# 1921 St. Louis Browns season

The 1921 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing third in the American League with a record of 81 wins and 73 losses.

## 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 | — |

### 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 | Hank Severeid | 143 | 472 | 153 | .324 | 2 | 78 |
| 1B | George Sisler | 138 | 582 | 216 | .371 | 12 | 104 |
| 2B | Marty McManus | 121 | 412 | 107 | .260 | 3 | 64 |
| SS | Wally Gerber | 114 | 436 | 121 | .278 | 2 | 48 |
| 3B | Frank Ellerbe | 105 | 430 | 124 | .288 | 2 | 49 |
| OF | Ken Williams | 146 | 547 | 190 | .347 | 24 | 117 |
| OF | Jack Tobin | 150 | 671 | 236 | .352 | 8 | 59 |
| OF | Baby Doll Jacobson | 151 | 599 | 211 | .352 | 5 | 90 |

#### 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 |
| Dud Lee | 72 | 180 | 30 | .167 | 0 | 11 |
| Lyman Lamb | 45 | 134 | 34 | .254 | 1 | 17 |
| Dutch Wetzel | 61 | 119 | 25 | .210 | 2 | 10 |
| Pat Collins | 58 | 111 | 27 | .243 | 1 | 10 |
| Earl Smith | 25 | 78 | 26 | .333 | 2 | 14 |
| Billy Gleason | 26 | 74 | 19 | .257 | 0 | 8 |
| Jimmy Austin | 27 | 66 | 18 | .273 | 0 | 2 |
| Josh Billings | 20 | 46 | 10 | .217 | 0 | 4 |
| Jim Riley | 4 | 11 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Mullen | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Stuart | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 1 | 2 |

### 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 |
| Urban Shocker | 47 | 326.2 | 27 | 12 | 3.55 | 132 |
| Dixie Davis | 40 | 265.1 | 16 | 16 | 4.44 | 100 |
| Elam Vangilder | 31 | 180.1 | 11 | 12 | 3.94 | 48 |
| Allan Sothoron | 5 | 27.2 | 1 | 2 | 5.20 | 9 |
| Bernie Boland | 7 | 27.0 | 1 | 4 | 9.33 | 6 |

#### 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 |
| Ray Kolp | 37 | 166.2 | 8 | 7 | 4.97 | 43 |
| Bill Bayne | 47 | 164.0 | 11 | 5 | 4.72 | 82 |
| Emilio Palmero | 24 | 90.0 | 4 | 7 | 5.00 | 26 |
| Ray Richmond | 6 | 14.1 | 0 | 1 | 11.30 | 6 |
| Nick Cullop | 4 | 11.2 | 0 | 2 | 8.49 | 3 |
| Bugs Bennett | 3 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 14.29 | 3 |

#### 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 |
| Bill Burwell | 33 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5.12 | 17 |
| Joe DeBerry | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.57 | 1 |
| Dutch Henry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 |
| George Boehler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |