1921 Pittsburgh Pirates

90-63 • .588 Win% • 2nd in NL

📊 Season Record

90 Wins
63 Losses
.588 Win %
2nd Rank
692 R 595 RA
Diff +97

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⚡ Quick Stats

692 Runs Scored
595 Runs Allowed
+97 Run Diff
740K Attendance

📈 vs. 1921 NL Average

Batting Avg .284 2% below the 1921 league average (.289)
OBP .330 2% below the 1921 league average (.338)
SLG .387 2% below the 1921 league average (.397)
Team ERA 3.17 16% better than the 1921 league average (3.78)
Runs Scored 692 2% below the 1921 league average (704 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumForbes Field
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Home Games 76
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Total Attendance 740,300
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Avg per Game 9,740

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1921

Batting Avg

1 George Cutshaw 0.340 2 Carson Bigbee 0.323 3 Dave Robertson 0.322 4 Max Carey 0.309 5 Cotton Tierney 0.299

Home Runs

1 Max Carey 7 2 Charlie Grimm 7 3 George Whitted 7 4 Dave Robertson 6 5 Clyde Barnhart 3

RBI

1 Charlie Grimm 71 2 Rabbit Maranville 70 3 George Whitted 63 4 Clyde Barnhart 62 5 Max Carey 56
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Carson Bigbee 147 632 100 204 23 17 3 42 41 19 21 0.323
Rabbit Maranville 153 612 90 180 25 12 1 70 47 38 25 0.294
Charlie Grimm 151 562 62 154 21 17 7 71 31 38 6 0.274
Max Carey 140 521 85 161 34 4 7 56 70 30 37 0.309
Clyde Barnhart 124 449 66 116 15 13 3 62 32 36 3 0.258
Cotton Tierney 117 442 49 132 22 8 3 52 24 31 4 0.299
George Whitted 108 403 60 114 23 7 7 63 26 21 5 0.283
Walter Schmidt 114 393 30 111 9 3 0 38 12 13 10 0.282
George Cutshaw 98 350 46 119 18 4 0 53 11 11 14 0.340
Dave Robertson 60 230 29 74 18 3 6 48 12 16 4 0.322
Wilbur Cooper 38 122 11 31 5 2 0 9 3 7 0 0.254
Tony Brottem 30 91 6 22 2 0 0 9 3 11 0 0.242
Whitey Glazner 36 76 4 10 1 2 0 1 3 19 0 0.132
Earl Hamilton 35 75 9 12 1 3 0 7 6 17 1 0.160
Babe Adams 25 63 7 16 2 4 0 6 1 7 1 0.254
Johnny Mokan 19 52 7 14 3 2 0 9 5 3 0 0.269
Jimmy Zinn 33 49 6 11 2 0 0 3 1 10 1 0.224
Bill Skiff 16 45 7 13 2 0 0 11 0 4 1 0.289
Johnny Morrison 21 42 6 5 0 1 0 0 5 7 0 0.119
Ray Rohwer 30 40 6 10 3 2 0 6 4 8 0 0.250
Johnny Gooch 13 38 2 9 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 0.237
Hal Carlson 31 34 3 10 2 0 0 2 0 6 0 0.294
Pie Traynor 7 19 0 5 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0.263
Moses Yellow Horse 10 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Elmer Ponder 8 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.000
Mike Wilson 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kiki Cuyler 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Lyle Bigbee 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Drew Rader 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Bill Warwick 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rip Wheeler 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bill Hughes 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Phil Morrison 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1921

ERA

1 Babe Adams 2.64 2 Whitey Glazner 2.77 3 Johnny Morrison 2.88 4 Moses Yellow Horse 2.98 5 Wilbur Cooper 3.25

Wins

1 Wilbur Cooper 22 2 Babe Adams 14 3 Whitey Glazner 14 4 Earl Hamilton 13 5 Johnny Morrison 9

Strikeouts

1 Wilbur Cooper 134 2 Whitey Glazner 88 3 Earl Hamilton 59 4 Babe Adams 55 5 Johnny Morrison 52
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Wilbur Cooper 22 14 3.25 38 38 0 327.0 341 118 80 134
Whitey Glazner 14 5 2.77 36 25 1 234.0 214 72 58 88
Earl Hamilton 13 15 3.36 35 30 0 225.0 237 84 58 59
Babe Adams 14 5 2.64 25 20 0 160.0 155 47 18 55
Johnny Morrison 9 7 2.88 21 17 0 144.0 131 46 33 52
Jimmy Zinn 7 6 3.68 32 9 4 127.1 159 52 30 49
Hal Carlson 4 8 4.27 31 10 4 109.2 121 52 23 37
Moses Yellow Horse 5 3 2.98 10 4 1 48.1 45 16 13 19
Elmer Ponder 2 0 2.19 8 1 0 24.2 29 6 3 3
Lyle Bigbee 0 0 1.13 5 0 0 8.0 4 1 4 1
Rip Wheeler 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 3.0 6 3 1 0
Bill Hughes 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 2.0 3 1 1 2
Drew Rader 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0
Phil Morrison 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.2 1 0 0 1

👥 Roster (33)

Babe Adams Clyde Barnhart Carson Bigbee Lyle Bigbee Tony Brottem Max Carey Hal Carlson Wilbur Cooper George Cutshaw Kiki Cuyler Whitey Glazner Johnny Gooch +21 more

33 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1921 Pittsburgh Pirates

What was the 1921 Pittsburgh Pirates record?
The 1921 Pittsburgh Pirates finished 90-63 (.588 win pct).
Who led the 1921 Pittsburgh Pirates in home runs?
Max Carey led the 1921 Pittsburgh Pirates with 7 home runs.
What was the 1921 Pittsburgh Pirates team ERA?
The 1921 Pittsburgh Pirates posted a team ERA of 3.17.
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