1921 Boston Braves season

The 1921 Boston Braves season was the 51st season of the franchise.

1921 Boston Braves
LeagueNational League
BallparkBraves Field
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record79–74 (.516)
League place4th
OwnersGeorge W. Grant
ManagersFred Mitchell
← 1920
1922 →

Regular season

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Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 94 59 .614 53‍–‍26 41‍–‍33
Pittsburgh Pirates 90 63 .588 4 45‍–‍31 45‍–‍32
St. Louis Cardinals 87 66 .569 7 48‍–‍29 39‍–‍37
Boston Braves 79 74 .516 15 42‍–‍32 37‍–‍42
Brooklyn Robins 77 75 .507 16½ 41‍–‍37 36‍–‍38
Cincinnati Reds 70 83 .458 24 40‍–‍36 30‍–‍47
Chicago Cubs 64 89 .418 30 32‍–‍44 32‍–‍45
Philadelphia Phillies 51 103 .331 43½ 29‍–‍47 22‍–‍56

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston 11–11 14–8 13–9 8–13 14–8 9–13 10–12
Brooklyn 11–11 10–11 10–11 12–10 16–6 10–12 8–14
Chicago 8–14 11–10 13–9 8–14 11–11 5–17 8–14
Cincinnati 9–13 11–10 9–13 8–14 13–9 8–14 12–10
New York 13–8 10–12 14–8 14–8 16–6 16–6 11–11
Philadelphia 8–14 6–16 11–11 9–13 6–16 4–18 7–15
Pittsburgh 13–9 12–10 17–5 14–8 6–16 18–4 10–11–1
St. Louis 12–10 14–8 14–8 10–12 11–11 15–7 11–10–1


Roster

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1921 Boston Braves
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

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Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Mickey O'Neil 98 277 69 .249 2 29
1B Walter Holke 150 579 151 .261 3 63
2B Hod Ford 152 555 155 .279 2 61
SS Walter Barbare 134 550 166 .302 0 49
3B Tony Boeckel 153 592 185 .313 10 84
OF Billy Southworth 141 569 175 .308 7 79
OF Ray Powell 149 624 191 .306 12 74
OF Walton Cruise 108 344 119 .346 8 55

Other batters

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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
Fred Nicholson 83 245 80 .327 5 41
Hank Gowdy 64 164 49 .299 2 17
Al Nixon 55 138 33 .239 1 9
Lloyd Christenbury 62 125 44 .352 3 16
Frank Gibson 63 125 33 .264 2 13
John Sullivan 5 5 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Joe Oeschger 46 299.0 20 14 3.52 68
Mule Watson 44 259.1 14 13 3.85 48
Hugh McQuillan 45 250.0 13 17 4.00 94
Leo Townsend 1 1.1 0 1 27.00 0

Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dana Fillingim 44 239.2 15 10 3.45 54
Jack Scott 47 233.2 15 13 3.70 83

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Garland Braxton 17 1 3 0 4.82 16
Cy Morgan 17 1 1 1 6.53 8
Johnny Cooney 8 0 1 0 3.92 9
Ira Townsend 4 0 0 0 6.14 0
Eddie Eayrs 2 0 0 0 17.36 1
Al Pierotti 2 0 1 0 21.60 1
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