# 1921 Philadelphia Athletics season

The 1921 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing eighth in the American League for the seventh time in a row with a record of 53 wins and 100 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 | Cy Perkins | 141 | 538 | 155 | .288 | 12 | 73 |
| 1B | Johnny Walker | 113 | 423 | 109 | .258 | 2 | 46 |
| 2B | Jimmy Dykes | 155 | 613 | 168 | .274 | 16 | 77 |
| SS | Chick Galloway | 131 | 465 | 123 | .265 | 3 | 47 |
| 3B | Joe Dugan | 119 | 461 | 136 | .295 | 10 | 58 |
| OF | Tillie Walker | 142 | 556 | 169 | .304 | 23 | 101 |
| OF | Frank Welch | 115 | 403 | 115 | .285 | 7 | 45 |
| OF | Whitey Witt | 154 | 629 | 198 | .315 | 4 | 45 |

#### 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 Brazill | 66 | 177 | 48 | .271 | 0 | 19 |
| Emmett McCann | 52 | 157 | 35 | .223 | 0 | 15 |
| Paul Johnson | 48 | 127 | 40 | .315 | 1 | 10 |
| Ivy Griffin | 39 | 103 | 33 | .320 | 0 | 13 |
| Zip Collins | 24 | 71 | 20 | .282 | 0 | 5 |
| Glenn Myatt | 44 | 69 | 14 | .203 | 0 | 5 |
| Frank Walker | 19 | 66 | 15 | .227 | 1 | 6 |
| Frank Callaway | 14 | 50 | 12 | .240 | 0 | 4 |
| Bill Barrett | 14 | 30 | 7 | .233 | 0 | 3 |
| Ben Mallonee | 7 | 25 | 6 | .240 | 0 | 4 |
| Lena Styles | 4 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
| Elmer Yoter | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Dot Fulghum | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Red Shannon | 1 | 1 | 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 |
| Eddie Rommel | 46 | 285.1 | 16 | 23 | 3.94 | 71 |
| Slim Harriss | 39 | 227.2 | 11 | 16 | 4.27 | 92 |
| Roy Moore | 29 | 191.2 | 10 | 10 | 4.51 | 64 |
| Scott Perry | 12 | 70.0 | 3 | 6 | 4.11 | 19 |
| Jim Sullivan | 2 | 17.0 | 0 | 2 | 3.18 | 8 |
| Fred Heimach | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Arlas Taylor | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 22.50 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| Bob Hasty | 35 | 179.1 | 5 | 16 | 4.87 | 46 |
| Dave Keefe | 44 | 173.0 | 2 | 9 | 4.68 | 68 |
| Rollie Naylor | 32 | 169.1 | 3 | 13 | 4.84 | 39 |
| Harvey Freeman | 18 | 48.0 | 1 | 4 | 7.69 | 5 |

#### 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 |
| Lefty Wolf | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 11 |
| Bill Barrett | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 2 |
| Bill Bishop | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 4 |
| Ray Miner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 1 |