1922 World Series

1922 World Series
Crowd at the Polo Grounds for Game 1
Teams
Team (Wins) Manager Season New York Giants (4) John McGraw 93–61, .604, GA: 7 New York Yankees (0) Miller Huggins 94–60, .610, GA: 1
Dates	October 4–8
Umpires	Bill Klem (NL), George Hildebrand (AL), Barry McCormick (NL), Brick Owens (AL)
Hall of Famers	Umpire: Bill Klem Giants: John McGraw (mgr.), Dave Bancroft, Frankie Frisch, George Kelly, Casey Stengel‡, Ross Youngs. Yankees: Miller Huggins (mgr.), Frank Baker, Babe Ruth, Waite Hoyt. ‡ elected as a manager.
Broadcast
Radio	Series coverage was carried by Westinghouse Broadcasting and available to any commercially operated radio station.
Radio announcers	Grantland Rice and W. O. McGeehan
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In the 1922 World Series, the New York Giants beat the New York Yankees in five games (four games to none with one tie; starting this year the World Series was again best-of-seven). By now, the term "World Series" was being used frequently, as opposed to "World's Series".

As with the 1921 World Series, every game was played at the Polo Grounds because it housed both teams, with the home team alternating.

The Giants pitched around Babe Ruth and scored just enough runs to win each of the games outside of the controversial Game 2 tie. That game was called on account of darkness, but many thought there was sufficient light to have played some more innings (the sun was still in the sky), and there were some suspicions that one or both teams might have "allowed" the tie to happen to increase the overall gate receipts. Commissioner Landis was among those who was dissatisfied with the result. One story is that Landis asked Umpire Hildebrand, "Why the Sam Hill did you call the game?" The umpire answered, "There was a temporary haze on the field." The game decision was in the hands of the umpires, but the Commissioner's Office controlled the gate receipts. Landis ordered the money, more than $120,000, turned over to World War I charities, thus nullifying any impropriety. The tied game would turn out to be the third (and final) tied game in the history of the World Series. The other two tied games occurred in 1907 and 1912. No ties are possible under later rules, which allow for suspension of a tied game and resumption of it at a later date, as with Game 5 of the 2008 World Series.

This would prove to be Giants' manager John McGraw's third and final World Series win.

NL New York Giants (4) vs. AL New York Yankees (0)

The game and Series remained scoreless until the sixth inning. Whitey Witt tripled, then was cut down at home trying to score on a fielder's choice, but a Babe Ruth hit got the run home. A three-run Giant rally in the eighth knocked out Yankee starter Bullet Joe Bush, with the winning run coming off reliever Waite Hoyt on a Ross Youngs sacrifice fly.