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The following are the baseball events of the year 1921 throughout the world.  

Headline Events of the Year

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

Champions

• World Series: New York Giants over New York Yankees (5-3)

Awards and honors

• League Award
  • None

MLB statistical leaders

Major league baseball final standings

American League final standings

National League final standings

Negro League Baseball final standings

Negro National League final standings

East (independent teams) final standings

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.

Events

• August 12 - Philadelphia's George Smith gave up 12 hits and still pitched 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.

October 1 - Babe Ruth compiles the greatest single season of batting in Major League baseball history by hitting 59 home runs, driving in 171 runs, scoring 177 runs with 204 hits for a .378 batting average in only 540 At-Bats. His On-base percentage for the year was .510 and his slugging percentage was an astounding .846 mark. Ruth's 59 home runs were more than the other 7 American League team home run totals combined.

• October 13 - The New York Giants defeat the New York Yankees, 1-0, in Game 8 of the World Series, to capture their second World Championship, five games to three. This series marked the first time the Yankees participated in the World Series, to date the Yankees have participated in 40 World Series. 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 1913 through 1922. The Series was 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.

Births

January-March

• January 8 - Johnny Tobin
• February 3 - Red Durrett
• February 8 - Hoot Evers
• February 8 - Willard Marshall
• February 20 - Jack Robinson
• February 25 - Andy Pafko
• March 1 - Howie Fox
• March 2 - Dick Starr
• March 5 - Elmer Valo
• March 10 - James Atkins
• March 10 - Johnny Blatnik
• March 14 - Bill Kennedy
• March 22 - George Crowe
• March 30 - Dick Fowler

April-June

• April 1 - Jim Hearn
• April 1 - Red Murff
• April 9 - Charlie Mead
• April 10 - Chuck Connors
• April 23 - Warren Spahn
• May 6 - Dick Wakefield
• May 18 - John Fick
• May 20 - Hal Newhouser
• May 29 - Ferris Fain
• June 7 - Bill McCahan
• June 10 - Al Verdel
• June 17 - Dave Pope
• June 26 - Howie Pollet
• June 27 - Hank Behrman
• June 27 - Lou Kretlow
• June 28 - Steve Filipowicz
• June 30 - Joe Stephenson

July-September

• July 7 - Johnny Van Cuyk
• July 11 - Hal Gregg
• July 25 - Marv Rackley
• July 25 - Sandy Ullrich
• July 26 - Tom Saffell
• July 28 - Ben Steiner
• August 1 - Ray Hamrick
• August 5 - Ebba St. Claire
• August 23 - Dale Mitchell
• August 28 - Cliff Aberson
• August 28 - Bill Bradford
• September 5 - Vince Shupe
• September 6 - Jack Phillips
• September 21 - John McHale
• September 24 - Clyde Vollmer
• September 30 - Eddie McGah

October-December

• October 7 - Red Adams
• October 7 - Charlie Fox
• October 16 - Matt Batts
• October 30 - Chet Kehn
• November 5 - Mike Goliat
• November 19 - Roy Campanella
• November 26 - Jodie Beeler
• December 5 - Dave Ferriss
• December 9 - Chuck Kress
• December 14 - Bobby Adams
• December 28 - Nelson Burbrink

Deaths

• March 30 - Frank Bancroft, 74, manager who won 1884 championship with Providence Grays, also managed six other teams; introduced baseball to Cuba in 1879, and was Reds executive for 30 years
• March 31 - John Fitzgerald, 50, pitcher for the 1891 Boston Reds
• April 21 - Tom O'Brien, 60, 19th-century infielder/outfielder for the Worcester Ruby Legs, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Reds, New York Metropolitans and Rochester Broncos
• June 27 - Hugh Nicol, 63, Scottish right fielder who set 19th-century record for steals with 138 for 1887 Cincinnati team
• July 16 - Arthur Irwin, 63, Canadian shortstop for six teams who managed Boston to 1891 American Association pennant; later a scout and minor league manager
• August 24 - Emil Gross, 63, catcher for five seasons from 1879 to 1884.
• September 3 - Jim Clinton, 71, outfielder for 10 seasons; 1872-1876, 1882-1886.
• October 27 - Bill Kuehne, 63, German third baseman for the Columbus Buckeyes, Pittsburgh Alleghenys & Burghers, Columbus Solons, Louisville Colonels, St. Louis Browns, and Cincinnati Reds during the 19th century
• November 4 - Levi Meyerle, 76, infielder who won National Association batting titles in 1871 and 1874, later playing in the first major league game
• December 9, Charlie Morton, 67, player, manager, and later a minor league president.