# 1922 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 1922 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 41st season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 36th in the National League. The Pirates finished tied for third place with the Cardinals in the league standings with a record of 85–69.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Giants | 93 | 61 | .604 | — | 51‍–‍27 | 42‍–‍34 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 86 | 68 | .558 | 7 | 48‍–‍29 | 38‍–‍39 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 85 | 69 | .552 | 8 | 42‍–‍35 | 43‍–‍34 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 85 | 69 | .552 | 8 | 45‍–‍33 | 40‍–‍36 |
| Chicago Cubs | 80 | 74 | .519 | 13 | 39‍–‍37 | 41‍–‍37 |
| Brooklyn Robins | 76 | 78 | .494 | 17 | 44‍–‍34 | 32‍–‍44 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 57 | 96 | .373 | 35½ | 35‍–‍41 | 22‍–‍55 |
| Boston Braves | 53 | 100 | .346 | 39½ | 32‍–‍43 | 21‍–‍57 |

### Record vs. opponents

1922 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 7–15 | 4–18 | 5–17 | 8–14–1 | 8–13 | 10–12 | 11–11 |
| Brooklyn | 15–7 | — | 11–11 | 8–14 | 8–14–1 | 15–7 | 11–11 | 8–14 |
| Chicago | 18–4 | 11–11 | — | 11–11–1 | 8–14 | 9–13–1 | 10–12 | 13–9 |
| Cincinnati | 17–5 | 14–8 | 11–11–1 | — | 10–12 | 15–7 | 11–11–1 | 8–14 |
| New York | 14–8–1 | 14–8–1 | 14–8 | 12–10 | — | 15–7 | 11–11 | 13–9 |
| Philadelphia | 13–8 | 7–15 | 13–9–1 | 7–15 | 7–15 | — | 3–19 | 7–15 |
| Pittsburgh | 12–10 | 11–11 | 12–10 | 11–11–1 | 11–11 | 19–3 | — | 9–13 |
| St. Louis | 11–11 | 14–8 | 9–13 | 14–8 | 9–13 | 15–7 | 13–9 | — |

