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:
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	—

Roster

1922 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Jesse Barnes Virgil Barnes Clint Blume Red Causey Mike Cvengros Phil Douglas Carmen Hill Fred Johnson Claude Jonnard Hugh McQuillan Art Nehf Rosy Ryan Jack Scott Red Shea Fred Toney		Catchers Alex Gaston Earl Smith Frank Snyder Infielders Dave Bancroft Frankie Frisch Heinie Groh Travis Jackson George Kelly Lee King Waddy MacPhee Freddie Maguire Johnny Rawlings		Outfielders Bill Cunningham Mahlon Higbee Irish Meusel Dave Robertson Ralph Shinners Casey Stengel Ross Youngs Other batters Joe Berry Ike Boone Cozy Dolan		Manager John McGraw Coaches Cozy Dolan Hughie Jennings

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	Kelly, GeorgeGeorge 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
Smith, EarlEarl Smith	90	234	65	.278	9	39
King, LeeLee King	20	34	6	.176	0	2
MacPhee, WaddyWaddy MacPhee	2	7	2	.286	0	0
Berry, JoeJoe Berry	6	0	0	----	0	0
Dolan, CozyCozy 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
Barnes, JesseJesse Barnes	37	212.2	13	8	3.51	52
Blume, ClintClint Blume	1	9	1	0	1.00	2
Cvengros, MikeMike 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
Causey, RedRed Causey	24	4	3	1	3.18	13
Barnes, VirgilVirgil Barnes	22	1	0	2	3.48	16

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)

Notes

References

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