Wikipedia

1922 San Francisco Seals season

The 1922 San Francisco Seals season was the 20th season in the history of the San Francisco Seals baseball team. The 1922 team won the Pacific Coast League (PCL) pennant with a 128–72 record, the second best winning percentage in league history.[1] The 1922 Seals also set a new PCL attendance record with 446,021 attending the club's home games.[2]

1922 San Francisco Seals
LeaguePacific Coast League
BallparkRecreation Park
CitySan Francisco
Record128–72 (.640)
League place1st
ManagerDots Miller
1923 →

The 1925 Seals were selected in 2003 by a panel of minor league experts as the eighth best team in the PCL's 100-year history.[3] The team was also ranked No. 44 by Minor League Baseball in its ranking of the 100 greatest minor league teams in baseball history.[2]

Dots Miller was hired as the club's manager in December 1921.[4] Miller had been a major league infielder from 1909 to 1921 and was a member of the 1909 Pittsburgh Pirates team that defeated Ty Cobb's Detroit Tigers in the 1909 World Series.

Third baseman Willie Kamm, a San Francisco native, led the team with a .342 batting average, 20 home runs, 124 RBIs, and 137 runs scored.[2][5] In May 1922, the Seals sold Kamm to the Chicago White Sox, effective at the start of the 1923 season, for $100,000 and two players. The $100,000 paid by the White Sox was the highest sum paid to that date for a minor league player.[6][7] After his final game with the Seals, Kamm was honored in a ceremony at Recreation Park.[8]

The pitching staff included three 20-game winners. Jim "Death Valley" Scott led the staff with 25 wins and a 2.22 earned run average (ERA). Ollie Mitchell won 24 games and Bob Geary 20.[9]

Players edit

Batting edit

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
1B Babe Ellison 187 718 220 .306 16 141
SS Hal Rhyne 189 699 199 .285 0 93
CF Jimmy O'Connell 187 671 225 .335 13 92
3B Willie Kamm 170 650 222 .342 20 124
2B Pete Kilduff 176 616 177 .287 6 75
LF Joe Kelly 156 573 191 .333 13 68
RF Gene Valla 144 547 182 .333 1 48
C Sam Agnew 118 389 131 .337 11 61
OF Charlie See 109 352 108 .307 1 40

[9][2]

Pitching edit

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; PCT = Win percentage; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L PCT ERA SO
Jim Scott 35 276 25 9 .735 2.22 75
Ollie Mitchell 40 289 24 7 .774 2.90 117
Bob Geary 43 264 20 9 .690 2.52 79
Doug McWeeny 31 175 15 7 .682 2.78 130
Ernie Alten 37 233 13 10 .565 3.55 67
Fritz Coumbe 39 180 10 7 .588 3.40 68

[9][2]

References edit

  1. ^ "Seals Come Close To Breaking League Winning Record". Oakland Tribune. October 16, 1922. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ a b c d e Bill Weiss; Marshall Wright. "Top 100 Teams: 44. 1922 San Francisco Seals". Minor League Baseball. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
  3. ^ "PCL top 10". Los Angeles Times. March 30, 2003. p. D9 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Jack Miller Named Manager of San Francisco Club". The San Francisco Examiner. December 8, 1921. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Paul Strand Wins P.C.L. Batting Honors For 1922". Oakland Tribune. December 17, 1922. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ P.J. Dragseth (2013). The 1957 San Francisco Seals: End of an Era in the Pacific Coast League. McFarland. p. 22. ISBN 978-0786465453.
  7. ^ Ed R. Hughes (May 30, 1922). "Willie Kamm, S.F. Boy, Sold for $100,000: Seals' Deal With Chicago Makes History". San Francisco Chronicle. pp. 1, 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "13,000 Fans Pay Honor To Kamm: Star of Seals Is Given Occasion". The San Francisco Examiner. October 16, 1922. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ a b c "1922 San Francisco Seals Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1922_San_Francisco_Seals_season&oldid=1184496936"