1922 American League

The 1922 season of the American League was the twenty-second season of the league.

Season summary[edit]

1922 American League champion New York Yankees

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	New York Yankees	154	94	60	0	.610	-.-	758 (4.92)	618 (4.01)	0.287	0.348	0.412	3.39	0.975
2	St. Louis Browns	154	93	61	0	.604	1.0	867 (5.63)	643 (4.18)	0.313	0.368	0.455	3.38	0.968
3	Detroit Tigers	155	79	75	1	.510	15.0	828 (5.34)	791 (5.10)	0.306	0.369	0.415	4.27	0.970
4	Cleveland Indians	155	78	76	1	.503	16.0	768 (4.95)	817 (5.27)	0.292	0.359	0.398	4.59	0.968
5	Chicago White Sox	155	77	77	1	.497	17.0	691 (4.46)	691 (4.46)	0.278	0.338	0.373	3.94	0.976
6	Washington Senators	154	69	85	0	.448	25.0	650 (4.22)	706 (4.58)	0.268	0.327	0.367	3.81	0.968
7	Philadelphia Athletics	155	65	89	1	.419	29.0	705 (4.55)	830 (5.35)	0.270	0.327	0.402	4.59	0.965
8	Boston Red Sox	154	61	93	0	.396	33.0	598 (3.88)	769 (4.99)	0.263	0.311	0.357	4.30	0.965

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Chick Galloway Topper Rigney Bobby Veach	Philadelphia Athletics Detroit Tigers Detroit Tigers	155
At Bats	Sam Rice	Washington Senators	633
Runs Scored	George Sisler	St. Louis Browns	134
Hits	George Sisler	St. Louis Browns	246
Doubles	Tris Speaker	Cleveland Indians	48
Triples	George Sisler	St. Louis Browns	18
Home Runs	Ken Williams	St. Louis Browns	39
Total Bases	Ken Williams	St. Louis Browns	367
Runs Batted In	Ken Williams	St. Louis Browns	155
Stolen Bases	George Sisler	St. Louis Browns	51
Caught Stealing	Ken Williams	St. Louis Browns	20
Walks	Whitey Witt	New York Yankees	89
Hit by Pitch	Bucky Harris Johnny Mostil	Washington Senators Chicago White Sox	14
Strikeouts	Jimmie Dykes	Philadelphia Athletics	98
Sacrifice Hits	Bill Wambsganss	Cleveland Indians	42
Batting Average	George Sisler	St. Louis Browns	0.420
On-Base Percentage	Tris Speaker	Cleveland Indians	0.474
Slugging Percentage	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	0.672
On-Base plus Slugging	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	1.106
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	182

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Eddie Rommel	Philadelphia Athletics	27
Losses	Slim Harriss	Philadelphia Athletics	20
Win-Loss Percentage	Joe Bush	New York Yankees	0.788
Appearances	Eddie Rommel	Philadelphia Athletics	51
Games Started	George Uhle	Cleveland Indians	40
Complete Games	Red Faber	Chicago White Sox	31
Shutouts	George Uhle	Cleveland Indians	5
Games Finished	Hub Pruett	St. Louis Browns	23
Saves	Sam Jones	New York Yankees	8
Innings Pitched	Red Faber	Chicago White Sox	352.0
Batters Faced	Red Faber	Chicago White Sox	1464
Hits Allowed	Urban Shocker	St. Louis Browns	365
Home Runs Allowed	Urban Shocker	St. Louis Browns	22
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Rip Collins	Boston Red Sox	103
Hit Batsmen	Howard Ehmke	Detroit Tigers	23
Strikeouts	Urban Shocker	St. Louis Browns	149
Wild Pitches	Rip Collins Harry Courtney Ray Francis Herb Pennock	Boston Red Sox Washington Senators/Chicago White Sox Washington Senators Boston Red Sox	7
Balks	Dave Danforth	St. Louis Browns	4
Runs Allowed	Slim Harriss	Philadelphia Athletics	148
Earned Runs Allowed	Howard Ehmke	Detroit Tigers	131
Earned Run Average	Red Faber	Chicago White Sox	2.81
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Red Faber	Chicago White Sox	1.185

In the World Series, the American League champion New York Yankees were defeated by the National League's New York Giants, 4 games to 0 with one tie.

The winner of the league's League Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was George Sisler, a first baseman with the St. Louis Browns. In the award's voting, he had 59 out of a possible 64 points.

* Denotes a fill-in umpire

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