The 1921

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season involved the White Sox attempting to win the

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pennant. However, with the core of the team banned after the

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broke, they fell back to seventh place.

Regular season

Owner Charles Comiskey struggled to find replacements for his stars. For example, new third baseman Eddie Mulligan had a .623

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, lowest among the team's regulars and quite a drop from Buck Weaver's .785 in

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. The pitching staff took a much worse beating. Chicago had lost its two best starters in

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and Lefty Williams and could not recover. Red Faber won 25 games with a league-leading 2.48 ERA. The only other pitcher over .500 was Dickey Kerr, who indeed allowed more hits and earned runs than anyone else in the majors. Number three starter

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went 4–20, and nobody else started more than 10 games.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

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''

Other batters

''Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in''

Pitching

Starting pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''

Other pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''

Relief pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''

Awards and honors

League top ten finishers

Red Faber * MLB leader in ERA (2.48) * #3 in AL in wins (25) * #4 in AL in strikeouts (124) Dickey Kerr * MLB leader in earned runs allowed (162) * MLB leader in hits allowed (357) * #3 in AL in losses (17) * #3 in AL in walks allowed (96)

* #2 in AL in losses (20)

References

1921 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference
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