Franchise Encyclopedia: 1920 / 1922
98-55, Finished 1st in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Miller Huggins (98-55)
Scored 948 runs, Allowed 708 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 96-57
Ballpark: Polo Grounds IV (ballparks.com) · Attendance: 1,230,696 (1st of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 99
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| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | Wally Schang# | 31 | 134 | 513 | 424 | 77 | 134 | 30 | 5 | 6 | 55 | 7 | 4 | 78 | 35 | .316 | .428 | .453 | .881 | 123 | 192 | 5 | 6 | |||
| 2 | 1B | Wally Pipp* | 28 | 153 | 667 | 588 | 96 | 174 | 35 | 9 | 8 | 98 | 17 | 10 | 45 | 28 | .296 | .347 | .427 | .774 | 95 | 251 | 1 | 33 | |||
| 3 | 2B | Aaron Ward | 24 | 153 | 635 | 556 | 77 | 170 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 75 | 6 | 8 | 42 | 68 | .306 | .363 | .423 | .786 | 98 | 235 | 8 | 29 | |||
| 4 | SS | Roger Peckinpaugh | 30 | 149 | 696 | 577 | 128 | 166 | 25 | 7 | 8 | 71 | 2 | 2 | 84 | 44 | .288 | .380 | .397 | .777 | 97 | 229 | 2 | 33 | |||
| 5 | 3B | Frank Baker* | 35 | 94 | 369 | 330 | 46 | 97 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 71 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 12 | .294 | .353 | .436 | .789 | 99 | 144 | 4 | 9 | |||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 6 | 1B | Babe Ruth* | 26 | 152 | 693 | 540 | 177 | 204 | 44 | 16 | 59 | 171 | 17 | 13 | 145 | 81 | .378 | .512 | .846 | 1.359 | 239 | 457 | 4 | 4 | |||
| 7 | Bob Meusel | 24 | 149 | 646 | 598 | 104 | 190 | 40 | 16 | 24 | 136 | 17 | 6 | 34 | 88 | .318 | .356 | .559 | .915 | 128 | 334 | 2 | 12 | ||||
| 8 | Elmer Miller | 30 | 56 | 270 | 242 | 41 | 72 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 16 | .298 | .356 | .450 | .806 | 103 | 109 | 3 | 6 | ||||
| 9 | 2B | Chick Fewster | 25 | 66 | 248 | 207 | 44 | 58 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 43 | .280 | .382 | .386 | .768 | 95 | 80 | 6 | 7 | |||
| 10 | IF | Mike McNally | 27 | 71 | 240 | 215 | 36 | 56 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 15 | .260 | .306 | .312 | .617 | 56 | 67 | 0 | 11 | |||
| 11 | Braggo Roth | 28 | 43 | 176 | 152 | 29 | 43 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 20 | .283 | .370 | .408 | .778 | 97 | 62 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 12 | Ping Bodie | 33 | 31 | 97 | 87 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | .172 | .242 | .241 | .483 | 23 | 21 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 13 | Chicken Hawks* | 25 | 41 | 79 | 73 | 16 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 12 | .288 | .333 | .479 | .813 | 104 | 35 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 14 | C | Fred Hofmann | 27 | 23 | 68 | 62 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .177 | .250 | .274 | .524 | 33 | 17 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 15 | C | Al DeVormer | 29 | 22 | 53 | 49 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .347 | .373 | .429 | .801 | 102 | 21 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 16 | MI | Johnny Mitchell# | 26 | 13 | 47 | 42 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .262 | .326 | .286 | .612 | 56 | 12 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 17 | Tom Connelly* | 23 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 18 | P | Carl Mays* | 29 | 51 | 156 | 143 | 18 | 49 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .343 | .365 | .434 | .798 | 101 | 62 | 1 | 8 | |||
| 19 | P | Waite Hoyt | 21 | 43 | 110 | 99 | 8 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .222 | .238 | .253 | .490 | 24 | 25 | 0 | 9 | |||
| 20 | P | Bob Shawkey | 30 | 38 | 100 | 90 | 13 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .300 | .315 | .378 | .693 | 75 | 34 | 0 | 8 | |||
| 21 | P | Rip Collins | 25 | 28 | 61 | 56 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | .196 | .237 | .232 | .469 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 22 | P | Jack Quinn | 37 | 33 | 46 | 41 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .220 | .273 | .341 | .614 | 55 | 14 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 23 | P | Bill Piercy | 25 | 14 | 31 | 28 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .214 | .290 | .286 | .576 | 46 | 8 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 24 | P | Alex Ferguson | 24 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .211 | .211 | .211 | .421 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 25 | P | Harry Harper* | 26 | 8 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .125 | .176 | .125 | .301 | -23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 26 | P | Tom Sheehan | 27 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .625 | .625 | .625 | 1.250 | 217 | 5 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 27 | P | Tom Rogers | 29 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1.000 | 148 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 27.7 | 153 | 6056 | 5250 | 948 | 1576 | 284 | 87 | 134 | 863 | 89 | 64 | 575 | 571 | .300 | .374 | .464 | .838 | 111 | 2436 | 41 | 190 | |||||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SP | Carl Mays | 29 | 27 | 9 | .750 | 3.05 | 49 | 38 | 10 | 30 | 1 | 7 | 336.2 | 332 | 145 | 114 | 11 | 76 | 70 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1400 | 139 | 1.212 | 8.9 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 0.92 | |
| 2 | SP | Waite Hoyt | 21 | 19 | 13 | .594 | 3.09 | 43 | 32 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 282.1 | 301 | 121 | 97 | 3 | 81 | 102 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1201 | 137 | 1.353 | 9.6 | 0.1 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 1.26 | |
