The 1921 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 40th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 30th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 87–66 during the season and finished third in the National League.
Regular season Rogers Hornsby hit .397 in 1921, and his 21 home runs were second in the league. He also led the league in on-base percentage (.458), slugging percentage (.639), runs (131), RBI (126), doubles (44), and triples (18).
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster 1921 St. Louis Cardinals Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Coaches
Player stats Batting Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C 117 341 109 .320 2 48 1B 149 574 197 .343 16 86 2B 154 592 235 .397 21 126 SS 150 560 145 .259 2 82 3B 149 587 180 .307 3 84 OF 152 574 201 .350 17 102 OF 116 411 135 .328 7 33 OF 97 256 84 .328 7 30
Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI 92 275 85 .309 6 45 55 176 62 .352 1 34 76 162 39 .241 0 15 62 156 38 .244 0 9 27 62 18 .290 0 5 22 53 14 .264 0 2 38 48 12 .250 1 7 18 32 9 .281 0 5 5 6 1 .167 0 0 9 2 0 .000 0 0 3 2 0 .000 0 0 1 1 0 .000 0 0 1 1 0 .000 0 0 4 1 0 .000 0 0 3 1 0 .000 0 0
Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 37 244.1 18 12 3.50 84 32 208.2 15 6 2.59 83 38 208.1 14 10 3.37 67 18 98.2 9 3 4.29 22 5 21.0 1 3 4.71 5
Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 38 170.2 11 12 4.22 52 38 144.1 9 8 3.18 57 19 74.0 2 5 4.26 20 9 37.1 2 0 4.10 22 14 36.1 1 2 3.72 7
Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO 40 4 4 7 3.54 28 18 1 0 0 6.10 15 3 0 1 0 8.10 2
Awards and honors Rogers Hornsby, National League batting champion Top 12 Players of the season: Rogers Hornsby (WAR 10.8) Austin McHenry (WAR 5.1) Jack Fournier (WAR 4.2) Bill Doak (WAR 3.0) Verne Clemons (WAR 2.5) Jack Smith (WAR 2.3) Les Mann (WAR 2.3) Milt Stock (WAR 2.0) Doc Lavan (WAR 1.9) Jesse Haines (WAR 1.8) Bill Sherdel (WAR 1.6) Joe Schultz (WAR 1.5)
Farm system
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
References
External links 1921 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference 1921 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com