1922 Major League Baseball season

This article is about the 1922 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1922 in baseball.

1922 MLB season
League	Major League Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 12 – October 8, 1922
Regular Season
League Postseason
AL champions	New York Yankees
NL champions	New York Giants
World Series
Champions	New York Giants
Runners-up	New York Yankees

The 1922 Major League Baseball season.

Major league baseball final standings

American League final standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	94	60	0.610	—	50–27	44–33
St. Louis Browns	93	61	0.604	1	54–23	39–38
Detroit Tigers	79	75	0.513	15	43–34	36–41
Cleveland Indians	78	76	0.506	16	44–35	34–41
Chicago White Sox	77	77	0.500	17	43–34	34–43
Washington Senators	69	85	0.448	25	40–39	29–46
Philadelphia Athletics	65	89	0.422	29	38–39	27–50
Boston Red Sox	61	93	0.396	33	31–42	30–51

National League final standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Giants	93	61	0.604	—	51–27	42–34
Cincinnati Reds	86	68	0.558	7	48–29	38–39
St. Louis Cardinals	85	69	0.552	8	42–35	43–34
Pittsburgh Pirates	85	69	0.552	8	45–33	40–36
Chicago Cubs	80	74	0.519	13	39–37	41–37
Brooklyn Robins	76	78	0.494	17	44–34	32–44
Philadelphia Phillies	57	96	0.373	35½	35–41	22–55
Boston Braves	53	100	0.346	39½	32–43	21–57

Statistical leaders

	American League		National League
AVG	George Sisler SLB	.420	Rogers Hornsby SLC	.401
HR	Ken Williams SLB	39	Rogers Hornsby SLC	42
RBI	Ken Williams SLB	155	Rogers Hornsby SLC	152
Wins	Eddie Rommel PHA	27	Eppa Rixey CIN	25
ERA	Red Faber CHW	2.81	Phil Douglas NYG	2.63
Ks	Urban Shocker SLB	149	Dazzy Vance BKN	134

Managers

American League

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Red Sox	Hugh Duffy
Chicago White Sox	Kid Gleason
Cleveland Indians	Tris Speaker
Detroit Tigers	Ty Cobb
New York Yankees	Miller Huggins
Philadelphia Athletics	Connie Mack
St. Louis Browns	Lee Fohl
Washington Senators	Clyde Milan

National League

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Braves	Fred Mitchell
Brooklyn Robins	Wilbert Robinson
Chicago Cubs	Bill Killefer
Cincinnati Reds	Pat Moran
New York Giants	John McGraw
Philadelphia Phillies	Kaiser Wilhelm
Pittsburgh Pirates	George Gibson and Bill McKechnie
St. Louis Cardinals	Branch Rickey

Events

• April 29 – the New York Giants score four inside-the-park home runs during a 15–4 victory over the Boston Braves.[1]
• July 12 – the Cleveland Indians defeat the Boston Red Sox 11–7, with all 20 of the Indians' hits being singles.[2]

• July 13 – the Boston Red Sox defeat the St Louis Browns 2–0 in front of only 68 spectators, which is the smallest crowd in the history of Fenway Park.[3]

References

1. "Four Inside-The-Parkers". goldenrankings.com. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
2. "THT Live". hardballtimes.com. Retrieved July 17, 2012.
3. "THT Live". hardballtimes.com. Retrieved July 17, 2012.

External links

• 1922 Major League Baseball season schedule at Baseball Reference