1921 MLB Season Leaders

4 leagues · 151 team games · 81 ranking tables

Awards

Not every award existed in this season. This database has Rookie of the Year (from 1947), Cy Young Award (from 1956), Gold Glove (from 1957), Silver Slugger (from 1980). Their absence here is not a statement about these players: those awards had not been invented yet.

No award in this database was given for 1921. The Most Valuable Player award has entries from 1911, but it was not handed out every year in that early stretch, and this is one of the years with nothing recorded. An empty award section here means the record is empty, not that nobody deserved one.

American League

Led the American League — the first row of every table below.

Batting13 categories

RunsR

1	Babe Ruth	177
2	Jack Tobin	132
3	Roger Peckinpaugh	128
4	George Sisler	125
5	Ty Cobb	124
6	Ken Williams	115
7	Harry Heilmann	114
8	Bobby Veach	110
9	Tris Speaker	107
10	Bob Meusel	104

HitsH

1	Harry Heilmann	237
2	Jack Tobin	236
3	George Sisler	216
4	Baby Doll Jacobson	211
5	Bobby Veach	207
6	Babe Ruth	204
7	Whitey Witt	198
8	Ty Cobb	197
9	Bob Meusel	190
9	Ken Williams	190

Doubles2B

1	Tris Speaker	52
2	Babe Ruth	44
3	Harry Heilmann	43
3	Bobby Veach	43
5	Bob Meusel	40
6	Sam Rice	39
7	Baby Doll Jacobson	38
7	George Sisler	38
9	Ty Cobb	37
10	Del Pratt	36
10	Joe Sewell	36

Triples3B

1	Howie Shanks	18
1	George Sisler	18
1	Jack Tobin	18
4	Ty Cobb	16
4	Bob Meusel	16
4	Babe Ruth	16
7	Larry Gardner	14
7	Harry Heilmann	14
7	Baby Doll Jacobson	14
7	Tris Speaker	14

Home RunsHR

1	Babe Ruth	59
2	Bob Meusel	24
2	Ken Williams	24
4	Tillie Walker	23
5	Harry Heilmann	19
6	Jimmy Dykes	16
6	Elmer Smith	16
6	Bobby Veach	16
9	Ty Cobb	12
9	Cy Perkins	12
9	George Sisler	12

Runs Batted InRBI

1	Babe Ruth	171
2	Harry Heilmann	139
3	Bob Meusel	136
4	Bobby Veach	128
5	Larry Gardner	120
6	Ken Williams	117
7	Del Pratt	104
7	George Sisler	104
9	Ty Cobb	101
9	Tillie Walker	101

WalksBB

1	Babe Ruth	145
2	Lu Blue	103
3	Roger Peckinpaugh	84
4	Joe Sewell	80
5	Wally Schang	78
6	Whitey Witt	77
7	Ken Williams	74
8	Tillie Walker	73
9	Ralph Young	69
10	Joe Judge	68
10	Tris Speaker	68

Stolen BasesSB

1	George Sisler	35
2	Bucky Harris	29
3	Sam Rice	26
4	Ty Cobb	22
4	Ernie Johnson	22
6	Joe Judge	21
7	Ken Williams	20
8	Bob Meusel	17
8	Wally Pipp	17
8	Babe Ruth	17

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Babe Ruth	15.5
2	Ty Cobb	8.7
3	Tris Speaker	7.7
4	Ken Williams	7.4
5	Harry Heilmann	7.3
6	Bobby Veach	7.3
7	Eddie Collins	6.5
8	George Sisler	6.2
9	Baby Doll Jacobson	6.1
10	Jimmy Dykes	6.0

Batting Averagemin 468 PA

1	Harry Heilmann	.394
2	Ty Cobb	.389
3	Babe Ruth	.378
4	George Sisler	.371
5	Tris Speaker	.362
6	Baby Doll Jacobson	.352
6	Jack Tobin	.352
8	Ken Williams	.347
9	Bobby Veach	.338
10	Eddie Collins	.337

On-Base Percentagemin 468 PA

1	Babe Ruth	.512
2	Ty Cobb	.452
3	Harry Heilmann	.444
4	Tris Speaker	.439
5	Ken Williams	.429
6	Wally Schang	.428
7	Lu Blue	.416
8	Eddie Collins	.412
8	Joe Sewell	.412
10	George Sisler	.411

