George Sisler — public-domain portrait (Library of Congress / Wikimedia Commons)

1921BROWNS

FIRST BASE

GEORGE SISLER1921

George Sislerfirst base · 1921 browns

Ht 5'11"Wt 170Bats LThrows LBorn 1893 · Manchester, OH

Nineteen twenty-one refused to cool. George Sisler hit .371 with two hundred sixteen hits and one hundred four ribbies — first-base production while St. Louis stayed in the fight. Thirty-eight doubles. Eighteen triples. SkillScore one hundred thirty-four point five nine. The three frames ahead keep the counting year humming.

George Sisler 1921 — .371 YEAR

.371 YEAR

A .371 farewell-to-doubt summer — St. Louis thunder before the peak year.

George Sisler 1921 — 216 HITS

216 HITS

Two hundred sixteen hits overflowing the basket — on-base weather.

George Sisler 1921 — RBI TRAIN

RBI TRAIN

One hundred four ribbies rolling through — all aboard the counting cars.

Major League Batting — Year vs Life

GABRH2B3BHRRBIAVGOBPSLG
19211385821252163818121040.3710.4110.560
Life2,0558,2671,2842,8124251641021,1750.3400.3790.468

SkillScore

134.591921 · SLA

ComponentsAVG 0.371OBP 0.411SLG 0.560

Sisler, St. Louis, 1924. Library of Congress / Wikimedia Commons (File:Sisler,_St._Louis,_1924_LOC_npcc.11451.jpg). Public domain.