1922 Boston Braves season

1922  Boston Braves
League	National League
Ballpark	Braves Field
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Record	53–100 (.346)
League place	8th
Owners	George W. Grant
Managers	Fred Mitchell
←  1921 1923  →

The 1922 Boston Braves season was the 52nd season of the franchise. The Braves finished eighth in the National League with a record of 53 wins and 100 losses.

Regular season

Season standings

v t e 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 record v t e 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	—

Roster

1922 Boston Braves
Roster
Pitchers Garland Braxton Johnny Cooney Dana Fillingim Joe Genewich Harry Hulihan Gene Lansing Rube Marquard Joe Matthews Tim McNamara Hugh McQuillan Frank Miller Cy Morgan Joe Oeschger Dick Rudolph Mule Watson Al Yeargin		Catchers Frank Gibson Hank Gowdy Mickey O'Neil Infielders Walter Barbare Tony Boeckel Hod Ford Gil Gallagher Snake Henry Walter Holke Larry Kopf		Outfielders Lloyd Christenbury Walton Cruise Fred Nicholson Al Nixon Ray Powell Bunny Roser Billy Southworth		Manager Fred Mitchell

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	Mickey O'Neil	83	251	56	.223	0	26
1B	Walter Holke	105	395	115	.291	0	46
2B	Larry Kopf	126	466	124	.266	1	37
SS	Hod Ford	143	515	140	.272	2	60
3B	Tony Boeckel	119	402	116	.289	6	47
OF	Walton Cruise	104	352	98	.278	4	46
OF	Ray Powell	142	550	163	.296	6	37
OF	Al Nixon	86	318	84	.264	2	22

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
Walter Barbare	106	373	86	.231	0	40
Fred Nicholson	78	222	56	.252	2	29
Hank Gowdy	92	221	70	.317	1	27
Frank Gibson	66	164	49	.299	3	20
Billy Southworth	43	158	51	.323	4	18
Lloyd Christenbury	71	152	38	.250	1	13
Bunny Roser	32	113	27	.239	0	16
Snake Henry	18	66	13	.197	0	5
Gil Gallagher	7	22	1	.045	0	2

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
Mule Watson	41	201.0	8	14	4.70	53
Frank Miller	31	200.0	11	13	3.51	65
Rube Marquard	39	198.0	11	15	5.09	57
Harry Hulihan	7	40.0	2	3	3.15	16
Johnny Cooney	4	25.0	1	2	2.16	7
Dick Rudolph	3	16.0	0	2	5.06	3
Al Yeargin	1	7.0	0	1	1.29	1

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
Joe Oeschger	46	195.2	6	21	5.06	51
Hugh McQuillan	28	136.0	5	10	4.24	33
Dana Fillingim	25	117.0	5	9	4.54	25
Tim McNamara	24	70.2	3	4	2.42	16
Garland Braxton	25	66.2	1	2	3.38	15
Joe Genewich	6	23.0	0	2	7.04	4
Joe Matthews	3	10.0	0	1	3.60	0

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
Gene Lansing	15	0	1	0	5.98	14
Cy Morgan	2	0	0	0	27.00	0

External links

• 1922 Boston Braves season at Baseball Reference