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.

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		143	535	179	.335	21	90
OF		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
	29	48	13	.271	0	4
	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
	47	229.2	9	20	5.02	102
	28	192.1	9	14	4.26	33
	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
	37	171.2	7	11	5.03	47
Curly Ogden	15	72.1	1	4	3.11	20
	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
	21	0	2	0	4.68	15
	20	0	2	0	5.44	15
Rube Yarrison	18	1	2	0	8.29	10
	6	0	1	0	5.62	4
Red Schillings	4	0	0	0	6.75	4
	1	0	0	0	3.00	0