1921 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1921 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Location
Forbes Field (since 1909)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania^[1] (since 1907)
Other information
Owner(s)	Barney Dreyfuss
Manager(s)	George Gibson
Local television	none
Local radio	KDKA (ad hoc)
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The 1921 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 40th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 35th in the National League. The Pirates finished second in the league standings with a record of 90–63.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Giants	94	59	0.614	—	53–26	41–33
Pittsburgh Pirates	90	63	0.588	4	45–31	45–32
St. Louis Cardinals	87	66	0.569	7	48–29	39–37
Boston Braves	79	74	0.516	15	42–32	37–42
Brooklyn Robins	77	75	0.507	16½	41–37	36–38
Cincinnati Reds	70	83	0.458	24	40–36	30–47
Chicago Cubs	64	89	0.418	30	32–44	32–45
Philadelphia Phillies	51	103	0.331	43½	29–47	22–56

Record vs. opponents

1921 National League Records Sources:
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	—

Game log

1921 Game Log: 90–63 (Home: 45–31; Away: 45–32)

April: 11–3 (Home: 3–1; Away: 8–2)

May: 18–7 (Home: 7–2; Away: 11–5)

June: 17–12 (Home: 11–7; Away: 6–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
40	June 1	Cubs	4–2	Glazner (5–0)	Martin	—	—	30–10
41	June 2	Giants	0–7	Nehf	Zinn (3–2)	—	20,000	30–11
42	June 3	Giants	1–4	Toney	Hamilton (5–6)	—	15,000	30–12
43	June 4	Giants	0–12	Douglas	Cooper (8–1)	—	25,000	30–13
44	June 6	Giants	5–4	Adams (5–3)	Barnes	—	9,000	31–13
45	June 7	Braves	7–10	Oeschger	Yellow Horse (2–1)	—	—	31–14
46	June 8	Braves	16–4	Hamilton (6–6)	McQuillan	—	—	32–14
47	June 9	Braves	5–3	Cooper (9–1)	Fillingim	—	—	33–14
48	June 10	Braves	1–4	Scott	Glazner (5–1)	—	—	33–15
49	June 11	Phillies	10–3	Adams (6–3)	Hubbell	—	—	34–15
50	June 13	Phillies	12–5	Hamilton (7–6)	Baumgartner	—	—	35–15
51	June 14	Phillies	8–3	Zinn (4–2)	Ring	—	—	36–15
52	June 15	Robins	3–7	Grimes	Cooper (9–2)	—	7,000	36–16
53	June 16	Robins	6–5 (17)	Yellow Horse (3–1)	Mamaux	—	5,000	37–16
54	June 17	Robins	3–8	Cadore	Hamilton (7–7)	—	8,000	37–17
55	June 18	Robins	4–3	Cooper (10–2)	Ruether	—	18,000	38–17
56	June 20	Phillies	3–2	Yellow Horse (4–1)	Meadows	Zinn (3)	—	39–17
57	June 22	@ Reds	5–2 (12)	Cooper (11–2)	Rixey	—	—	40–17
58	June 23	@ Cardinals	2–3 (12)	Walker	Carlson (1–2)	—	—	40–18
59	June 23	@ Cardinals	3–4	Doak	Zinn (4–3)	—	—	40–19
60	June 24	@ Cardinals	4–3 (10)	Glazner (6–1)	Bailey	—	—	41–19
61	June 25	@ Cardinals	4–7	Pfeffer	Yellow Horse (4–2)	North	—	41–20
62	June 25	@ Cardinals	5–2	Cooper (12–2)	Pertica	—	—	42–20
63	June 26	@ Cubs	11–3	Adams (7–3)	Alexander	—	—	43–20
64	June 27	@ Cubs	10–3	Morrison (1–0)	Vaughn	—	—	44–20
65	June 28	@ Cubs	1–2	Martin	Zinn (4–4)	—	—	44–21
66	June 28	@ Cubs	6–8	Tyler	Carlson (1–3)	—	—	44–22
67	June 29	@ Cubs	3–1	Cooper (13–2)	Cheeves	—	—	45–22
68	June 30	Reds	5–3	Yellow Horse (5–2)	Luque	—	—	46–22

