1922 World Series
Crowd at the Polo Grounds for Game 1
Team (Wins) Managers Season New York Giants (4) John McGraw 93–61, .604, GA: 7 New York Yankees (0) Miller Huggins 94–60, .610, GA: 1
Dates	October 4–8
Venue	Polo Grounds
Umpires	Bill Klem (NL),George Hildebrand (AL) Barry McCormick (NL),Brick Owens (AL)
Hall of Famers	Umpire: Bill Klem Giants: John McGraw (manager) Hughie Jennings (coach) Dave Bancroft Frankie Frisch George Kelly Casey Stengel‡ Ross Youngs Yankees: Miller Huggins (manager) Frank Baker Babe Ruth Waite Hoyt ‡ Elected as a manager
Broadcast
Radio	Series coverage was carried byWestinghouse Broadcasting and available to any commercially operated radio station.
Radio announcers	Grantland Rice andW. O. McGeehan
World Series program
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The1922World Series was the championship series inMajor League Baseball for the1922 season. The 19th edition of the World Series, it matched theNational League championNew York Giants against theAmerican League championNew York Yankees. The Giants beat the Yankees in five games (four games to zero, with one tie) in the first Series with a permanentbest-of-seven format. By now, the term "World Series" was being used frequently, as opposed to "World's Series". As with the1921 World Series, every game was played at thePolo Grounds because it housed both teams, with the home team alternating; it was also the Yankees' final series to be played at the Polo Grounds as a home team, as they would move into the then-under constructionYankee Stadium for the following season, which ended in themwinning the rematch against the Giants.

The Giants heldBabe Ruth in check (he batted only .118 with just one RBI) and scored just enough runs to win each of the games outside the controversial Game 2 tie. That game was called on account of darkness, but many thought there was sufficient light to have played some more innings (the sun was still in the sky), and there were some suspicions that one or both teams might have "allowed" the tie to happen to increase the overall gate receipts.Commissioner Landis was among those who was dissatisfied with the result. One story is that Landis asked Umpire Hildebrand, "Why the Sam Hill did you call the game?" The umpire answered, "There was a temporary haze on the field." The game decision was in the hands of the umpires, but the Commissioner's Office controlled the gate receipts. Landis ordered the money, more than $120,000, turned over toWorld War I charities, thus nullifying any impropriety. The tied game would turn out to be the third (and final) tied game in the history of the World Series. The other two tied games occurred in1907 and1912. No ties are possible under later rules, which allow for suspension of a tied game and resumption of it at a later date, as withGame 5 of the 2008 World Series.

As of 2024, this is the last time the Giants have won the World Series at home, as their next five championships were all clinched on the road. This would prove to be Giants' managerJohn McGraw's third and final World Series win.

NLNew York Giants (4) vs. ALNew York Yankees (0)

The game and Series remained scoreless until the sixth inning.Whitey Witt tripled off ofArt Nehf, then was cut down at home trying to score on a fielder's choice, but aBabe Ruth hit got the run home. The Yankees added another run next inning onAaron Ward's sacrifice fly with runners on second and third. A three-run Giant rally in the eighth knocked out Yankee starterBullet Joe Bush, who allowed four straight leadoff singles, the last of which toIrish Meusel scoring two. and the winning run coming off relieverWaite Hoyt on aRoss Youngs sacrifice fly.

This was the controversial tie (see above). PitchersBob Shawkey andJesse Barnes went all 10 innings. The Giants scored all three runs in the first onIrish Meusel's three-run home run after two singles. The Yankees scored a run in the first onWally Pipp's RBI single afterJoe Dugan reached second on an error and another run in the fourth onAaron Ward's home run. The Yankees had tied the game in the eighth on doubles byBabe Ruth andBob Meusel, but that is the way the game ended.

KnuckleballerJack Scott kept the Yankees off the board. In the bottom of the third with runners on second and third,Frankie Frisch's sacrifice fly andIrish Meusel's RBI single scored a run each for the Giants, who added an insurance run in the seventh onFrankie Frisch's RBI single. The game took just 1 hour, 48 minutes.

This contest moved along even faster than Game 3. It was over in a snappy 1:41, with Giants pitcherHugh McQuillan going the distance for a 4-3 win. The Yankees scored two runs in the first on back-to-back singles byWally Pipp andBob Meusel, but in the fifth after a leadoff single and double,Dave Bancroft's two-run single tied the game. After a single and groundout,Irish Meusel's groundout andRoss Youngs's RBI single scored a run each.Aaron Ward's home run in the seventh cut the Giants' lead to one, but the Yankees did not score after that.

Art Nehf's five-hit pitching combined with a three-run eighth inning won the Series for the Giants. The Yankees scored a run in the first whenJoe Dugan singled with one out, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt and scored onWally Pipp's RBI single, but in the bottom of the second with runners on second and third,Bill Cunningham's two-run single gave the Giants the lead. The Yankees tied the game in the fifth onBullet Joe Bush's RBI single after a walk and single, then took the lead onEverett Scott's sacrifice fly with runners on second and third. The decisive rally began with aHeinie Groh single andFrankie Frisch double. After an intentional walk toRoss Youngs, a two-run single byHigh Pockets Kelly put the Giants on top. The next batter,Lee King, inserted in the outfield that inning for defensive purposes, delivered an RBI single to make it 5-3, and that's how it ended.

This was the second of three consecutive matchups between the Yankees and Giants (1921–1923) marked the only time (as of 2023), that three straight World Series featured the same two clubs. BrothersBob andIrish Meusel played against each other in each of those three series, making them the first set of brothers to play against each other on opposing teams in a World Series or anyBig Four championship series.^[6]

The Giants became the second NL team to win back-to-back World Series, following theChicago Cubs in 1907–08, and remained the last until the 1975–76Cincinnati Reds. This also remains the last World Series to be won by the Giants at home, as their championships of 1933 and 1954 (for New York) and 2010, 2012 and 2014 (for San Francisco) were all clinched as the visiting team.

1922 World Series(4–0–1):New York Giants (N.L.) overNew York Yankees (A.L.)

• 1921 World Series First World Series match-up between the Giants and the Yankees
• 1923 World Series Third World Series match-up between the Giants and the Yankees

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