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In 1921, the Yankees overtook the Indians to win the American League pennant. They lost the World Series to the New York Giants, but the Yankee dynasty was taking root. Stories remain that Ruth and several other players were feuding with manager Miller Huggins and insisting that Peck be named player-manager, but before the start of the 1922 season Peck was traded to the Boston Red Sox. The timing of the trade was quite curious, since Roger had an excellent previous season for the Yankees. He batted .288, hit seven home runs, and scored 128 runs, a career high. Newspapers mentioned a time during the season when manager Huggins was ill and Peck took over the team: almost immediately the Yankees went on a winning streak. This may have been a case of Peck becoming more popular than the manager and as a result being shipped off to the lowly Red Sox. Norman E. Brown, in his syndicated column for the Central Press Association, wrote, “The recent trading of Roger Peckinpaugh, Yankee shortstop and captain, to the Boston Red Sox is the most coldblooded deal ever put over in baseball. . . . As far as Peck is concerned it is the dirtiest piece of business ever put over in the big show.”