July: 14–13 (Home: 5–6; Away: 9–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
69	July 1	Reds	5–2	Morrison (2–0)	Rixey	—	—	47–22
70	July 2	Reds	9–0	Adams (8–3)	Brenton	—	—	48–22
71	July 3	@ Reds	2–8	Marquard	Hamilton (7–8)	—	—	48–23
72	July 4	Cardinals	5–2	Glazner (7–1)	Bailey	—	—	49–23
73	July 4	Cardinals	3–6	Pertica	Cooper (13–3)	—	—	49–24
74	July 5	Cardinals	2–8	Walker	Yellow Horse (5–3)	—	—	49–25
75	July 6	Cardinals	3–2 (13)	Morrison (3–0)	North	—	—	50–25
76	July 8	@ Robins	5–3	Cooper (14–3)	Schupp	—	—	51–25
77	July 9	@ Robins	4–2	Glazner (8–1)	Cadore	—	8,000	52–25
78	July 10	@ Robins	3–7	Grimes	Morrison (3–1)	—	10,000	52–26
79	July 11	@ Robins	8–9	Miljus	Hamilton (7–9)	—	8,000	52–27
80	July 12	@ Phillies	9–4	Cooper (15–3)	Baumgartner	—	—	53–27
81	July 14	@ Phillies	5–4 (10)	Carlson (2–3)	Ring	—	—	54–27
82	July 16	@ Giants	4–13	Douglas	Cooper (15–4)	—	33,000	54–28
83	July 17	@ Giants	4–2 (10)	Hamilton (8–9)	Causey	—	36,000	55–28
84	July 18	@ Giants	1–12	Nehf	Morrison (3–2)	—	10,000	55–29
85	July 19	@ Giants	10–1	Adams (9–3)	Ryan	—	18,000	56–29
86	July 20	@ Braves	2–0	Cooper (16–4)	Oeschger	—	—	57–29
87	July 22	@ Braves	1–2 (10)	McQuillan	Hamilton (8–10)	—	—	57–30
88	July 22	@ Braves	4–3 (13)	Glazner (9–1)	Fillingim	—	—	58–30
89	July 23	@ Braves	3–2	Cooper (17–4)	Watson	—	—	59–30
90	July 23	@ Braves	1–3	Scott	Carlson (2–4)	—	—	59–31
91	July 25	Giants	6–3	Adams (10–3)	Douglas	—	20,000	60–31
92	July 26	Giants	8–9 (10)	Barnes	Glazner (9–2)	—	15,000	60–32
93	July 27	Giants	1–4	Nehf	Cooper (17–5)	—	—	60–33
94	July 28	Giants	4–6	Douglas	Glazner (9–3)	Ryan	15,000	60–34
95	July 30	Braves	0–1	Oeschger	Cooper (17–6)	—	—	60–35