| 3 | SP | Bob Shawkey | 30 | 18 | 12 | .600 | 4.08 | 38 | 31 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 245.0 | 245 | 131 | 111 | 15 | 86 | 126 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1053 | 104 | 1.351 | 9.0 | 0.6 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 1.47 | |
| 4 | SP | Rip Collins | 25 | 11 | 5 | .688 | 5.44 | 28 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 137.1 | 158 | 103 | 83 | 6 | 78 | 64 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 641 | 78 | 1.718 | 10.4 | 0.4 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 0.82 | |
| 5 | SP | Bill Piercy | 25 | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2.98 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 81.2 | 82 | 40 | 27 | 4 | 28 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 354 | 142 | 1.347 | 9.0 | 0.4 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 1.25 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 6 | RP | Jack Quinn | 37 | 8 | 7 | .533 | 3.78 | 33 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 119.0 | 158 | 61 | 50 | 2 | 32 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 542 | 112 | 1.597 | 11.9 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 1.38 | |
| 7 | RP | Alex Ferguson | 24 | 3 | 1 | .750 | 5.91 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 56.1 | 64 | 40 | 37 | 4 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 258 | 72 | 1.615 | 10.2 | 0.6 | 4.3 | 1.4 | 0.33 | |
| 8 | RP | Tom Sheehan | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.45 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33.0 | 43 | 23 | 20 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 154 | 78 | 1.879 | 11.7 | 0.3 | 5.2 | 1.9 | 0.37 | |
| 9 | RP | Tom Rogers | 29 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.36 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11.0 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 58 | 1.909 | 9.8 | 0.8 | 7.4 | 0.0 | 0.00 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 10 | Harry Harper* | 26 | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.76 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 52.2 | 52 | 23 | 22 | 3 | 25 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 235 | 113 | 1.462 | 8.9 | 0.5 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 0.88 | ||
| 11 | Babe Ruth* | 26 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.00 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 47 | 2.556 | 14.0 | 1.0 | 9.0 | 2.0 | 0.22 | ||
| Team Totals | 27.2 | 98 | 55 | .641 | 3.82 | 153 | 153 | 60 | 92 | 8 | 15 | 1364.0 | 1461 | 706 | 579 | 51 | 470 | 481 | 51 | 3 | 23 | 5940 | 111 | 1.416 | 9.6 | 0.3 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 1.02 | |||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3607 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Baker | 35 | 83 | 268 | 84 | 173 | 11 | 16 | .959 | 3.10 | 3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Rip Collins | 25 | 28 | 34 | 3 | 29 | 2 | 1 | .941 | 1.14 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Al DeVormer | 29 | 17 | 60 | 48 | 9 | 3 | 1 | .950 | 3.35 | 1 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Alex Ferguson | 24 | 17 | 18 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.00 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Chick Fewster | 25 | 15 | 98 | 34 | 54 | 10 | 10 | .898 | 5.87 | 2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Harry Harper | 26 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.13 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Fred Hofmann | 27 | 19 | 91 | 76 | 11 | 4 | 1 | .956 | 4.58 | 3 | C-1B | |||||||||||||||
| Waite Hoyt | 21 | 43 | 85 | 15 | 65 | 5 | 5 | .941 | 1.86 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Carl Mays | 29 | 49 | 114 | 8 | 104 | 2 | 4 | .982 | 2.29 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Mike McNally | 27 | 65 | 258 | 80 | 169 | 9 | 12 | .965 | 3.83 | 3B-2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Mitchell | 26 | 12 | 45 | 13 | 26 | 6 | 1 | .867 | 3.25 | SS-2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Roger Peckinpaugh | 30 | 149 | 803 | 318 | 443 | 42 | 75 | .948 | 5.11 | SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Bill Piercy | 25 | 14 | 27 | 3 | 20 | 4 | 2 | .852 | 1.64 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Wally Pipp | 28 | 153 | 1729 | 1624 | 89 | 16 | 116 | .991 | 11.20 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Jack Quinn | 37 | 33 | 36 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 2 | .972 | 1.06 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Tom Rogers | 29 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.20 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Babe Ruth | 26 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.75 | 1B-P | ||||||||||||||||
| Wally Schang | 31 | 132 | 620 | 500 | 101 | 19 | 13 | .969 | 4.55 | 9 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Bob Shawkey | 30 | 38 | 52 | 14 | 35 | 3 | 1 | .942 | 1.29 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Tom Sheehan | 27 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.50 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Aaron Ward | 24 | 157 | 830 | 304 | 496 | 30 | 68 | .964 | 5.10 | 2B-3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 27.7 | 153 | 6275 | 4090 | 1965 | 220 | 346 | .965 | 3.95 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 5 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary |