1922 Season Recap:
Final 1922 Standings:
1922 New York Yankees Leaders & Rankings:
1922 Year In Review:
It was really a story of a tale of 2 seasons, before the trade deadline and after. Before the trade deadline the Yankees were 52-51. After the trade deadline the Yankees were 38-13. This was due mainly to a trade deadline deal in which I acquired another starting pitcher, another reliever, and I swapped center fielders with another team. On July 31st the Yankees were in 5th, 14 games out of 1st place. We just came up a little short.
The big star of the Yankees was Rogers Hornsby, who won the 2nd ever Triple Crown, batting .367 with 35 homers and 141 RBIs. In the final week of the season Rajah batted .474 to catch and pass Bobby Veach of the Senators for the batting title. Hornsby finished 2nd in baseball in home runs. The Phillies Joe Hauser set a new MLB single season record with 36 homers. However, Rajah did set a new MLB single season record for RBIs. In total there were 6 single season hitting records set in 1922. Hornsby set 3 of them (slugging %, total bases, RBIs).
Babe Ruth:
So I'm starting to think Ruth's ratings will not improve any more. He didn't progress a digit in any category this year. He had a decent season, but maybe it's time I resign myself to the fact that he's not going to turn into the Bambino. In 1922 Ruth batted 3rd in front of Hornsby and Suttles and went for .299 with 10 homers and 73 RBIs. Ruth has 1 more season on his contract. If he doesn't have a Ruthian 1923, I'll probably let him go.
Mule Suttles:
I suspected that Mule Suttles would be a star if I played him every day and I was right. Suttles batted between Hornsby & Bob Meusel and went for .319 with 30 homers and 108 RBIs. He also put up a .989 fielding percentage at 1B. I doube he'll win the Gold Glove, but he was good enough for me.
1922 New York Yankees Transactions:
May 10, 1922: Signed 2B Dave Bancroft to a 1 year extension @ $24,367
Bancroft agreed to stay in New York without asking for a raise. He's still one of the best fielding 2nd basemen in baseball.
July 31, 1922: Traded CF Braggo Roth & P Bill Lathrop to the Chicago White Sox for CF Elmer Smith, P Hod Eller, & P Herb Kelly
Roth & Lathrop were in contract years and were both asking for over $40k. Roth was playing well, but not great. Lathrop was playing terribly for the first time in his career. I ended up taking on salary, but I replaced Roth with Smith, added another good starting pitcher in Eller, and replaced Lathrop with Kelly. Elmer Smith batted .264 with 9 homers and 38 RBIs leading off for the Yankees. Hod Eller went 6-1 with a 3.13 ERA in pinstripes. And Kelly went 4-1 with 2 saves and a 4.15 ERA down the stretch. All 3 players are signed for future seasons at reasonable prices.
World Series Recap:
So it was an all Ohio World Series with the Indians taking on the Reds. It's Cleveland's 3rd straight WS trip and their 5th in team history. It's the 1st trip to the Fall Classic for the Reds.
Cleveland won their 3rd straight World Series, beating the Reds in 7 games.