Slugging Percentagemin 468 PA

1	Babe Ruth	.846
2	Harry Heilmann	.606
3	Ty Cobb	.596
4	Ken Williams	.561
5	George Sisler	.560
6	Bob Meusel	.559
7	Tris Speaker	.538
8	Bobby Veach	.529
9	Elmer Smith	.508
10	Tillie Walker	.504

On-Base Plus Sluggingmin 468 PA

1	Babe Ruth	1.359
2	Harry Heilmann	1.051
3	Ty Cobb	1.048
4	Ken Williams	.990
5	Tris Speaker	.977
6	George Sisler	.971
7	Bobby Veach	.917
8	Bob Meusel	.915
9	Tillie Walker	.892
10	Baby Doll Jacobson	.885

Pitching10 categories

WinsW

1	Carl Mays	27
1	Urban Shocker	27
3	Red Faber	25
4	Stan Coveleski	23
4	Sad Sam Jones	23
6	Waite Hoyt	19
6	Dickey Kerr	19
8	George Mogridge	18
8	Bob Shawkey	18
8	Tom Zachary	18

SavesSV

1	Carl Mays	7
1	Jim Middleton	7
3	Jim Bagby	4
3	Ray Caldwell	4
3	Carl Holling	4
3	Urban Shocker	4
7	Jose Acosta	3
7	Bill Bayne	3
7	Waite Hoyt	3
7	Eddie Rommel	3
7	Allen Russell	3
7	Jim Shaw	3
7	Roy Wilkinson	3

StrikeoutsSO

1	Walter Johnson	143
2	Urban Shocker	132
3	Bob Shawkey	126
4	Red Faber	124
5	Dutch Leonard	120
6	Waite Hoyt	102
7	George Mogridge	101
8	Dixie Davis	100
9	Stan Coveleski	99
10	Sad Sam Jones	98

Innings PitchedIP

1	Carl Mays	336.7
2	Red Faber	330.7
3	Urban Shocker	326.7
4	Stan Coveleski	315.0
5	Dickey Kerr	308.7
6	Sad Sam Jones	298.7
7	George Mogridge	288.0
8	Eddie Rommel	285.3
9	Waite Hoyt	282.3
10	Dixie Davis	265.3

Complete GamesCG

1	Red Faber	32
2	Carl Mays	30
2	Urban Shocker	30
4	Stan Coveleski	28
5	Walter Johnson	25
5	Sad Sam Jones	25
5	Dickey Kerr	25
8	Bullet Joe Bush	21
8	Waite Hoyt	21
8	George Mogridge	21

ShutoutsSHO

1	Sad Sam Jones	5
2	Red Faber	4
2	George Mogridge	4
2	Urban Shocker	4
5	Bullet Joe Bush	3
5	Eric Erickson	3
5	Dickey Kerr	3
5	Bob Shawkey	3
9	Rip Collins	2
9	Stan Coveleski	2
9	Dixie Davis	2
9	Duster Mails	2
9	Guy Morton	2
9	Allen Sothoron	2
9	George Uhle	2
9	Tom Zachary	2

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Sad Sam Jones	5.9
2	Stan Coveleski	5.5
3	Red Faber	5.4
4	Waite Hoyt	4.8
5	Walter Johnson	4.7
6	George Mogridge	4.4
7	Urban Shocker	4.3
8	Carl Mays	4.2
9	Herb Pennock	4.1
10	Dutch Leonard	3.5

Earned Run Averagemin 151 IP

1	Red Faber	2.48
2	George Mogridge	3.00
3	Carl Mays	3.05
4	Waite Hoyt	3.09
5	Sad Sam Jones	3.22
6	Stan Coveleski	3.37
7	Bullet Joe Bush	3.50
8	Walter Johnson	3.51
9	Urban Shocker	3.55
10	Eric Erickson	3.62

Walks and Hits per Inningmin 151 IP

1	Red Faber	1.15
2	Carl Mays	1.21
3	George Mogridge	1.27
4	Urban Shocker	1.32
5	Bullet Joe Bush	1.32
6	Sad Sam Jones	1.33
7	Stan Coveleski	1.35
8	Bob Shawkey	1.35
9	Walter Johnson	1.35
10	Waite Hoyt	1.35

Fielding Independent Pitchingmin 151 IP

1	Sad Sam Jones	3.40
2	Waite Hoyt	3.50
2	Walter Johnson	3.50
4	Herb Pennock	3.58
5	Stan Coveleski	3.62
6	Red Faber	3.66
7	Allen Sothoron	3.69
8	George Mogridge	3.77
9	Dutch Leonard	3.88
10	Carl Mays	3.93

National League

Led the National League — the first row of every table below.

