1924 Major League Baseball season

Sports season

1924 MLB season
League	Major League Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 15 – October 10, 1924
Number of games	154
Number of teams	16
Regular Season
Season MVP	AL: Walter Johnson (WSH) NL: Dazzy Vance (BKN)
AL champions	Washington Senators
AL runners-up	New York Yankees
NL champions	New York Giants
NL runners-up	Brooklyn Robins
World Series
Champions	Washington Senators
Runners-up	New York Giants
MLB seasons
← 1923 1925 →

Red Sox

White Sox

Indians

Tigers

Athletics

Browns

Yankees

Senators

Locations of teams for the 1923–1931 American League seasons

American League

Braves

Robins

Cubs

Reds

Giants

Phillies

Pirates

Cardinals

Locations of teams for the 1920–1931 National League seasons

National League

The 1924 Major League Baseball season began on April 15, 1924. The regular season ended on September 30, with the New York Giants and Washington Senators as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 21st World Series on October 4 and ended with Game 7 on October 10. The Senators defeated the Giants, four games to three.

This was the third of eight seasons that "League Awards", a precursor to the Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award (introduced in 1931), were issued.

Teams

League	Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
American League	Boston Red Sox	Boston, Massachusetts	Fenway Park	35,000
	Chicago White Sox	Chicago, Illinois	Comiskey Park	28,000
	Cleveland Indians	Cleveland, Ohio	Dunn Field	21,414
	Detroit Tigers	Detroit, Michigan	Navin Field	30,000
	New York Yankees	New York, New York	Yankee Stadium	58,000
	Philadelphia Athletics	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Shibe Park	23,000
	St. Louis Browns	St. Louis, Missouri	Sportsman's Park	24,040
	Washington Senators	Washington, D.C.	Griffith Stadium	27,000
National League	Boston Braves	Boston, Massachusetts	Braves Field	40,000
	Brooklyn Robins	New York, New York	Ebbets Field	26,000
	Chicago Cubs	Chicago, Illinois	Cubs Park	20,000
	Cincinnati Reds	Cincinnati, Ohio	Redland Field	20,696
	New York Giants	New York, New York	Polo Grounds	43,000
	Philadelphia Phillies	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Baker Bowl	18,000
	Pittsburgh Pirates	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Forbes Field	25,000
	St. Louis Cardinals	St. Louis, Missouri	Sportsman's Park	24,040

Schedule

The 1924 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place since the 1904 season (except for 1919) and would be used until 1961 in the American League and 1962 in the National League.

Opening Day, April 15, featured all sixteen teams, for the first time since 1922. The National League would see its final day of the regular season on September 29, while the American League would see its final day of the regular season the following day with a game between the Washington Senators and Boston Red Sox. The World Series took place between October 4 and October 10.

Standings

American League

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Washington Senators	92	62	0.597	—	47–30	45–32
New York Yankees	89	63	0.586	2	45–32	44–31
Detroit Tigers	86	68	0.558	6	45–33	41–35
St. Louis Browns	74	78	0.487	17	41–36	33–42
Philadelphia Athletics	71	81	0.467	20	36–39	35–42
Cleveland Indians	67	86	0.438	24½	37–38	30–48
Boston Red Sox	67	87	0.435	25	41–36	26–51
Chicago White Sox	66	87	0.431	25½	37–39	29–48

National League

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Giants	93	60	0.608	—	51–26	42–34
Brooklyn Robins	92	62	0.597	1½	46–31	46–31
Pittsburgh Pirates	90	63	0.588	3	49–28	41–35
Cincinnati Reds	83	70	0.542	10	43–33	40–37
Chicago Cubs	81	72	0.529	12	46–31	35–41
St. Louis Cardinals	65	89	0.422	28½	40–37	25–52
Philadelphia Phillies	55	96	0.364	37	26–49	29–47
Boston Braves	53	100	0.346	40	28–48	25–52

Postseason

Bracket

World Series

AL	Washington Senators	4

NL	New York Giants	3

Managers

American League

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Red Sox	Lee Fohl
Chicago White Sox	Kid Gleason
Cleveland Indians	Tris Speaker
Detroit Tigers	Ty Cobb	Finished 3rd
New York Yankees	Miller Huggins	Finished 2nd
Philadelphia Athletics	Connie Mack
St. Louis Browns	George Sisler
Washington Senators	Bucky Harris	Won 1st AL pennant and World Series

