1922 New York Giants season

1922 New York Giants
National League Champions World Series Champions
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1883)
Location
Polo Grounds (since 1911)
New York City (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles Stoneham
Manager(s)	John McGraw
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The 1922 New York Giants season was the franchise's 40th season. The team finished in first place in the National League with an 93-61 record. The Giants won their second consecutive World Series, defeating the New York Yankees in five games 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 Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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	—

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
1B	George Kelly	151	592	194	.328	17	107

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
Earl Smith	90	234	65	.278	9	39
Lee King	20	34	6	.176	0	2
Waddy MacPhee	2	7	2	.286	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
Jesse Barnes	37	212.2	13	8	3.51	52
Clint Blume	1	9	1	0	1.00	2
Mike Cvengros	1	9	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

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
Red Causey	24	4	3	1	3.18	13
Virgil Barnes	22	1	0	2	3.48	16

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)

References

• 1922 New York Giants team page at Baseball Reference
• 1922 New York Giants team page at Baseball Almanac