August: 18–12 (Home: 9–3; Away: 9–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
96	August 1	Braves	7–3	Adams (11–3)	McQuillan	—	—	61–35
97	August 3	Phillies	9–5	Cooper (18–6)	Winters	—	—	62–35
98	August 4	Phillies	5–0	Hamilton (9–10)	Meadows	—	—	63–35
99	August 5	Phillies	8–5	Zinn (5–4)	Ring	—	—	64–35
100	August 6	Robins	2–3	Cadore	Glazner (9–4)	—	18,000	64–36
101	August 8	Robins	2–4	Grimes	Cooper (18–7)	—	8,000	64–37
102	August 9	Robins	4–2	Adams (12–3)	Mitchell	Zinn (4)	8,000	65–37
103	August 10	Robins	0–1	Cadore	Morrison (3–3)	—	6,000	65–38
104	August 11	Cubs	7–3	Hamilton (10–10)	Alexander	—	—	66–38
105	August 11	Cubs	5–4 (11)	Zinn (6–4)	Martin	—	—	67–38
106	August 12	Cubs	12–9	Cooper (19–7)	Cheeves	—	—	68–38
107	August 13	Cubs	4–3	Glazner (10–4)	Freeman	—	—	69–38
108	August 14	@ Cubs	1–0	Morrison (4–3)	Martin	—	—	70–38
109	August 16	@ Phillies	5–6	Betts	Cooper (19–8)	—	—	70–39
110	August 16	@ Phillies	8–6 (11)	Zinn (7–4)	Smith	—	—	71–39
111	August 18	@ Phillies	4–3	Hamilton (11–10)	Ring	Carlson (2)	—	72–39
112	August 18	@ Phillies	3–2	Glazner (11–4)	Winters	—	—	73–39
113	August 19	@ Phillies	14–3	Morrison (5–3)	Meadows	—	—	74–39
114	August 19	@ Phillies	1–4	Hubbell	Zinn (7–5)	—	—	74–40
115	August 20	@ Braves	6–4 (13)	Cooper (20–8)	Fillingim	—	—	75–40
116	August 22	@ Braves	10–8	Hamilton (12–10)	McQuillan	Carlson (3)	—	76–40
117	August 23	@ Braves	3–4	Watson	Glazner (11–5)	—	—	76–41
118	August 24	@ Giants	2–10	Nehf	Adams (12–4)	—	—	76–42
119	August 24	@ Giants	0–7	Douglas	Cooper (20–9)	—	—	76–43
120	August 25	@ Giants	2–5	Toney	Morrison (5–4)	—	12,000	76–44
121	August 26	@ Giants	1–2	Douglas	Hamilton (12–11)	—	15,000	76–45
122	August 27	@ Giants	1–3	Nehf	Carlson (2–5)	—	36,000	76–46
123	August 28	@ Robins	2–0	Morrison (6–4)	Grimes	—	20,000	77–46
124	August 29	@ Robins	0–1	Ruether	Cooper (20–10)	—	4,500	77–47
125	August 30	@ Robins	8–2	Glazner (12–5)	Cadore	—	—	78–47

September: 11–16 (Home: 10–12; Away: 1–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
126	September 1	Cardinals	4–10	Pertica	Hamilton (12–12)	—	—	78–48
127	September 1	Cardinals	0–8	Sherdel	Morrison (6–5)	—	—	78–49
128	September 2	Cardinals	0–1	Haines	Carlson (2–6)	—	—	78–50
129	September 4	@ Reds	2–1 (12)	Glazner (13–5)	Luque	—	—	79–50
130	September 5	Reds	1–2 (13)	Rixey	Hamilton (12–13)	—	—	79–51
131	September 5	Reds	2–1	Cooper (21–10)	Markle	—	—	80–51
132	September 9	Cubs	5–8	Freeman	Cooper (21–11)	Alexander	—	80–52
133	September 10	Cubs	8–0	Morrison (7–5)	Alexander	—	10,000	81–52
134	September 11	@ Reds	1–4	Marquard	Hamilton (12–14)	—	3,000	81–53
135	September 12	Braves	5–4 (15)	Adams (13–4)	Scott	—	8,000	82–53
136	September 12	Braves	3–4	Morgan	Zinn (7–6)	—	—	82–54
137	September 13	Braves	5–3	Carlson (3–6)	McQuillan	—	5,000	83–54
138	September 14	Braves	5–2	Morrison (8–5)	Fillingim	—	—	84–54
139	September 15	Braves	3–6	Scott	Cooper (21–12)	—	5,000	84–55
140	September 16	Giants	0–5	Toney	Hamilton (12–15)	—	25,000	84–56
141	September 17	Giants	1–6	Nehf	Carlson (3–7)	—	25,000	84–57
142	September 19	Giants	2–1	Adams (14–4)	Douglas	—	10,000	85–57
143	September 21	Robins	0–2 (7)	Mitchell	Morrison (8–6)	—	3,000	85–58
144	September 22	Robins	3–1	Glazner (14–5)	Grimes	Carlson (4)	8,000	86–58
145	September 22	Robins	0–2	Cadore	Cooper (21–13)	Smith	12,000	86–59
146	September 23	Phillies	2–0	Hamilton (13–15)	Meadows	—	2,500	87–59
147	September 24	Phillies	4–3	Morrison (9–6)	Ring	—	6,000	88–59
148	September 26	Phillies	1–2	Hubbell	Adams (14–5)	—	1,500	88–60
149	September 27	Phillies	9–6	Carlson (4–7)	Winters	—	300	89–60
150	September 29	@ Cardinals	4–5 (10)	North	Cooper (21–14)	—	5,000	89–61
151	September 29	@ Cardinals	1–3 (6)	Sherdel	Morrison (9–7)	—	—	89–62
152	September 30	@ Cardinals	4–12	Haines	Carlson (4–8)	—	—	89–63