### Game log

1922 Game Log: 85–69 (Home: 45–33; Away: 40–36) :
April: 7–8 (Home: 3–2; Away: 4–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 12@ Cardinals1–10SherdelCooper (0–1)—18,0000–1
2April 13@ Cardinals4–8DoakGlazner (0–1)Barfoot—0–2
3April 15@ Cardinals2–3HainesAdams (0–1)——0–3
4April 16@ Reds4–3Cooper (1–1)Rixey——1–3
5April 17@ Reds1–0Morrison (1–0)Luque——2–3
6April 18@ Reds8–4Carlson (1–0)MarkleHamilton (1)—3–3
7April 20Cardinals10–5Cooper (2–1)BarfootAdams (1)—4–3
8April 22Cardinals14–2Morrison (2–0)Haines——5–3
9April 23@ Cubs14–3Carlson (2–0)Jones——6–3
10April 24@ Cubs2–4AldridgeCooper (2–2)——6–4
11April 26@ Cubs3–4 (10)AlexanderAdams (0–2)——6–5
12April 27Reds5–8LuqueMorrison (2–1)Donohue—6–6
13April 28Reds3–5CouchCarlson (2–1)——6–7
14April 29Reds7–3Cooper (3–2)Rixey——7–7
15April 30@ Reds1–3DonohueGlazner (0–2)——7–8 :
May: 17–8 (Home: 13–4; Away: 4–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
16May 1@ Reds7–6Adams (1–2)LuqueHamilton (2)—8–8
17May 2@ Reds2–9CouchCarlson (2–2)——8–9
18May 5Cubs3–1Cooper (4–2)Jones——9–9
19May 6Cubs7–11AldridgeGlazner (0–3)——9–10
20May 7@ Cubs11–5Carlson (3–2)Alexander——10–10
21May 8Robins8–7Yellow Horse (1–0)Grimes——11–10
22May 9Robins8–2Cooper (5–2)Cadore—6,00012–10
23May 11Robins12–6Adams (2–2)Vance—7,00013–10
24May 12Braves5–3Yellow Horse (2–0)Watson——14–10
25May 13Braves5–8McQuillanCooper (5–3)——14–11
26May 15Braves6–5 (10)Carlson (4–2)Oeschger——15–11
27May 16Braves5–7 (12)MillerCooper (5–4)——15–12
28May 20Giants10–7Carlson (5–2)RyanGlazner (1)25,00016–12
29May 22Phillies5–0Cooper (6–4)Hubbell——17–12
30May 23Phillies10–3Morrison (3–1)Smith——18–12
31May 24Phillies11–4 (8)Carlson (6–2)Ring——19–12
32May 25@ Cardinals7–3Glazner (1–3)Sherdel——20–12
33May 26@ Cardinals2–6DoakCooper (6–5)——20–13
34May 27@ Cardinals2–3SherdelAdams (2–3)——20–14
35May 27@ Cardinals3–2 (10)Hamilton (1–0)PfefferMorrison (1)—21–14
36May 28@ Cardinals3–4PerticaCarlson (6–3)——21–15
37May 29Reds5–2Glazner (2–3)Donohue——22–15
38May 30Reds3–9RixeyCooper (6–6)——22–16
39May 30Reds7–3Morrison (4–1)Keck——23–16
40May 31Reds11–2Hamilton (2–0)Couch——24–16 :
June: 8–17 (Home: 1–6; Away: 7–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
41June 1Cardinals2–3PfefferCarlson (6–4)Barfoot—24–17
42June 3Cardinals6–9PerticaAdams (2–4)—19,00024–18
43June 7@ Phillies5–0Morrison (5–1)Meadows——25–18
44June 8@ Phillies7–5Carlson (7–4)Ring——26–18
45June 9@ Braves3–7OeschgerCooper (6–7)——26–19
46June 10@ Braves9–1Glazner (3–3)Watson——27–19
47June 12@ Braves2–11MillerMorrison (5–2)——27–20
48June 13@ Braves5–8MarquardCooper (6–8)McQuillan—27–21
49June 14@ Giants0–13DouglasCarlson (7–5)—10,00027–22
50June 15@ Giants2–4RyanAdams (2–5)—8,00027–23
51June 16@ Giants1–7BarnesGlazner (3–4)—8,00027–24
52June 17@ Giants1–2 (10)NehfMorrison (5–3)—15,00027–25
53June 18@ Robins2–0 (6)Cooper (7–8)Ruether—18,00028–25
54June 19@ Robins5–6 (14)DecaturHamilton (2–1)—3,50028–26
55June 21@ Robins14–15 (10)GrimesAdams (2–6)—3,50028–27
56June 22Cubs8–6Cooper (8–8)AlexanderCarlson (1)—29–27
57June 23Reds2–6RixeyMorrison (5–4)——29–28
58June 24Reds3–7LuqueGlazner (3–5)Keck—29–29
59June 25@ Reds4–7CouchCarlson (7–6)——29–30
60June 26@ Cubs4–6StuelandMorrison (5–5)——29–31
61June 27@ Cubs6–1Cooper (9–8)Cheeves——30–31
62June 27@ Cubs7–6Glazner (4–5)AlexanderCarlson (2)9,00031–31
63June 28@ Cubs7–2Hamilton (3–1)Aldridge——32–31
64June 29Cardinals5–8HainesCarlson (7–7)—5,00032–32
65June 30Cardinals0–6SherdelMorrison (5–6)——32–33 :
July: 16–14 (Home: 12–10; Away: 4–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
66July 1Cardinals5–9DoakCooper (9–9)North—32–34
67July 1Cardinals9–8Adams (3–6)PerticaCarlson (3)—33–34
68July 2@ Cubs1–5AlexanderHamilton (3–2)—8,00033–35
69July 3Cubs5–2Yellow Horse (3–0)Stueland——34–35
70July 4Cubs4–8CheevesGlazner (4–6)Osborne—34–36
71July 4Cubs0–8AldridgeMorrison (5–7)——34–37
72July 5Cubs5–11JonesCarlson (7–8)——34–38
73July 6Giants3–6NehfAdams (3–7)—4,00034–39
74July 7Giants8–9 (18)RyanMorrison (5–8)—4,00034–40
75July 8Giants7–5Cooper (10–9)Toney—10,00035–40
76July 10Giants2–19NehfHamilton (3–3)—15,00035–41
77July 10Giants5–4Carlson (8–8)Ryan——36–41
78July 11Braves4–10McQuillanMorrison (5–9)——36–42
79July 12Braves3–4WatsonYellow Horse (3–1)Miller—36–43
80July 14Braves6–1Cooper (11–9)Marquard——37–43
