The 1921 Chicago White Sox season involved the White Sox attempting to win the American League pennant. However, with the core of the team banned after the Black Sox Scandal broke, they fell back to seventh place.
Regular season Owner Charles Comiskey struggled to find replacements for his stars. For example, new third baseman Eddie Mulligan had a .623 OPS, lowest among the team's regulars and quite a drop from Buck Weaver's .785 in 1920.
The pitching staff took a much worse beating. Chicago had lost its two best starters in Eddie Cicotte and Lefty Williams and could not recover. Red Faber won 25 games with a league-leading 2.48 ERA. The only other pitcher over .500 was Dickey Kerr, who indeed allowed more hits and earned runs than anyone else in the majors. Number three starter Roy Wilkinson went 4–20, and nobody else started more than 10 games.
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster 1921 Chicago White Sox Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
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 Ray Schalk 128 416 105 .252 0 47 1B Earl Sheely 154 563 171 .304 11 95 2B Eddie Collins 139 526 177 .337 2 58 3B 151 609 153 .251 1 45 SS 142 613 181 .295 1 51 OF Amos Strunk 121 401 133 .332 3 69 OF Harry Hooper 108 419 137 .327 3 58 OF Bibb Falk 152 585 167 .285 5 82
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 Johnny Mostil 100 326 98 .301 3 42 63 196 35 .179 1 14 Yam Yaryan 45 102 31 .304 0 15 20 42 9 .214 0 4 Fred Bratschi 16 28 8 .286 0 3 Red Ostergard 12 11 4 .364 0 0 Elmer Leifer 9 10 3 .300 0 1 6 5 1 .200 0 0 Frank Pratt 1 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 43 330.2 25 15 2.48 124 44 308.2 19 17 4.72 80 11 66.1 2 5 5.29 15 12 56.0 2 8 7.23 10 Lee Thompson 4 20.2 0 3 8.27 4
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 32 198.1 4 20 5.13 50 36 142.2 6 8 6.56 25 Doug McWeeny 27 97.2 3 6 6.08 46 7 27.2 1 2 5.86 7 Jack Wieneke 10 25.1 0 1 8.17 10 5 22.1 0 1 6.45 6 Bugs Bennett 3 17.2 0 3 6.11 2 2 7.0 0 0 7.71 1
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 13 0 3 0 6.88 9 4 0 0 0 8.44 2 John Michaelson 2 0 0 0 10.13 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 0
Awards and honors League top ten finishers Red Faber MLB leader in ERA (2.48) #3 in AL in wins (25) #4 in AL in strikeouts (124)
Dickey Kerr MLB leader in earned runs allowed (162) MLB leader in hits allowed (357) #3 in AL in losses (17) #3 in AL in walks allowed (96)
Roy Wilkinson #2 in AL in losses (20)
References 1921 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference