Champions World Series: New York Giants over New York Yankees (4–0–1)
Statistical leaders American League National League Negro National League Stat Player Total Player Total Player Total AVG George Sisler (SLB) .420 Rogers Hornsby1 (STL) .401 Heavy Johnson (KCM) .406 HR Ken Williams (SLB) 39 Rogers Hornsby1 (STL) 42 Oscar Charleston (ABC) 19 RBI Ken Williams (SLB) 155 Rogers Hornsby1 (STL) 152 Oscar Charleston (ABC) 102 W Eddie Rommel (PHA) 27 Eppa Rixey (CIN) 25 Jim Jeffries (ABC) 21 ERA Red Faber (CWS) 2.81 Phil Douglas (NYG) 2.63 Lewis Hampton (ABC) 2.49 K Urban Shocker (SLB) 149 Dazzy Vance (BRO) 134 Bill Force (DTS) 120 1 National League Triple Crown batting winner
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Negro leagues final standings All Negro leagues standings below are per MLB and Seamheads. Negro National League final standings This was the third of twelve seasons of the first Negro National League. Generally, teams did not play a uniform number of games (since some teams barnstormed against other Negro baseball teams). This sometimes created a difference in who would generally be considered first place in certain years. Playoffs would not be held to determine a winner until 1925 (for which it would be used five times until 1930). For example, Indianapolis played the most games with 85, followed by Kansas City at 80, Detroit with 75, and Chicago with 62. The latter team with its superior winning percentage among the group is generally considered the pennant winner.
East (independent teams) final standings A loose confederation of teams were gathered in the East to compete with the West, however East teams did not organize a formal league as the West did. vs. All Teams Independent Clubs W L T Pct. GBHomestead Grays3016Richmond Giants32174—Brooklyn Royal Giants6406½Cuban Stars (East)10927New York Lincoln Giants9937½Baltimore Black Sox252618New York Bacharach Giants3037110½Hilldale Club2027111Original Bacharach Giants101429½Philadelphia Royal Stars38110Harrisburg Giants28010½
Events January January 13 – Former Chicago White Sox infielder Buck Weaver files his first application for reinstatement to major league baseball. This would be one of six unsuccessful attempts Weaver would make to have the lifetime banishment lifted. January 14 – The Washington Senators name Clyde Milan, and outfielder and member of the team since 1907, as the new manager, replacing George McBride. January 30 – José Leblanc, a pitcher with the Negro National League's Cuban Stars, is struck on the head with a baseball bat in an argument with Antonio Susini, during a Cuban League game. Leblanc dies the following day.
February March March 5 – Babe Ruth and the New York Yankees agree to a deal that pays the slugger $52,000 annually. The deal is worth more than that of teammate Frank "Home Run" Baker. March 9 – The St. Louis Cardinals sign Rogers Hornsby to a three-year contract. Hornsby had been contacted by John McGraw of the New York Giants, but Hornsby opted to sign with St. Louis.
April April 9 – With a St. Louis record crowd of 29,000 on hand, the Browns top the Cardinals, 6–3, to win their City Series. April 12 – The Chicago Cubs win their season opener 7–3 over the Cincinnati Reds. Hall of Fame catcher Gabby Hartnett debuts behind the plate for the Cubs. April 18 – St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Sid Benton faces two batters in the Cards' 7–5 loss to the Chicago Cubs, and walks both. It is his only major league experience ever. April 22 – Ken Williams of the St. Louis Browns hits three home runs in a single game, all of which scored George Sisler. Williams becomes the first American League player to hit three homers in a game as St. Louis defeated Chicago 10–7. April 28 – The Philadelphia Phillies defeat Brooklyn 10–7. In the game, Lee King of Philadelphia drives in seven runs. It's King's best output of the season as he finished the year with 15 runs batted in. April 29 – George Kelly, Ross Youngs and Dave Bancroft of the New York Giants each hit inside-the-park home runs, with Kelly accounting for two. The Giants defeated the Boston Braves 15–4 in the contest. April 30 – In his fourth career start, Chicago White Sox pitcher Charlie Robertson pitches the fifth perfect game in Major League history. Chicago tops the Detroit Tigers, 2–0, at Navin Field in Detroit.
May May 7 – Jesse Barnes of the New York Giants pitches a no-hitter in a 6–0 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. Walter Mueller makes his major league debut, driving in five runs as the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Chicago Cubs 11–5. Mueller becomes the first player in major history to drive in five runs in his MLB debut. May 20 – Babe Ruth joins the New York Yankees after having been suspended for an illegal barnstorming tour the previous fall. May 25 – Ruth, having just returned to the Yankees, is called out trying to stretch a single into a double. An irate Ruth throws dirt into the eyes of the umpire. Ruth then enters the stands to fight a man that had been heckling him. After they are separated, Ruth begins yelling at the entire crowd. His antics cause him to be suspended for one game, and he is fined $200. A decision is also made to strip Ruth of his standing as team captain as well. May 29 – The United States Supreme Court decides Federal Baseball Club v. National League, a lawsuit resulting from the Federal League merger in 1915, holding that Major League Baseball games did not constitute interstate commerce and thus were exempt from the Sherman Antitrust Act. May 30 – One of the strangest trades in baseball history occurs between the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs. The teams are playing each other in a double-header, when at the conclusion of the first game, Chicago trades outfielder Cliff Heathcote to St. Louis for outfielder Max Flack. Both players got a hit for their team in the second game, won by the Cubs as part of a sweep.
