Remembering 1924 – Senators win two more, half game behind 1st Place Tigers

The Washington Senators sweep the Yankees in doubleheader. With the two wins the 
Senators extend their winning streak to seven games. At the end of the day the Senators 
find themselves tied for second place with the Yankees as both teams are a half game 
behind the Detroit Tigers.









Washington Senators 5, New York Yankees 3 (1)

Game Played on Monday, June 23, 1924 (D) at Yankee Stadium I

WAS A    2  0  1    0  1  0    0  0  1  -   5 11  0
NY  A    0  0  0    2  0  0    0  1  0  -   3  9  2
BATTING
Washington Senators          AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Rice rf                       4   2   2   0       1   0       4   0
Matthews cf                   4   2   2   1       0   0       4   0
Harris 2b                     2   0   0   1       1   0       2   2
Goslin lf                     5   1   3   2       0   0       2   0
Judge 1b                      5   0   2   1       0   0      11   0
Ruel c                        3   0   0   0       0   0       2   0
Peckinpaugh ss                3   0   1   0       1   1       0   3
Bluege 3b                     4   0   0   0       0   0       2   0
Mogridge p                    4   0   1   0       0   1       0   4
Totals                       34   5  11   5       3   2      27   9
BATTING - 
2B: Rice (13); Matthews (5).
3B: Matthews (3).
HR: Goslin (5,9th inning off Markle 0 on).
SH: Matthews (6); Harris 2 (18); Ruel (16).
Team LOB: 9.
BASERUNNING - 
SB: Rice (8).
New York Yankees             AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Witt cf                       4   0   2   0       0   0       0   0
  Bush ph                     1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Dugan 3b                      4   1   1   0       0   0       3   5
Ruth rf                       3   1   2   0       0   1       2   0
Hendrick lf                   4   1   1   1       0   1       2   0
Schang c                      4   0   1   1       0   0       3   1
Pipp 1b                       4   0   0   0       0   0      10   0
McNally 2b                    3   0   0   1       0   0       6   2
Scott ss                      4   0   1   0       0   0       1   3
Jones p                       1   0   0   0       0   0       0   1
  Markle p                    2   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Hofmann ph                  1   0   1   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                       35   3   9   3       0   2      27  12
FIELDING - 
DP: 1. McNally-Pipp.
E: Hendrick (1), Jones (3).
BATTING - 
2B: Schang (7); Hofmann (2).
SH: McNally (1).
HBP: Ruth (2).
Team LOB: 7.
PITCHING
Washington Senators          IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Mogridge W(7-3)               9     9   3   3   0   2   0  37
HBP: Mogridge (5).
New York Yankees             IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Jones L(4-4)                  4.1   8   4   3   0   1   0  22
Markle                        4.2   3   1   1   3   1   1  19
Totals                        9    11   5   4   3   2   1  41
Umpires: HP - Billy Evans, 1B - Red Ormsby
Time of Game: 1:50   Attendance: 10000

Washington Senators 4, New York Yankees 2 (2)

Day

Game Played on Monday, June 23, 1924 (D) at Yankee Stadium I

WAS A    0  0  0    0  0  2    0  2  0  -   4  7  1
NY  A    0  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   2  8  1
BATTING
Washington Senators          AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Rice rf                       5   1   1   0       0   0       1   0
Matthews cf                   4   1   1   0       1   0       3   0
Harris 2b                     4   1   0   0       0   0       0   2
Goslin lf                     3   1   1   2       0   0       4   0
Judge 1b                      3   0   2   1       1   0       8   0
Ruel c                        2   0   0   1       0   0       6   2
Peckinpaugh ss                4   0   0   0       0   1       1   1
Bluege 3b                     3   0   1   0       1   0       4   2
Zachary p                     4   0   1   0       0   0       0   2
Totals                       32   4   7   4       3   1      27   9
FIELDING - 
E: Bluege (7).
BATTING - 
2B: Matthews (6); Judge (15).
3B: Rice (2); Bluege (1).
SH: Goslin (9); Ruel 2 (18).
Team LOB: 7.
New York Yankees             AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Witt cf                       4   0   1   0       0   0       2   0
Dugan 3b                      4   0   0   0       0   1       0   2
Ruth rf                       4   0   1   0       0   1       4   0
Hendrick lf                   4   0   1   0       0   1       5   0
Hofmann c                     4   0   0   0       0   1       1   0
Pipp 1b                       4   1   1   0       0   1      11   1
McNally 2b                    4   1   2   0       0   0       0   3
Scott ss                      3   0   1   0       0   0       3   3
Hoyt p                        2   0   0   0       0   0       1   2
  Bush ph                     1   0   1   2       0   0       0   0
  Johnson pr                  0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Shawkey p                   0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Schang ph                   1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                       35   2   8   2       0   5      27  11
FIELDING - 
E: Shawkey (4).
BATTING - 
2B: Witt (9).
SH: Scott (5).
Team LOB: 7.
PITCHING
Washington Senators          IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Zachary W(4-3)                9     8   2   2   0   5   0  36
New York Yankees             IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Hoyt                          7     3   2   2   3   0   0  28
Shawkey L(6-7)                2     4   2   2   0   1   0  10
Totals                        9     7   4   4   3   1   0  38
Umpires: HP - Red Ormsby, 1B - Billy Evans
Time of Game: 1:50   Attendance: 20000

