The 1922 St. Louis Browns were three outs away from their first series win of the season, but the 1922 New York Giants rallied to capture the finale and even the series at two wins apiece. The two squads will still find themselves in the bottom half of the standings at the end of week seven.
George Kelly led the Giants (10-14) with a .471 average (8-for-17). George Sisler and Wally Gerber each batted .286 (4-for-14) for the Browns (6-18), who also got three home runs from Ken Williams.
Game #1: St. Louis 1, New York 0
The Browns’ Urban Shocker and the Giants’ Art Nehf each had a shutout going until the eighth inning. Finally, Nehf threw one bad pitch, and St. Louis slugger Ken Williams launched a solo home run for what turned out to be the only run of the game. New York put runners into scoring position in four different innings but Shocker got out of it each time.
1922 NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H BI 1922 ST. LOUIS BROWN AB R H BI
Dave Bancroft 4 0 1 0 Jack Tobin 3 0 0 0
Casey Stengel 4 0 1 0 Marty McManus 4 0 0 0
Frankie Frisch 4 0 1 0 George Sisler 3 0 0 0
Irish Meusel 4 0 0 0 Ken Williams 3 1 1 1
George Kelly 4 0 1 0 Baby Doll Jacobson 4 0 1 0
Ross Youngs 3 0 0 0 Hank Severeid 3 0 0 0
Heinie Groh 4 0 1 0 Wally Gerber 3 0 0 0
Frank Snyder 4 0 1 0 Frank Ellerbe 3 0 1 0
Art Nehf BZ 1 0 0 0 Urban Shocker BXZ 2 0 1 0
TOTALS 32 0 6 0 TOTALS 28 1 4 1
1922 NEW YORK GIANTS 000 000 000 -- 0
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 000 000 01x -- 1
LOB--1922 NEW YORK GIANTS 8, 1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 8.
ERR--Frankie Frisch, Frank Ellerbe, Marty McManus. HR--Ken
Williams. SACB--Ross Youngs, Art Nehf BZ, Urban Shocker BXZ.
SB--Urban Shocker BXZ.
1922 NEW YORK GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Art Nehf BZ [L] 8.00 4 1 1 4 3 1
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS
Urban Shocker BXZ [W] 9.00 6 0 0 1 6 0
Game #2: New York 9, St. Louis 3
New York got off the mat, scoring three quick runs en route to a 9-0 lead. Casey Stengel led the way with five hits. Phil Douglas nearly had a shutout of his own, but Ken Williams and Hank Severeid homered for the Browns in the bottom of the ninth.
1922 NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H BI 1922 ST. LOUIS BROWN AB R H BI
Dave Bancroft 5 1 2 0 Jack Tobin 4 0 1 0
Casey Stengel 6 2 5 2 Marty McManus 4 0 1 0
Frankie Frisch 5 1 0 1 George Sisler 4 0 1 0
Irish Meusel 3 1 1 0 Ken Williams 4 1 1 1
George Kelly 6 1 3 2 Baby Doll Jacobson 4 1 1 0
Ross Youngs 4 1 1 2 Hank Severeid 4 1 2 2
Heinie Groh 4 1 2 0 Wally Gerber 4 0 2 0
Frank Snyder 5 0 1 2 Frank Ellerbe 4 0 0 0
Phil Douglas BZ 4 1 0 0 Dixie Davis CYW 1 0 0 0
Eddie Foster 1 0 0 0
Pat Collins 1 0 0 0
Chick Shorten 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 42 9 15 9 TOTALS 36 3 9 3
1922 NEW YORK GIANTS 120 200 040 -- 9
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 000 000 003 -- 3
LOB--1922 NEW YORK GIANTS 14, 1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 6.
ERR--George Sisler, Marty McManus. 2B--Heinie Groh, Jack
Tobin. HR--Ken Williams, Hank Severeid. SACF--Frankie
Frisch. SACB--Phil Douglas BZ. SB--Baby Doll Jacobson.
