# 1921 Boston Braves season

The 1921 Boston Braves season was the 51st season of the franchise.

## 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 | Mickey O'Neil | 98 | 277 | 69 | .249 | 2 | 29 |
| 1B | Walter Holke | 150 | 579 | 151 | .261 | 3 | 63 |
| 2B | Hod Ford | 152 | 555 | 155 | .279 | 2 | 61 |
| SS | Walter Barbare | 134 | 550 | 166 | .302 | 0 | 49 |
| 3B | Tony Boeckel | 153 | 592 | 185 | .313 | 10 | 84 |
| OF | Billy Southworth | 141 | 569 | 175 | .308 | 7 | 79 |
| OF | Ray Powell | 149 | 624 | 191 | .306 | 12 | 74 |
| OF | Walton Cruise | 108 | 344 | 119 | .346 | 8 | 55 |

#### 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 |
| Fred Nicholson | 83 | 245 | 80 | .327 | 5 | 41 |
| Hank Gowdy | 64 | 164 | 49 | .299 | 2 | 17 |
| Al Nixon | 55 | 138 | 33 | .239 | 1 | 9 |
| Lloyd Christenbury | 62 | 125 | 44 | .352 | 3 | 16 |
| Frank Gibson | 63 | 125 | 33 | .264 | 2 | 13 |
| John Sullivan | 5 | 5 | 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 |
| Joe Oeschger | 46 | 299.0 | 20 | 14 | 3.52 | 68 |
| Mule Watson | 44 | 259.1 | 14 | 13 | 3.85 | 48 |
| Hugh McQuillan | 45 | 250.0 | 13 | 17 | 4.00 | 94 |
| Leo Townsend | 1 | 1.1 | 0 | 1 | 27.00 | 0 |

#### 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 |
| Dana Fillingim | 44 | 239.2 | 15 | 10 | 3.45 | 54 |
| Jack Scott | 47 | 233.2 | 15 | 13 | 3.70 | 83 |

#### 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 |
| Garland Braxton | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4.82 | 16 |
| Cy Morgan | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.53 | 8 |
| Johnny Cooney | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.92 | 9 |
| Ira Townsend | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.14 | 0 |
| Eddie Eayrs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.36 | 1 |
| Al Pierotti | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21.60 | 1 |