1922 MLB season
League	Major League Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 12 – October 8, 1922
Number of games	154
Number of teams	16
Regular Season
Season MVP	AL: George Sisler (SLB)
AL champions	New York Yankees
AL runners-up	St. Louis Browns
NL champions	New York Giants
NL runners-up	Cincinnati Reds
World Series
Champions	New York Giants
Runners-up	New York Yankees
MLB seasons
← 1921 1923 →

The 1922 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 12 to October 8, 1922. The New York Giants and New York Yankees were the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The Giants then defeated the Yankees in the World Series, four games to none.

This was the first of eight seasons that "League Awards", a precursor to the Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award (introduced in 1931), were issued. Only an American League award was given in 1922.

Standings

American League[edit]

v t e 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[edit]

v t e 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

Postseason

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World Series

AL	New York Yankees	0

NL	New York Giants	4

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

Home Field Advantage

Team Name	Wins	%±	Home attendance	%±	Per Game
New York Yankees^[1]	94	-4.1%	1,026,134	-16.6%	13,326
New York Giants^[2]	93	-1.1%	945,809	-2.8%	11,972
Detroit Tigers^[3]	79	11.3%	861,206	30.2%	11,184
St. Louis Browns^[4]	93	14.8%	712,918	100.3%	9,259
Chicago White Sox^[5]	77	24.2%	602,860	10.9%	7,829
Chicago Cubs^[6]	80	25.0%	542,283	32.2%	7,135
St. Louis Cardinals^[7]	85	-2.3%	536,998	39.6%	6,974
Cleveland Indians^[8]	78	-17.0%	528,145	-29.5%	6,602
Pittsburgh Pirates^[9]	85	-5.6%	523,675	-25.4%	6,714
Brooklyn Robins^[10]	76	-1.3%	498,865	-18.7%	6,396
Cincinnati Reds^[11]	86	22.9%	493,754	58.6%	6,250
Washington Senators^[12]	69	-13.8%	458,552	0.5%	5,804
Philadelphia Athletics^[13]	65	22.6%	425,356	23.5%	5,453
Boston Red Sox^[14]	61	-18.7%	259,184	-7.2%	3,550
Philadelphia Phillies^[15]	57	11.8%	232,471	-15.1%	3,019
Boston Braves^[16]	53	-32.9%	167,965	-47.3%	2,210

Notable Occurrences

April 29 – the New York Giants hit four inside-the-park home runs during a 15–4 victory over the Boston Braves.^[17]
July 12 – the Cleveland Indians defeat the Boston Red Sox 11–7, with all 20 of the Indians' hits being singles.^[18]

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.^[19]

References

External links

1922 MLB season by team

1922 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1922 World Series

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