Batting13 categories

RunsR

1	Rogers Hornsby	131
2	Dave Bancroft	121
2	Frankie Frisch	121
4	Ray Powell	114
5	George Burns	111
6	Jimmy Johnston	104
7	Jack Fournier	103
8	Carson Bigbee	100
9	Sam Bohne	98
10	Irish Meusel	96
10	Milt Stock	96

HitsH

1	Rogers Hornsby	235
2	Frankie Frisch	211
3	Carson Bigbee	204
4	Jimmy Johnston	203
5	Austin McHenry	201
5	Irish Meusel	201
7	Jack Fournier	197
8	Dave Bancroft	193
9	Ray Powell	191
10	Tony Boeckel	185

Doubles2B

1	Rogers Hornsby	44
2	George Kelly	42
3	Jimmy Johnston	41
4	Ray Grimes	38
5	Austin McHenry	37
6	Max Carey	34
7	Irish Meusel	33
8	Max Flack	31
8	Frankie Frisch	31
8	Zack Wheat	31

Triples3B

1	Rogers Hornsby	18
1	Ray Powell	18
3	Carson Bigbee	17
3	Frankie Frisch	17
3	Charlie Grimm	17
6	Sam Bohne	16
6	Ross Youngs	16
8	Dave Bancroft	15
8	Billy Southworth	15
10	Jimmy Johnston	14

Home RunsHR

1	George Kelly	23
2	Rogers Hornsby	21
3	Cy Williams	18
4	Austin McHenry	17
5	Jack Fournier	16
6	Irish Meusel	14
6	Zack Wheat	14
8	Tommy Griffith	12
8	Ray Powell	12
10	Ed Konetchy	11

Runs Batted InRBI

1	Rogers Hornsby	126
2	George Kelly	122
3	Austin McHenry	102
3	Ross Youngs	102
5	Frankie Frisch	100
6	Irish Meusel	87
7	Jack Fournier	86
8	Zack Wheat	85
9	Tony Boeckel	84
9	Milt Stock	84

WalksBB

1	George Burns	80
2	Ross Youngs	71
3	Max Carey	70
3	Ray Grimes	70
5	Dave Bancroft	66
6	Rogers Hornsby	60
7	Ray Powell	58
8	Jack Fournier	56
9	Sam Bohne	54
10	Tony Boeckel	52

Stolen BasesSB

1	Frankie Frisch	49
2	Max Carey	37
3	Jimmy Johnston	28
4	Sam Bohne	26
5	Rabbit Maranville	25
6	Heinie Groh	22
6	Billy Southworth	22
8	Carson Bigbee	21
8	Ross Youngs	21
10	Tony Boeckel	20
10	Jack Fournier	20

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Rogers Hornsby	10.8
2	Dave Bancroft	7.3
3	Frankie Frisch	6.2
4	Austin McHenry	6.0
5	Max Carey	6.0
6	Ray Powell	5.0
7	Edd Roush	4.8
8	Cy Williams	4.6
9	Jimmy Johnston	4.2
10	Jack Fournier	4.1

Batting Averagemin 468 PA

1	Rogers Hornsby	.397
2	Austin McHenry	.350
3	Jack Fournier	.343
3	Irish Meusel	.343
5	Frankie Frisch	.341
6	Ross Youngs	.327
7	Jimmy Johnston	.325
8	Carson Bigbee	.323
9	Ray Grimes	.321
10	Zack Wheat	.320
10	Cy Williams	.320

On-Base Percentagemin 468 PA

1	Rogers Hornsby	.458
2	Ross Youngs	.411
3	Jack Fournier	.409
4	Ray Grimes	.406
5	Max Carey	.395
6	Austin McHenry	.393
7	Dave Bancroft	.389
8	George Burns	.386
9	Frankie Frisch	.384
10	Irish Meusel	.380

