# 1921 Boston Red Sox season

The 1921 Boston Red Sox season was the 21st season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fifth in the American League (AL) with a record of 75 wins and 79 losses, 23+1⁄2 games behind the New York Yankees.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 98 | 55 | .641 | — | 53‍–‍25 | 45‍–‍30 |
| Cleveland Indians | 94 | 60 | .610 | 4½ | 51‍–‍26 | 43‍–‍34 |
| St. Louis Browns | 81 | 73 | .526 | 17½ | 43‍–‍34 | 38‍–‍39 |
| Washington Senators | 80 | 73 | .523 | 18 | 46‍–‍30 | 34‍–‍43 |
| Boston Red Sox | 75 | 79 | .487 | 23½ | 41‍–‍36 | 34‍–‍43 |
| Detroit Tigers | 71 | 82 | .464 | 27 | 37‍–‍40 | 34‍–‍42 |
| Chicago White Sox | 62 | 92 | .403 | 36½ | 37‍–‍40 | 25‍–‍52 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 53 | 100 | .346 | 45 | 28‍–‍47 | 25‍–‍53 |

### Record vs. opponents

1921 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | 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 | — |

### Opening Day lineup

| Ossie Vitt | 3B |
| Eddie Foster | 2B |
| Mike Menosky | LF |
| Tim Hendryx | RF |
| Stuffy McInnis | 1B |
| Shano Collins | CF |
| Everett Scott | SS |
| Muddy Ruel | C |
| Sad Sam Jones | P |
Source:

### Roster
## 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 | Muddy Ruel | 113 | 358 | 99 | .277 | 1 | 45 |
| 1B | Stuffy McInnis | 152 | 584 | 179 | .307 | 0 | 76 |
| 2B | Del Pratt | 135 | 521 | 169 | .324 | 5 | 102 |
| SS | Everett Scott | 154 | 576 | 151 | .262 | 1 | 62 |
| 3B | Eddie Foster | 120 | 412 | 117 | .284 | 0 | 35 |
| OF | Nemo Leibold | 123 | 467 | 143 | .306 | 0 | 31 |
| OF | Mike Menosky | 133 | 477 | 143 | .300 | 3 | 45 |
| OF | Shano Collins | 141 | 542 | 155 | .286 | 4 | 69 |

#### 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 |
| Ossie Vitt | 78 | 232 | 44 | .190 | 0 | 13 |
| Roxy Walters | 54 | 169 | 34 | .201 | 0 | 14 |
| Tim Hendryx | 49 | 137 | 33 | .241 | 0 | 22 |
| Pinky Pittenger | 40 | 91 | 18 | .198 | 0 | 5 |
| Sammy Vick | 44 | 77 | 20 | .260 | 0 | 9 |
| Ernie Neitzke | 11 | 25 | 6 | .240 | 0 | 2 |
| John Perrin | 4 | 13 | 3 | .231 | 0 | 1 |
| Ed Chaplin | 3 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Hob Hiller | 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 |
| Sam Jones | 40 | 298.2 | 23 | 16 | 3.22 | 98 |
| Joe Bush | 37 | 235.1 | 16 | 9 | 3.50 | 96 |
| Herb Pennock | 32 | 222.2 | 13 | 14 | 4.04 | 91 |
| Elmer Myers | 30 | 172.0 | 8 | 12 | 4.87 | 40 |
| Allan Sothoron | 2 | 6.0 | 0 | 2 | 13.50 | 2 |

#### 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 |
| Allen Russell | 39 | 173.0 | 6 | 11 | 4.11 | 60 |
| Benn Karr | 26 | 117.2 | 8 | 7 | 3.67 | 37 |
| Hank Thormahlen | 23 | 96.1 | 1 | 7 | 4.48 | 17 |
| Curt Fullerton | 4 | 15.1 | 0 | 1 | 8.80 | 4 |

#### 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 |
| Ernie Neitzke | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.14 | 1 |
| Sam Dodge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |