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Better at bat than in the field, the witty Tierney played second base for the fun-loving Pirates of 1922 and sang in the team quartet. Despite a .345 BA that year, he was traded to the Phillies early in 1923, and when his hitting fell off his ML career was over. (ME)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » August 8, 1922: Pittsburgh makes a major-league record 46 hits in a doubleheader against Philadelphia. Pittsburgh sweeps, winning 19-8 and 7-3. With their 27 hits in game one, and 22 the day before, a two-game major-league record (49) is set. In today's double pounding, the hitting stars are Reb Russell and Cotton Tierney, each of whom collect eight hits. » May 23, 1923: Pittsburgh sends 2B Cotton Tierney and P Whitney Glazner to the Phils for 2B Johnny Rawlings and P Lee Meadows. Meadows will win 85 games over the next five years as Glazner's replacement in the Pittsburgh rotation. » October 6, 1923: Braves rookie SS Ernie Padgett, playing in his 2nd game, pulls an unassisted triple play against the Phils, the first in the National League since 1878. Walter Holke lines out, Cotton Tierney is forced, and Cliff Lee is tagged out. It is the first unassisted TP in the NL since 1878. The Braves win the 5-inning nitecap, 4–1, to sweep the twinbill. Joe Batchelder picks up the W over Lefty Weinert. » December 13, 1923: The Braves acquire 2B Cotton Tierney from the Phils for SS Hod Ford and OF Ray Powell. Powell is later replaced by OF Al Nixon. » February 4, 1925: Brooklyn acquires OF Cotton Tierney from the Braves for OF Bernie Neis.