Slugging Percentagemin 468 PA

1	Rogers Hornsby	.639
2	Austin McHenry	.531
3	George Kelly	.528
4	Irish Meusel	.515
5	Jack Fournier	.505
6	Cy Williams	.488
7	Frankie Frisch	.485
8	Zack Wheat	.484
9	Tommy Griffith	.464
10	Ray Powell	.462

On-Base Plus Sluggingmin 468 PA

1	Rogers Hornsby	1.097
2	Austin McHenry	.924
3	Jack Fournier	.914
4	Irish Meusel	.895
5	George Kelly	.884
6	Frankie Frisch	.870
7	Ross Youngs	.868
8	Zack Wheat	.857
9	Ray Grimes	.855
10	Cy Williams	.844

Pitching10 categories

WinsW

1	Wilbur Cooper	22
1	Burleigh Grimes	22
3	Art Nehf	20
3	Joe Oeschger	20
5	Eppa Rixey	19
6	Jesse Haines	18
6	Fred Toney	18
8	Dolf Luque	17
8	Rube Marquard	17
10	Pete Alexander	15
10	Jesse Barnes	15
10	Bill Doak	15
10	Phil Douglas	15
10	Dana Fillingim	15
10	Jack Scott	15

SavesSV

1	Lou North	7
2	Jesse Barnes	6
3	Hugh McQuillan	5
4	Huck Betts	4
4	Hal Carlson	4
4	Sherry Smith	4
4	Jimmy Zinn	4
8	Buck Freeman	3
8	Dolf Luque	3
8	Rosy Ryan	3
8	Ferdie Schupp	3
8	Jack Scott	3
8	Fred Toney	3
8	Roy Walker	3

StrikeoutsSO

1	Burleigh Grimes	136
2	Wilbur Cooper	134
3	Dolf Luque	102
4	Hugh McQuillan	94
5	Whitey Glazner	88
5	Rube Marquard	88
5	Jimmy Ring	88
8	Speed Martin	86
9	Jesse Haines	84
10	Bill Doak	83
10	Jack Scott	83

Innings PitchedIP

1	Wilbur Cooper	327.0
2	Dolf Luque	304.0
3	Burleigh Grimes	302.3
4	Eppa Rixey	301.0
5	Joe Oeschger	299.0
6	Rube Marquard	265.7
7	Art Nehf	260.7
8	Mule Watson	259.3
9	Jesse Barnes	258.7
10	Pete Alexander	252.0

Complete GamesCG

1	Burleigh Grimes	30
2	Wilbur Cooper	29
3	Dolf Luque	25
4	Pete Alexander	21
4	Jimmy Ring	21
4	Eppa Rixey	21
7	Joe Oeschger	19
8	Rube Marquard	18
8	Art Nehf	18
10	Jack Scott	16
10	Fred Toney	16

ShutoutsSHO

1	Pete Alexander	3
1	Phil Douglas	3
1	Dana Fillingim	3
1	Jesse Haines	3
1	Dolf Luque	3
1	Clarence Mitchell	3
1	Johnny Morrison	3
1	Joe Oeschger	3
9	Babe Adams	2
9	Wilbur Cooper	2
9	Burleigh Grimes	2
9	Earl Hamilton	2
9	Rube Marquard	2
9	Hugh McQuillan	2
9	Lee Meadows	2
9	Art Nehf	2
9	Bill Pertica	2
9	Eppa Rixey	2
9	Jack Scott	2

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Burleigh Grimes	6.5
2	Wilbur Cooper	6.3
3	Eppa Rixey	5.5
4	Pete Alexander	4.8
5	Dolf Luque	4.6
6	Rube Marquard	4.5
7	Bill Doak	4.5
8	Whitey Glazner	3.8
9	Jimmy Ring	3.7
10	Babe Adams	3.5

Earned Run Averagemin 151 IP

1	Bill Doak	2.59
2	Babe Adams	2.64
3	Whitey Glazner	2.77
4	Eppa Rixey	2.78
5	Burleigh Grimes	2.83
6	Clarence Mitchell	2.89
7	Jesse Barnes	3.10
8	Wilbur Cooper	3.25
9	Earl Hamilton	3.36
10	Bill Pertica	3.37

