1923 Philadelphia Phillies season

The following lists the events of the 1923 Philadelphia Phillies season.

1923 Philadelphia Phillies
League	National League
Ballpark	Baker Bowl
City	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Owners	William F. Baker
Managers	Art Fletcher
← 1922 Seasons 1924 →

Regular season

Season standings

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National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Giants	95	58	.621	—	47‍–‍30	48‍–‍28
Cincinnati Reds	91	63	.591	4½	46‍–‍32	45‍–‍31
Pittsburgh Pirates	87	67	.565	8½	47‍–‍30	40‍–‍37
Chicago Cubs	83	71	.539	12½	46‍–‍31	37‍–‍40
St. Louis Cardinals	79	74	.516	16	42‍–‍35	37‍–‍39
Brooklyn Robins	76	78	.494	19½	37‍–‍40	39‍–‍38
Boston Braves	54	100	.351	41½	22‍–‍55	32‍–‍45
Philadelphia Phillies	50	104	.325	45½	20‍–‍55	30‍–‍49

Record vs. opponents

1923 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	8–14	6–16	7–15	6–16	13–9	5–17	9–13–1
Brooklyn	14–8	—	10–12	8–14	11–11	12–10–1	11–11	10–12
Chicago	16–6	12–10	—	9–13	10–12	13–9	11–11	12–10
Cincinnati	15–7	14–8	13–9	—	12–10	19–3	8–14	10–12
New York	16–6	11–11	12–10	10–12	—	19–3	13–9	14–7
Philadelphia	9–13	10–12–1	9–13	3–19	3–19	—	9–13	7–15
Pittsburgh	17–5	11–11	11–11	14–8	9–13	13–9	—	12–10
St. Louis	13–9–1	12–10	10–12	12–10	7–14	15–7	10–12	—

Notable transactions

• May 22, 1923: Lee Meadows and Johnny Rawlings were traded by the Phillies to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Cotton Tierney, Whitey Glazner and $50,000.^[1]

Roster

1923 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers Petie Behan Huck Betts Jim Bishop Johnny Couch Art Gardiner Whitey Glazner Jim Grant Ralph Head Bill Hubbell Broadway Jones Lee Meadows Red Miller Clarence Mitchell Pat Ragan Jimmy Ring Lefty Weinert Jesse Winters		Catchers Butch Henline Dink O'Brien Dixie Parker Jimmie Wilson Infielders Joe Bennett Walter Holke Carlton Lord Lenny Metz Frank Parkinson Goldie Rapp Heinie Sand Cotton Tierney Andy Woehr Russ Wrightstone		Outfielders Tod Dennehey Freddy Leach Cliff Lee Johnny Mokan Curt Walker Cy Williams		Manager Art Fletcher Coaches Gavvy Cravath

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	Butch Henline	111	330	107	.324	7	46
1B	Walter Holke	147	562	175	.311	7	70
2B	Cotton Tierney	121	480	152	.317	11	65
SS	Heinie Sand	132	470	107	.228	4	32
3B	Russ Wrightstone	119	392	107	.273	7	57
OF	Curt Walker	140	527	148	.281	5	66
OF	Cy Williams	136	535	157	.293	41	114
OF	Johnny Mokan	113	400	125	.313	10	48

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
Cliff Lee	107	355	114	.321	11	47
Jimmie Wilson	85	252	66	.262	1	25
Frank Parkinson	67	219	53	.242	3	28
Goldie Rapp	47	179	47	.263	1	10
Freddy Leach	52	104	27	.260	1	16
Carlton Lord	17	47	11	.234	0	2
Andy Woehr	13	41	14	.341	0	3
Lenny Metz	12	37	8	.216	0	3
Tod Dennehey	9	24	7	.292	0	2
Dink O'Brien	15	21	7	.333	0	0
Dixie Parker	4	5	1	.200	0	1
Joe Bennett	1	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
Jimmy Ring	39	304.1	18	16	3.87	112
Whitey Glazner	28	161.1	7	14	4.69	51
Clarence Mitchell	29	139.1	9	10	4.72	41
Johnny Couch	11	65.0	2	4	5.26	18

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
Lefty Weinert	38	156.0	4	17	5.42	46
Ralph Head	35	132.1	2	9	6.66	24
Petie Behan	31	131.0	3	12	5.50	27
Huck Betts	19	84.1	2	4	3.09	18
Jesse Winters	21	78.1	1	6	7.35	23
Bill Hubbell	22	55.0	1	6	8.35	8
Lee Meadows	8	19.2	1	3	13.27	10

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
Jim Bishop	15	0	3	1	6.34	5
Broadway Jones	3	0	0	0	9.00	1
Jim Grant	2	0	0	0	13.50	0
Pat Ragan	1	0	0	0	6.00	0
Red Miller	1	0	0	0	32.40	0
Walter Holke	1	0	0	0	0.00	0
Art Gardiner	1	0	0	0	----	0