The 1921 Major League Baseball season, ended when the New York Giants beat the New York Yankees in Game 8 of the World Series. 1921 was the first of three straight season in which the Yankees would lead the majors in wins. Babe Ruth broke the single season home run record for the third consecutive season by hitting 59 home runs in 152 games. Ruth also broke Roger Connor's record for the most home runs all time when he hit his 139th home run on July 18 against Bert Cole.^[1] The record for career strikeouts, previously held by Cy Young was also broken in 1921 by Walter Johnson; Johnson lead the league in strikeouts with 143 and ended the season with 2,835 strikeouts. Young struck out 2,803 during his career.^[2] The Cincinnati Reds set a Major League record for the fewest strikeouts in a season, with only 308.^[3] Future hall of famers Kiki Cuyler and Goose Goslin both debuted in September 1921. Taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1921_Major_League_Baseball_season.

Final Stats:

MLB Detailed Standings
Rk	Tm	Lg	G	W	L	W-L%	R	RA	Rdiff
1	NYY	AL	153	98	55	0.64	6.2	4.6	1.6
2	NYG	NL	153	94	59	0.614	5.5	4.2	1.3
3	CLE	AL	154	94	60	0.61	6	4.6	1.4
4	PIT	NL	154	90	63	0.588	4.5	3.9	0.6
5	STL	NL	154	87	66	0.569	5.3	4.4	0.8
6	SLB	AL	154	81	73	0.526	5.4	5.5	-0.1
7	WSH	AL	154	80	73	0.523	4.6	4.8	-0.2
8	BSN	NL	153	79	74	0.516	4.7	4.6	0.2
9	BRO	NL	152	77	75	0.507	4.4	4.5	-0.1
10	BOS	AL	154	75	79	0.487	4.3	4.5	-0.2
11	DET	AL	154	71	82	0.464	5.7	5.5	0.2
12	CIN	NL	153	70	83	0.458	4	4.2	-0.2
13	CHC	NL	153	64	89	0.418	4.4	5.1	-0.7
14	CHW	AL	154	62	92	0.403	4.4	5.6	-1.1
15	PHA	AL	155	53	100	0.346	4.2	5.8	-1.5
16	PHI	NL	154	51	103	0.331	4	6	-2
	Avg			76	76	0.5	4.9	4.9
Postseason
WorldSeries (5-3):	New York Giants over New York Yankees