1922 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1922 Pittsburgh Pirates
LeagueNational League
BallparkForbes Field
CityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1]
OwnersBarney Dreyfuss
ManagersGeorge Gibson, Bill McKechnie
← 1921 Seasons 1923 →

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

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

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)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 April 12 @ Cardinals 1–10 Sherdel Cooper (0–1) — 18,000 0–1
2 April 13 @ Cardinals 4–8 Doak Glazner (0–1) Barfoot — 0–2
3 April 15 @ Cardinals 2–3 Haines Adams (0–1) — — 0–3
4 April 16 @ Reds 4–3 Cooper (1–1) Rixey — — 1–3
5 April 17 @ Reds 1–0 Morrison (1–0) Luque — — 2–3
6 April 18 @ Reds 8–4 Carlson (1–0) Markle Hamilton (1) — 3–3
7 April 20 Cardinals 10–5 Cooper (2–1) Barfoot Adams (1) — 4–3
8 April 22 Cardinals 14–2 Morrison (2–0) Haines — — 5–3
9 April 23 @ Cubs 14–3 Carlson (2–0) Jones — — 6–3
10 April 24 @ Cubs 2–4 Aldridge Cooper (2–2) — — 6–4
11 April 26 @ Cubs 3–4 (10) Alexander Adams (0–2) — — 6–5
12 April 27 Reds 5–8 Luque Morrison (2–1) Donohue — 6–6
13 April 28 Reds 3–5 Couch Carlson (2–1) — — 6–7
14 April 29 Reds 7–3 Cooper (3–2) Rixey — — 7–7
15 April 30 @ Reds 1–3 Donohue Glazner (0–2) — — 7–8
May: 17–8 (Home: 13–4; Away: 4–4)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
16 May 1 @ Reds 7–6 Adams (1–2) Luque Hamilton (2) — 8–8
17 May 2 @ Reds 2–9 Couch Carlson (2–2) — — 8–9
18 May 5 Cubs 3–1 Cooper (4–2) Jones — — 9–9
19 May 6 Cubs 7–11 Aldridge Glazner (0–3) — — 9–10
20 May 7 @ Cubs 11–5 Carlson (3–2) Alexander — — 10–10
21 May 8 Robins 8–7 Yellow Horse (1–0) Grimes — — 11–10
22 May 9 Robins 8–2 Cooper (5–2) Cadore — 6,000 12–10
23 May 11 Robins 12–6 Adams (2–2) Vance — 7,000 13–10
24 May 12 Braves 5–3 Yellow Horse (2–0) Watson — — 14–10
25 May 13 Braves 5–8 McQuillan Cooper (5–3) — — 14–11
26 May 15 Braves 6–5 (10) Carlson (4–2) Oeschger — — 15–11
27 May 16 Braves 5–7 (12) Miller Cooper (5–4) — — 15–12
28 May 20 Giants 10–7 Carlson (5–2) Ryan Glazner (1) 25,000 16–12
29 May 22 Phillies 5–0 Cooper (6–4) Hubbell — — 17–12
30 May 23 Phillies 10–3 Morrison (3–1) Smith — — 18–12
31 May 24 Phillies 11–4 (8) Carlson (6–2) Ring — — 19–12
32 May 25 @ Cardinals 7–3 Glazner (1–3) Sherdel — — 20–12
33 May 26 @ Cardinals 2–6 Doak Cooper (6–5) — — 20–13
34 May 27 @ Cardinals 2–3 Sherdel Adams (2–3) — — 20–14
35 May 27 @ Cardinals 3–2 (10) Hamilton (1–0) Pfeffer Morrison (1) — 21–14
36 May 28 @ Cardinals 3–4 Pertica Carlson (6–3) — — 21–15
37 May 29 Reds 5–2 Glazner (2–3) Donohue — — 22–15
38 May 30 Reds 3–9 Rixey Cooper (6–6) — — 22–16
39 May 30 Reds 7–3 Morrison (4–1) Keck — — 23–16
40 May 31 Reds 11–2 Hamilton (2–0) Couch — — 24–16
June: 8–17 (Home: 1–6; Away: 7–11)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
41 June 1 Cardinals 2–3 Pfeffer Carlson (6–4) Barfoot — 24–17
42 June 3 Cardinals 6–9 Pertica Adams (2–4) — 19,000 24–18
43 June 7 @ Phillies 5–0 Morrison (5–1) Meadows — — 25–18
44 June 8 @ Phillies 7–5 Carlson (7–4) Ring — — 26–18
45 June 9 @ Braves 3–7 Oeschger Cooper (6–7) — — 26–19
46 June 10 @ Braves 9–1 Glazner (3–3) Watson — — 27–19
47 June 12 @ Braves 2–11 Miller Morrison (5–2) — — 27–20
48 June 13 @ Braves 5–8 Marquard Cooper (6–8) McQuillan — 27–21
49 June 14 @ Giants 0–13 Douglas Carlson (7–5) — 10,000 27–22
50 June 15 @ Giants 2–4 Ryan Adams (2–5) — 8,000 27–23
51 June 16 @ Giants 1–7 Barnes Glazner (3–4) — 8,000 27–24
52 June 17 @ Giants 1–2 (10) Nehf Morrison (5–3) — 15,000 27–25
53 June 18 @ Robins 2–0 (6) Cooper (7–8) Ruether — 18,000 28–25
54 June 19 @ Robins 5–6 (14) Decatur Hamilton (2–1) — 3,500 28–26
55 June 21 @ Robins 14–15 (10) Grimes Adams (2–6) — 3,500 28–27
56 June 22 Cubs 8–6 Cooper (8–8) Alexander Carlson (1) — 29–27
57 June 23 Reds 2–6 Rixey Morrison (5–4) — — 29–28
58 June 24 Reds 3–7 Luque Glazner (3–5) Keck — 29–29
59 June 25 @ Reds 4–7 Couch Carlson (7–6) — — 29–30
60 June 26 @ Cubs 4–6 Stueland Morrison (5–5) — — 29–31
61 June 27 @ Cubs 6–1 Cooper (9–8) Cheeves — — 30–31
62 June 27 @ Cubs 7–6 Glazner (4–5) Alexander Carlson (2) 9,000 31–31
63 June 28 @ Cubs 7–2 Hamilton (3–1) Aldridge — — 32–31
64 June 29 Cardinals 5–8 Haines Carlson (7–7) — 5,000 32–32
65 June 30 Cardinals 0–6 Sherdel Morrison (5–6) — — 32–33
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)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
154 October 1 @ Reds 4–5 Markle Cooper (23–14) — — 85–68
155 October 1 @ Reds 1–5 Rixey Glazner (11–12) — — 85–69
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 34 193.0 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

References

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