# 1921 Philadelphia Phillies season

The following lists the events of the 1921 Philadelphia Phillies season.

## Offseason

In 1921, the Phillies held spring training in Gainesville, Florida at Fleming Field, the home field of the Florida Gators baseball team.

## Regular season
### Mid-season arrests

On July 16, 1921, Phillies players Jimmy Smith, Cy Williams, Frank Bruggy, Goldie Rapp, and Cliff Lee were arrested while leaving the ballpark in Philadelphia. Smith was detained and charged with assault, however the other four were allowed to leave after talking to police. While driving away from the park, two pedestrians walked in front of Bruggy's car (which all the Phillies were riding in), and the Phillies allegedly yelled at the pair. This allegedly instigated an argument and Smith was charged with hitting one of the pedestrians several times.

### 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 | Frank Bruggy | 96 | 277 | 86 | .310 | 5 | 28 |
| 1B | Ed Konetchy | 72 | 268 | 86 | .321 | 8 | 59 |
| 2B | Jimmy Smith | 67 | 247 | 57 | .231 | 4 | 22 |
| 3B | Russ Wrightstone | 109 | 372 | 110 | .296 | 9 | 51 |
| SS | Frank Parkinson | 108 | 391 | 99 | .253 | 5 | 32 |
| OF | Bevo LeBourveau | 93 | 281 | 83 | .295 | 6 | 35 |
| OF | Irish Meusel | 84 | 343 | 121 | .353 | 12 | 51 |
| OF | Cy Williams | 146 | 562 | 180 | .320 | 18 | 75 |

#### 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 |
| Dots Miller | 84 | 320 | 95 | .297 | 0 | 23 |
| Cliff Lee | 88 | 286 | 88 | .308 | 4 | 29 |
| Johnny Rawlings | 60 | 254 | 74 | .291 | 1 | 16 |
| Lee King | 64 | 216 | 58 | .269 | 4 | 32 |
| Ralph Miller | 57 | 204 | 62 | .304 | 3 | 26 |
| Goldie Rapp | 52 | 202 | 56 | .277 | 1 | 10 |
| John Peters | 55 | 155 | 45 | .290 | 3 | 23 |
| John Monroe | 41 | 133 | 38 | .286 | 1 | 8 |
| Butch Henline | 33 | 111 | 34 | .306 | 0 | 8 |
| Curt Walker | 21 | 77 | 26 | .338 | 0 | 8 |
| Casey Stengel | 24 | 59 | 18 | .305 | 0 | 4 |
| Greasy Neale | 22 | 57 | 12 | .211 | 0 | 1 |
| Don Rader | 9 | 32 | 9 | .281 | 0 | 3 |
| Mack Wheat | 10 | 27 | 5 | .185 | 0 | 4 |
| Lance Richbourg | 10 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 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 |
| Jimmy Ring | 34 | 246.0 | 10 | 19 | 4.24 | 88 |
| George Smith | 39 | 221.1 | 4 | 20 | 4.76 | 45 |
| Bill Hubbell | 36 | 220.1 | 9 | 16 | 4.33 | 43 |
| Lee Meadows | 28 | 194.1 | 11 | 16 | 4.31 | 52 |
| Jesse Winters | 18 | 114.0 | 5 | 10 | 3.63 | 22 |
| Red Causey | 7 | 50.2 | 3 | 3 | 2.84 | 8 |
| Petie Behan | 2 | 10.2 | 0 | 1 | 5.91 | 3 |

#### 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 |
| Duke Sedgwick | 16 | 71.1 | 1 | 3 | 4.92 | 21 |
| Stan Baumgartner | 22 | 66.2 | 3 | 6 | 7.02 | 13 |

#### 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 |
| Huck Betts | 32 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 4.47 | 28 |
| Jimmie Keenan | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6.68 | 7 |
| Lefty Weinert | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.46 | 2 |
| Kaiser Wilhelm | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 1 |