strikeouts	Ray Powell	Boston Braves	85
Sacrifice Hits	Milt Stock	St. Louis Cardinals	36
Batting Average	Rogers Hornsby	St. Louis Cardinals	0.397
On-Base Percentage	Rogers Hornsby	St. Louis Cardinals	0.458
Slugging Percentage	Rogers Hornsby	St. Louis Cardinals	0.639
On-Base plus Slugging	Rogers Hornsby	St. Louis Cardinals	1.097
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Rogers Hornsby	St. Louis Cardinals	190

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Wilbur Cooper Burleigh Grimes	Pittsburgh Pirates Brooklyn Robins	22
Losses	George Smith	Philadelphia Phillies	20
Win-Loss Percentage	Babe Adams Whitey Glazner	Pittsburgh Pirates Pittsburgh Pirates	0.737
Appearances	Jack Scott	Boston Braves	47
Games Started	Wilbur Cooper	Pittsburgh Pirates	38
Complete Games	Burleigh Grimes	Brooklyn Robins	30
Shutouts	8 players tied		3
Games Finished	Lou North	St. Louis Cardinals	26
Saves	Lou North	St. Louis Cardinals	7
Innings Pitched	Wilbur Cooper	Pittsburgh Pirates	327.0
Batters Faced	Wilbur Cooper	Pittsburgh Pirates	1377
Hits Allowed	Wilbur Cooper	Pittsburgh Pirates	341
Home Runs Allowed	Bill Hubbell Art Nehf	Philadelphia Phillies New York Giants	18
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Joe Oeschger	Boston Braves	97
Hit Batsmen	Joe Oeschger	Boston Braves	15
Strikeouts	Burleigh Grimes	Brooklyn Robins	136
Wild Pitches	Jimmy Ring	Philadelphia Phillies	14
Balks	Lynn Brenton Bill Hubbell	Cincinnati Reds Philadelphia Phillies	2
Runs Allowed	George Smith	Philadelphia Phillies	166
Earned Runs Allowed	Wilbur Cooper	Pittsburgh Pirates	118
Earned Run Average	Bill Doak	St. Louis Cardinals	2.59
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Babe Adams	Pittsburgh Pirates	1.081

Postseason

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

Umpires

• Bill Brennan
• Bob Emslie
• Bob Hart
• Ducky Holmes
• Bill Klem
• Charles McCafferty
• Barry McCormick
• Charlie Moran
• Hank O'Day
• Ernie Quigley
• Cy Rigler