1922 in Baseball - Events

Events

  • 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 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 7 - Jesse Barnes of the New York Giants pitches a no-hitter in a 6–0 win over the Philadelphia Phillies.
  • May 20 - Babe Ruth joins the New York Yankees after having been suspended for an illegal barnstorming tour the previous fall.
  • 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.
  • 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 23 - Chicago Cubs first baseman Ray Grimes drives in two runs in a 4–1 victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers, giving him at least one RBI in seventeen straight games.
  • 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.
  • 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 Dodgers.
  • 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 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 1901. 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.
  • November 1 - Former Philadelphia Athletics catcher Ira Thomas buys the Shreveport Gassers Texas League club for $75,000. Other former players who own pieces of minor league clubs include Ty Cobb (Augusta Georgians), Eddie Collins (Baltimore Orioles), and George Stallings (Rochester Red Wings).

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