81July 15Robins3–2 (10)Morrison (6–9)Smith—12,00038–43
82July 16@ Robins2–6GrimesCarlson (8–9)—8,00038–44
83July 17Robins8–5Hamilton (4–3)Vance—3,50039–44
84July 19Phillies2–0Cooper (12–9)Hubbell——40–44
85July 20Phillies2–1 (12)Glazner (5–6)Weinert——41–44
86July 21Phillies6–0Morrison (7–9)Ring——42–44
87July 22Phillies8–7Hamilton (5–3)Meadows——43–44
88July 24Giants3–2Cooper (13–9)Barnes——44–44
89July 24Giants4–11NehfCarlson (8–10)—20,00044–45
90July 25@ Robins5–3Morrison (8–9)Grimes—2,00045–45
91July 26@ Robins0–7RuetherGlazner (5–7)—2,50045–46
92July 28@ Robins2–3VanceAdams (3–8)—3,00045–47
93July 29@ Giants8–3Cooper (14–9)Toney——46–47
94July 30@ Giants7–0Morrison (9–9)Douglas—25,00047–47
95July 31@ Giants12–5Hamilton (6–3)Barnes—3,00048–47 :
August: 20–9 (Home: 11–8; Away: 9–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
96August 1@ Giants10–2Cooper (15–9)Ryan—8,00049–47
97August 3@ Braves5–1Glazner (6–7)Watson——50–47
98August 4@ Braves3–0 (8)Adams (4–8)Miller——51–47
99August 5@ Braves9–3Morrison (10–9)Marquard——52–47
100August 7@ Phillies17–10Glazner (7–7)Singleton——53–47
101August 8@ Phillies19–8Hamilton (7–3)Meadows——54–47
102August 8@ Phillies7–3Morrison (11–9)Winters——55–47
103August 10@ Phillies14–4Carlson (9–10)Ring——56–47
104August 11Reds7–1Cooper (16–9)Luque——57–47
105August 12Reds6–0Adams (5–8)Rixey——58–47
106August 13@ Reds4–5 (10)LuqueHamilton (7–4)——58–48
107August 14Phillies1–10WintersGlazner (7–8)——58–49
108August 15Giants6–2Cooper (17–9)Nehf—25,00059–49
109August 16Giants6–7ScottHamilton (7–5)Nehf16,00059–50
110August 17Giants3–6McQuillanMorrison (11–10)—20,00059–51
111August 18Braves2–5MillerCooper (17–10)——59–52
112August 19Braves1–4BraxtonAdams (5–9)——59–53
113August 19Braves8–2Brown (1–0)Watson——60–53
114August 21Braves5–1Hamilton (8–5)Oeschger——61–53
115August 22Phillies4–3Morrison (12–10)Meadows——62–53
116August 23Phillies11–3Cooper (18–10)Hubbell——63–53
117August 24Phillies10–4Brown (2–0)Winters——64–53
118August 25Robins7–8DecaturCarlson (9–11)—4,00064–54
119August 25Robins6–8CadoreGlazner (7–9)—8,00064–55
120August 26Robins7–5Morrison (13–10)Mamaux—8,00065–55
121August 28Robins4–3 (11)Cooper (19–10)Vance——66–55
122August 29Robins2–3RuetherHamilton (8–6)—5,00066–56
123August 29Robins6–0Adams (6–9)Cadore—9,00067–56
124August 30@ Reds2–0 (8)Glazner (8–9)Rixey——68–56 :
September: 17–11 (Home: 5–3; Away: 12–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
125September 1@ Cardinals14–4Morrison (14–10)Doak——69–56
126September 1@ Cardinals6–11SellCooper (19–11)Pfeffer—69–57
127September 2@ Cardinals9–5Brown (3–0)SherdelCarlson (4)—70–57
128September 3@ Cubs2–0 (11)Hamilton (9–6)Alexander——71–57
129September 4Cardinals3–5PfefferAdams (6–10)——71–58
130September 4Cardinals6–5Glazner (9–9)Barfoot——72–58
131September 5Cardinals11–0Morrison (15–10)Sell——73–58
132September 7Cubs6–0Cooper (20–11)Stueland——74–58
133September 8Cubs7–10CheevesBrown (3–1)Kaufmann—74–59
134September 9Cubs7–4Glazner (10–9)Alexander——75–59
135September 9Cubs8–7 (10)Hamilton (10–6)Kaufmann——76–59
136September 13@ Braves8–1Cooper (21–11)Oeschger——77–59
137September 13@ Braves6–1Morrison (16–10)Cooney——78–59
138September 14@ Braves8–0Adams (7–10)Miller——79–59
139September 15@ Braves1–4MarquardGlazner (10–10)——79–60
140September 16@ Phillies11–6Cooper (22–11)Meadows——80–60
141September 16@ Phillies6–8BehanCarlson (9–12)——80–61
142September 18@ Phillies11–3Morrison (17–10)Hubbell——81–61
143September 18@ Phillies2–5WeinertHamilton (10–7)——81–62
144September 19@ Phillies6–1Glazner (11–10)Ring—1,00082–62
145September 20@ Giants4–1Cooper (23–11)McQuillan—15,00083–62
146September 21@ Giants6–1Hamilton (11–7)Nehf—15,00084–62
147September 22@ Giants7–8McQuillanAdams (7–11)—15,00084–63
148September 23@ Robins5–9RuetherGlazner (11–11)—15,00084–64
149September 23@ Robins1–5DecaturCooper (23–12)—20,00084–65
150September 24@ Robins2–4GrimesMorrison (17–11)——84–66
151September 24@ Robins11–3 (7)Adams (8–11)Cadore—23,00085–66
152September 27Cubs1–4FussellCooper (23–13)——85–67
153September 30@ Reds7–7 (10)——85–67 :
October: 0–2 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
154October 1@ Reds4–5MarkleCooper (23–14)——85–68
155October 1@ Reds1–5RixeyGlazner (11–12)——85–69 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie Bold = Pirates team member :

