1921 Hilldale Club season

American baseball club season

Eastern independent team season

1921 Hilldale club

League| Eastern independent
Ballpark| Hilldale Park
City| Darby, Pennsylvania
Record| 28–18–1 (.606)
League place| 1st
Managers| Bill Francis

The 1921 Hilldale Club baseball team represented the Hilldale Club as an independent during the 1921 baseball season. The team compiled a 28–18–1 (.606) record and was recognized as the champion of the Eastern independent teams. Bill Francis was Hilldale's player-manager. The team played its home games at Hilldale Park in Darby, Pennsylvania, a Philadelphia suburb.[1]

The team included two players who were late inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame: third baseman Judy Johnson and catcher Louis Santop.

The team's leading batters were:

* Louis Santop - .365 batting average, .635 slugging percentage, five home runs, 35 RBIs in 37 games
* Center fielder Otto Briggs \- .309 batting average, .446 slugging percentage, 22 RBIs in 44 games
* Left fielder Chaney White \- .300 batting average, .407 slugging percentage, 23 RBIs, in 40 games

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The team's leading pitchers were Dick Whitworth (10–5, 2.49 ERA, 61 strikeouts), Phil Cockrell (8–5, 3.84 ERA), and Connie Rector (5–1, 3.25 ERA).[3]

## References

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1. ^ "1921 Hilldale Club". Seamheads.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
2. ^ "1921 Hilldale Club Batting". Seamheads.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
3. ^ "1921 Hilldale Club Pitching". Seamheads.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.

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