Remembering 1924 – Senators are a half game out of first place

 

 

 

 

AL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Detroit Tigers                  93   53   39    1  .576     -   503  457
Washington Senators             95   53   40    2  .570   0.5   479  382
New York Yankees                94   53   40    1  .570   0.5   494  423
St. Louis Browns                90   45   45    0  .500   7.0   449  453
Chicago White Sox               91   44   47    0  .484   8.5   501  507
Boston Red Sox                  93   41   50    2  .451  11.5   441  465
Cleveland Indians               92   41   51    0  .446  12.0   458  509
Philadelphia Athletics          92   37   55    0  .402  16.0   349  478

The Washington Senators did not play on this date.

AL Batting
G                             PA                            AB                            
95  Goslin WAS                445 Wambsganss BOS            400 Rice WAS                  
94  5 players                 439 Rice WAS                  395 Wambsganss BOS            
                              438 Cobb DET                  388 Dugan NY                  
                              424 Dugan NY                  378 Sisler STL                

R                             H                             2B                            
92  Ruth NY                   130 Cobb DET                  29  Heilmann DET              
70  Cobb DET                  126 Goslin WAS                28  J. Sewell CLE             
70  Goslin WAS                125 Rice WAS                  27  Veach BOS                 
70  Rice WAS                  124 Jamieson CLE              27  Wambsganss BOS            

3B                            HR                            RBI                           
12  Goslin WAS                29  Ruth NY                   82  Goslin WAS                
10  Pipp NY                   16  Williams STL              78  Ruth NY                   
9   Heilmann DET              15  Hauser PHI                72  J. Sewell CLE             
9   Rice WAS                  13  Jacobson STL              71  Pipp NY                   

BB                            SO                            HBP                           
92  Ruth NY                   50  Ruth NY                   11  Burns CLE                 
69  Sheely CHI                47  Kamm CHI                  7   Gerber STL                
59  Collins CHI               38  Riconda PHI               7   Goslin WAS                
57  Peckinpaugh WAS           33  Ward NY                   7   Manush DET                

SH                            SB                            CS                            
28  Harris WAS                25  Collins CHI               10  Barrett CHI               
24  Severeid STL              16  Williams STL              10  Collins CHI               
23  Ruel WAS                  15  Barrett CHI               10  Hooper CHI                
22  Wambsganss BOS            15  Harris WAS                10  Sisler STL                

BAVG                          OBP                           SLG                           
.379 Ruth NY                  .523 Ruth NY                  .755 Ruth NY                  
.367 Falk CHI                 .461 Sheely CHI               .571 Williams STL             
.353 Goslin WAS               .434 Cobb DET                 .552 Jacobson STL             
.349 Cobb DET                 .432 Heilmann DET             .534 Heilmann DET             

Low BAVG                      Low OBP                       Low SLG                       
.244 Kamm CHI                 .305 Wambsganss BOS           .325 Lee BOS                  
.254 Lee BOS                  .306 Galloway PHI             .339 Gerber STL               
.256 Wambsganss BOS           .307 Scott NY                 .339 Peckinpaugh WAS          
.258 Riconda PHI              .319 Riconda PHI              .339 Wambsganss BOS
AL Pitching
G                             GS                            CG                            
30  Shaute CLE                23  Johnson WAS               18  Thurston CHI              
28  Connally CHI              22  Shaute CLE                17  Ehmke BOS                 
28  Ehmke BOS                 21  Ehmke BOS                 16  Pennock NY                
28  Holloway DET              21  Hoyt NY                   14  Shaute CLE                
28  Hoyt NY                   21  Pennock NY                                              

SHO                           GF                            SV                            
4   Johnson WAS               17  Connally CHI              8   Marberry WAS              
3   Ogden PHI-WAS             17  Gaston NY                 4   Connally CHI              
3   Rommel PHI                16  Holloway DET              4   Quinn BOS                 
2   Many players              15  Marberry WAS              4   Russell WAS               

W                             L                             IP                            
16  Thurston CHI              11  Lyons CHI                 193   Ehmke BOS               
12  Hoyt NY                   10  5 players                 192.2 Shaute CLE              
12  Pennock NY                                              178.1 Thurston CHI            
12  Shaute CLE                                              174.2 Pennock NY              

H                             HR                            R                             
216 Shaute CLE                11  Thurston CHI              101 Lyons CHI                 
196 Hoyt NY                   10  Pennock NY                91  Stoner DET                
196 Lyons CHI                 9   Shawkey NY                89  Shocker STL               
186 Pennock NY                9   Shocker STL               87  Coveleski CLE             
186 Stoner DET                9   Stoner DET                                              

ER                            BB                            SO                            
85  Lyons CHI                 68  Ferguson BOS              100 Johnson WAS               
80  Shocker STL               66  Bush NY                   84  Shawkey NY                
78  Stoner DET                60  Shaute CLE                75  Ehmke BOS                 
74  Shaute CLE                60  Shawkey NY                55  Shaute CLE                

HBP                           WP                            BK                            
9   Piercy BOS                5   Jones NY                  3   Gaston NY                 
9   Whitehill DET             5   Shaute CLE                2   Zachary WAS               
8   Johnson WAS               4   5 players                 1   Many players              
8   Uhle CLE                                                                              

ERA                              High ERA                         
2.47 Zachary WAS              5.61 Piercy BOS               
2.50 Baumgartner PHI          5.24 Shocker STL              
2.84 Johnson WAS              4.89 Martina WAS              
2.93 Collins DET              4.89 Uhle CLE
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