### 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 | Johnny Gooch | 105 | 353 | 116 | .329 | 1 | 42 |
| 1B | Charlie Grimm | 154 | 593 | 173 | .292 | 0 | 76 |
| 2B | Cotton Tierney | 122 | 441 | 152 | .345 | 7 | 86 |
| SS | Rabbit Maranville | 155 | 672 | 198 | .295 | 0 | 63 |
| 3B | Pie Traynor | 142 | 571 | 161 | .282 | 4 | 81 |
| OF | Carson Bigbee | 150 | 614 | 215 | .350 | 5 | 99 |
| OF | Reb Russell | 60 | 220 | 81 | .368 | 12 | 75 |
| OF | Max Carey | 155 | 629 | 207 | .329 | 10 | 70 |

#### 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 |
| Clyde Barnhart | 75 | 209 | 69 | .330 | 1 | 38 |
| Walter Schmidt | 40 | 152 | 50 | .329 | 0 | 22 |
| Jewel Ens | 47 | 142 | 42 | .296 | 0 | 17 |
| Ray Rohwer | 53 | 129 | 38 | .295 | 3 | 22 |
| Walter Mueller | 32 | 122 | 33 | .270 | 2 | 18 |
| Johnny Mokan | 31 | 89 | 23 | .258 | 0 | 8 |
| Jim Mattox | 29 | 51 | 15 | .294 | 0 | 3 |
| Bubber Jonnard | 10 | 21 | 5 | .238 | 0 | 2 |
| Stuffy Stewart | 3 | 13 | 2 | .154 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Hammond | 9 | 11 | 3 | .273 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Miller | 3 | 11 | 1 | .091 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom McNamara | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Art Merewether | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Lovelace | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Kiki Cuyler | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 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 |
| Wilbur Cooper | 41 | 294.2 | 23 | 14 | 3.18 | 129 |
| Johnny Morrison | 45 | 286.1 | 17 | 11 | 3.43 | 104 |
| Whitey Glazner | 34 | 193.0 | 11 | 12 | 4.38 | 77 |
| Babe Adams | 27 | 171.1 | 8 | 11 | 3.57 | 39 |

#### 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 |
| Earl Hamilton | 33 | 160.0 | 11 | 7 | 3.99 | 34 |
| Hal Carlson | 39 | 145.1 | 9 | 12 | 5.70 | 64 |
| Chief Yellow Horse | 28 | 77.2 | 3 | 1 | 4.52 | 24 |
| Myrl Brown | 7 | 34.2 | 3 | 1 | 5.97 | 9 |

#### 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 |
| Bonnie Hollingsworth | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.90 | 7 |
| Jimmy Zinn | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.86 | 3 |
| Rip Wheeler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |