Western Canada League :
Former major leaguer Frank Jude of the Saskatoon Quakers appears to have captured the batting title for the 1921 Western Canada League season with a .335 average in 100 games.
Bill Speas of Regina Senators finished with a higher mark, .350, but seems not to have accumulated enough plate appearances to qualify for the batting crown. (One paper, the Regina Morning Leader, handed the crown to Floyd Herman of Edmonton).
At age 36, Jude was near the end of a long career which included a season in the majors with Cincinnati in 1906. Floyd "Lefty" Herman (later to be known as "Babe") finished second to Jude in batting percentage and topped the circuit in hits and triples. He would advance to a distinguished career in the major leagues. His teammate Henry "Heinie" Manush would also be a major league star after having led the league in home runs. Calgary speedster William Griffith had 46 steals, tops in that category.
A pair of right-handers, Tony Kaufmann of Winnipeg Maroons and Karl Schnell of Calgary Bronchos, were the top hurlers in the Western Canada League. Kaufmann led in wins, with 22, while Schnell had the best winning percentage, .778, on a won-lost record of 21-6. Sam Beer of the Saskatoon topped the league in games, 38, starts 30, and complete games having finished each of his 30 starting assignments.
Games : Scanlon SQ & White SQ - 117
At Bats : White SQ - 455
Runs : Apperson EDE - 111
Hits : Herman EDE - 135
Doubles : Manda CBR - 30
Triples : Herman EDE - 18
Home Runs : Manush EDE - 9
Stolen Bases : Griffith CBR - 46 WESTERN CANADA LEAGUE G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT 1921 WCBL Barry Dick RGS 47 106 48 58 8 1 0 .453 1921 WCBL Williams Wm. (Bicky) MMI 22 64 24 31 1 3 0 .375 1921 WCBL Valentine George EDE/CBR 12 40 14 17 1 1 0 .350 1921 WCBL Speas Bill RGS 74 257 90 121 16 3 3 .350 1921 WCBL Jude Frank SQ 100 343 115 144 12 4 3 .335 1921 WCBL Herman Floyd (Babe) EDE 107 409 135 216 24 18 7 .330 1921 WCBL Hummel John SQ 82 378 124 166 13 13 1 .328 1921 WCBL Leifer Elmer MMI 85 318 104 152 22 10 2 .327 1921 WCBL Mee Julie EDE 43 174 56 79 6 4 3 .322 1921 WCBL Manush Heinie EDE 83 327 105 167 17 9 9 .321 1921 WCBL Burke Eamonn RGS 82 316 101 132 16 6 1 .320 1921 WCBL Gleichmann Gustave EDE 53 173 55 101 10 9 6 .318 1921 WCBL Grover Roy MMI 11 41 13 19 3 0 1 .317 1921 WCBL Hauger Arthur EDE 90 349 110 154 13 8 5 .315 1921 WCBL Walters Karl (Junk) MMI 79 307 96 109 13 0 0 .313 1921 WCBL Snyder Robert RGS 73 257 80 119 11 8 4 .311 1921 WCBL Forsythe Cy SQ/EDE 111 396 123 155 16 8 0 .311 1921 WCBL