October: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–0)

Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie
Bold = Pirates team member

Roster

1921 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Babe Adams

Lyle Bigbee

Hal Carlson

Wilbur Cooper

Whitey Glazner

Earl Hamilton

Bill Hughes

Johnny Morrison

Phil Morrison

Elmer Ponder

Drew Rader

Rip Wheeler

Chief Yellow Horse

Jimmy Zinn

Catchers

Tony Brottem

Johnny Gooch

Walter Schmidt

Bill Skiff

Bill Warwick

Mike Wilson

Infielders

Clyde Barnhart

George Cutshaw

Charlie Grimm

Rabbit Maranville

Cotton Tierney

Pie Traynor

Outfielders

Carson Bigbee

Max Carey

Kiki Cuyler

Johnny Mokan

Dave Robertson

Ray Rohwer

Possum Whitted

Manager

George Gibson

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	Schmidt, WalterWalter Schmidt	114	393	111	.282	0	38

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.	RBI
Traynor, PiePie Traynor	7	19	5	.263	2
Wilson, MikeMike Wilson	5	4	0	.000	0
Warwick, BillBill Warwick	1	1	0	.000	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
Adams, BabeBabe Adams	25	160	14	5	2.64	55
Morrison, JohnnyJohnny Morrison	21	144	9	7	2.88	52

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
Cooper, WilburWilbur Cooper	38	327	22	14	3.25	124
Carlson, HalHal Carlson	31	109.2	4	8	4.27	37
Yellow Horse, ChiefChief Yellow Horse	10	48.1	5	3	2.98	19

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
Bigbee, LyleLyle Bigbee	5	0	0	0	1.12	1
Hughes, BillBill Hughes	1	0	0	0	4.50	2

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	Wichita Falls Spudders	Texas League	Walter Salm

References

↑ From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.

1921 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
1921 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.

1921 MLB season by team
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1921 World Series

Pittsburgh Pirates

Formerly the Pittsburgh Alleghenys
Founded in 1882
Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Whittington Park; Riverside Park; Fogel Field; Barrs Field; Rickwood Field; Whittington Park; Perris Hill Park; Tech Field; Perris Hill Park; McCulloch Park; Perris Hill Park; Flamingo Field; Gilmore Field; Gran Stadium; Jaycee Park; Terry Park; Pirate City/LECOM Park

Culture

Lore

Pittsburgh Allegheny
Pirates' lore
Wagner donates uniforms
Lou Bierbauer
Temple Cup
Chronicle-Telegraph Cup
Pittsburgh Stars
Homer in the Gloamin'
1960 Game 7
1985 drug trials
Francisco Cabrera game
National League Wild Card Games
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015

Rivalries

Philadelphia Phillies

Minors

AAA: Indianapolis Indians
AA: Altoona Curve
A Adv.: Bradenton Marauders
A: West Virginia Power
Short A: West Virginia Black Bears
Rookie Adv.: Bristol Pirates
Rookie: GCL Pirates; DSL Pirates
All-time: Minor league affiliate history

World Series
Championships (5)

1909
1925
1960
1971
1979

League pennants (9)

American Association: none
National League: 1901; 1902; 1903; 1909; 1925; 1927; 1960; 1971; 1979

Division titles (9)

East: 1970; 1971; 1972; 1974; 1975; 1979; 1990; 1991; 1992
Central: none

Wild Card berths (3)

Media

Seasons (136)
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1910s	1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
1920s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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