1922 Major League Baseball season

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1922 MLB season
League Major League Baseball
Sport Baseball
DurationApril 12 – October 8, 1922
Number of games154
Number of teams16
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
MLB seasons
Locations of teams for the 1915–1922 American League seasons
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Locations of teams for the 1920–1931 National League seasons
ButtonBlue.svg National League

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).

Contents

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.

Teams

LeagueTeamCityStadiumCapacity
American League Boston Red Sox Boston, Massachusetts Fenway Park 35,000
Chicago White Sox Chicago, Illinois Comiskey Park 28,000
Cleveland Indians Cleveland, Ohio Dunn Field 21,414
Detroit Tigers Detroit, Michigan Navin Field 23,000
New York Yankees New York, New York Polo Grounds 38,000
Philadelphia Athletics Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Shibe Park 23,000
St. Louis Browns St. Louis, Missouri Sportsman's Park 24,040
Washington Senators Washington, D.C. Griffith Stadium 27,000
National League Boston Braves Boston, Massachusetts Braves Field 40,000
Brooklyn Robins New York, New York Ebbets Field 30,000
Chicago Cubs Chicago, Illinois Cubs Park 15,000
Cincinnati Reds Cincinnati, Ohio Redland Field 20,696
New York Giants New York, New York Polo Grounds 38,000
Philadelphia Phillies Philadelphia, Pennsylvania National League Park 18,000
Pittsburgh Pirates Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Forbes Field 25,000
St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis, Missouri Sportsman's Park 24,040

Schedule

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.

Standings

Postseason

Bracket

World Series
   
AL New York Yankees 0
NL New York Giants 4

Managers

League leaders

American League

National League

Awards and honors

Home field attendance

Team nameWins%±Home attendance%±Per game
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] 7911.3%861,20630.2%11,184
St. Louis Browns [4] 9314.8%712,918100.3%9,259
Chicago White Sox [5] 7724.2%602,86010.9%7,829
Chicago Cubs [6] 8025.0%542,28332.2%7,135
St. Louis Cardinals [7] 85-2.3%536,99839.6%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] 8622.9%493,75458.6%6,250
Washington Senators [12] 69-13.8%458,5520.5%5,804
Philadelphia Athletics [13] 6522.6%425,35623.5%5,453
Boston Red Sox [14] 61-18.7%259,184-7.2%3,550
Philadelphia Phillies [15] 5711.8%232,471-15.1%3,019
Boston Braves [16] 53-32.9%167,965-47.3%2,210

Notable occurrences

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