The St. Louis Browns

Baltimore Orioles

The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States. They are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League. One of the American League's eight charter franchises in 1901, it spent its first year as a major league...

 season was a season in American baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

. 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

American League

The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League , is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western League, a minor league based in the Great Lakes states, which eventually aspired to major...

 standings, the Browns finished in second place behind the New York Yankees

1922 New York Yankees season

The New York Yankees season was the 20th season for the Yankees in New York and their 22nd overall. The team finished with a record of 94 wins and 60 losses, to win their second pennant in franchise history, by a single game over the St. Louis Browns. New York was managed by Miller Huggins...

. The Browns set a franchise record with 712,918 fans coming to watch the games. This was approximately 100,000 higher than the previous high.

Regular season

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 .313, which led the entire Major Leagues.

George Sisler

George Sisler

George Harold Sisler , nicknamed "Gentleman George" and "Gorgeous George," was an American professional baseball player for 15 seasons, primarily as first baseman with the St. Louis Browns...

 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. It was the only time that a Brown would lead the American League in triples and runs scored. It would also be the last time that a Brown led the American League in batting average.

Ken Williams

Ken Williams (baseball)

Kenneth Roy Williams was an American professional baseball player. He played as an outfielder in Major League Baseball from to . Williams began his major league career with the Cincinnati Reds before spending the majority of his playing days with the St...

 became the first player in the history of Major League Baseball to hit 30 home run

Home run

In baseball, a home run is scored when the ball is hit in such a way that the batter is able to reach home safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team in the process...

s and steal 30 bases in a season. The feat would not be accomplished again until Willie Mays

Willie Mays

Willie Howard Mays, Jr. is a retired American professional baseball player who played the majority of his major league career with the New York and San Francisco Giants before finishing with the New York Mets. Nicknamed The Say Hey Kid, Mays was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979, his...

 did it in . 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. 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.

On the second to last day of the season, the Boston Red Sox

1922 Boston Red Sox season

The 1922 Boston Red Sox season involved the Red Sox finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 61 wins and 93 losses.- Opening Day lineup :- Roster :- Starters by position :...

 sent rookie pitcher Alex Ferguson

Alex Ferguson (baseball)

James Alexander Ferguson was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for five different teams between and . Listed at 6' 0", 180 lb., Ferguson batted and threw right-handed...

 to pitch against New York. The Yankees countered with Herb Pennock

Herb Pennock

Herbert Jefferis Pennock was a left-handed Major League Baseball pitcher best known for his time spent with the star-studded New York Yankee teams of the mid to late 1920s and early 1930s. Pennock won two World Series championships with the Red Sox and then four World Series championships with the...

 who allowed only one hit over eight innings. The win clinched the pennant

Pennant (sports)

A pennant is a commemorative flag typically used to show support for a particular athletic team. Pennants have been historically used in all types of athletic levels: high school, collegiate, professional etc. Traditionally, pennants were made of felt and fashioned in the official colors of a...

 for the Yankees.

Roster

1922 St. Louis Browns
Roster
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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		137	517	166	.321	3	78
1B		142	586	246	.420	8	105
2B		154	606	189	.312	11	109
OF		153	585	194	.332	39	155
OF		146	625	207	.331	13	122
OF		145	555	176	.317	9	102

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
	63	127	29	.307	8	23
	15	31	9	.290	0	1
	5	7	3	.429	0	1

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
	48	348	24	17	2.97	149
	43	245	19	13	3.42	63
	25	174.1	11	6	4.08	65

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
	32	169.2	14	4	3.93	54
	31	154	9	7	2.92	44
	39	119.2	7	7	2.33	70
	26	92.2	4	5	4.56	38
	20	79.2	5	2	3.28	48

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
	4	0	0	0	5.40	3
	1	0	0	0	4.50	0