1922 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1922 Pittsburgh Pirates
1922 Pittsburgh Pirates
Ballpark	Forbes Field
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Owners	Barney Dreyfuss
Managers	George Gibson, Bill McKechnie
Television	none
Radio	none

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

Regular season

Season standings

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National 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 record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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)

May: 17–8 (Home: 13–4; Away: 4–4)

June: 8–17 (Home: 1–6; Away: 7–11)

July: 16–14 (Home: 12–10; Away: 4–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
66	July 1	Cardinals	5–9	Doak	Cooper (9–9)	North	—	32–34
67	July 1	Cardinals	9–8	Adams (3–6)	Pertica	Carlson (3)	—	33–34
68	July 2	@ Cubs	1–5	Alexander	Hamilton (3–2)	—	8,000	33–35
69	July 3	Cubs	5–2	Yellow Horse (3–0)	Stueland	—	—	34–35
70	July 4	Cubs	4–8	Cheeves	Glazner (4–6)	Osborne	—	34–36
71	July 4	Cubs	0–8	Aldridge	Morrison (5–7)	—	—	34–37
72	July 5	Cubs	5–11	Jones	Carlson (7–8)	—	—	34–38
73	July 6	Giants	3–6	Nehf	Adams (3–7)	—	4,000	34–39
74	July 7	Giants	8–9 (18)	Ryan	Morrison (5–8)	—	4,000	34–40
75	July 8	Giants	7–5	Cooper (10–9)	Toney	—	10,000	35–40
76	July 10	Giants	2–19	Nehf	Hamilton (3–3)	—	15,000	35–41
77	July 10	Giants	5–4	Carlson (8–8)	Ryan	—	—	36–41
78	July 11	Braves	4–10	McQuillan	Morrison (5–9)	—	—	36–42
79	July 12	Braves	3–4	Watson	Yellow Horse (3–1)	Miller	—	36–43
80	July 14	Braves	6–1	Cooper (11–9)	Marquard	—	—	37–43
81	July 15	Robins	3–2 (10)	Morrison (6–9)	Smith	—	12,000	38–43
82	July 16	@ Robins	2–6	Grimes	Carlson (8–9)	—	8,000	38–44
83	July 17	Robins	8–5	Hamilton (4–3)	Vance	—	3,500	39–44
84	July 19	Phillies	2–0	Cooper (12–9)	Hubbell	—	—	40–44
85	July 20	Phillies	2–1 (12)	Glazner (5–6)	Weinert	—	—	41–44
86	July 21	Phillies	6–0	Morrison (7–9)	Ring	—	—	42–44
87	July 22	Phillies	8–7	Hamilton (5–3)	Meadows	—	—	43–44
88	July 24	Giants	3–2	Cooper (13–9)	Barnes	—	—	44–44
89	July 24	Giants	4–11	Nehf	Carlson (8–10)	—	20,000	44–45
90	July 25	@ Robins	5–3	Morrison (8–9)	Grimes	—	2,000	45–45
91	July 26	@ Robins	0–7	Ruether	Glazner (5–7)	—	2,500	45–46
92	July 28	@ Robins	2–3	Vance	Adams (3–8)	—	3,000	45–47
93	July 29	@ Giants	8–3	Cooper (14–9)	Toney	—	—	46–47
94	July 30	@ Giants	7–0	Morrison (9–9)	Douglas	—	25,000	47–47
95	July 31	@ Giants	12–5	Hamilton (6–3)	Barnes	—	3,000	48–47