Walks and Hits per Inningmin 151 IP

1	Babe Adams	1.08
2	Whitey Glazner	1.16
3	Art Nehf	1.23
4	Bill Doak	1.25
5	Dolf Luque	1.26
5	Mule Watson	1.26
7	Pete Alexander	1.27
8	Dana Fillingim	1.27
9	Rube Marquard	1.28
10	Wilbur Cooper	1.29
10	Burleigh Grimes	1.29

Fielding Independent Pitchingmin 151 IP

1	Babe Adams	3.14
2	Bill Doak	3.15
3	Burleigh Grimes	3.33
4	Eppa Rixey	3.41
5	Pete Alexander	3.48
6	Wilbur Cooper	3.53
7	Rube Marquard	3.54
8	Whitey Glazner	3.59
9	Sherry Smith	3.65
10	Dolf Luque	3.69

Other leagues

Led the Other leagues — the first row of every table below.

There is no batting average table in this section, and that is not a gap in the record. Rate statistics need a qualifying line, and the one this site uses for 1921 is 468 plate appearances — three point one per team game across a 151-game schedule. The Other leagues played a far shorter league season than that, so no player in it reaches the line and no rate table can be built without comparing a handful of games to a full year. The counting tables above are unaffected: those are simply what the players did.

Batting9 categories

RunsR

1	George Shively	60
2	Jesse Barber	53
3	Oliver Marcell	47
4	Bill Pettus	41
5	Country Brown	40
6	Otto Briggs	39
7	Bill Francis	36
8	George Johnson	33
9	Julio Rojo	32
10	Dick Lundy	31
10	Chaney White	31

HitsH

1	Oliver Marcell	80
2	Jesse Barber	73
3	George Shively	71
4	Bill Pettus	67
5	Country Brown	65
6	Dick Lundy	56
7	Otto Briggs	53
8	Bill Francis	49
8	Bill Handy	49
10	George Johnson	48

Doubles2B

1	Country Brown	12
2	Jesse Barber	11
2	Louis Santop	11
4	George Johnson	10
4	Oliver Marcell	10
4	Bill Pettus	10
7	Otto Briggs	9
7	Chaney White	9
9	Bill Handy	8
10	Toussaint Allen	7
10	Bunny Downs	7

Triples3B

1	George Johnson	7
2	Julio Rojo	6
3	Toussaint Allen	5
3	Otto Briggs	5
3	Bill Francis	5
3	Judy Johnson	5
3	Dick Lundy	5
3	Oliver Marcell	5
3	Bill Pettus	5
10	Jesse Barber	4
10	Country Brown	4
10	Bill Handy	4

Home RunsHR

1	Bill Francis	5
1	Bill Pettus	5
1	Louis Santop	5
4	George Johnson	4
5	Country Brown	3
5	Bill Handy	3
5	Dick Lundy	3
5	Julio Rojo	3
9	Phil Cockrell	2
9	Judy Johnson	2
9	Alejandro Oms	2
9	Connie Rector	2

Runs Batted InRBI

1	Country Brown	44
2	Bill Pettus	43
3	Oliver Marcell	38
4	Louis Santop	37
5	Julio Rojo	33
6	George Johnson	32
6	Dick Lundy	32
8	Bill Francis	31
9	Jesse Barber	26
10	Chaney White	24

WalksBB

1	George Shively	32
2	Bill Pettus	28
3	Bill Francis	26
4	Otto Briggs	25
5	Country Brown	22
6	Bill Handy	21
7	Oliver Marcell	20
7	Chaney White	20
9	Jesse Barber	16
9	George Johnson	16
9	Julio Rojo	16

Stolen BasesSB

1	Jesse Barber	11
1	George Shively	11
1	Chaney White	11
4	Bill Francis	10
4	Dick Lundy	10
4	Julio Rojo	10
7	Oliver Marcell	9
8	Country Brown	8
9	George Johnson	6
10	Otto Briggs	5
10	Bunny Downs	5
10	Bill Pettus	5

