1922 World Series - New York Giants vs New York Yankees

New York Giants 4
New York Yankees 0

October 4 - October 8, 1922

The 1922 World Series was the second consecutive New York Subway Series. "World Series" was being used as opposed to "World's Series" and the best-of-seven format had been reestablished. For the first time, the entire Series was broadcast over radio.

The Giants trailed 2-0 in the eighth inning of Game 1, but rallied for three runs. Rosy Rose won despite yielding eleven hits.

In Game 2, the Giants jumped ahead in the first with a three run homer. The Yankees scored in the first, fourth and eighth innings. Umpire George Hildebrand called the game after the tenth for "darkness" even though at least a half hour of sunlight remained. Many speculated that either or both teams "allowed" the tie to increase gate receipts. Commissioner Landis ordered the receipts, over $120,000, to be donated to World War I charities in New York.

Giants pitcher Jack Scott shutout the Yankees with a 3-0 masterpiece.

Hugh McQuillan eked out a 4-3 Giants win in Game 4. Dave Bancroft contributed 2 RBIs.

Art Nehf notched a 5-3 win for the Giants' second straight title.

Giants pitchers held Babe Ruth to two-for-seventeen for a .118 average and his teammates to .203.

The tied game was the third (and final) in Series history. The others were in 1907 and 1912. Modern rules allow suspension of a tied game and its resumption at another date, as with Game 5 of the 2008 Series.

The 1922 World Series was manager John McGraw's third and last championship.

Around the World:

• October 4 - Protocol of Geneva signed: Austria gained independence.
• October 5:
  1. José Froilán González, Argentine race car driver born.
  2. Bil Keane, American cartoonist born.
• October 06:
  1. The WW I Allies withdrew from Istanbul.
  2. Schwebla replaced Benes government in Czechoslovakia.
• October 7 - William Zinsser, American writer born.
• October 8 - Nils Liedholm, Swedish footballer and coach born (d. 2007).

1922 in Baseball:

June 3 - In a 5-4 win over Detroit, Cleveland first baseman Stuffy McInnis committed his first error in 163 games and 1625 chances.

July 13 - 68 fans, the smallest crowd in Fenway Park's history, watched a 2-0 loss to the Browns.

August 8 - Pittsburgh clubbed a Major League record 46 hits in a doubleheader against Philadelphia.

August 15 - Chicago and Boston hit an American League record 35 singles (Chicago, 21 and Boston, 14) in a 19-11 Chicago victory.

August 25 - The Cubs edged the Phillies 26-23 in one of the worst combined pitching performances: 51 hits, 23 walks, and 10 errors with Philadelphia leaving 16 men on base and Chicago stranding 9.

October 1 - Cardinals' Rogers Hornsby finished with a .401 average, the first National Leaguer to bat .400 since 1901. He set National League records with 42 home runs, 152 RBIs, 251 hits, 102 extra-base hits, a .722 slugging percentage, and won the Triple Crown.