1922 Major League Baseball season

The 1922 major league baseball season began on April 12, 1922. The regular season ended on October 1, with the New York Giants and New York Yankees were the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 19th World Series on October 4 and ended with Game 5 on October 8. In a repeat of the previous season, the Giants defeated the Yankees, four games to zero (with one tie).

This was the first of eight seasons that "League Awards", a precursor to the Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award (introduced in 1931), were issued. Only an American League award was given in 1922.

Schedule
The 1922 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place since the season (except for ) and would be used until  in the American League and  in the National League.

Opening Day, April 13, featured all sixteen teams, for the first time since. The final day of the regular season was on October 1. The World Series took place between October 4 and October 8.

Bracket
 

National League
1 National League Triple Crown batting winner

Awards and honors

 * League Award
 * George Sisler, St. Louis Browns, 1B

Notable occurrences

 * April 29 – the New York Giants hit four inside-the-park home runs during a 15–4 victory over the Boston Braves.
 * July 12 – the Cleveland Indians defeat the Boston Red Sox 11–7, with all 20 of the Indians' hits being singles.


 * July 13 – 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.