1921 New York Yankees

1921 New York Yankees
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901)
1921 Uniform
Location
Polo Grounds (Since 1913) New York (Since 1903)
1921 Information
Owner(s)	Jacob Ruppert and Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston
Manager(s)	Miller Huggins
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Record: 98-55. Finished 1st in American League (1921 AL)

Clinched Pennant: October 1, 1921, vs. Philadelphia Athletics

Managed by Miller Huggins

Coaches: Charley O'Leary and Frank Roth

Ballpark: Polo Grounds

History, Comments, Contributions

Various scenes of the Babe in action.

The 1921 New York Yankees played their 19th season in New York and their 21st overall. Theym finished with a record of 98-55, winning the first pennant in franchise history, winning the American League by 4 1/2 games over the previous year's champion, the Cleveland Indians. New York was managed by Miller Huggins. Home games were played at the Polo Grounds.

With star slugger Babe Ruth hitting 59 home runs, setting a new major league home run record for the third consecutive year, while also having probably his greatest overall season statistically, the Yankees appeared to be the team to beat in the World Series. Their landlords, the New York Giants, had rebuilt after slipping a bit in the late 1910s, and had won the National League pennant. For the first time, all the games of a World Series would be held in the same ballpark. The best-of-9 Series (the last played under the format before returning to the best-of-7 format) saw the Yankees take a 3 games to 1 lead, but Ruth suffered a serious injury that took him out of the remaining games, save for one pinch-hitting appearance, and the Giants rallied to win the Series, 5 games to 3.

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	98	55	.641	--
Cleveland Indians	94	60	.610	4
St. Louis Browns	81	73	.526	17½
Washington Senators	80	73	.523	18
Boston Red Sox	75	79	.487	23½
Detroit Tigers	71	82	.464	27
Chicago White Sox	62	92	.403	36½
Philadelphia Athletics	53	100	.346	45

World Series

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

Further Reading

• Associated Press: "YANKEES ARE 1921 LEAGUE CHAMPIONS", New York Times, October 2, 1921, Section S, Page 108
• Gary Sarnoff: The First Yankees Dynasty: Babe Ruth, Miller Huggins and the Bronx Bombers of the 1920s, McFarland, Jefferson, NC, 2014. ISBN 978-0-7864-4966-8
• 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.

External links

• 1921 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
• Yankees game log courtesy baseball-almanac.com
• 1921 New York Yankees