# 1922 New York Giants season

The 1922 New York Giants season was the franchise's 40th season. The team finished in first place in the National League with a 93–61 record. The Giants won their second consecutive World Series, defeating the New York Yankees in five games (Game 2 was a 3–3 tie) without a loss.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Giants | 93 | 61 | .604 | — | 51‍–‍27 | 42‍–‍34 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 86 | 68 | .558 | 7 | 48‍–‍29 | 38‍–‍39 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 85 | 69 | .552 | 8 | 42‍–‍35 | 43‍–‍34 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 85 | 69 | .552 | 8 | 45‍–‍33 | 40‍–‍36 |
| Chicago Cubs | 80 | 74 | .519 | 13 | 39‍–‍37 | 41‍–‍37 |
| Brooklyn Robins | 76 | 78 | .494 | 17 | 44‍–‍34 | 32‍–‍44 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 57 | 96 | .373 | 35½ | 35‍–‍41 | 22‍–‍55 |
| Boston Braves | 53 | 100 | .346 | 39½ | 32‍–‍43 | 21‍–‍57 |

### Record vs. opponents

1922 National League recordvte 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
## 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 |
| C | Frank Snyder | 104 | 318 | 109 | .343 | 5 | 51 |
| 1B | George Kelly | 151 | 592 | 194 | .328 | 17 | 107 |
| 2B | Frankie Frisch | 132 | 514 | 168 | .327 | 5 | 51 |
| SS | Dave Bancroft | 156 | 651 | 209 | .321 | 4 | 60 |
| 3B | Heinie Groh | 115 | 426 | 113 | .265 | 3 | 51 |
| OF | Casey Stengel | 84 | 250 | 92 | .368 | 7 | 48 |
| OF | Ross Youngs | 149 | 559 | 185 | .331 | 7 | 86 |
| OF | Irish Meusel | 154 | 617 | 204 | .331 | 16 | 132 |

#### 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 |
| Johnny Rawlings | 88 | 308 | 87 | .282 | 1 | 30 |
| Earl Smith | 90 | 234 | 65 | .278 | 9 | 39 |
| Bill Cunningham | 85 | 229 | 75 | .328 | 2 | 33 |
| Ralph Shinners | 56 | 135 | 34 | .252 | 0 | 15 |
| Dave Robertson | 42 | 47 | 13 | .277 | 1 | 3 |
| Lee King | 20 | 34 | 6 | .176 | 0 | 2 |
| Alex Gaston | 16 | 26 | 5 | .192 | 0 | 1 |
| Freddie Maguire | 5 | 12 | 4 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
| Mahlon Higbee | 3 | 10 | 4 | .400 | 1 | 5 |
| Travis Jackson | 3 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Waddy MacPhee | 2 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 0 |
| Ike Boone | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 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 |
| Art Nehf | 37 | 268.1 | 19 | 13 | 3.29 | 60 |
| Jesse Barnes | 37 | 212.2 | 13 | 8 | 3.51 | 52 |
| Phil Douglas | 24 | 157.2 | 11 | 4 | 2.63 | 33 |
| Hugh McQuillan | 15 | 94.1 | 6 | 5 | 3.82 | 24 |
| Fred Toney | 13 | 86.1 | 5 | 6 | 4.17 | 10 |
| Fred Johnson | 2 | 18.0 | 0 | 2 | 4.00 | 8 |
| Clint Blume | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 2 |
| Mike Cvengros | 1 | 9.0 | 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 |
| Rosy Ryan | 46 | 191.2 | 17 | 12 | 3.01 | 75 |
| Jack Scott | 17 | 79.2 | 8 | 2 | 4.41 | 37 |
| Carmen Hill | 8 | 28.1 | 2 | 1 | 4.76 | 6 |

#### 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 |
| Claude Jonnard | 33 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3.84 | 44 |
| Red Causey | 24 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3.18 | 13 |
| Virgil Barnes | 22 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3.48 | 16 |
| Red Shea | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4.70 | 5 |

## 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) |||||||||||||