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1922 Philadelphia Athletics season

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1922 Philadelphia Athletics
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkShibe Park
CityPhiladelphia
OwnersConnie Mack, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
ManagersConnie Mack
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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.

Offseason

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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

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Season standings

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American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
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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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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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1922 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

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Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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
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

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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
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

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
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

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
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

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
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
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