# 1922 New York Yankees season

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.
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

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

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 94 | 60 | .610 | — | 50‍–‍27 | 44‍–‍33 |
| St. Louis Browns | 93 | 61 | .604 | 1 | 54‍–‍23 | 39‍–‍38 |
| Detroit Tigers | 79 | 75 | .513 | 15 | 43‍–‍34 | 36‍–‍41 |
| Cleveland Indians | 78 | 76 | .506 | 16 | 44‍–‍35 | 34‍–‍41 |
| Chicago White Sox | 77 | 77 | .500 | 17 | 43‍–‍34 | 34‍–‍43 |
| Washington Senators | 69 | 85 | .448 | 25 | 40‍–‍39 | 29‍–‍46 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 65 | 89 | .422 | 29 | 38‍–‍39 | 27‍–‍50 |
| Boston Red Sox | 61 | 93 | .396 | 33 | 31‍–‍42 | 30‍–‍51 |

### Record vs. opponents

1922 American League recordvte Sources: :
| 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
## 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 | 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

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
#### 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 |
| 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

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

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

| 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

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