1922 Brooklyn Robins season

1922  Brooklyn Robins
League	National League
Ballpark	Ebbets Field
City	Brooklyn, New York
Owners	Charles Ebbets, Ed McKeever, Stephen McKeever
President	Charles Ebbets
Managers	Wilbert Robinson
←  1921 1923  →

The 1922 Brooklyn Robins struggled all season, finishing in sixth place.

Offseason

• December 1921: Ferdie Schupp was purchased from the Robins by the Chicago White Sox. ^[1]
• January 24, 1922: Sam Crane was purchased by the Robins from the Cincinnati Reds. ^[2]
• March 14, 1922: Possum Whitted was purchased by the Robins from the Pittsburgh Pirates. ^[3]

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 Brooklyn Robins
Roster
Pitchers Leon Cadore Art Decatur Ray Gordinier Burleigh Grimes Al Mamaux Jim Murray Dutch Ruether Paul Schreiber Harry Shriver Sherry Smith Dazzy Vance		Catchers Hank DeBerry Bernie Hungling Otto Miller Zack Taylor Infielders Sam Crane Andy High Hal Janvrin Jimmy Johnston Clarence Mitchell Ivy Olson Sam Post Ray Schmandt Chuck Ward		Outfielders Bert Griffith Tommy Griffith Wally Hood Hy Myers Bernie Neis Zack Wheat Possum Whitted		Manager Wilbert Robinson

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	Hank DeBerry	85	259	78	.301	3	35
1B	Ray Schmandt	110	396	106	.268	2	44
2B	Ivy Olson	136	551	150	.272	1	47
3B	Andy High	153	579	164	.283	6	65
SS	Jimmy Johnston	138	567	181	.319	4	49
OF	Hy Myers	153	618	196	.317	6	89
OF	Zack Wheat	152	600	201	.335	16	112
OF	Tommy Griffith	99	329	104	.316	4	49

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
Bert Griffith	106	325	100	.308	2	35
Otto Miller	59	180	47	.261	1	23
Clarence Mitchell	56	155	45	.290	3	28
Bernie Hungling	39	102	23	.225	1	13
Chuck Ward	33	91	25	.275	0	14
Bernie Neis	61	70	16	.229	1	9
Hal Janvrin	30	57	17	.298	0	1
Sam Post	9	25	7	.280	0	4
Zack Taylor	7	14	3	.214	0	2
Sam Crane	3	8	2	.250	0	0
Possum Whitted	1	1	0	.000	0	0
Wally Hood	2	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
Dutch Ruether	35	267.1	21	12	3.53	89
Burleigh Grimes	36	259.0	17	14	4.76	99
Dazzy Vance	36	245.2	18	12	3.70	134
Leon Cadore	29	190.1	8	15	4.35	49

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
Sherry Smith	28	108.2	4	8	4.56	15
Harry Shriver	25	108.1	4	6	2.99	38
Al Mamaux	37	87.2	1	4	3.70	35
Clarence Mitchell	5	12.2	0	3	14.21	1

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
Art Decatur	29	3	4	1	2.77	31
Ray Gordinier	5	0	0	0	8.74	5
Jim Murray	4	0	0	1	4.50	3
Paul Schreiber	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

References

1. Ferdie Schupp page at Baseball Reference
2. Sam Crane page at Baseball Reference
3. Possum Whitted page at Baseball Reference

External links

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page
• 1922 Brooklyn Robins uniform
• Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
• Acme Dodgers page Archived September 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
• Retrosheet