1921 Chicago White Sox season

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.

1921 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Comiskey Park (since 1910) Chicago, Illinois (since 1900)
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles Comiskey
Manager(s)	Kid Gleason
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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

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	98	55	0.641	—	53–25	45–30
Cleveland Indians	94	60	0.610	4½	51–26	43–34
St. Louis Browns	81	73	0.526	17½	43–34	38–39
Washington Senators	80	73	0.523	18	46–30	34–43
Boston Red Sox	75	79	0.487	23½	41–36	34–43
Detroit Tigers	71	82	0.464	27	37–40	34–42
Chicago White Sox	62	92	0.403	36½	37–40	25–52
Philadelphia Athletics	53	100	0.346	45	28–47	25–53

Record vs. opponents

1921 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	15–7	8–14	15–7	7–15	12–10	9–13	9–13
Chicago	7–15	—	7–15	8–14	13–9	14–8	7–15	6–16
Cleveland	14–8	15–7	—	13–9	8–14	15–7	17–5	12–10
Detroit	7–15	14–8	9–13	—	5–17	14–7–1	12–10	10–12
New York	15–7	9–13	14–8	17–5	—	17–5	13–9	13–8
Philadelphia	10–12	8–14	7–15	7–14–1	5–17	—	5–17	11–11–1
St. Louis	13–9	15–7	5–17	10–12	9–13	17–5	—	12–10
Washington	13–9	16–6	10–12	12–10	8–13	11–11–1	10–12	—

Roster

1921 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Bugs Bennett Charlie Blackburn Sarge Connally Lum Davenport Red Faber Hod Fenner Shovel Hodge Dickey Kerr Doug McWeeny John Michaelson Dominic Mulrenan Rusty Pence John Russell Lee Thompson Cy Twombly Jack Wieneke Roy Wilkinson		Catchers George Lees Ray Schalk Yam Yaryan Infielders Eddie Collins Ernie Johnson Elmer Leifer Harvey McClellan Eddie Mulligan Earl Sheely		Outfielders Bibb Falk Shoeless Joe Jackson Johnny Mostil Amos Strunk Other batters Eddie Murphy Red Ostergard Frank Pratt		Manager Kid Gleason

Player stats

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
3B	Eddie Mulligan	151	609	153	.251	1	45
SS	Ernie Johnson	142	613	181	.295	1	51

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
Harvey McClellan	63	196	35	.179	1	14
George Lees	20	42	9	.214	0	4
Eddie Murphy	6	5	1	.200	0	0

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
Red Faber	43	330.2	25	15	2.48	124
Dickey Kerr	44	308.2	19	17	4.72	80
John Russell	11	66.1	2	5	5.29	15
Dominic Mulrenan	12	56	2	8	7.23	10

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
Roy Wilkinson	32	198.1	4	20	5.13	50
Shovel Hodge	36	142.2	6	8	6.56	25
Cy Twombly	7	27.2	1	2	5.86	7
Sarge Connally	5	22.1	0	1	6.45	6
Hod Fenner	2	7	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
Lum Davenport	13	0	3	0	6.88	9
Rusty Pence	4	0	0	0	8.44	2
Charlie Blackburn	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