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The 1922 World Series was the championship series in Major League Baseball for the 1922 season. The 19th edition of the World Series, it matched the National League champion New York Giants against the American League champion New York Yankees. The Giants beat the Yankees in five games (four games to zero, with one tie) in the first Series with ...
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason.First played in 1903, [1] the World Series championship is a best-of-seven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseball's National League (NL) and American League (AL). [2]
In the second consecutive iteration of the Subway Series, the Giants defeated the Yankees, four games to zero (with one tie), capturing their third championship in franchise history, and the fourth team to win back-to-back World Series. This was the second World Series between the two teams. This was the first of eight seasons that "League ...
The 1922 New York Giants season was the franchise's 40th season. The team finished in first place in the National League with a 93–61 record. The Giants won their second consecutive World Series, defeating the New York Yankees in five games (Game 2 was a 3–3 tie) without a loss.
The series was known to be controversial as it had the third and final tie game in World Series history when the game was called because of darkness. Conspiratorial allegations of impropriety of ticket sales had surfaced as a result of the game being called, causing Commissioner Landis to order proceeds to go to charities funding reconstruction ...
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.
He has an 0.47 ERA in four career World Series appearances and the steely nerve to take the mound on one day’s rest for the last three outs of this fall’s clinching Game 5. The Dodgers value ...
In the 1922 World Series, the Yankees again lost to their landlords, the New York Giants, 4 games to none with one tied game. The final game of the Series was also the Yankees' final game as a tenant in the Polo Grounds. During the season, they had begun construction of their new home, Yankee Stadium, which would open in 1923.