1922 Philadelphia Athletics season

1922 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Shibe Park (since 1909)
Philadelphia (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Connie Mack, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
Manager(s)	Connie Mack
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The 1922 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing 7th 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.

Offseason

Ben 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

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	94	60	0.610	—	50–27	44–33
St. Louis Browns	93	61	0.604	1	54–23	39–38
Detroit Tigers	79	75	0.513	15	43–34	36–41
Cleveland Indians	78	76	0.506	16	44–35	34–41
Chicago White Sox	77	77	0.500	17	43–34	34–43
Washington Senators	69	85	0.448	25	40–39	29–46
Philadelphia Athletics	65	89	0.422	29	38–39	27–50
Boston Red Sox	61	93	0.396	33	31–42	30–51

Record vs. opponents

1922 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	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

1922 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Charlie Eckert Slim Harriss Bob Hasty Fred Heimach Gus Ketchum Roy Moore Rollie Naylor Harry O'Neill Curly Ogden Otto Rettig Eddie Rommel Red Schillings Jim Sullivan Rube Yarrison		Catchers Johnny Berger Frank Bruggy Ollie Fuhrman Cy Perkins Infielders Frank Brazill Frank Callaway Jimmy Dykes Chick Galloway Joe Hauser Doc Johnston Frank McCue Heinie Scheer Ralph Young		Outfielders Beauty McGowan Bing Miller Tilly Walker Frank Welch		Manager Connie Mack

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: 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
OF	Miller, BingBing Miller	143	535	179	.335	21	90
OF	Welch, FrankFrank Welch	114	375	97	.259	11	49

Other batters

Note: 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
Callaway, FrankFrank Callaway	29	48	13	.271	0	4
Brazill, FrankFrank Brazill	6	13	1	.077	0	1

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Harriss, SlimSlim Harriss	47	229.2	9	20	5.02	102
Hasty, BobBob Hasty	28	192.1	9	14	4.26	33
Naylor, RollieRollie Naylor	35	171.1	10	15	4.73	37

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Heimach, FredFred Heimach	37	171.2	7	11	5.03	47
Moore, RoyRoy Moore	15	50.2	0	3	7.64	29

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Eckert, CharlieCharlie Eckert	21	0	2	0	4.68	15
Sullivan, JimJim Sullivan	20	0	2	0	5.44	15
Ketchum, GusGus Ketchum	6	0	1	0	5.62	4
O'Neill, HarryHarry O'Neill	1	0	0	0	3.00	0

External links

• 1922 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 1922 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com