# 1922 Detroit Tigers season

The 1922 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished third in the American League with a record of 79–75, 15 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 | — |

### 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 Bassler | 121 | 372 | 120 | .323 | 0 | 41 |
| 1B | Lu Blue | 145 | 584 | 175 | .300 | 6 | 45 |
| 2B | George Cutshaw | 132 | 499 | 133 | .267 | 2 | 61 |
| SS | Topper Rigney | 155 | 536 | 161 | .300 | 2 | 63 |
| 3B | Bob Jones | 124 | 455 | 117 | .257 | 3 | 44 |
| OF | Harry Heilmann | 118 | 455 | 162 | .356 | 21 | 92 |
| OF | Ty Cobb | 137 | 526 | 211 | .401 | 4 | 99 |
| OF | Bobby Veach | 155 | 618 | 202 | .327 | 9 | 126 |

#### 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 |
| Fred Haney | 81 | 213 | 75 | .352 | 0 | 25 |
| Danny Clark | 83 | 185 | 54 | .292 | 3 | 26 |
| Bob Fothergill | 42 | 152 | 49 | .322 | 0 | 29 |
| Larry Woodall | 50 | 125 | 43 | .344 | 0 | 18 |
| Ira Flagstead | 44 | 91 | 28 | .308 | 3 | 8 |
| Clyde Manion | 42 | 69 | 19 | .275 | 0 | 12 |
| Chick Gagnon | 10 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
| John Mohardt | 5 | 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 |
| Howard Ehmke | 45 | 279.2 | 17 | 17 | 4.22 | 108 |
| Herman Pillette | 40 | 274.2 | 19 | 12 | 2.85 | 71 |
| Hooks Dauss | 39 | 218.2 | 13 | 13 | 4.20 | 78 |
| Red Oldham | 43 | 212.0 | 10 | 13 | 4.67 | 72 |

#### 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 |
| Ole Olsen | 37 | 137.0 | 7 | 6 | 4.53 | 52 |
| Syl Johnson | 29 | 97.0 | 7 | 3 | 3.71 | 29 |
| Bert Cole | 23 | 79.1 | 1 | 6 | 4.88 | 21 |
| Lil Stoner | 17 | 62.2 | 4 | 4 | 7.04 | 18 |
| Carl Holling | 5 | 9.1 | 1 | 1 | 15.43 | 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 |
| Roy Moore | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5.95 | 9 |
| Ken Holloway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AA | Syracuse Stars | International League | Frank Shaughnessy |
| A | Fort Worth Panthers | Texas League | Jake Atz |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fort Worth