# 1921 Cleveland Indians season

The 1921 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. A year after winning their first World Series championship, the team finished second in the American League with a record of 94–60, 4.5 games behind the New York Yankees.

## 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 | Steve O'Neill | 106 | 335 | 108 | .322 | 1 | 50 |
| 1B | Doc Johnston | 118 | 384 | 114 | .297 | 2 | 46 |
| 2B | Bill Wambsganss | 107 | 410 | 117 | .285 | 2 | 47 |
| SS | Joe Sewell | 154 | 572 | 182 | .318 | 4 | 93 |
| 3B | Larry Gardner | 153 | 586 | 187 | .319 | 3 | 120 |
| OF | Charlie Jamieson | 140 | 536 | 166 | .310 | 1 | 46 |
| OF | Elmer Smith | 129 | 431 | 125 | .290 | 16 | 85 |
| OF | Tris Speaker | 132 | 506 | 183 | .362 | 3 | 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 |
| George Burns | 84 | 244 | 88 | .361 | 0 | 49 |
| Riggs Stephenson | 65 | 206 | 68 | .330 | 2 | 34 |
| Smoky Joe Wood | 66 | 194 | 71 | .366 | 4 | 60 |
| Joe Evans | 57 | 153 | 51 | .333 | 0 | 21 |
| Les Nunamaker | 46 | 131 | 47 | .359 | 0 | 25 |
| Jack Graney | 68 | 107 | 32 | .299 | 2 | 18 |
| Pinch Thomas | 21 | 35 | 9 | .257 | 0 | 4 |
| Ginger Shinault | 22 | 29 | 11 | .379 | 0 | 4 |
| Luke Sewell | 3 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
| Tex Jeanes | 5 | 3 | 2 | .667 | 0 | 4 |
| Lou Guisto | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 1 |
| Art Wilson | 2 | 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 |
| Stan Coveleski | 43 | 315.0 | 23 | 13 | 3.37 | 99 |
| George Uhle | 41 | 238.0 | 16 | 13 | 4.01 | 63 |
| Duster Mails | 34 | 194.1 | 14 | 8 | 3.94 | 87 |

#### 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 |
| Jim Bagby | 40 | 191.2 | 14 | 12 | 4.70 | 37 |
| Ray Caldwell | 37 | 147.0 | 6 | 6 | 4.90 | 76 |
| Allan Sothoron | 22 | 144.2 | 12 | 4 | 3.24 | 61 |
| Guy Morton | 30 | 107.2 | 8 | 3 | 2.76 | 45 |
| Bernie Henderson | 2 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| Ted Odenwald | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.56 | 4 |
| Bob Clark | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.46 | 2 |
| Jesse Petty | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | 0 |