The 1922 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing seventh in the American League with a record of 65 wins and 89 losses. It was the first season since they won the 1914 pennant that the Athletics did not finish in last place.
1922 Philadelphia Athletics | |
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League | American League |
Ballpark | Shibe Park |
City | Philadelphia |
Owners | Connie Mack, Tom Shibe and John Shibe |
Managers | Connie Mack |
Offseason
editBen Shibe, who had been part-owner of the Athletics since 1901, died on January 14, 1922. His eldest son, Tom Shibe, was named club president. Tom and his brother, John, would handle the business side of the club, while Connie Mack would continue to be in full charge of the baseball side.
Regular season
editSeason standings
editTeam | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 94 | 60 | .610 | — | 50–27 | 44–33 |
St. Louis Browns | 93 | 61 | .604 | 1 | 54–23 | 39–38 |
Detroit Tigers | 79 | 75 | .513 | 15 | 43–34 | 36–41 |
Cleveland Indians | 78 | 76 | .506 | 16 | 44–35 | 34–41 |
Chicago White Sox | 77 | 77 | .500 | 17 | 43–34 | 34–43 |
Washington Senators | 69 | 85 | .448 | 25 | 40–39 | 29–46 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 65 | 89 | .422 | 29 | 38–39 | 27–50 |
Boston Red Sox | 61 | 93 | .396 | 33 | 31–42 | 30–51 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 10–12 | 6–16 | 5–17 | 13–9 | 10–12 | 7–15 | 10–12 | |||||
Chicago | 12–10 | — | 12–10–1 | 17–5 | 9–13 | 12–10 | 8–14 | 7–15 | |||||
Cleveland | 16–6 | 10–12–1 | — | 15–7 | 7–15 | 11–11 | 6–16 | 13–9 | |||||
Detroit | 17–5 | 5–17 | 7–15 | — | 11–11 | 16–6–1 | 9–13 | 14–8 | |||||
New York | 9–13 | 13–9 | 15–7 | 11–11 | — | 17–5 | 14–8 | 15–7 | |||||
Philadelphia | 12–10 | 10–12 | 11–11 | 6–16–1 | 5–17 | — | 9–13 | 12–10 | |||||
St. Louis | 15–7 | 14–8 | 16–6 | 13–9 | 8–14 | 13–9 | — | 14–8 | |||||
Washington | 12–10 | 15–7 | 9–13 | 8–14 | 7–15 | 10–12 | 8–14 | — |
Roster
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Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders | Manager |
Player stats
editBatting
editStarters by position
editNote: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Cy Perkins | 148 | 505 | 135 | .267 | 6 | 69 |
1B | Joe Hauser | 111 | 368 | 119 | .323 | 9 | 43 |
2B | Ralph Young | 125 | 470 | 105 | .223 | 1 | 35 |
SS | Chick Galloway | 155 | 571 | 185 | .324 | 6 | 69 |
3B | Jimmy Dykes | 145 | 501 | 138 | .275 | 12 | 68 |
OF | Tillie Walker | 153 | 565 | 160 | .283 | 37 | 99 |
OF | Bing Miller | 143 | 535 | 179 | .335 | 21 | 90 |
OF | Frank Welch | 114 | 375 | 97 | .259 | 11 | 49 |
Other batters
editNote: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Beauty McGowan | 99 | 300 | 69 | .230 | 1 | 20 |
Doc Johnston | 71 | 260 | 65 | .250 | 1 | 29 |
Heinie Scheer | 51 | 135 | 23 | .170 | 4 | 12 |
Frank Bruggy | 53 | 111 | 31 | .279 | 0 | 9 |
Frank Callaway | 29 | 48 | 13 | .271 | 0 | 4 |
Frank Brazill | 6 | 13 | 1 | .077 | 0 | 1 |
Ollie Fuhrman | 6 | 6 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
Frank McCue | 2 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Johnny Berger | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
editStarting pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Eddie Rommel | 51 | 294.0 | 27 | 13 | 3.28 | 54 |
Slim Harriss | 47 | 229.2 | 9 | 20 | 5.02 | 102 |
Bob Hasty | 28 | 192.1 | 9 | 14 | 4.26 | 33 |
Rollie Naylor | 35 | 171.1 | 10 | 15 | 4.73 | 37 |
Otto Rettig | 4 | 18.1 | 1 | 2 | 4.91 | 3 |
Other pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Fred Heimach | 37 | 171.2 | 7 | 11 | 5.03 | 47 |
Curly Ogden | 15 | 72.1 | 1 | 4 | 3.11 | 20 |
Roy Moore | 15 | 50.2 | 0 | 3 | 7.64 | 29 |
Relief pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Charlie Eckert | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.68 | 15 |
Jim Sullivan | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.44 | 15 |
Rube Yarrison | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8.29 | 10 |
Gus Ketchum | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.62 | 4 |
Red Schillings | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 4 |
Harry O'Neill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 0 |
External links
edit- 1922 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
- 1922 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com