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Bill Francis	2.2
2	Dick Lundy	1.9
3	Oliver Marcell	1.8
4	Louis Santop	1.6
5	Otto Briggs	1.4
6	Alejandro Oms	1.0
7	Bill Handy	1.0
8	Julio Rojo	0.9
9	Bill Pettus	0.9
10	George Shively	0.9

Pitching7 categories

WinsW

1	Dick Redding	16
2	Phil Cockrell	9
2	Dick Whitworth	9
4	Red Ryan	8
5	Connie Rector	5
5	Harold Treadwell	5
7	Willis Flournoy	4
8	String Bean Williams	3
9	Jesse Hubbard	2
9	Oscar Levis	2
9	Juan Padrón	2
9	Nip Winters	2

SavesSV

1	Arnett Mitchell	1
1	Connie Rector	1
1	Dick Redding	1
1	Joe Williams	1

StrikeoutsSO

1	Dick Redding	119
2	Phil Cockrell	63
3	Willis Flournoy	62
4	Dick Whitworth	57
5	Red Ryan	43
6	Harold Treadwell	37
7	Connie Rector	30
8	Nip Winters	23
9	Oscar Levis	15
10	Jesse Hubbard	14
10	String Bean Williams	14

Innings PitchedIP

1	Dick Redding	213.7
2	Dick Whitworth	121.3
3	Phil Cockrell	112.7
4	Red Ryan	99.7
5	Willis Flournoy	84.0
5	Harold Treadwell	84.0
7	Connie Rector	66.3
8	String Bean Williams	60.7
9	Nip Winters	39.0
10	Wayne Carr	38.0

Complete GamesCG

1	Dick Redding	21
2	Dick Whitworth	12
3	Phil Cockrell	10
4	Red Ryan	9
5	Harold Treadwell	5
5	String Bean Williams	5
7	Connie Rector	4
7	Nip Winters	4
9	Willis Flournoy	3
10	Wayne Carr	2
10	Ping Gardner	2
10	John Harris	2
10	Jesse Hubbard	2
10	Oscar Levis	2
10	Talmadge Richardson	2

ShutoutsSHO

1	Dick Redding	3
2	Red Ryan	2
3	Phil Cockrell	1
3	Isidro Fabré	1
3	Dick Whitworth	1

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Dick Redding	3.8
2	Dick Whitworth	2.6
3	Phil Cockrell	2.0
4	Red Ryan	1.9
5	Willis Flournoy	1.5
6	Harold Treadwell	0.9
7	Connie Rector	0.7
8	String Bean Williams	0.7
9	Nip Winters	0.6
10	Oscar Levis	0.4

Negro Leagues in 1921

19 more ranking tables from 1921. These clubs played a much shorter league schedule than the American and National Leagues did, so the counting statistics are not on the same scale as the ones above.

The Negro Leagues had none of these awards. There was no Most Valuable Player vote, no Cy Young Award, no Gold Glove and no Silver Slugger in Black baseball, so no player in those sections below could appear in the award list above however he played. A blank there says something about how the leagues were organised and nothing at all about the players.

Negro Leagues

Led the Negro Leagues — the first row of every table below.

Batting9 categories

RunsR

1	Oscar Charleston	90
2	George Carr	85
3	Hurley McNair	77
4	Charlie Blackwell	74
5	Ben Taylor	72
6	Cristóbal Torriente	64
7	John Donaldson	63
8	John Henry Lloyd	61
9	Bingo DeMoss	58
10	Jimmie Lyons	53

HitsH

1	Hurley McNair	131
1	Ben Taylor	131
3	George Carr	124
4	John Henry Lloyd	121
5	John Donaldson	107
6	Charlie Blackwell	102
7	Oscar Charleston	98
7	Robert Hudspeth	98
9	Crush Holloway	97
10	Clint Thomas	94

Doubles2B

1	Robert Hudspeth	20
1	John Henry Lloyd	20
1	Hurley McNair	20
1	Dobie Moore	20
1	Ben Taylor	20
6	George Carr	19
7	Bill Riggins	18
8	Bernardo Baró	17
8	Charlie Blackwell	17
10	John Beckwith	14

Triples3B

1	Clint Thomas	15
2	Hurley McNair	11
2	Cristóbal Torriente	11
4	Charlie Blackwell	10
4	Oscar Charleston	10
6	Biz Mackey	9
7	Marcelino Guerra	8
7	John Henry Lloyd	8
7	Bullet Rogan	8
10	George Carr	7
10	Connie Day	7
10	Dobie Moore	7
10	Ben Taylor	7

