Бейсбол в 1921 году: Рекорды, Лиги и Скандалы

First radio broadcast of the World Series. Babe Ruth breaks Roger Connor's All Time Home Run record of 138.

All Negro leagues standings below are per Seamheads.

This was the second overall season of the first Negro National League. Chicago repeated as pennant champion.

A loose confederation of teams were gathered in the West which were not in the Negro National League. These teams did not organize a formal league. vs. All Teams Western Independent Clubs W L T Pct. GBCleveland Tate Stars2124145.71Homestead Grays34133.3—Pittsburgh Keystones1218237.52½

A loose confederation of teams were gathered in the East to compete with the West, however East teams did not organize a formal league as the West did. vs. All Teams Eastern Independent Clubs W L T Pct. GBHilldale Club2818159.6—Atlantic City Bacharach Giants4436253.71New York Lincoln Giants1210054.54Cuban Stars (East)109052.64½Brooklyn Royal Giants58038.56½Baltimore Black Sox47036.46½All Cubans412025.09

Chicago, the best team of the "West" and Hilldale, the best team of the "East Coast", engaged in a "postseason series" that was played over eleven days in three states (Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey). It was the first postseason series between two Negro league teams in eight years and it would be the first of six held in the 1920s. Hilldale won three games to Chicago winning two while Game 4 ended in tie.

January 23 – The Chicago Cubs release First Baseman Fred Merkle. January 25 – The Chicago Cubs released infielder Buck Herzog. Herzog never again played in the major leagues.

March 12 – Baseball commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis suspends eight members of the Chicago White Sox club for their alleged involvement in the fixing of the 1919 World Series. The group includes outfielder Shoeless Joe Jackson, who batted .375 in the Series. Others players banned are Eddie Cicotte, Happy Felsch, Chick Gandil, Fred McMullin, Swede Risberg, Buck Weaver and Lefty Williams. None of them will ever play in organized baseball again.

May 15 – Goose Goslin makes his MLB debut for the Washington Senators, going 1 for 3. Goslin would go one to become one of the few star players for the franchise and eventually be inducted into the baseball hall of fame. May 22 – In their first meeting of the season, the Pittsburgh Pirates defeat the New York Giants 8–6 at the Polo Grounds, to improve their record to 25–6 and to increase their lead over the second place Giants to 4.5 games. After trailing for most of the game, the Pirates scored twice in the eighth and six times in the ninth. May 30 – There are eight doubleheaders on the major league schedule, with all four NL contests resulting in a sweep; the Pittsburgh Pirates sweep the Chicago Cubs at Forbes Field, the New York Giants sweep the Philadelphia Phillies at the Polo Grounds, the St. Louis Cardinals sweep the Cincinnati Reds at Redland Field and the Boston Braves sweep the Brooklyn Dodgers at Braves Field. Meanwhile, in the American League, the Boston Red Sox are swept by the A's in Philadelphia, and the St. Louis Browns and Chicago White Sox split a pair at Comiskey Park, the Cleveland Indians and Detroit Tigers split a pair at Navin Field, and the New York Yankees and Washington Senators split a pair at Griffith Stadium. Highlights of the doubleheaders include a two hitter by the Senators' George Mogridge, and a sixteen inning marathon between the Braves and Dodgers.

June 13 – Babe Ruth pitches the first five innings and hit two home runs in an 11–8 victory over The Detroit Tigers.

August 9 – The St. Louis Browns defeat the Washington Senators 8–6 in nineteen innings. Dixie Davis pitches all nineteen innings for St. Louis. August 12 – Philadelphia Phillies pitcher George Smith gives up twelve hits and still hurling a shutout as the Phillies beat the Boston Braves 4–0. August 19 – Ty Cobb of the Detroit Tigers becomes the fourth player with 3000 career hits. August 27 – With a 3–1 victory at the Polo Grounds, the New York Giants complete a five game sweep of the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates to move within 2.5 games of first place Pittsburgh. The Giants out scored the Pirates 27–6 in the series.

October 2 – The Philadelphia Athletics lose 11–6 to the Washington Senators for their 100th loss of the season, giving both Philadelphia teams 100 losses for the season. October 5 – The New York Yankees defeat the New York Giants 3–0 in the first World Series game in franchise history. The Series is the first to be broadcast on radio. Announcer Thomas Cowan recreated the game over Westinghouse owned WJZ in Newark, listening to phoned in reports from the stadium. October 6 – The Yankees defeat the Giants in the second game of the World Series by the same score of the first game, 3–0. October 7 – After having been outscored 10–0 in the World season, and falling behind 4–0 to the Yankees in game three, the Giants explode for thirteen runs, and defeat the Yankees 13–5. October 9 – The New York Giants even the 1921 World Series at two games apiece with a 4–2 victory. Babe Ruth homers in the bottom of the ninth. October 10 – Babe Ruth catches the New York Giants' infield off guard as the Yankee slugger bunts his way on to lead off the fourth inning. The strategy works, as Ruth scores the winning run in the Yankees' 3–1 victory. October 11 – The New York Giants battle back from 3–0 and 5–3 deficits to beat the Yankees 8–5 in game six of the World Series. October 12 – A costly error by second baseman Aaron Ward on a Johnny Rawlings ground ball leads to an unearned run, and is the difference in the Giants' 2–1 victory in game seven of the World Series. October 13 – The New York Giants defeat the New York Yankees, 1–0, in Game eight of the World Series to capture their second World Championship, five games to three. For the first time in World Series play, all games were held at one site: the Polo Grounds in New York, with the home team alternating. The Yankees sub leased the Polo Grounds from the New York Giants from through .