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1922 New York Giants
World Series Champions
National League Champions
LeagueNational League
BallparkPolo Grounds
CityNew York City
OwnersCharles Stoneham
ManagersJohn McGraw
← 1921 Seasons 1923 →

The 1922 New York Giants season was the franchise's 40th season. The team finished in first place in the National League with a 93–61 record. The Giants won their second consecutive World Series, defeating the New York Yankees in five games (Game 2 was a 3–3 tie) without a loss.

Regular season

Season 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

Record vs. opponents

1922 National League record

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Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston — 7–15 4–18 5–17 8–14–1 8–13 10–12 11–11
Brooklyn 15–7 — 11–11 8–14 8–14–1 15–7 11–11 8–14
Chicago 18–4 11–11 — 11–11–1 8–14 9–13–1 10–12 13–9
Cincinnati 17–5 14–8 11–11–1 — 10–12 15–7 11–11–1 8–14
New York 14–8–1 14–8–1 14–8 12–10 — 15–7 11–11 13–9
Philadelphia 13–8 7–15 13–9–1 7–15 7–15 — 3–19 7–15
Pittsburgh 12–10 11–11 12–10 11–11–1 11–11 19–3 — 9–13
St. Louis 11–11 14–8 9–13 14–8 9–13 15–7 13–9 —


Opening Day lineup

Roster

1922 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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 Frank Snyder 104 318 109 .343 5 51
1B George Kelly 151 592 194 .328 17 107
2B Frankie Frisch 132 514 168 .327 5 51
SS Dave Bancroft 156 651 209 .321 4 60
3B Heinie Groh 115 426 113 .265 3 51
OF Casey Stengel 84 250 92 .368 7 48
OF Ross Youngs 149 559 185 .331 7 86
OF Irish Meusel 154 617 204 .331 16 132

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
Johnny Rawlings 88 308 87 .282 1 30
Earl Smith 90 234 65 .278 9 39
Bill Cunningham 85 229 75 .328 2 33
Ralph Shinners 56 135 34 .252 0 15
Dave Robertson 42 47 13 .277 1 3
Lee King 20 34 6 .176 0 2
Alex Gaston 16 26 5 .192 0 1
Freddie Maguire 5 12 4 .333 0 1
Mahlon Higbee 3 10 4 .400 1 5
Travis Jackson 3 8 0 .000 0 0
Waddy MacPhee 2 7 2 .286 0 0
Ike Boone 2 2 1 .500 0 0
Joe Berry 6 0 0 ---- 0 0
Cozy Dolan 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
Art Nehf 37 268.1 19 13 3.29 60
Jesse Barnes 37 212.2 13 8 3.51 52
Phil Douglas 24 157.2 11 4 2.63 33
Hugh McQuillan 15 94.1 6 5 3.82 24
Fred Toney 13 86.1 5 6 4.17 10
Fred Johnson 2 18.0 0 2 4.00 8
Clint Blume 1 9.0 1 0 1.00 2
Mike Cvengros 1 9.0 0 1 4.00 3

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
Rosy Ryan 46 191.2 17 12 3.01 75
Jack Scott 17 79.2 8 2 4.41 37
Carmen Hill 8 28.1 2 1 4.76 6

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
Claude Jonnard 33 6 1 4 3.84 44
Red Causey 24 4 3 1 3.18 13
Virgil Barnes 22 1 0 2 3.48 16
Red Shea 11 0 3 0 4.70 5

1922 World Series

Main article: 1922 World Series

Game 1

October 4, 1922, at the Polo Grounds in New York City

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York (A) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 7 0
New York (N) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 x 3 11 3
W: Rosy Ryan (1–0)  L: Bullet Joe Bush (0–1)

Game 2

October 5, 1922, at the Polo Grounds in New York City

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
New York (N) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 1
New York (A) 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 8 0
W: NA   L: NA
HR: NYG – Irish Meusel (1), NYY – Aaron Ward (1)

Game 3

October 6, 1922, at the Polo Grounds in New York City

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York (A) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
New York (N) 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 x 3 12 1
W: Jack Scott (1–0)   L: Waite Hoyt (0–1)

Game 4

October 7, 1922, at the Polo Grounds in New York City

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York (N) 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 9 1
New York (A) 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 8 0
W: Hugh McQuillan (1–0)   L: Carl Mays (0–1)
HR: NYY – Aaron Ward (2)

Game 5

October 8, 1922, at the Polo Grounds in New York City

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York (A) 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 5 0
New York (N) 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 x 5 10 0
W: Art Nehf (1–0)   L: Bullet Joe Bush (0–2)

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