# 1922 Boston Red Sox season

The 1922 Boston Red Sox season was the 22nd season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished last in the eight-team American League (AL) with a record of 61 wins and 93 losses, 33 games behind the New York Yankees.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican 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

1922 American League recordvte Sources: :
| 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 | — |

### Opening Day lineup

| Mike Menosky | CF |
| Elmer Smith | RF |
| Del Pratt | 2B |
| Joe Harris | LF |
| George Burns | 1B |
| Pinky Pittenger | 3B |
| Frank O'Rourke | SS |
| Muddy Ruel | C |
| Jack Quinn | P |
Source:

### Roster
## 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 | Muddy Ruel | 116 | 361 | 92 | .255 | 0 | 28 |
| 1B | George Burns | 147 | 558 | 171 | .306 | 12 | 73 |
| 2B | Del Pratt | 154 | 607 | 183 | .301 | 6 | 86 |
| SS | Johnny Mitchell | 59 | 203 | 51 | .251 | 1 | 8 |
| 3B | Joe Dugan | 84 | 341 | 98 | .287 | 3 | 38 |
| OF | Mike Menosky | 126 | 406 | 115 | .283 | 3 | 32 |
| OF | Joe Harris | 119 | 408 | 129 | .316 | 6 | 54 |
| OF | Shano Collins | 135 | 472 | 128 | .271 | 1 | 52 |

#### 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 |
| Nemo Leibold | 81 | 271 | 70 | .258 | 1 | 18 |
| Elmer Smith | 73 | 231 | 66 | .286 | 6 | 32 |
| Frank O'Rourke | 67 | 216 | 57 | .264 | 1 | 17 |
| Pinky Pittenger | 66 | 186 | 48 | .258 | 0 | 7 |
| Elmer Miller | 44 | 147 | 28 | .190 | 4 | 16 |
| Eddie Foster | 48 | 109 | 23 | .211 | 0 | 3 |
| Roxy Walters | 38 | 98 | 19 | .194 | 0 | 6 |
| Chick Fewster | 23 | 83 | 24 | .289 | 0 | 9 |
| Ed Chaplin | 28 | 69 | 13 | .188 | 0 | 6 |
| Chick Maynard | 12 | 24 | 3 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Reichle | 6 | 24 | 6 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
| Walt Lynch | 3 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 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 |
| Jack Quinn | 40 | 256.0 | 13 | 16 | 3.48 | 67 |
| Rip Collins | 32 | 210.2 | 14 | 11 | 3.76 | 69 |
| Herb Pennock | 32 | 202.0 | 10 | 17 | 4.32 | 59 |
| Alex Ferguson | 39 | 198.1 | 9 | 16 | 4.31 | 44 |

#### 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 |
| Benn Karr | 41 | 183.1 | 5 | 12 | 4.47 | 41 |
| Allen Russell | 34 | 125.2 | 6 | 7 | 5.01 | 34 |
| Bill Piercy | 29 | 121.1 | 3 | 9 | 4.67 | 24 |
| Elmer Myers | 3 | 5.2 | 0 | 1 | 17.47 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| Curt Fullerton | 31 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5.46 | 17 |
| Sam Dodge | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 3 |