The 1922 Major League Baseball season began on April 12, 1922. The regular season ended on October 1, with the New York Giants and New York Yankees were the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 19th World Series on October 4 and ended with Game 5 on October 8. In a repeat of the previous season, the Giants defeated the Yankees, four games to zero (with one tie).
1922 MLB season | |
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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 |
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.
The 1922 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place since the 1904 season (except for 1919) and would be used until 1961 in the American League and 1962 in the National League.
Opening Day, April 13, featured all sixteen teams, for the first time since 1917. The final day of the regular season was on October 1. The World Series took place between October 4 and October 8.
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NL | New York Giants | 4 |
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Team name | Wins | %± | Home attendance | %± | Per game |
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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 |