# 1921 Washington Senators season

The 1921 Washington Senators won 80 games, lost 73, and finished in fourth place in the American League. They were managed by George McBride and played home games at Griffith Stadium.

## 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 | — |

### Notable transactions

* August 3, 1921: Bobby LaMotte was purchased by the Senators from the Tampa Smokers.

### 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 | Patsy Gharrity | 121 | 387 | 120 | .310 | 7 | 55 |
| 1B | Joe Judge | 153 | 622 | 187 | .301 | 7 | 72 |
| 2B | Bucky Harris | 154 | 584 | 169 | .289 | 0 | 54 |
| SS | Frank O'Rourke | 123 | 444 | 104 | .234 | 3 | 54 |
| 3B | Howie Shanks | 154 | 562 | 170 | .302 | 7 | 69 |
| OF | Bing Miller | 114 | 420 | 121 | .288 | 9 | 71 |
| OF | Clyde Milan | 113 | 406 | 117 | .288 | 1 | 40 |
| OF | Sam Rice | 143 | 561 | 185 | .330 | 4 | 79 |

#### 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 |
| Frank Brower | 83 | 203 | 53 | .261 | 1 | 35 |
| Earl Smith | 59 | 180 | 39 | .217 | 2 | 12 |
| Val Picinich | 45 | 141 | 39 | .277 | 0 | 12 |
| Duffy Lewis | 27 | 102 | 19 | .186 | 0 | 14 |
| Donie Bush | 23 | 84 | 18 | .214 | 0 | 2 |
| Goose Goslin | 14 | 50 | 13 | .260 | 1 | 6 |
| Bobby LaMotte | 16 | 41 | 8 | .195 | 0 | 2 |
| Frank Ellerbe | 10 | 10 | 2 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
| Tony Brottem | 4 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
| George Foss | 4 | 7 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Ricardo Torres | 2 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 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 |
| George Mogridge | 38 | 288.0 | 18 | 14 | 3.00 | 101 |
| Walter Johnson | 35 | 264.0 | 17 | 14 | 3.51 | 143 |
| Tom Zachary | 39 | 250.0 | 18 | 16 | 3.96 | 53 |
| Eric Erickson | 32 | 179.0 | 8 | 10 | 3.62 | 71 |
| Tom Phillips | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 | 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 |
| Harry Courtney | 30 | 132.2 | 6 | 9 | 5.63 | 26 |
| José Acosta | 33 | 115.2 | 5 | 4 | 4.36 | 30 |
| Al Schacht | 29 | 82.2 | 6 | 6 | 4.90 | 15 |
| Jim Shaw | 15 | 40.1 | 1 | 0 | 7.36 | 4 |
| Frank Woodward | 3 | 10.2 | 0 | 0 | 5.91 | 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 |
| Nemo Gaines | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Red Bird | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 2 |
| Ralph Miller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Vance McIlree | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |