1922 Philadelphia Athletics season explained

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

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

Roster

1922 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		Manager

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
C		148	505	135	.267	6	69
1B		111	368	119	.323	9	43
2B		125	470	105	.223	1	35
SS		155	571	185	.324	6	69
3B		145	501	138	.275	12	68
OF		153	565	160	.283	37	99
OF		143	535	179	.335	21	90
OF		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
	99	300	69	.230	1	20
	71	260	65	.250	1	29
	51	135	23	.170	4	12
	53	111	31	.279	0	9
	29	48	13	.271	0	4
	6	13	1	.077	0	1
	6	6	2	.333	0	0
	2	5	0	.000	0	0
	2	1	1	1.000	0	0

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
	51	294.0	27	13	3.28	54
	47	229.2	9	20	5.02	102
	28	192.1	9	14	4.26	33
	35	171.1	10	15	4.73	37
	4	18.1	1	2	4.91	3

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
	37	171.2	7	11	5.03	47
	15	72.1	1	4	3.11	20
	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
	21	0	2	0	4.68	15
	20	0	2	0	5.44	15
	18	1	2	0	8.29	10
	6	0	1	0	5.62	4
	4	0	0	0	6.75	4
	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