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
Minor league affiliations
Location
Results
Record128–72
League place1st
Other information
Manager(s)Dots Miller
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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

Batting

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
1BBabe Ellison187718220.30616141
SSHal Rhyne189699199.285093
CFJimmy O'Connell187671225.3351392
3BWillie Kamm170650222.34220124
2BPete Kilduff176616177.287675
LFJoe Kelly156573191.3331368
RFGene Valla144547182.333148
CSam Agnew118389131.3371161
OFCharlie See109352108.307140

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Pitching

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 Scott35276259.7352.2275
Ollie Mitchell40289247.7742.90117
Bob Geary43264209.6902.5279
Doug McWeeny31175157.6822.78130
Ernie Alten372331310.5653.5567
Fritz Coumbe39180107.5883.4068

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References
  1. "Seals Come Close To Breaking League Winning Record". Oakland Tribune. October 16, 1922. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. 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 078646545X.
  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. "1922 San Francisco Seals Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
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