# 1922 Cleveland Indians season

The 1922 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the American League with a record of 78–76, 16 games behind the New York Yankees.
On September 21, manager Tris Speaker used 21 players in total in a 15–5 loss to the Boston Red Sox, which was used as an opportunity for fans to see various minor league prospects.

## 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 | — |

### 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 | Steve O'Neill | 133 | 392 | 122 | .311 | 2 | 65 |
| 1B | Stuffy McInnis | 142 | 537 | 164 | .305 | 1 | 78 |
| 2B | Bill Wambsganss | 142 | 538 | 141 | .262 | 0 | 47 |
| SS | Joe Sewell | 153 | 558 | 167 | .299 | 2 | 83 |
| 3B | Larry Gardner | 137 | 470 | 134 | .285 | 2 | 68 |
| OF | Tris Speaker | 131 | 426 | 161 | .378 | 11 | 71 |
| OF | Charlie Jamieson | 145 | 567 | 183 | .323 | 3 | 57 |
| OF | Smoky Joe Wood | 142 | 505 | 150 | .297 | 8 | 92 |

#### 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 |
| Riggs Stephenson | 86 | 233 | 79 | .339 | 2 | 32 |
| Joe Evans | 75 | 145 | 39 | .269 | 0 | 22 |
| Luke Sewell | 41 | 87 | 23 | .264 | 0 | 10 |
| Lou Guisto | 35 | 84 | 21 | .250 | 0 | 9 |
| Pat McNulty | 22 | 59 | 16 | .271 | 0 | 5 |
| Jack Graney | 37 | 58 | 9 | .155 | 0 | 2 |
| Homer Summa | 12 | 46 | 16 | .348 | 1 | 6 |
| Joe Connolly | 12 | 45 | 11 | .244 | 0 | 6 |
| Les Nunamaker | 25 | 43 | 13 | .302 | 0 | 7 |
| Ginger Shinault | 13 | 15 | 2 | .133 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Shaute | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Hammond | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Rabbitt | 2 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Doran | 3 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 0 |
| Ike Kahdot | 4 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Chick Sorrells | 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Uke Clanton | 1 | 1 | 0 | .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 |
| George Uhle | 50 | 287.1 | 22 | 16 | 4.07 | 82 |
| Stan Coveleski | 35 | 276.2 | 17 | 14 | 3.32 | 98 |
| Guy Morton | 38 | 202.2 | 14 | 9 | 4.00 | 102 |
| Dan Boone | 11 | 75.1 | 4 | 6 | 4.06 | 9 |
| Dewey Metivier | 2 | 18.0 | 2 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 |
| Sherry Smith | 2 | 15.2 | 1 | 0 | 3.45 | 4 |
| Phil Bedgood | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 4.00 | 5 |

#### 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 |
| Duster Mails | 26 | 104.0 | 4 | 7 | 5.28 | 54 |
| Jim Bagby | 25 | 98.1 | 4 | 5 | 6.32 | 25 |
| Jim Joe Edwards | 25 | 92.2 | 3 | 8 | 4.47 | 44 |
| Jim Lindsey | 29 | 83.2 | 4 | 5 | 6.02 | 29 |
| George Winn | 8 | 33.2 | 1 | 2 | 4.54 | 7 |
| Allen Sothoron | 6 | 25.1 | 1 | 3 | 6.39 | 8 |
| John Middleton | 2 | 7.1 | 0 | 1 | 7.36 | 2 |

#### 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 |
| Dave Keefe | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.19 | 11 |
| Charlie Jamieson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.18 | 2 |
| Joe Shaute | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.64 | 3 |
| Nellie Pott | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.50 | 0 |
| George Edmondson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |
| Logan Drake | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 1 |
| Ted Odenwald | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.50 | 2 |
| Doc Hamann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | inf | 0 |
| Tex Jeanes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | --- | 0 |