1922 in the Negro Leagues

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1922 in the Negro Leagues

The Pittsburgh Keystones, which were added with the Cleveland Tate Stars to the NNL to replace the Columbus Buckeyes and Chicago Giants, folded after the season.

Standings

BOLD indicates League Champion

Negro National League

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Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB
1	Kansas City Monarchs	80	47	31	2	0.603	--
1	Indianapolis ABCs	85	50	34	1	0.595	--
3	Chicago American Giants	62	37	24	1	0.607	1.5
4	Detroit Stars	74	42	31	1	0.575	2.5
5	St. Louis Stars	62	26	36	0	0.419	13.0
6	Pittsburgh Keystones	40	14	24	2	0.368	13.0
7	Cleveland Tate Stars	42	15	26	1	0.366	13.5
8	Cuban Stars West	61	18	43	0	0.295	20.5

Negro Southern League

Source: The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues, John Holway

Rank	Team	Win	Losses	WPCT	GB
1	Memphis	27	10	0.730	0
2	Nashville	23	13	0.639	3.5
3	Knoxville	22	13	0.629	4
4	Montgomery	17	11	0.607	5.5
5	Birmingham	26	17	0.605	9
6	New Orleans	13	17	0.433	10.5
7	Chattanooga	11	19	0.367	12.5
8	Louisville	5	24	0.172	18

Independent Teams

Source: Teams list from The Negro Leagues Book by Dick Clark and Larry Lester; records are from The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues, John Holway; agate type blog, Gary Ashwill

Professional teams

• Atlantic City Bacharach Giants: 20 - 31 - 1 (.392)
• Baltimore Black Sox: 7 - 5 (.583)
• Brooklyn Royal Giants: 1 - 1 (.500)
• Cuban Stars East: 1 - 3 (.250)
• Hilldale: 8 - 12 (.400)
• New York Bacharach Giants
• New York Lincoln Giants: 8 - 4 (.667)

Semi-pro teams

• Buffalo Stars
• Harrisburg Giants
• Homestead Grays
• New Orleans Crescent Stars
• Philadelphia Giants
• Richmond Giants

Leading Players

Individual Achievements

There were three no-hitters in 1922:

Bill Force of the Detroit Stars beat the St. Louis Giants 3-0 on June 27.

Nip Winters of the Bacharach Giants beat the Indianapolis ABCs 7-1 on July 26 in a game between an NNL team and an associate team.

Phil Cockrell of the Hilldale Club beat the Chicago American Giants by an unknown score on August 19 in another associate game. It was his second no-hitter, having thrown one in 1921.