National League

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Braves	Dave Bancroft
Brooklyn Robins	Wilbert Robinson	Finished 2nd
Chicago Cubs	Bill Killefer
Cincinnati Reds	Jack Hendricks
New York Giants	John McGraw	Won 4th straight NL pennant
Philadelphia Phillies	Art Fletcher
Pittsburgh Pirates	Bill McKechnie	Finished 3rd
St. Louis Cardinals	Branch Rickey

League leaders

American League

Hitting leaders
Stat	Player	Total
AVG	Babe Ruth (NYY)	.378
HR	Babe Ruth (NYY)	46
RBI	Goose Goslin (WSH)	129
R	Babe Ruth (NYY)	143
H	Sam Rice (WSH)	216
SB	Eddie Collins (CWS)	42

¹ American League Triple Crown pitching winner

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Total
W	Walter Johnson¹ (WSH)	23
L	Howard Ehmke (BRS) Alex Ferguson (BRS) Joe Shaute (CLE)	17
ERA	Walter Johnson¹ (WSH)	2.72
K	Walter Johnson¹ (WSH)	158
IP	Howard Ehmke (BRS)	315.0
SV	Firpo Marberry (WSH)	15

National League

Hitting leaders
Stat	Player	Total
AVG	Rogers Hornsby (SLC)	.424
HR	Jack Fournier (BKN)	27
RBI	George Kelly (NYG)	136
R	Frankie Frisch (NYG) Rogers Hornsby (SLC)	121
H	Rogers Hornsby (SLC)	227
SB	Max Carey (PIT)	49

¹ National League Triple Crown pitching winner

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Total
W	Dazzy Vance¹ (BKN)	28
L	Jesse Barnes (BSB)	20
ERA	Dazzy Vance¹ (BKN)	2.16
K	Dazzy Vance¹ (BKN)	262
IP	Burleigh Grimes (BKN)	310.2
SV	Jakie May (CIN)	6

Awards and honors

League Award
- Walter Johnson, Washington Senators, P
- Dazzy Vance, Brooklyn Robins, P

Home field attendance

Team name	Wins	%±	Home attendance	%±	Per game
New York Yankees^[1]	89	-9.2%	1,053,533	4.6%	13,507
Detroit Tigers^[2]	86	3.6%	1,015,136	11.4%	13,015
New York Giants^[3]	93	-2.1%	844,068	2.8%	10,962
Brooklyn Robins^[4]	92	21.1%	818,883	45.0%	10,635
Pittsburgh Pirates^[5]	90	3.4%	736,883	20.6%	9,570
Chicago Cubs^[6]	81	-2.4%	716,922	1.9%	9,191
Chicago White Sox^[7]	66	-4.3%	606,658	5.7%	7,879
Washington Senators^[8]	92	22.7%	584,310	63.5%	7,396
St. Louis Browns^[9]	74	0.0%	533,349	23.9%	6,838
Philadelphia Athletics^[10]	71	2.9%	531,992	-0.4%	7,093
Cleveland Indians^[11]	67	-18.3%	481,905	-13.8%	6,425
Cincinnati Reds^[12]	83	-8.8%	473,707	-17.6%	6,233
Boston Red Sox^[13]	67	9.8%	448,556	95.3%	5,825
Philadelphia Phillies^[14]	55	10.0%	299,818	31.4%	3,945
St. Louis Cardinals^[15]	65	-17.7%	272,885	-19.4%	3,544
Boston Braves^[16]	53	-1.9%	177,478	-22.1%	2,335

References

^ "New York Yankees Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Detroit Tigers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "San Francisco Giants Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Los Angeles Dodgers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Pittsburgh Pirates Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Chicago Cubs Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Chicago White Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Minnesota Twins Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Baltimore Orioles Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Cleveland Indians Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Cincinnati Reds Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Boston Red Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "St. Louis Cardinals Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Atlanta Braves Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.

External links

1924 Major League Baseball season schedule at Baseball Reference

1924 MLB season by team

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