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| Dates | October 4–8 | |||||||||
| Venue(s) | Polo Grounds | |||||||||
| Umpires | Bill Klem (NL), George Hildebrand (AL) Barry McCormick (NL), Brick Owens (AL) | |||||||||
| Hall of Famers | Umpire: Bill Klem Giants: John McGraw (manager) Hughie Jennings (coach) Dave Bancroft Frankie Frisch George Kelly Casey Stengel‡ Ross Youngs Yankees: Miller Huggins (manager) Frank Baker Babe Ruth Waite Hoyt ‡ Elected as a manager | |||||||||
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| 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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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 a permanent best-of-seven format. 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; it was also the Yankees' final series to be played at the Polo Grounds as a home team, as they would move into the then-under construction Yankee Stadium for the following season, which ended in them winning the rematch against the Giants.
The Giants held Babe Ruth in check (he batted only .118 with just one RBI) and scored just enough runs to win each of the games outside 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.
As of 2024, this is the last time the Giants have won the World Series at home, as their next five championships were all clinched on the road. This would prove to be Giants' manager John McGraw's third and final World Series win.