Home RunsHR

1	George Carr	14
2	Oscar Charleston	12
3	Charlie Blackwell	10
4	Biz Mackey	9
4	Hurley McNair	9
4	Cristóbal Torriente	9
7	Dobie Moore	8
7	Edgar Wesley	8
9	Bernardo Baró	7
10	Robert Hudspeth	6
10	Jimmie Lyons	6

Runs Batted InRBI

1	Hurley McNair	76
2	Charlie Blackwell	74
2	Oscar Charleston	74
4	Ben Taylor	73
5	George Carr	72
6	Cristóbal Torriente	61
7	Bernardo Baró	59
8	Dobie Moore	56
9	Biz Mackey	54
10	Robert Hudspeth	52
10	John Henry Lloyd	52

WalksBB

1	Joe Hewitt	42
2	George Carr	38
2	Morten Clark	38
4	Oscar Charleston	34
5	Dave Malarcher	32
5	Ben Taylor	32
7	Bullet Rogan	31
7	Cristóbal Torriente	31
9	George Brown	30
9	Bingo DeMoss	30
9	Frank Warfield	30

Stolen BasesSB

1	Oscar Charleston	35
2	Joe Hewitt	32
3	Jimmie Lyons	30
4	Bernardo Baró	29
5	John Henry Lloyd	26
6	Charlie Blackwell	25
7	George Carr	22
8	Doc Dudley	19
8	Bullet Rogan	19
10	Cristóbal Torriente	18

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Oscar Charleston	6.0
2	Charlie Blackwell	5.5
3	John Henry Lloyd	4.3
4	George Carr	3.9
5	Cristóbal Torriente	3.7
6	Ben Taylor	3.6
7	Dobie Moore	3.5
8	Bernardo Baró	3.3
9	Hurley McNair	2.9
10	John Beckwith	2.7

Pitching10 categories

WinsW

1	Bill Drake	16
1	Bullet Rogan	16
3	Dave Brown	15
3	José Leblanc	15
5	Rube Curry	14
6	Tom Williams	13
7	Bill Holland	12
8	Jim Jeffries	11
8	Roy Roberts	11
10	Dicta Johnson	10

SavesSV

1	John Finner	3
1	Jim Jeffries	3
3	Dave Brown	2
3	Sam Crawford	2
3	Bill Holland	2
6	Lucas Boada	1
6	George Britt	1
6	John Donaldson	1
6	Bill Drake	1
6	Zack Foreman	1
6	Isaac Lane	1
6	José Leblanc	1
6	Roy Roberts	1
6	John Taylor	1

StrikeoutsSO

1	Bullet Rogan	122
2	Roy Roberts	121
3	Bill Drake	117
4	Dave Brown	115
4	Bill Holland	115
6	José Leblanc	103
7	Rube Curry	102
8	Sam Crawford	91
9	Bill Force	86
10	Jim Jeffries	82

Innings PitchedIP

1	Roy Roberts	236.3
2	José Leblanc	217.0
3	Bullet Rogan	202.7
4	Jim Jeffries	198.7
5	Bill Drake	195.3
6	Rube Curry	193.0
7	Sam Crawford	187.7
8	Bill Holland	177.0
9	Harry Kenyon	167.0
10	Bill Force	157.0

Complete GamesCG

1	Roy Roberts	22
1	Bullet Rogan	22
3	José Leblanc	20
4	Bill Drake	19
4	Bill Holland	19
6	Rube Curry	16
6	John Taylor	16
8	Sam Crawford	15
9	Jim Jeffries	14
10	Dave Brown	13
10	Harry Kenyon	13

ShutoutsSHO

1	Dave Brown	5
2	Jim Jeffries	3
2	Bullet Rogan	3
4	Bill Drake	2
4	John Finner	2
4	Dicta Johnson	2
4	Jack Marshall	2
4	Ed Rile	2
4	Tom Williams	2
4	Charley Wilson	2

