1922 New York Yankees season

The 1922 New York Yankees season was the 20th season for the Yankees in New York and their 22nd overall. The team finished with a record of 94 wins and 60 losses, to win their second pennant in franchise history, by a single game over the St. Louis Browns. New York was managed by Miller Huggins. Their home games were played at the Polo Grounds.

1922 New York Yankees
1922 AL Champions
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Polo Grounds (since 1913) New York City, New York (since 1903)
Other information
Owner(s)	Jacob Ruppert and Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston
General manager(s)	Ed Barrow
Manager(s)	Miller Huggins
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In the 1922 World Series, the Yankees again lost to their landlords, the New York Giants, 4 games to none with one tied game. The final game of the Series was also the Yankees' final game as a tenant in the Polo Grounds. During the season, they had begun construction of their new home, Yankee Stadium, which would open in 1923.

Regular season

The 1922 New York Yankees

The Yankees started the season without their star, Babe Ruth, who was serving a suspension due to breaking the rule (along with several other Yankees) against World Series participants barnstorming. Although Commissioner Landis refused to back down on his enforcement of the rule, he did repeal the seemingly absurd rule by the end of the 1922 season.

Season 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

Record vs. opponents

1922 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	10–12	6–16	5–17	13–9	10–12	7–15	10–12
Chicago	12–10	—	12–10–1	17–5	9–13	12–10	8–14	7–15
Cleveland	16–6	10–12–1	—	15–7	7–15	11–11	6–16	13–9
Detroit	17–5	5–17	7–15	—	11–11	16–6–1	9–13	14–8
New York	9–13	13–9	15–7	11–11	—	17–5	14–8	15–7
Philadelphia	12–10	10–12	11–11	6–16–1	5–17	—	9–13	12–10
St. Louis	15–7	14–8	16–6	13–9	8–14	13–9	—	14–8
Washington	12–10	15–7	9–13	8–14	7–15	10–12	8–14	—

Roster

1922 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Joe Bush Waite Hoyt Sam Jones Clem Llewellyn Carl Mays George Murray Lefty O'Doul Bob Shawkey		Catchers Al DeVormer Fred Hofmann Wally Schang Infielders Frank Baker Joe Dugan Mike McNally Johnny Mitchell Wally Pipp Everett Scott Aaron Ward		Outfielders Chick Fewster Norm McMillan Bob Meusel Elmer Miller Babe Ruth Camp Skinner Elmer Smith Whitey Witt		Manager Miller Huggins Coaches Charley O'Leary Frank Roth

Player stats

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	Wally Schang	124	408	130	.319	1	53
1B	Wally Pipp	152	577	190	.329	9	90
2B	Aaron Ward	154	558	149	.267	7	68
3B	Frank Baker	69	234	65	.278	7	36
SS	Everett Scott	154	557	150	.269	3	45
OF	Bob Meusel	121	473	151	.319	16	84
OF	Babe Ruth	110	406	128	.315	35	99
OF	Whitey Witt	140	528	157	.297	4	40

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
Joe Dugan	60	252	72	.286	3	25
Elmer Miller	51	172	46	.267	3	18
Mike McNally	52	143	36	.252	0	18
Chick Fewster	44	132	32	.242	1	19
Fred Hofmann	37	91	27	.297	2	10
Norm McMillan	33	78	20	.256	0	11
Al DeVormer	24	59	12	.203	0	11
Elmer Smith	21	27	5	.185	1	5
Camp Skinner	27	33	6	.182	0	2
Johnny Mitchell	4	4	0	.000	0	0

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
Bob Shawkey	39	299.2	20	12	2.91	130
Waite Hoyt	37	265	19	12	3.43	95
Joe Bush	39	255.1	26	7	3.31	92
Carl Mays	34	240	12	14	3.60	41

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
Sam Jones	45	260	13	13	3.67	81

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
George Murray	22	4	2	0	3.97	14
Lefty O'Doul	6	0	0	0	3.38	5
Clem Llewellyn	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

World series

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Score	Record (NYY-NYG)	Attendance
1	October 4	New York Yankees	2	New York Giants	3	0–1–0	42,479
2	October 5	New York Giants	3	New York Yankees	3	0–1–1	37,020
3	October 6	New York Yankees	0	New York Giants	3	0–2–1	37,620
4	October 7 ‡	New York Giants	4	New York Yankees	3	0–3–1	36,242
5	October 8 ‡	New York Yankees	3	New York Giants	5	0–4–1	38,551
New York Giants win 4–0–1

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Jersey City Colts	International League	Ben Egan

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Notes

1. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

• 1922 New York Yankees
• 1922 World Series
• 1922 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com