1922 NEW YORK GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Phil Douglas BZ [W] 8.00 9 3 3 0 3 2
Red Causey BRW 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS
Dixie Davis CYW [L] 5.00 9 5 5 4 3 0
Bill Bayne CX 3.00 5 4 4 1 3 0
Dave Danforth BKW 1.00 1 0 0 1 2 0
Game #3: St. Louis 6, New York 2
St. Louis jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the top of the first thanks to a Marty McManus solo homer and a Ken Williams two-run shot, his third home run in three games. New York closed the gap to 3-2, but St. Louis scored runs without the help of a home run for the first time in the series in the top of the eighth, as Wally Gerber’s two-run double and Frank Ellerbe’s RBI single put the game out of reach.
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWN AB R H BI 1922 NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H BI
Jack Tobin 5 0 0 0 Dave Bancroft 3 0 0 0
Marty McManus 5 1 2 1 Casey Stengel 4 1 0 0
George Sisler 4 2 3 0 Frankie Frisch 4 1 2 0
Ken Williams 4 1 1 2 Irish Meusel 4 0 2 2
Baby Doll Jacobson 4 1 0 0 George Kelly 4 0 2 0
Hank Severeid 4 0 1 0 Ross Youngs 4 0 0 0
Wally Gerber 4 1 1 2 Heinie Groh 4 0 0 0
Frank Ellerbe 4 0 2 1 Frank Snyder 3 0 0 0
Elam Vangilder BZ 3 0 0 0 Rosy Ryan BX 2 0 0 0
Earl Smith 1 0 1 0
TOTALS 37 6 10 6 TOTALS 33 2 7 2
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 300 000 030 -- 6
1922 NEW YORK GIANTS 100 001 000 -- 2
LOB--1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 7, 1922 NEW YORK GIANTS 5.
ERR--Dave Bancroft. 2B--Marty McManus, Wally Gerber, George
Kelly. 3B--Frank Ellerbe, Irish Meusel. HR--Ken Williams,
Marty McManus.
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Elam Vangilder BZ [W] 9.00 7 2 2 1 3 0
1922 NEW YORK GIANTS
Rosy Ryan BX [L] 7.67 10 6 6 2 4 2
Hugh McQuillan B 1.33 0 0 0 1 0 0
Game #4: New York 4, St. Louis 3
The Browns took a 3-1 lead on Baby Doll Jacobson’s home run in the top of the seventh. St. Louis starter Ray Kolp was pitching well, but the Browns elected to go to bullpen ace Hub Pruett in the bottom of the ninth. It didn’t work out well, as Pruett talked three batters, including one with the bases loaded. With one out, Dave Bancroft had a walk-off single that scored the tying and winning runs.
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWN AB R H BI 1922 NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H BI
Jack Tobin 4 0 0 0 Dave Bancroft 5 0 3 2
Marty McManus 4 0 0 0 Casey Stengel 4 0 0 0
George Sisler 3 1 0 0 Frankie Frisch 4 0 0 0
Ken Williams 4 0 0 0 Irish Meusel 4 0 1 0
Baby Doll Jacobson 2 1 1 2 George Kelly 3 2 2 1
Hank Severeid 3 1 0 0 Ross Youngs 3 0 1 0
Wally Gerber 3 0 1 1 Heinie Groh 4 1 2 0
Frank Ellerbe 3 0 0 0 Frank Snyder 3 1 0 0
Ray Kolp CYZ 3 0 0 0 Jesse Barnes BZ 2 0 0 0
Bill Cunningham 1 0 0 0
Earl Smith 0 0 0 1
TOTALS 29 3 2 3 TOTALS 33 4 9 4
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 010 000 200 -- 3
1922 NEW YORK GIANTS 010 000 003 -- 4
LOB--1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 1, 1922 NEW YORK GIANTS 8.
2B--Wally Gerber. HR--Baby Doll Jacobson, George Kelly.
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Ray Kolp CYZ 8.00 7 1 1 1 5 1
Hub Pruett AKW [L] 0.33 2 3 3 3 0 0
1922 NEW YORK GIANTS
Jesse Barnes BZ 7.00 2 3 3 2 1 1
Claude Jonnard BXY [W] 2.00 0 0 0 0 3 0
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