Despite the disappointment of another second place finish, Pat had another fine year in 1922. Here are his statistics for the year, along with his career totals:
Code:
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS
1922 151 567 208 33 24 17 120 144 84 27 86 24 .367 .447 .600 1.047
Total 2172 8029 2705 469 249 119 1353 1733 1426 906 1064 237 .337 .437 .502 .939
Pat's 17 homers and 120 RBI were career highs. He has reached double figures in home runs each of the last three years and has driven in over 100 runs five times, including the last three seasons.
He extended his amazing string of thirteen consecutive seasons with over 100 runs scored, too. The next longest streak I have discovered is Ty Cobb's; Ty ran off six straight from 1911-1916, scored "only" 86 in 1917, and has started another run of five in a row.
Pat reached a number of milestones over the course of the season. A third consecutive season with over 200 hits put him easily over the 2,500 mark, and within range of the magic 3,000 with another two good years.
With three more triples, he will tie Sam Crawford's all-time record. That might take him no more than a week or two, as he's ripped 72 three-baggers in the 1920s alone.
He is opening up a huge gap between himself and the field in the art of drawing bases on balls. Pat has walked almost 300 times more than Al Bridwell, who ranks second all-time. Bridwell's total is closer to that of Honus Wagner, in twenty-fifth place, than it is to O'Farrell's.
Thirty-one more runs scored will move Pat past Willie Keeler into second place in the career rankings, which are led by Ty Cobb.
Pat did race past Cobb in one category, however. With 86 more stolen bases, Pat not only cleared a thousand for his career, but by swiping 28 more than Ty, he overtook him on the all-time list as well. O'Farrell has 1,067 steals in his career, to Cobb's 1,057.
Next: More statistical treats from 1922, and a look at Pat's ratings and how they are responding to the passage of time.