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Bill Drake	4.2
2	Bullet Rogan	4.1
3	Dave Brown	4.0
4	José Leblanc	4.0
5	Bill Holland	3.7
6	Roy Roberts	3.5
7	Rube Curry	3.4
8	Harry Kenyon	2.9
9	John Taylor	2.8
10	Lucas Boada	2.7

Earned Run Averagemin 151 IP

1	Bullet Rogan	1.82
2	Dave Brown	1.84
3	José Leblanc	2.74
4	Bill Drake	2.90
5	Bill Holland	3.36
6	Rube Curry	3.40
7	Jim Jeffries	3.44
8	Roy Roberts	3.50
9	Dicta Johnson	3.82
10	Harry Kenyon	3.99

Walks and Hits per Inningmin 151 IP

1	Dave Brown	0.92
2	Rube Curry	1.09
3	José Leblanc	1.11
4	Dicta Johnson	1.14
5	Bill Holland	1.15
6	Bullet Rogan	1.17
7	Bill Drake	1.22
8	Roy Roberts	1.25
9	Bill Force	1.25
10	Jim Jeffries	1.30

Fielding Independent Pitchingmin 151 IP

1	Dave Brown	2.63
2	Bill Drake	3.13
3	Bill Holland	3.16
4	Bullet Rogan	3.34
5	José Leblanc	3.41
6	Rube Curry	3.42
7	Harry Kenyon	3.54
8	Dicta Johnson	3.67
9	Bill Force	3.71
10	Roy Roberts	3.74

How this page is built

The qualifying line for 1921 is 468 plate appearances and 151 innings pitched. It comes from the length of the schedule — 151 games per team, measured from the season files themselves — at the official rate of 3.1 plate appearances and one inning per team game. Batting average, on-base, slugging, OPS, earned run average and WHIP all use it; a player who came to the plate twice and got two hits does not appear at the top of the batting average table, which is exactly what that line is for. Counting statistics such as home runs and strikeouts have no minimum, because none is needed.

How the rankings were made

Wins above replacement in these tables is ours rather than the source database's, so it will not match a published figure exactly. Also: why every ranking stops at one league, and why some categories are missing on purpose.

Every ranking on this page is worked out inside one league. 1921 is counted as 4 separate leagues — American League, National League, Negro Leagues and Other leagues, and a player is ranked only against the men in his own. Leading the American League and leading baseball are different claims, and the one we can make from these files is the first. There is no combined table anywhere on this page, because adding two leagues together would produce a number that no record book recognises.

There are 81 ranking tables here, 19 places deep. Players tied on a value share a place, so a table can run past ten rows when the tenth spot is shared, and a league with fewer than ten qualified players in a category is left out rather than shown as a top ten that is not one. A player who did none of the thing is not ranked in it either — a shutout table lists the pitchers who threw one, not the hundreds who threw none tied on zero. Some categories are missing on purpose: nobody leads a league in strikeouts at the plate, in losses, or in home runs allowed. A ranking is meant to mark an achievement, so only achievements are ranked.

Wins above replacement on this page is ours, not the source database's. The hitting and pitching files carry a WAR column that we compute here from the same season lines you see, using park factors and a run environment worked out per season. Published versions elsewhere use different methods and will not match ours exactly. Every other column is the record as the database supplies it.

Names on this page lead to that player's own record. Most of them open a full career page with every season he appeared in. Some open a summary screen instead — we pre-build pages for the players people look for, and everyone else is assembled on demand from the same files, so the numbers are identical either way even though the address looks different.

Data for 1871 to 2025: Lahman Baseball Database 2025, compiled by SABR (Society for American Baseball Research) and licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported. Negro Leagues data licensed from Seamheads.com and included under SABR major-league recommendations (2021-02-11, 2024-06-03). This page ranks the 1921 season lines published on this site, league by league, with WAR worked out here. — the WAR columns are computed here — and they are published under the same CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported licence, as ShareAlike requires. That database is published once a season is complete, so the 2026 figures on this site come from a different place: the MLB Stats API, whose notice reads “Copyright 2026 MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Use of any content on this page acknowledges agreement to the terms posted here http://gdx.mlb.com/components/copyright.txt”. Those numbers are MLB Advanced Media, L.P.’s, not SABR (Society for American Baseball Research)’s, and they carry that notice rather than the CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported licence above. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Major League Baseball or any of its clubs.