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1921 World Series (5-3): New York Giants (94-59) over New York Yankees (98-55)

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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 5, 1921 at Polo Grounds (New York Giants)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             1  0  0    0  1  1    0  0  0     3  7  0
    New York Giants              0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  5  0

    PITCHERS: NYY - Mays
              NYG - Douglas, Barnes (9)

               WP - Carl Mays
	       LP - Phil Douglas
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - none
              NYG - none

  ATTENDANCE: 30,203

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 6, 1921 at Polo Grounds (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Giants              0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  2  2
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    1  0  0    0  2  x     3  3  0

    PITCHERS: NYG - Nehf
              NYY - Hoyt

               WP - Waite Hoyt
	       LP - Art Nehf
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYG - none
              NYY - none

  ATTENDANCE: 34,939

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 7, 1921 at Polo Grounds (New York Giants)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  0  4    0  0  0    0  1  0     5  8  0
    New York Giants              0  0  4    0  0  0    8  1  x    13 20  0

    PITCHERS: NYY - Shawkey, Quinn (3), Collins (7), Rogers (7)
              NYG - Toney, Barnes (3)

               WP - Jesse Barnes
	       LP - Jack Quinn
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - none
              NYG - none

  ATTENDANCE: 36,509

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 9, 1921 at Polo Grounds (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Giants              0  0  0    0  0  0    0  3  1     4  9  1
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  1     2  7  1

    PITCHERS: NYG - Douglas
              NYY - Mays

               WP - Phil Douglas
	       LP - Carl Mays
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYG - none
              NYY - Ruth

  ATTENDANCE: 36,372

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 10, 1921 at Polo Grounds (New York Giants)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  0  1    2  0  0    0  0  0     3  6  1
    New York Giants              1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     1 10  1

    PITCHERS: NYY - Hoyt
              NYG - Nehf

               WP - Waite Hoyt
	       LP - Art Nehf
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - none
              NYG - none

  ATTENDANCE: 35,758

Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 11, 1921 at Polo Grounds (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Giants              0  3  0    4  0  1    0  0  0     8 13  0
    New York Yankees             3  2  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     5  7  2

    PITCHERS: NYG - Toney, Barnes (1)
              NYY - Harper, Shawkey (2), Piercy (9)

               WP - Jesse Barnes
	       LP - Bob Shawkey
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYG - Meusel, Snyder
              NYY - Fewster

  ATTENDANCE: 34,283

Game 7 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 12, 1921 at Polo Grounds (New York Giants)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     1  8  1
    New York Giants              0  0  0    1  0  0    1  0  x     2  6  0

    PITCHERS: NYY - Mays
              NYG - Douglas

               WP - Phil Douglas
	       LP - Carl Mays
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - none
              NYG - none

  ATTENDANCE: 36,503

Game 8 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 13, 1921 at Polo Grounds (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Giants              1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     1  6  0
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  4  1

    PITCHERS: NYG - Nehf
              NYY - Hoyt

               WP - Art Nehf
	       LP - Waite Hoyt
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYG - none
              NYY - none

  ATTENDANCE: 25,410

Series Batting Stats

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New York Giants

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
#Dave Bancroft       8  33  3  5  1  0  0   3  1  5  .152  .171  .182  0 | 606 193  6  .318  .830  17
*Jesse Barnes        3   9  3  4  0  0  0   0  0  0  .444  .444  .444  0 |  92  19  0  .207  .460   1
 George Burns        8  33  2 11  4  1  0   2  3  5  .333  .389  .515  1 | 605 181  4  .299  .781  19
 Phil Douglas        3   7  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |  81  16  1  .198  .485   1
#Frankie Frisch      8  30  5  9  0  1  0   1  4  3  .300  .382  .367  3 | 618 211  8  .341  .869  49
 George Kelly        8  30  3  7  1  0  0   4  3 10  .233  .303  .267  0 | 587 181 23  .308  .884   4
 Irish Meusel        8  29  4 10  2  1  1   7  2  3  .345  .387  .586  1 |+586 201 14  .343  .895  13
*Art Nehf            3   9  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  3  .000  .100  .000  0 |  89  18  0  .202  .485   0
 Johnny Rawlings     8  30  2 10  3  0  0   4  0  3  .333  .355  .433  0 |+561 156  2  .278  .656   8
*Earl Smith          3   7  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  0  .000  .125  .000  0 | 229  77 10  .336  .946   4
 Frank Snyder        7  22  4  8  1  0  1   3  0  2  .364  .364  .545  0 | 309  99  8  .320  .835   3
 Fred Toney          2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  86  18  3  .209  .553   1
*Ross Youngs         8  25  3  7  1  1  0   4  7  2  .280  .438  .400  2 | 504 165  3  .327  .867  21
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               8 264 29 71 13  4  2  28 22 38  .269  .326  .371  7 |         75  .298  .777 137