Apperson John EDE 109 385 119 150 10 9 1 .309 1921 WCBL Olson Arthur SQ 110 424 131 183 22 9 4 .309 1921 WCBL Gillespie John CBR 37 108 33 51 8 2 2 .306 1921 WCBL Stokke Gilbert EDE 95 343 105 134 15 7 0 .306 1921 WCBL Brautigam George WM 116 374 114 162 24 9 2 .305 1921 WCBL Anheier Clyde CBR 99 386 116 155 22 7 1 .301 1921 WCBL Hamilton Billy CBR 110 390 117 180 11 14 8 .300 1921 WCBL Schnell Karl CBR 30 90 27 36 4 1 1 .300 1921 WCBL Lang Elmer OF 87 307 92 118 11 6 1 .300 1921 WCBL Shandling Nate MMI 79 292 87 109 12 5 0 .298 1921 WCBL Bourg Art RGS 46 175 52 61 5 2 0 .297 1921 WCBL Manda Carl CBR 113 431 127 170 30 5 1 .295 1921 WCBL Attreau Dick WM 115 429 126 198 17 17 7 .294 1921 WCBL Melillo Oscar WM 101 422 123 167 18 10 2 .291 1921 WCBL Griffith William CBR 116 412 120 170 18 10 4 46 .291 1921 WCBL Mooney John CBR 106 395 114 166 16 15 2 .289 1921 WCBL King Avery RGS 57 194 56 71 4 4 1 .289 1921 WCBL Grabowski John SQ 58 198 57 77 10 5 0 .288 1921 WCBL Beer Sam SQ 17 88 25 29 2 1 0 .284 1921 WCBL Thollander Ernest CBR 25 75 21 24 1 1 0 .280 1921 WCBL Sweeney/Swaney Charles CBR 29 94 26 40 8 3 0 .277 1921 WCBL Rose Willie MMI 43 159 44 60 5 4 1 .277 1921 WCBL Andrews Red RGS 80 313 86 104 11 2 1 .275 1921 WCBL Roman Paul SQ 7 22 6 7 1 0 0 .273 1921 WCBL Zweifel Albert RGS 20 59 16 17 1 0 0 .271 1921 WCBL Mensor Ed CBR 73 252 68 85 11 3 0 .270 1921 WCBL Spranger Carl RGS 53 281 76 97 6 3 3 .270 1921 WCBL Pratt Johnny WM 102 353 95 124 15 7 0 .269 1921 WCBL Sullivan Joe CBR 73 253 68 79 6 1 1 .269 1921 WCBL Stuart EDE 67 237 63 81 8 5 0 .266 1921 WCBL Johnson Eddie MMI 62 237 63 73 8 1 0 .266 1921 WCBL Anderson Andy WM 114 397 105 134 20 3 1 .264 1921 WCBL Heilberger Tommy WM 114 451 118 161 16 9 3 .262 1921 WCBL Benton Harry WM 27 69 18 22 4 0 0 .261 1921 WCBL Nelson Bat WM/SQ 49 153 40 56 5 4 1 .261 1921 WCBL Nelson Hal CBR/SQ 93 337 88 114 5 6 3 .261 1921 WCBL Kilhullen Pat CBR 62 219 56 63 3 2 0 .256 1921 WCBL Marks SQ 11 39 10 11 1 0 0 .256 1921 WCBL Miller Edward WM 10 32 8 8 0 0 0 .250 1921 WCBL Smith WM 8 32 8 9 1 0 0 .250 1921 WCBL Buckley George MMI 28 104 26 30 2 1 0 .250 1921 WCBL O'Shaughnessy Elmer MMI 87 334 83 104 9 6 0 .249 1921 WCBL O'Neil William WM 33 125 31 43 6 3 0 .248 1921 WCBL Scanlon Earl SQ 117 433 107 134 8 8 1 42 .247 1921 WCBL DeViveiros Bernie CBR 85 348 85 127 20 8 2 .244 1921 WCBL Frederick Johnny RGS 59 271 66 90 5 8 1 .244 1921 WCBL Gleason Will EDE 51 157 38 47 3 3 0 .242 1921 WCBL Armstrong Al MMI 13 50 12 14 0 1 0 .240 1921 WCBL White Al SQ 117 455 107 126 11 4 0 .235 1921 WCBL Williams Cy SQ 25 111 26 33 3 