June June 3 – During a 5–4 win over the visiting Detroit Tigers at League Park, Cleveland Indians first baseman Stuffy McInnis committed his first error in an astounding 163 games played and 1,625 total chances. June 5 – In the only game on the Major League schedule, sloppy play by the St. Louis Cardinals is the difference in the Boston Braves' 6–0 victory. An error by Cardinals first baseman Jack Fournier leads to two unearned runs in the second. With two outs in the third, Jeff Pfeffer walks one, then gives up consecutive singles for Boston's third run. Hod Ford's single to center drives in a fourth run, followed by an error by center fielder Jack Smith, leading to a fifth run. Fournier commits a second error in the fifth which leads to Boston's sixth, and final, run. June 12 – Hub Pruett struck out Babe Ruth three consecutive times as the St. Louis Browns beat the New York Yankees 7–1.
July July 6 – The New York Yankees pound the Cleveland Indians in both games of a doubleheader by scores of 10–3 and 11–3. Babe Ruth drives in four runs in the first game, and is held hitless in the second. July 12 – the Cleveland Indians defeat the Boston Red Sox 11–7, with all 20 of the Indians' hits being singles. July 13: Bill Doak of the St. Louis Cardinals loses a no-hit bid when he fails to cover first base. Curt Walker of Philadelphia hit a grounder to Cardinals first baseman Jack Fournier who could not reach the base quick enough to tag out Walker. The Boston Red Sox defeat the St. Louis Browns 2–0 in front of only 68 spectators, which is the smallest crowd in the history of Fenway Park. July 23: Chicago Cubs first baseman Ray Grimes drives in two runs in a 4–1 victory over the Brooklyn Robins, giving him at least one RBI in seventeen straight games. Wally Pipp, Everett Scott and Mike McNally of the New York Yankees each get three hits in a game as the New York Yankees defeat the Boston Red Sox 11–7.
August August 6 – Washington Senators pitcher Walter Johnson gives up the first grand slam of his career, a third-inning shot by Jack Tobin, as the host St. Louis Browns top the Senators, 8–4. George Sisler is two-for-two against Johnson, as Browns pitcher Urban Shocker is credited with the victory. August 15 – The Chicago White Sox defeated the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park, 19–11, in a game which both teams combined for a whopping 35 singles. Chicago collected 21 singles, Boston 14, to set an American League record that's still intact. August 18 – The St. Louis Cardinals defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 3–2 in fourteen innings. Future Hall of Famer Jim Bottomley makes his major league debut for the Cardinals playing all fourteen innings. August 25: In the first game of a double header, New York Yankees pitcher Waite Hoyt holds St. Louis Browns slugger Ken Williams hitless, snapping his 28-game hitting streak. The Browns win regardless, 3–1. The Chicago Cubs managed to edge out the Philadelphia Phillies, 26–23, in one of the worst combined pitching performances in Major League Baseball history. The game itself featured 51 hits, 23 bases on balls and 10 errors, with the Phillies leaving 16 runners stranded on base and the Cubs stranding nine.
September September 2–19 year old pitcher Paul Schreiber makes his major league debut for the Brooklyn Robins, giving up two hits over one inning. Schreiber would be sent back to the minors after the following season. He'd later emerge to pitch for the New York Yankees in 1945, coming out of retirement due to a shortage of players during the war, and appear in an MLB game 25 years after he'd played in his last one. September 9 – Baby Doll Jacobson hits three triples to lead the St. Louis Browns to a 16–0 win over the Detroit Tigers. September 16 – The St. Louis Browns open a crucial three game set against the New York Yankees at Sportsman's Park. The Yankees win game one of the series, 2–1, behind a strong pitching effort from Bob Shawkey. September 23 – Future Hall of Famer Kiki Cuyler makes his only appearance of the season in the Pittsburgh Pirates' 5–1 loss to the Brooklyn Robins. September 24 – Brothers Jesse and Virgil Barnes of the New York Giants surrender a home run to Rogers Hornsby. Hornsby would finish the season with a then record 42 homers. September 27 – Future Hall of famer Travis Jackson makes his Major league debut with the New York Giants, striking out in his only at-bat in the Giants' 3–2 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. September 30 – Philadelphia Athletics pitcher Eddie Rommel gets his league leading 27th victory over the Washington Senators. Philadelphia only manage 65 victories all season, and finish in seventh place in the American League.
October October 1 – St. Louis Cardinals second baseman Rogers Hornsby goes three-for-five to end the season with a .401 batting average, becoming the first National Leaguer to end the season with a .400 average since . Horsnby also sets new National League records with 42 home runs, 152 runs batted in, and a .722 slugging percentage. October 4 – For the second year in a row, every game of the World Series is played at the Polo Grounds in New York City since it houses both the Giants and Yankees. The Giants score three in the eighth inning to take game one, 3–2. October 5 – After ten innings, game two of the 1922 World Series is declared a 3–3 tie. October 6 – Behind a four hitter by Jack Scott, the Giants win game three of the World Series, 3–0. October 7 – A four run fifth inning carries the Giants to a 4–3 victory over the Yankees in game four of the World Series. October 8 – The New York Giants defeat the New York Yankees, 5–3, in Game five of the World Series, to win their second consecutive World Championship, and third overall, with a 4–0–1 record.
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