1922 New York Yankees season

Summary

The 1922 New York Yankees season was the 20th season for the Yankees. 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 American League Champions
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkPolo Grounds
CityNew York City, New York
OwnersJacob Ruppert and Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston
General managersEd Barrow
ManagersMiller Huggins
← 1921 Seasons 1923 →

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 edit

 
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 edit

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 edit


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB 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 edit

1922 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats edit

Batting edit

Starters by position edit

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 edit

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
Camp Skinner 27 33 6 .182 0 2
Elmer Smith 21 27 5 .185 1 5
Johnny Mitchell 4 4 0 .000 0 0

Pitching edit

Starting pitchers edit

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 37 265.0 19 12 3.43 95
Joe Bush 39 255.1 26 7 3.31 92
Carl Mays 34 240.0 12 14 3.60 41

Other pitchers edit

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 45 260.0 13 13 3.67 81

Relief pitchers edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

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Notes edit

  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 edit

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