1922 St. Louis Browns
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkSportsman's Park
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record93–61 (.604)
League place2nd
OwnersPhil Ball
ManagersLee Fohl
Seasons

The 1922 St. Louis Browns season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Browns winning 93 games, the only time in franchise history that the Browns topped the 90 win plateau. In the American League standings, the Browns finished in second place behind the New York Yankees. The Browns set a franchise record with 712,918 fans coming to watch the games.[1] This was approximately 100,000 higher than the previous high.

Regular season

Ken Williams

The Browns of 1922 had one of the best seasons in the history of the franchise. As a team, the Browns had a batting average of .310, which led the entire Major Leagues.

George Sisler had a batting average of .420, which was the third highest batting average in the 20th century. Sisler led the league with 246 hits, 18 triples, 134 runs scored and 51 stolen bases.[2] It was the only time that a Brown would lead the American League in triples and runs scored.[2] It would also be the last time that a Brown led the American League in batting average.[2]

Ken Williams became the first player in the history of Major League Baseball to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases in a season.[2] The feat would not be accomplished again until Willie Mays did it in 1957. Williams batted .332 and led the American League with 39 home runs and 155 runs batted in. He also stole 37 bases, finishing second in the league to Sisler.

The Browns were in first place for 69 days but the New York Yankees overtook them on September 8.[1] The Browns could have regained first place but lost two of three games to New York in a later September series. In the last game of the series, the Browns had a 2–0 lead in the eighth inning. New York scored once in the eighth and then scored two more runs in the ninth inning to win the game.[1]

On the second to last day of the season, the Boston Red Sox sent rookie pitcher Alex Ferguson to pitch against New York.[1] The Yankees countered with Waite Hoyt who allowed only one run over eight innings. The win clinched the pennant for the Yankees.

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9460 0.610 — 50–27 44–33
St. Louis Browns 9361 0.604 1 54–23 39–38
Detroit Tigers 7975 0.513 15 43–34 36–41
Cleveland Indians 7876 0.506 16 44–35 34–41
Chicago White Sox 7777 0.500 17 43–34 34–43
Washington Senators 6985 0.448 25 40–39 29–46
Philadelphia Athletics 6589 0.422 29 38–39 27–50
Boston Red Sox 6193 0.396 33 31–42 30–51

Record vs. opponents

1922 American League record

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston —10–126–165–1713–910–127–1510–12
Chicago 12–10—12–10–117–59–1312–108–147–15
Cleveland 16–610–12–1—15–77–1511–116–1613–9
Detroit 17–55–177–15—11–1116–6–19–1314–8
New York 9–1313–915–711–11—17–514–815–7
Philadelphia 12–1010–1211–116–16–15–17—9–1312–10
St. Louis 15–714–816–613–98–1413–9—14–8
Washington 12–1015–79–138–147–1510–128–14—

Opening Day lineup

  • Jack Tobin RF
  • Frank Ellerbe 3B
  • George Sisler 1B
  • Ken Williams LF
  • Baby Doll Jacobson CF
  • Hank Severeid C
  • Wally Gerber SS
  • Marty McManus 2B
  • Urban Shocker P

Roster

1922 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders 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
CHank Severeid137517166.321378
1BGeorge Sisler142586246.4208105
2BMarty McManus154606189.31211109
SSWally Gerber153604161.267151
3BFrank Ellerbe9134284.246133
OFKen Williams153585194.33239155
OFJack Tobin146625207.3311366
OFBaby Doll Jacobson145555176.3179102

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
Eddie Foster3714444.306012
Chick Shorten5513136.275216
Pat Collins6312729.307823
Herman Bronkie236418.28102
Jimmy Austin15319.29001
Gene Robertson18278.29601
Cedric Durst15124.33300
Josh Billings573.42901

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
Urban Shocker48348.024172.97149
Elam Vangilder43245.019133.4263
Dixie Davis25174.11164.0865

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
Ray Kolp32169.21443.9354
Rasty Wright31154.0972.9244
Hub Pruett39119.2772.3370
Bill Bayne2692.2454.5638
Dave Danforth2079.2523.2848

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
Dutch Henry40005.403
Heinie Meine10004.500

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 As Good As It Got, The 1944 St. Louis Browns, p.11, David Alan Heller, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina, 2003, ISBN 0-7385-3199-5
  2. 1 2 3 4 As Good As It Got, The 1944 St. Louis Browns, p. 10

References

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