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
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster 1922 Philadelphia Athletics Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders 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 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 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 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 29 48 13 .271 0 4 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
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 Eddie Rommel 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 Otto Rettig 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 Curly Ogden 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 Rube Yarrison 18 1 2 0 8.29 10 6 0 1 0 5.62 4 Red Schillings 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