# 1921 St. Louis Cardinals season

The 1921 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 40th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 30th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 87–66 during the season and finished third in the National League.

## Regular season

Rogers Hornsby hit .397 in 1921, and his 21 home runs were second in the league. He also led the league in on-base percentage (.458), slugging percentage (.639), runs (131), RBI (126), doubles (44), and triples (18).

### Season standings

vteNational 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

1921 National League recordvte 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 | — |

### 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 | Verne Clemons | 117 | 341 | 109 | .320 | 2 | 48 |
| 1B | Jack Fournier | 149 | 574 | 197 | .343 | 16 | 86 |
| 2B | Rogers Hornsby | 154 | 592 | 235 | .397 | 21 | 126 |
| SS | Doc Lavan | 150 | 560 | 145 | .259 | 2 | 82 |
| 3B | Milt Stock | 149 | 587 | 180 | .307 | 3 | 84 |
| OF | Austin McHenry | 152 | 574 | 201 | .350 | 17 | 102 |
| OF | Jack Smith | 116 | 411 | 135 | .328 | 7 | 33 |
| OF | Les Mann | 97 | 256 | 84 | .328 | 7 | 30 |

#### 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 |
| Joe Schultz | 92 | 275 | 85 | .309 | 6 | 45 |
| Heinie Mueller | 55 | 176 | 62 | .352 | 1 | 34 |
| Pickles Dillhoefer | 76 | 162 | 39 | .241 | 0 | 15 |
| Cliff Heathcote | 62 | 156 | 38 | .244 | 0 | 9 |
| Eddie Ainsmith | 27 | 62 | 18 | .290 | 0 | 5 |
| Specs Toporcer | 22 | 53 | 14 | .264 | 0 | 2 |
| Burt Shotton | 38 | 48 | 12 | .250 | 1 | 7 |
| Hal Janvrin | 18 | 32 | 9 | .281 | 0 | 5 |
| Charlie Niebergall | 5 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
| Herb Hunter | 9 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Howie Jones | 3 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| George Gilham | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Lew McCarty | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Walt Irwin | 4 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Reuben Ewing | 3 | 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 |
| Jesse Haines | 37 | 244.1 | 18 | 12 | 3.50 | 84 |
| Bill Doak | 32 | 208.2 | 15 | 6 | 2.59 | 83 |
| Bill Pertica | 38 | 208.1 | 14 | 10 | 3.37 | 67 |
| Jeff Pfeffer | 18 | 98.2 | 9 | 3 | 4.29 | 22 |
| Jakie May | 5 | 21.0 | 1 | 3 | 4.71 | 5 |

#### 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 Walker | 38 | 170.2 | 11 | 12 | 4.22 | 52 |
| Bill Sherdel | 38 | 144.1 | 9 | 8 | 3.18 | 57 |
| Bill Bailey | 19 | 74.0 | 2 | 5 | 4.26 | 20 |
| Ferdie Schupp | 9 | 37.1 | 2 | 0 | 4.10 | 22 |
| Marv Goodwin | 14 | 36.1 | 1 | 2 | 3.72 | 7 |

#### 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 |
| Lou North | 40 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3.54 | 28 |
| Tink Riviere | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.10 | 15 |
| Mike Kircher | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8.10 | 2 |

## Awards and honors

* Rogers Hornsby, National League batting champion
* Top 12 Players of the season:
** Rogers Hornsby (WAR 10.8)
** Austin McHenry (WAR 5.1)
** Jack Fournier (WAR 4.2)
** Bill Doak (WAR 3.0)
** Verne Clemons (WAR 2.5)
** Jack Smith (WAR 2.3)
** Les Mann (WAR 2.3)
** Milt Stock (WAR 2.0)
** Doc Lavan (WAR 1.9)
** Jesse Haines (WAR 1.8)
** Bill Sherdel (WAR 1.6)
** Joe Schultz (WAR 1.5)

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AA | Syracuse Stars | International League | Tom Madden and Frank Shaughnessy |
| A | Houston Buffaloes | Texas League | George Whiteman |