1921 World Series

vs. 1921 World Series (5-3) New York Giants (94-59, NL) vs. New York Yankees (98-55, AL) BR 1921 World Series Summary

Umpires:

• Cy Rigler (NL), George Moriarty (AL), Ernie Quigley (NL), Ollie Chill (AL)

Series results

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Score	Record (NYG-NYY)	Attendance
1	October 5	New York Yankees	3	New York Giants	0	0-1	30,202
2	October 6	New York Giants	0	New York Yankees	3	0-2	34,939
3	October 7	New York Yankees	5	New York Giants	13	1-2	36,509
4	October 9 ‡	New York Giants	4	New York Yankees	2	2-2	36,372
5	October 10 ‡	New York Yankees	3	New York Giants	1	2-3	35,758
6	October 11 ‡	New York Giants	8	New York Yankees	5	3-3	34,238
7	October 12 ‡	New York Yankees	1	New York Giants	2	4-3	36,503
8	October 13 ‡	New York Giants	1	New York Yankees	0	5-3	25,410
New York Giants win 5-3

Matchups

Game 1

October 5, 1921 at the Polo Grounds (IV) in New York, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	7	0
New York (N)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
W: Carl Mays (1-0)  L: Phil Douglas (0-1)

Game 2

October 6, 1921 at the Polo Grounds (IV) in New York, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (N)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
New York (A)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	x	3	3	0
W: Waite Hoyt (1-0)  L: Art Nehf (0-1)

Game 3

October 7, 1921 at the Polo Grounds (IV) in New York, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	8	0
New York (N)	0	0	4	0	0	0	8	1	x	13	20	0
W: Jesse Barnes (1-0)  L: Jack Quinn (0-1)

Game 4

October 9, 1921 at the Polo Grounds (IV) in New York, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (N)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	9	1
New York (A)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	7	1
W: Phil Douglas (1-1)  L: Carl Mays (1-1)
HR: NYY – Babe Ruth (1)

Game 5

October 10, 1921 at the Polo Grounds (IV) in New York, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	1
New York (N)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	1
W: Waite Hoyt (2-0)  L: Art Nehf (0-2)

Game 6

October 11, 1921 at the Polo Grounds (IV) in New York, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (N)	0	3	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	8	13	0
New York (A)	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	7	2
W: Jesse Barnes (2-0)  L: Bob Shawkey (0-1)
HR: NYG – Irish Meusel (1), Frank Snyder (1), NYY – Chick Fewster (1)

Game 7

October 12, 1921 at the Polo Grounds (IV) in New York, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	1
New York (N)	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	x	2	6	0
W: Phil Douglas (2-1)  L: Carl Mays (1-2)

Game 8

October 13, 1921 at the Polo Grounds (IV) in New York, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (N)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0
New York (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
W: Art Nehf (1-2)  L: Waite Hoyt (2-1)

Further Reading

• Lyle Spatz and Steve Steinberg: 1921: The Yankees, the Giants, and the Battle for Baseball Supremacy in New York, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE, 2010. ISBN 978-0803239999
• Lyle Spatz and Steve Steinberg: "1921: The Yankees, the Giants, and the Battle for Baseball Supremacy in New York" (extract), The Baseball Research Journal, SABR, Vol. 38, Nr. 2 (Fall 2009), pp. 9-19.

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