1922 Pittsburgh Pirates season

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.

1922 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Location
Forbes Field (since 1909) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1] (since 1907)
Other information
Owner(s)	Barney Dreyfuss
Manager(s)	George Gibson, Bill McKechnie
Local television	none
Local radio	none
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Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Giants	93	61	0.604	—	51–27	42–34
Cincinnati Reds	86	68	0.558	7	48–29	38–39
St. Louis Cardinals	85	69	0.552	8	42–35	43–34
Pittsburgh Pirates	85	69	0.552	8	45–33	40–36
Chicago Cubs	80	74	0.519	13	39–37	41–37
Brooklyn Robins	76	78	0.494	17	44–34	32–44
Philadelphia Phillies	57	96	0.373	35½	35–41	22–55
Boston Braves	53	100	0.346	39½	32–43	21–57

Record vs. opponents

1922 National League Records Sources:
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 Babe Adams Myrl Brown Hal Carlson Wilbur Cooper Whitey Glazner Earl Hamilton Bonnie Hollingsworth Johnny Morrison Rip Wheeler Chief Yellow Horse Jimmy Zinn		Catchers Johnny Gooch Bubber Jonnard Jim Mattox Walter Schmidt Infielders Clyde Barnhart Jewel Ens Charlie Grimm Jack Hammond Rabbit Maranville Stuffy Stewart Cotton Tierney Pie Traynor		Outfielders Carson Bigbee Max Carey Jake Miller Johnny Mokan Walter Mueller Ray Rohwer Reb Russell Other batters Kiki Cuyler Tom Lovelace Tom McNamara Art Merewether		Manager George Gibson Bill McKechnie

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	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 Shore in 1907.

• 1922 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
• 1922 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac