1922 Season

The 1922 season in brief

1922 belonged, by record, to the Chicago American Giants: 38-23. Nobody in 1922 fared worse than the Cuban Stars West (16-41). Across the races, the Negro National League ended with the Chicago American Giants and the Kansas City Monarchs level at 38-23, the Chicago American Giants ranked first, the Brooklyn Royal Giants (6-4) edged the Cuban Stars East (10-9) in the IND group, the American League went to the New York Yankees by the narrowest of margins over the St. Louis Browns, 94-60 to 93-61, and the New York Giants owned the National League with a 93-61 mark, the Cincinnati Reds next at 86-68. Alongside the American and National Leagues, the 1922 page carries standings for the Negro National League, whose seasons MLB now treats as major league. The New York Yankees reached the 1922 World Series and lost it to the New York Giants, 4 games to 0. On the home run tile, Rogers Hornsby sat first with 42, ahead of Ken Williams with 39. The qualified batting-average board starts with George Sisler at .420, with Rogers Hornsby next at .401. In 1922 the qualifying line sat at 477 plate appearances, from a 154-game club schedule. The batting tiles keep returning to Rogers Hornsby, first in OPS, home runs, hits, and runs. Beyond the top five in each tile, the 1922 leaders page ranks the whole 1922 field.