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Major League Baseball recognizes the player or players in each league with the most wins each season. In baseball, wins are a statistic used to evaluate pitchers. Credit for a win is given by the official scorer to the pitcher whose team takes and maintains the lead while he is the pitcher of record. If a game is tied or if the lead changes to ...
The 1921 Major League baseball season began on April 13, 1921. The regular season ended on October 2, with the New York Giants and New York Yankees as the regular season champions of the National League and American League , respectively.
The team has been continuously active since 1874, making it the oldest continuously active team in its original city in Major League Baseball. It joined the National League as a charter member (1876). Originally called the "Chicago White Stockings" and later the "Chicago Colts" and several other names, the team was first called "Cubs" in 1902.
Jim Fanning was the only Expos club manager to appear in the Major League Baseball postseason; his .529 regular season winning percentage was the highest in franchise history. The only other Expos manager with a winning percentage above .500 is Buck Rodgers (.510), [ 41 ] who won the 1987 Manager of the Year Award. [ 12 ]
Major League Baseball recognizes runs scored leaders in the American League and National League each season. In baseball, a run is scored when a player advances safely around first, second and third base and returns safely to home plate, touching the bases in that order, before three outs are recorded.
The fourth Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played on July 7, hosted by the Boston Bees at the National League Park in Boston, Massachusetts, with the National League's first victory, 4–3. The Boston Braves changed their nickname to "Bees" this season; they would revert to the Braves in 1941.
The regular season ended on September 27, with the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Yankees as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 39th World Series on September 30 and ended with Game 5 on October 5.
The regular season ended on October 8, with the Chicago Cubs and Detroit Tigers as regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. In a rematch of the prior year's postseason, the postseason began with Game 1 of the fifth modern World Series on October 10 and ended with Game 5 on October 14.