2 0 .234 1921 WCBL Kernan Joseph SQ 110 446 104 137 14 8 1 .233 1921 WCBL Douglas Ken (Lefty) EDE 28 82 19 34 4 4 1 .232 1921 WCBL Gatewood Earl Lewis MMI 15 48 11 11 0 0 0 .229 1921 WCBL Kaufmann Tony WM 33 123 28 35 5 1 0 .228 1921 WCBL Blanchard RGS 24 92 21 28 3 2 0 .228 1921 WCBL Gioia Al EDE 88 305 68 87 6 5 1 .223 1921 WCBL Leake Sam EDE/MMI 55 186 41 45 4 0 0 .220 1921 WCBL Jones George EDE 31 96 21 24 1 1 0 .219 1921 WCBL Henion Lafayette RGS 9 32 7 13 1 1 1 .219 1921 WCBL Slaughter Don WM 34 78 17 17 0 0 0 .218 1921 WCBL Bonner Al SQ/MMI 29 70 15 17 2 0 0 .214 1921 WCBL Bachant Louis SQ 56 179 38 42 4 0 0 .212 1921 WCBL Nofziger Jay RGS 20 57 12 13 1 0 0 .211 1921 WCBL Watson Roy EDE 62 191 40 47 7 0 0 .209 1921 WCBL Peters James SQ 21 58 12 12 0 0 0 .207 1921 WCBL Schemma WM 17 54 11 16 3 1 0 .204 1921 WCBL McMullen Hugh RGS 14 49 10 16 1 1 1 .204 1921 WCBL Koenig Mark MMI 84 302 61 71 8 1 0 .202 1921 WCBL Zinke Edward RGS/SQ 26 66 13 19 3 0 1 .197 1921 WCBL Huttenstine Joe SQ 17 46 9 9 0 0 0 .196 1921 WCBL Harstad Oscar RGS/SQ 22 64 12 16 2 1 0 .188 1921 WCBL Bergwald Ted WM 14 43 8 9 1 0 0 .186 1921 WCBL Bliss Roy MMI 21 70 13 15 2 0 0 .186 1921 WCBL Duff Elba MMI 25 77 14 14 0 0 0 .182 1921 WCBL Lane Ed WM 33 101 18 26 2 3 0 .178 1921 WCBL Milligan R. WM 71 220 38 47 7 1 0 .173 1921 WCBL Fairbanks Fred EDE 36 114 19 25 3 0 1 .167 1921 WCBL Machold Adolph EDE/SQ 13 32 5 5 0 0 0 .156 1921 WCBL Connell RGS 10 33 5 5 0 0 0 .152 1921 WCBL Swartz Monroe CBR 13 41 6 7 1 0 0 .146 1921 WCBL Riley Jim WM 59 300 39 58 9 2 2 .130 1921 WCBL Knapton Bob EDE 11 26 3 4 1 0 0 .115 1921 WCBL Libke Fred EDE 11 27 3 3 0 0 0 .111 1921 WCBL Gill Andrew RGS 7 19 2 2 0 0 0 .105 1921 WCBL Huser Harry MMI 18 48 5 10 0 1 1 .104 1921 WCBL Lindahl WM 12 42 4 5 1 0 0 .095 1921 WCBL Watson Charles (Doc) EDE/SQ 11 22 2 2 0 0 0 .091 1921 WCBL Mack Frank (Stubby) CBR 7 16 1 1 0 0 0 .063
Source : Baseball-Reference.com / Manitoba Free Press, December 02, 1921
Wins : Kaufmann WM - 22
Won-Lost Pct : Schnell CBR - .778 (21-6)
Games : Beer SQ - 38
Games Started : Beer SQ - 30
Complete Games : Beer SQ - 30
WESTERN CANADA LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA 1921 WCBL Schnell Karl CBR 29 25 25 21 6 .778 1921 WCBL Kaufmann Tony WM 31 29 26 22 7 .759 1921 WCBL Henion Lafayette RGS 10 8 7 6 2 .750 1921 WCBL Williams Cy SQ 19 19 19 14 5 .737 1921 WCBL Swaney Charlie CBR 30 27 24 17 7 .708 1921 WCBL Machold Adolph EDE/SQ 12 9 6 6 3 .667 1921 WCBL Slaughter Don WM 24 23 22 15 8 .652 1921 WCBL Thollander Ernie CBR 27 25 18 15 8 .652 1921 WCBL Fairbanks Fred EDE 