AL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Detroit Tigers                  62   34   28    0  .548     -   342  328
New York Yankees                56   30   25    1  .545   0.5   268  243
Washington Senators             58   31   26    1  .544   0.5   298  259
Boston Red Sox                  57   28   27    2  .509   2.5   285  250
Cleveland Indians               58   29   29    0  .500   3.0   300  299
St. Louis Browns                56   28   28    0  .500   3.0   278  280
Chicago White Sox               57   27   30    0  .474   4.5   290  300
Philadelphia Athletics          56   21   35    0  .375  10.0   200  302
AL Batting
G                             PA                            AB                            
62  Cobb DET                  292 Cobb DET                  251 Cobb DET                  
62  Rigney DET                271 Wambsganss BOS            237 Wambsganss BOS            
59  Heilmann DET              268 Blue DET                  235 Rice WAS                  
58  4 players                 267 Rigney DET                234 Jamieson CLE              

R                             H                             2B                            
51  Ruth NY                   90  Cobb DET                  22  Heilmann DET              
48  Cobb DET                  86  Jamieson CLE              21  Burns CLE                 
45  Blue DET                  79  Goslin WAS                20  Pratt DET                 
45  Goslin WAS                77  Rice WAS                  19  J. Sewell CLE             
45  Rice WAS                                                                              

3B                            HR                            RBI                           
6   Pipp NY                   17  Ruth NY                   49  Goslin WAS                
6   Sisler STL                14  Williams STL              48  J. Sewell CLE             
5   5 players                 10  Hauser PHI                47  Heilmann DET              
                              7   Jacobson STL              45  Boone BOS                 

BB                            SO                            HBP                           
57  Ruth NY                   38  Kamm CHI                  6   Burns CLE                 
40  Sheely CHI                33  Ruth NY                   5   Gerber STL                
39  Rigney DET                24  Dykes PHI                 5   Goslin WAS                
36  O'Neill BOS               23  Riconda PHI               4   Harris WAS                
36  Williams STL                                            4   Manush DET                

SH                            SB                            CS                            
18  Harris WAS                15  Collins CHI               8   Hooper CHI                
18  Ruel WAS                  12  Williams STL              7   Cobb DET                  
15  4 players                 11  Jamieson CLE              7   Mostil CHI                
                              10  McNulty CLE               7   Sisler STL                

BAVG                          OBP                           SLG                           
.368 Jamieson CLE             .512 Ruth NY                  .735 Ruth NY                  
.359 Cobb DET                 .458 Williams STL             .655 Williams STL             
.360 Falk CHI *               .447 Sheely CHI               .571 Heilmann DET             
.357 Ruth NY                  .441 Heilmann DET             .532 Harris BOS               

Low BAVG                      Low OBP                       Low SLG                       
.212 Lee BOS                  .284 Scott NY                 .276 Lee BOS                  
.233 Kamm CHI                 .299 Galloway PHI             .297 Scott NY                 
.240 Barrett CHI              .306 Barrett CHI              .302 Barrett CHI              
.249 Wambsganss BOS           .307 Wambsganss BOS           .312 Wambsganss BOS
AL Pitching
G                             GS                            CG                            
21  Ehmke BOS                 15  Ehmke BOS                 13  Ehmke BOS                 
20  Holloway DET              15  Johnson WAS               11  Thurston CHI              
20  Shaute CLE                15  Stoner DET                8   Pennock NY                
18  Hoyt NY                   14  Shaute CLE                8   Quinn BOS                 
                                                            8   Shaute CLE                

SHO                           GF                            SV                            
3   Johnson WAS               13  Connally CHI              7   Marberry WAS              
2   Ehmke BOS                 12  Holloway DET              4   Quinn BOS                 
2   Quinn BOS                 10  Baumgartner PHI           3   Baumgartner PHI           
2   Rommel PHI                10  Marberry WAS              2   5 players                 
2   Shaute CLE                                                                            

W                             L                             IP                            
9   Ehmke BOS                 7   Cole DET                  140   Ehmke BOS               
9   Johnson WAS               7   Ehmke BOS                 125.2 Shaute CLE              
9   Thurston CHI              7   Rommel PHI                114.1 Thurston CHI            
8   3 players                 7   Shaute CLE                112.1 3 players               
                              7   Shawkey NY                                              

H                             HR                            R                             
146 Shaute CLE                7   Pennock NY                62  Stoner DET                
136 Stoner DET                7   Shocker STL               60  Uhle CLE                  
122 Hoyt NY                   7   Stoner DET                56  Shaute CLE                
122 Thurston CHI              7   Thurston CHI              55  Coveleski CLE             

ER                            BB                            SO                            
53  Stoner DET                48  Ferguson BOS              77  Johnson WAS               
49  Shaute CLE                42  Uhle CLE                  60  Ehmke BOS                 
48  Coveleski CLE             40  Bush NY                   55  Shawkey NY                
46  3 players                 39  Ehmke BOS                 43  Martina WAS               
                              39  Shaute CLE                                              

HBP                           WP                            BK                            
8   Whitehill DET             4   Jones NY                  2   Zachary WAS               
7   Bayne STL                 4   Shaute CLE                1   7 players                 
6   Johnson WAS               4   Shawkey NY                                              
6   Uhle CLE                  3   5 players                                               

ERA                              High ERA                         
2.56 Quinn BOS                6.24 Blankenship CHI          
2.57 Ehmke BOS                5.77 Martina WAS              
2.67 Wingard STL              5.34 Fuhr BOS                 
2.73 Zachary WAS              5.09 Shocker STL              

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