# 1921 Chicago Cubs season

The 1921 Chicago Cubs season was the 50th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 46th in the National League and the sixth at Wrigley Field (then known as "Cubs Park"). The Cubs finished seventh in the National League with a record of 64–89.

## Regular season
### 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 | Bob O'Farrell | 96 | 260 | 65 | .250 | 4 | 32 |
| 1B | Ray Grimes | 147 | 530 | 170 | .321 | 6 | 79 |
| 2B | Zeb Terry | 123 | 488 | 134 | .275 | 2 | 45 |
| SS | Charlie Hollocher | 140 | 558 | 161 | .289 | 3 | 37 |
| 3B | Charlie Deal | 115 | 422 | 122 | .289 | 3 | 66 |
| OF | Max Flack | 133 | 572 | 172 | .301 | 6 | 37 |
| OF | Turner Barber | 127 | 452 | 142 | .314 | 1 | 54 |
| OF | George Maisel | 111 | 393 | 122 | .310 | 0 | 43 |

#### 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 |
| John Kelleher | 95 | 301 | 93 | .309 | 4 | 47 |
| John Sullivan | 76 | 240 | 79 | .329 | 4 | 41 |
| Babe Twombly | 37 | 175 | 66 | .377 | 1 | 18 |
| Tom Daly | 51 | 143 | 34 | .238 | 0 | 22 |
| Bill Killefer | 45 | 133 | 43 | .323 | 0 | 16 |
| William Marriott | 30 | 38 | 12 | .316 | 0 | 7 |
| Hooks Warner | 14 | 38 | 8 | .211 | 0 | 3 |
| Dave Robertson | 22 | 36 | 8 | .222 | 0 | 14 |
| Red Thomas | 8 | 30 | 8 | .267 | 1 | 5 |
| Carter Elliott | 12 | 28 | 7 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Klugmann | 6 | 21 | 6 | .286 | 0 | 2 |
| Kettle Wirts | 7 | 11 | 2 | .182 | 0 | 1 |

### 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 |
| Pete Alexander | 31 | 252.0 | 15 | 13 | 3.39 | 77 |
| Speed Martin | 37 | 217.1 | 11 | 15 | 4.35 | 86 |
| Hippo Vaughn | 17 | 109.1 | 3 | 11 | 6.01 | 30 |
| Elmer Ponder | 16 | 89.1 | 3 | 6 | 4.74 | 31 |
| Vic Keen | 5 | 25.0 | 0 | 3 | 4.68 | 9 |
| Ollie Hanson | 2 | 9.0 | 0 | 2 | 7.00 | 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 |
| Buck Freeman | 38 | 177.1 | 9 | 10 | 4.11 | 42 |
| Virgil Cheeves | 37 | 163.0 | 11 | 12 | 4.64 | 39 |
| Lefty York | 40 | 139.0 | 5 | 9 | 4.73 | 57 |
| Lefty Tyler | 10 | 50.0 | 3 | 2 | 3.24 | 8 |
| Tony Kaufmann | 2 | 13.0 | 1 | 0 | 4.15 | 6 |
| George Stueland | 2 | 11.0 | 0 | 1 | 5.73 | 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 |
| Percy Jones | 32 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4.56 | 46 |
| Sweetbreads Bailey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 2 |
| Oscar Fuhr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AA | Los Angeles Angels | Pacific Coast League LEAGUE CHAMPION | Red Killefer |