# 1922 Philadelphia Athletics season

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

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 | 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 | Bing Miller | 143 | 535 | 179 | .335 | 21 | 90 |
| OF | Frank Welch | 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 |
| Frank Callaway | 29 | 48 | 13 | .271 | 0 | 4 |
| Frank Brazill | 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 |
| Slim Harriss | 47 | 229.2 | 9 | 20 | 5.02 | 102 |
| Bob Hasty | 28 | 192.1 | 9 | 14 | 4.26 | 33 |
| Rollie Naylor | 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 |
| Fred Heimach | 37 | 171.2 | 7 | 11 | 5.03 | 47 |
| Curly Ogden | 15 | 72.1 | 1 | 4 | 3.11 | 20 |
| Roy Moore | 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 |
| Charlie Eckert | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.68 | 15 |
| Jim Sullivan | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.44 | 15 |
| Rube Yarrison | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8.29 | 10 |
| Gus Ketchum | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.62 | 4 |
| Red Schillings | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 4 |
| Harry O'Neill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 0 |