Babe Ruth's second season as a Yankee was even better than his first, slugging a new record 82 home runs to set the new single season home run record. Ruth now has 190 career home runs, and is the new home run king by a wide margin. No other active player has more than 84 home runs, and he is 52 homers ahead of second place Roger Connor. In a remarkable season, Ruth hit .434 with a .611 OBP, driving in 182 runs, while scoring another 178. His efforts only went so far, as the Yankees fell one game short of the pennant.
Frank Parkinson of the Phillies set the new rookie home run record with 19. The Yankees led by Ruth set the new team record for home runs in the season with 159.
1921 Home Run Leaders
1) Babe Ruth - NYY - 82
2) George Sisler - SLA - 25
3) Happy Felsch - CHA - 23
4) Rogers Hornsby - SLN - 23
5) Elmer Smith - CLE - 23
6) Frank Parkinson - PHI - 19
7) George Kelly - NYG - 18
8) Bob Meusel - NYY - 18
9) Irish Meusel - PHI - 18
10) Les Mann - PHA - 17
1921 Rookie Home Run Leader:
Frank Parkinson - PHI - 19
1921 Team Home Run Leader:
New York Yankees - 159
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Single Season Home Run Leaders
1) Babe Ruth - NYY - 82 (1921)
2) Babe Ruth - NYY - 50 (1920)
3) Babe Ruth - BOS - 29 (1919)
4) Ned Williamson - 27 (1884)
5) Buck Freeman - 25 (1899)
6) Fred Pfeffer - 25 (1884)
7) George Sisler - SLA - 25 (1921)
8) Gavvy Cravath - 24 (1915)
9) Bob Meusel - NYY - 23 (1920)
10) Elmer Smith - CLE - 23 (1920)
11) Happy Felsch - CHA - 23 (1921)
12) Rogers Hornsby - SLN - 23 (1921)
13) Elmer Smith - CLE - 23 (1921)
14) Abner Dalrymple - 22 (1884)
15) Cap Anson - 21 (1884)
16) Frank Shulte - 21 (1911)
17) Sam Thompson - 20 (1889)
18) Billy O'Brien - 19 (1887)
19) Gavvy Cravath - 19 (1914)
20) Harry Stovey - 19 (1889)
21) Bug Holliday - 19 (1889)
22) Gavvy Cravath - 19 (1913)
23) Ed Delahanty - 19 (1893)
24) Frank Parkinson - PHI - 19 (1921)
Rookie Home Run Record - Single Season
1) Frank Parkinson - PHI - 19 (1921)
2) Earl Sheely - CHA - 17 (1921)
3) Bob Meusel - NYY - 16 (1920)
4) Lew Fonseca - CIN - 14 (1921)
5) Russ Wrightstone - PHI - 13 (1920)
6) Bing Miller - WAS - 13 (1921)
Single Season Team Home Run Leaders
1) New York Yankees - 159 (1921)
2) Chicago White Stockings - 142 (1884)
3) New York Yankees - 117 (1920)
4) Boston Beaneaters - 103 (1894)
5) Philadelphia Phillies - 88 (1920)
6) Philadelphia Phillies - 82 (1921)
7) Philadelphia Phillies - 80 (1893)
8) Philadelphia Phillies - 73 (1913)
9) New York Giants - 73 (1920)
10) St. Louis Cardinals - 72 (1921)
Career Home Run Leaders
1) Babe Ruth - 180 (1914-1921)
2) Roger Connor - 138 (1880-1897)
3) Sam Thompson - 127 (1885-1906)
4) Harry Stovey - 122 (1880-1893)
5) Gavvy Cravath - 118 (1908-1920)
6) Jimmy Ryan - 118 (1885-1903)
7) Dan Brouthers - 106 (1879-1904)
8) Hugh Duffy - 106 (1888-1906)
9) Mike Tiernan - 106 (1887-1899)
10) Ed Delahanty - 101 (1888-1903)
11) Honus Wagner - 101 (1897-1917)
12) Cap Anson - 97 (1871-1897)
13) Sam Crawford - 97 (1899-1917)
14) Fred Pfeffer - 94 (1882-1897)
15) Frank Schulte - 92 (1904-1918)
16) Herman Long - 91 (1889-1904)
17) Jake Beckley - 86 (1888-1907)
18) Bill Dahlen - 84 (1891-1911)
19) Fred Luderus - 84 (1909-1921)
20) Nap Lajoie - 83 (1896-1916)
21) Sherry Magee - 83 (1904-1919)