League Leaders Who Led?

1921 MLB Home Runs Leaders

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Babe Ruth led all of MLB in home runs in 1921 with 59, 35 ahead of Bob Meusel (24). It stands 11th among all single seasons in MLB history. It was one of 12 times Babe Ruth led in home runs.

# Player Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1 Babe Ruth Babe Ruth NYA 152 540 177 204 44 16 59 171 145 81 17 .378 .512 .846 1.359
2 Bob Meusel Bob Meusel NYA 149 598 104 190 40 16 24 136 34 88 17 .318 .357 .559 .915
3 Ken Williams Ken Williams SLA 146 547 115 190 31 7 24 117 74 42 20 .347 .429 .561 .990
4 George Kelly George Kelly NY1 149 587 95 181 42 9 23 122 40 73 4 .308 .356 .528 .884
5 Tillie Walker Tillie Walker PHA 142 556 89 169 32 5 23 101 73 41 3 .304 .389 .504 .892
6 Rogers Hornsby Rogers Hornsby SLN 154 592 131 235 44 18 21 126 60 48 13 .397 .458 .639 1.097
7 Harry Heilmann Harry Heilmann DET 149 602 114 237 43 14 19 139 53 37 2 .394 .444 .606 1.051
8 Cy Williams Cy Williams PHI 146 562 67 180 28 6 18 75 30 32 5 .320 .357 .488 .844
9 Austin McHenry Austin McHenry SLN 152 574 92 201 37 8 17 102 38 48 10 .350 .393 .531 .924
10 Jimmy Dykes Jimmy Dykes PHA 155 613 88 168 32 13 16 77 60 75 6 .274 .353 .447 .800
11 Bobby Veach Bobby Veach DET 150 612 110 207 43 13 16 128 48 31 14 .338 .387 .529 .917
12 Jack Fournier Jack Fournier SLN 149 574 103 197 27 9 16 86 56 48 20 .343 .409 .505 .914
13 Elmer Smith Elmer Smith CLE 129 431 98 125 28 9 16 85 56 46 0 .290 .374 .508 .882
14 Zack Wheat Zack Wheat BRO 148 568 91 182 31 10 14 85 44 19 11 .320 .372 .484 .857
15 Irish Meusel Irish Meusel PHI +1 146 586 96 201 33 13 14 87 33 29 13 .343 .380 .515 .895
16 George Carr KCM 99 380 85 124 19 7 14 72 38 2 22 .326 .398 .524 .921
17 Ray Powell Ray Powell BSN 149 624 114 191 25 18 12 74 58 85 6 .306 .369 .462 .830
18 Cy Perkins Cy Perkins PHA 141 538 58 155 31 4 12 73 32 32 5 .288 .329 .428 .757
19 George Sisler George Sisler SLA 138 582 125 216 38 18 12 104 34 27 35 .371 .411 .560 .971
20 Tommy Griffith Tommy Griffith BRO 129 455 66 142 21 6 12 71 36 13 3 .312 .364 .464 .828
21 Ty Cobb Ty Cobb DET 128 507 124 197 37 16 12 101 56 19 22 .389 .452 .596 1.048
22 Oscar Charleston Oscar Charleston SLG 62 226 90 98 12 10 12 74 34 2 35 .434 .515 .735 1.250
23 Earl Sheely Earl Sheely CHA 154 563 68 171 25 6 11 95 57 34 4 .304 .375 .428 .803
24 Ed Konetchy Ed Konetchy PHI +1 127 465 63 139 23 9 11 82 40 38 6 .299 .361 .458 .819
25 Tony Boeckel BSN 153 592 93 185 20 13 10 84 52 41 20 .313 .370 .441 .811
26 Joe Dugan Joe Dugan PHA 119 461 54 136 22 6 10 58 28 45 5 .295 .342 .434 .776
27 Earl Smith Earl Smith NY1 89 229 35 77 8 4 10 51 27 8 4 .336 .409 .537 .946
28 Charlie Blackwell SLG 64 236 74 102 17 10 10 74 26 1 25 .432 .504 .716 1.220
29 Bing Miller Bing Miller WS1 114 420 57 121 28 8 9 73 25 50 3 .288 .334 .457 .791
30 Russ Wrightstone Russ Wrightstone PHI 109 372 59 110 13 4 9 51 18 20 4 .296 .332 .425 .756
31 Hurley McNair KCM 99 384 77 131 20 11 9 76 20 0 11 .341 .383 .521 .904
32 Home Run Baker Home Run Baker NYA 94 330 46 97 16 2 9 71 26 12 8 .294 .353 .436 .789
33 Biz Mackey ABC 76 283 43 85 13 9 9 54 15 2 4 .300 .347 .505 .852
34 Cristóbal Torriente CAG 73 248 64 84 7 11 9 61 31 7 18 .339 .421 .565 .985
35 Frankie Frisch Frankie Frisch NY1 153 618 121 211 31 17 8 100 42 28 49 .341 .384 .485 .870
36 Wally Pipp Wally Pipp NYA 153 588 96 174 35 9 8 98 45 28 17 .296 .347 .427 .774
37 Jack Tobin Jack Tobin SLA 150 671 132 236 31 18 8 59 45 22 7 .352 .395 .487 .882
38 Roger Peckinpaugh Roger Peckinpaugh NYA 149 577 128 166 25 7 8 71 84 44 2 .288 .380 .397 .777
39 Walton Cruise Walton Cruise BSN 108 344 47 119 16 7 8 55 48 24 10 .346 .429 .503 .932
40 Harry Hooper Harry Hooper CHA 108 419 74 137 26 5 8 58 55 21 13 .327 .406 .470 .877
41 Frank Snyder Frank Snyder NY1 108 309 36 99 13 2 8 45 27 24 3 .320 .382 .453 .836
42 Dobie Moore KCM 63 239 44 78 20 7 8 56 11 0 8 .326 .359 .569 .928
43 Edgar Wesley DS 44 161 21 50 9 1 8 31 17 2 3 .311 .380 .528 .908
44 Howie Shanks Howie Shanks WS1 154 562 81 170 24 18 7 69 57 38 11 .303 .370 .447 .816
45 Joe Judge Joe Judge WS1 153 622 87 187 26 11 7 72 68 35 21 .301 .372 .412 .784
46 Charlie Grimm Charlie Grimm PIT 151 562 62 154 21 17 7 71 31 38 6 .274 .314 .409 .724
47 Billy Southworth Billy Southworth BSN 141 569 86 175 25 15 7 79 36 13 22 .308 .351 .441 .792
48 Max Carey Max Carey PIT 140 521 85 161 34 4 7 56 70 30 37 .309 .395 .430 .825
49 Patsy Gharrity Patsy Gharrity WS1 121 387 62 120 19 8 7 57 45 44 4 .310 .386 .455 .841
50 Jack Smith SLN 116 411 86 135 22 9 7 33 21 24 11 .329 .361 .477 .838
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