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

New York Yankees

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
*Frank Baker         4   8  0  2  0  0  0   0  1  0  .250  .333  .250  0 | 330  97  9  .294  .789   8
 Rip Collins         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  56  11  0  .196  .469   0
 Al DeVormer         2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  49  17  0  .347  .802   2
 Chick Fewster       4  10  3  2  0  0  1   2  3  3  .200  .385  .500  0 | 207  58  1  .280  .768   4
*Harry Harper        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  16   2  0  .125  .301   0
 Waite Hoyt          3   9  0  2  0  0  0   1  0  1  .222  .222  .222  0 |  99  22  0  .222  .491   0
*Carl Mays           3   9  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  .111  .111  .111  0 | 143  49  2  .343  .799   0
 Mike McNally        7  20  3  4  1  0  0   1  1  3  .200  .273  .250  2 | 215  56  1  .260  .618   5
 Bob Meusel          8  30  3  6  2  0  0   3  2  5  .200  .250  .267  1 | 598 190 24  .318  .915  17
 Elmer Miller        8  31  3  5  1  0  0   2  2  5  .161  .206  .194  0 | 242  72  4  .298  .806   2
 Roger Peckinpaugh   8  28  2  5  1  0  0   0  4  3  .179  .281  .214  0 | 577 166  8  .288  .777   2
 Bill Piercy         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  28   6  0  .214  .576   0
*Wally Pipp          8  26  1  4  1  0  0   2  2  3  .154  .214  .192  1 | 588 174  8  .296  .774  17
 Jack Quinn          1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  41   9  1  .220  .614   0
 Tom Rogers          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   3   1  0  .333 1.000   0
*Babe Ruth           6  16  3  5  0  0  1   4  5  8  .313  .476  .500  2 | 540 204 59  .378 1.358  17
#Wally Schang        8  21  1  6  1  1  0   1  5  4  .286  .423  .429  0 | 424 134  6  .316  .881   7
 Bob Shawkey         2   4  2  2  0  0  0   0  0  1  .500  .500  .500  0 |  90  27  1  .300  .693   0
 Aaron Ward          8  26  1  6  0  0  0   4  2  6  .231  .276  .231  0 | 556 170  5  .306  .786   6
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               8 241 22 50  7  1  2  20 27 44  .207  .288  .270  6 |        134  .300  .835  89

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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New York Giants

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Phil Douglas        3   2.08 2-1  0  2 26.0 20  6  5 17 | 15-10 222  4.22  1.45  55  2
*Art Nehf            3   1.38 1-2  0  3 26.0 13  4 13  8 | 20-10 261  3.63  1.23  67  1
 Jesse Barnes        3   1.65 2-0  0  0 16.3 10  3  6 18 | 15-9  259  3.10  1.32  56  6
 Fred Toney          2  23.62 0-0  0  0  2.7  7  7  3  1 | 18-11 249  3.61  1.36  63  3
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   2.54 5-3  0  5 71.0 50 20 27 44 |            3.55 1.310   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

New York Yankees

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Waite Hoyt          3   0.00 2-1  0  3 27.0 18  0 11 18 | 19-13 282  3.09  1.35 102  3
 Carl Mays           3   1.73 1-2  0  3 26.0 20  5  0  9 | 27-9  337  3.05  1.21  70  7
 Bob Shawkey         2   7.00 0-1  0  0  9.0 13  7  6  5 | 18-12 245  4.08  1.35 126  2
 Jack Quinn          1   9.82 0-1  0  0  3.7  8  4  2  2 |  8-7  119  3.78  1.60  44   
*Harry Harper        1  20.25 0-0  0  0  1.3  3  3  2  1 |  4-3   53  3.76  1.46  22   
 Tom Rogers          1   6.75 0-0  0  0  1.3  3  1  0  1 |  0-1   11  7.36  1.91   0  1
 Bill Piercy         1   0.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  2  0  0  2 |  5-4   82  2.98  1.35  35   
 Rip Collins         1  54.00 0-0  0  0  0.7  4  4  1  0 | 11-5  137  5.44  1.72  64   
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   3.09 3-5  0  6 70.0 71 24 22 38 |            3.82 1.420   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

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