August: 20–9 (Home: 11–8; Away: 9–1)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
96	August 1	@ Giants	10–2	Cooper (15–9)	Ryan	—	8,000	49–47
97	August 3	@ Braves	5–1	Glazner (6–7)	Watson	—	—	50–47
98	August 4	@ Braves	3–0 (8)	Adams (4–8)	Miller	—	—	51–47
99	August 5	@ Braves	9–3	Morrison (10–9)	Marquard	—	—	52–47
100	August 7	@ Phillies	17–10	Glazner (7–7)	Singleton	—	—	53–47
101	August 8	@ Phillies	19–8	Hamilton (7–3)	Meadows	—	—	54–47
102	August 8	@ Phillies	7–3	Morrison (11–9)	Winters	—	—	55–47
103	August 10	@ Phillies	14–4	Carlson (9–10)	Ring	—	—	56–47
104	August 11	Reds	7–1	Cooper (16–9)	Luque	—	—	57–47
105	August 12	Reds	6–0	Adams (5–8)	Rixey	—	—	58–47
106	August 13	@ Reds	4–5 (10)	Luque	Hamilton (7–4)	—	—	58–48
107	August 14	Phillies	1–10	Winters	Glazner (7–8)	—	—	58–49
108	August 15	Giants	6–2	Cooper (17–9)	Nehf	—	25,000	59–49
109	August 16	Giants	6–7	Scott	Hamilton (7–5)	Nehf	16,000	59–50
110	August 17	Giants	3–6	McQuillan	Morrison (11–10)	—	20,000	59–51
111	August 18	Braves	2–5	Miller	Cooper (17–10)	—	—	59–52
112	August 19	Braves	1–4	Braxton	Adams (5–9)	—	—	59–53
113	August 19	Braves	8–2	Brown (1–0)	Watson	—	—	60–53
114	August 21	Braves	5–1	Hamilton (8–5)	Oeschger	—	—	61–53
115	August 22	Phillies	4–3	Morrison (12–10)	Meadows	—	—	62–53
116	August 23	Phillies	11–3	Cooper (18–10)	Hubbell	—	—	63–53
117	August 24	Phillies	10–4	Brown (2–0)	Winters	—	—	64–53
118	August 25	Robins	7–8	Decatur	Carlson (9–11)	—	4,000	64–54
119	August 25	Robins	6–8	Cadore	Glazner (7–9)	—	8,000	64–55
120	August 26	Robins	7–5	Morrison (13–10)	Mamaux	—	8,000	65–55
121	August 28	Robins	4–3 (11)	Cooper (19–10)	Vance	—	—	66–55
122	August 29	Robins	2–3	Ruether	Hamilton (8–6)	—	5,000	66–56
123	August 29	Robins	6–0	Adams (6–9)	Cadore	—	9,000	67–56
124	August 30	@ Reds	2–0 (8)	Glazner (8–9)	Rixey	—	—	68–56

September: 17–11 (Home: 5–3; Away: 12–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
125	September 1	@ Cardinals	14–4	Morrison (14–10)	Doak	—	—	69–56
126	September 1	@ Cardinals	6–11	Sell	Cooper (19–11)	Pfeffer	—	69–57
127	September 2	@ Cardinals	9–5	Brown (3–0)	Sherdel	Carlson (4)	—	70–57
128	September 3	@ Cubs	2–0 (11)	Hamilton (9–6)	Alexander	—	—	71–57
129	September 4	Cardinals	3–5	Pfeffer	Adams (6–10)	—	—	71–58
130	September 4	Cardinals	6–5	Glazner (9–9)	Barfoot	—	—	72–58
131	September 5	Cardinals	11–0	Morrison (15–10)	Sell	—	—	73–58
132	September 7	Cubs	6–0	Cooper (20–11)	Stueland	—	—	74–58
133	September 8	Cubs	7–10	Cheeves	Brown (3–1)	Kaufmann	—	74–59
134	September 9	Cubs	7–4	Glazner (10–9)	Alexander	—	—	75–59
135	September 9	Cubs	8–7 (10)	Hamilton (10–6)	Kaufmann	—	—	76–59
136	September 13	@ Braves	8–1	Cooper (21–11)	Oeschger	—	—	77–59
137	September 13	@ Braves	6–1	Morrison (16–10)	Cooney	—	—	78–59
138	September 14	@ Braves	8–0	Adams (7–10)	Miller	—	—	79–59
139	September 15	@ Braves	1–4	Marquard	Glazner (10–10)	—	—	79–60
140	September 16	@ Phillies	11–6	Cooper (22–11)	Meadows	—	—	80–60
141	September 16	@ Phillies	6–8	Behan	Carlson (9–12)	—	—	80–61
142	September 18	@ Phillies	11–3	Morrison (17–10)	Hubbell	—	—	81–61
143	September 18	@ Phillies	2–5	Weinert	Hamilton (10–7)	—	—	81–62
144	September 19	@ Phillies	6–1	Glazner (11–10)	Ring	—	1,000	82–62
145	September 20	@ Giants	4–1	Cooper (23–11)	McQuillan	—	15,000	83–62
146	September 21	@ Giants	6–1	Hamilton (11–7)	Nehf	—	15,000	84–62
147	September 22	@ Giants	7–8	McQuillan	Adams (7–11)	—	15,000	84–63
148	September 23	@ Robins	5–9	Ruether	Glazner (11–11)	—	15,000	84–64
149	September 23	@ Robins	1–5	Decatur	Cooper (23–12)	—	20,000	84–65
150	September 24	@ Robins	2–4	Grimes	Morrison (17–11)	—	—	84–66
151	September 24	@ Robins	11–3 (7)	Adams (8–11)	Cadore	—	23,000	85–66
152	September 27	Cubs	1–4	Fussell	Cooper (23–13)	—	—	85–67
153	September 30	@ Reds	7–7 (10)			—	—	85–67

October: 0–2 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–2)

Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie
Bold = Pirates team member

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1922 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

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	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	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	ERA	SO
Bonnie Hollingsworth	9	7.90	7
Jimmy Zinn	5	1.86	3
Rip Wheeler	1	0.00	0

References

^ From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.

[1] From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.

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