25 23 21 14 8 .636 1921 WCBL Benton Harry WM 23 21 19 13 8 .619 1921 WCBL Lane Ed WM 32 28 26 16 11 .593 1921 WCBL Swartz Monroe CBR 12 8 8 4 3 .571 1921 WCBL Zweifel Albert RGS 19 16 14 8 7 .533 1921 WCBL Beer Sam SQ 38 30 30 17 16 .515 1921 WCBL Jones George EDE 29 25 23 14 14 .500 1921 WCBL Douglas Ken EDE 29 27 22 14 14 .500 1921 WCBL Gillespie John CBR 25 24 19 11 11 .500 1921 WCBL Roman Paul SQ 7 7 4 3 3 .500 1921 WCBL Ault Merle MMI 6 3 0 2 2 .500 1921 WCBL Cummings (Bugs) MMI 5 5 4 2 2 .500 1921 WCBL Gleichman Gustave EDE 6 3 3 2 2 .500 1921 WCBL Valentine George EDE/CBR 12 9 7 4 5 .444 1921 WCBL Connell RGS 13 9 7 3 4 .429 1921 WCBL Knapton Bob EDE 11 9 5 3 4 .429 1921 WCBL Nofziger Jay RGS 20 15 11 7 11 .389 1921 WCBL Zinke Edward RGS/SQ 24 21 14 7 12 .368 1921 WCBL Harstad Oscar RGS/SQ 23 22 20 8 14 .364 1921 WCBL Huttenstine Joe SQ 17 15 14 5 9 .357 1921 WCBL Bonner Al MMI/SQ 26 20 16 7 13 .350 1921 WCBL Duff Elba MMI 16 15 15 5 10 .333 1921 WCBL James RGS 5 4 3 1 2 .333 1921 WCBL Huser Harry MMI 20 14 11 4 10 .286 1921 WCBL Williams Bill (Bicky) MMI 10 8 7 2 6 .250 1921 WCBL Richter Roy WM 6 5 3 1 3 .250 1921 WCBL Bliss Roy MMI 23 19 12 4 14 .222 1921 WCBL Schultis Lane MMI 6 5 5 1 4 .200 1921 WCBL Stadler A. SQ 6 6 3 1 4 .200 1921 WCBL Libke Fred EDE 11 7 4 1 5 .167 1921 WCBL Gill John SQ 8 6 4 1 7 .125 1921 WCBL Abrams George MMI 5 5 5 0 4 .000 1921 WCBL Leifer Elmer MMI 6 2 1 0 1 .000 1921 WCBL Mack Frank (Stubby) CBR 7 5 3 0 4 .000 1921 WCBL Watson Charles (Doc) SQ/ED 11 8 2 0 6 .000
(Fewer than 5 games)
1921 WCBL Wagner Charley RGS 2 2 2 2 0 .000
1921 WCBL Miller Ed WM 4 3 2 2 1 .667
1921 WCBL Blossom Ray CBR 2 1 0 1 0 .000
1921 WCBL Brautigam George WM 1 1 1 1 0 .000
1921 WCBL Sarlund Ernest CBR 2 0 0 1 0 .500
1921 WCBL Bergwald Ted WM 3 2 2 1 1 .500
1921 WCBL Albrecht WM 3 3 1 1 2 .333
1921 WCBL Anderson Andy WM 1 0 0 0 0 .000
1921 WCBL Gilbert WM 1 0 0 0 0 .000
1921 WCBL Hamilton Billy CBR 1 0 0 0 0 .000
1921 WCBL Melillo Oscar WM 1 0 0 0 0 .000
1921 WCBL Mooney John CBR 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1921 WCBL Ross RGS 1 1 0 0 0 .000
1921 WCBL Turner Cliff EDE 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1921 WCBL Bedzyck WM 1 1 1 0 1 .000
1921 WCBL Chekaluk Steve EDE 3 1 0 0 1 .000
1921 WCBL Pillette Ted EDE 4 2 1 0 1 1.000
1921 WCBL Brinley Earl EDE 2 2 2 0 2 .000
1921 WCBL Lesher Bill MMI 4 3 0 0 2 1.000
Source : Game by game reports, various newspapers.
CBR = Calgary Bronchos, EDE = Edmonton Eskimos, MMI = Moose Jaw Millers, RGS = Regina Senators,
SQ = Saskatoon Quakers, WM = Winnipeg Maroons.