Remembering 1924 – Johnson wins 20th of the season

Washington Senators 8, Philadelphia Athletics 4WashingtonSenators1227

DaGame Played on Monday, September 8, 1924 (D) at Shibe Park
WAS A    1  3  0    3  1  0    0  0  0  -   8 14  0
PHI A    0  1  0    0  1  1    0  1  0  -   4  9  1
BATTING
Washington Senators          AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
McNeely cf                    5   2   3   0       0   1       4   0
Harris 2b                     4   1   2   2       0   0       1   2
Rice rf                       5   0   1   0       0   0       3   0
Goslin lf                     4   0   2   1       1   1       1   1
Ruel c                        4   1   1   0       0   0       5   1
Bluege 3b                     3   1   1   0       1   0       2   3
Peckinpaugh ss                3   0   0   0       0   0       1   2
Shirley 1b                    4   1   2   2       0   0      10   0
Johnson p                     4   2   2   1       0   0       0   1
Totals                       36   8  14   6       2   2      27  10
BATTING - 
2B: Bluege (11).
3B: McNeely (4); Shirley (2).
SH: Harris (43); Peckinpaugh (15).
Team LOB: 5.
BASERUNNING - 
SB: Rice (19).
CS: Goslin (11).
Philadelphia Athletics       AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Hale 3b                       4   0   1   0       0   0       1   3
Lamar lf                      4   0   1   1       0   0       1   0
Miller rf                     4   1   2   1       0   0       2   0
Hauser 1b                     4   1   2   1       0   0      12   0
Simmons cf                    4   1   1   0       0   0       4   0
Dykes 2b                      4   0   1   1       0   0       4   3
Galloway ss                   4   1   1   0       0   1       1   5
Perkins c                     3   0   0   0       0   0       2   1
  Heimach ph                  1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Baumgartner p                 1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Burns p                     0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Harriss p                   2   0   0   0       0   2       0   1
  Welch ph                    1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                       36   4   9   4       0   3      27  13
FIELDING - 
DP: 2. Dykes-Hauser, Dykes-Galloway-Hauser.
E: Burns (1).
BATTING - 
2B: Dykes (24).
HR: Miller (6,8th inning off Johnson 0 on); Hauser (26,6th inning off Johnson
0 on).
Team LOB: 5.
PITCHING
Washington Senators          IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Johnson W(20-6)               9     9   4   4   0   3   2  36
Philadelphia Athletics       IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Baumgartner L(11-6)           2     6   4   4   1   0   0  12
Burns                         2     5   3   1   1   0   0  10
Harriss                       5     3   1   1   0   2   0  18
Totals                        9    14   8   6   2   2   0  40
Umpires: HP - Tommy Connolly, 1B - George Hildebrand
Time of Game: 1:40   Attendance: 6000

AL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Washington Senators            137   79   56    2  .585     -   646  520
New York Yankees               136   77   58    1  .570   2.0   701  613
Detroit Tigers                 138   75   62    1  .547   5.0   744  689
St. Louis Browns               136   70   65    1  .519   9.0   672  671
Cleveland Indians              138   63   75    0  .457  17.5   691  731
Boston Red Sox                 138   60   75    3  .444  19.0   647  717
Philadelphia Athletics         135   60   75    0  .444  19.0   591  694
Chicago White Sox              134   58   76    0  .433  20.5   680  737
AL Batting
G                             PA                            AB                            
138 Cobb DET                  649 Cobb DET                  568 Rice WAS                  
138 J. Sewell CLE             649 Wambsganss BOS            568 Wambsganss BOS            
138 Wambsganss BOS            625 Rice WAS                  563 Sisler STL                
136 Many players              619 J. Sewell CLE             558 Cobb DET                  

R                             H                             2B                            
131 Ruth NY                   190 Cobb DET                  42  Heilmann DET              
103 Cobb DET                  190 Jamieson CLE              41  J. Sewell CLE             
95  Dugan NY                  188 Rice WAS                  40  Wambsganss BOS            
95  Flagstead BOS             181 Ruth NY                   37  Burns CLE                 

3B                            HR                            RBI                           
17  Goslin WAS                44  Ruth NY                   117 Ruth NY                   
17  Pipp NY                   26  Hauser PHI                111 Goslin WAS                
14  Heilmann DET              17  Williams STL              104 Meusel NY                 
14  Rice WAS                  15  Jacobson STL              103 Hauser PHI                
                                                            103 Heilmann DET              

BB                            SO                            HBP                           
125 Ruth NY                   73  Ruth NY                   15  Burns CLE                 
91  Rigney DET                55  Kamm CHI                  14  Manush DET                
85  Sheely CHI                55  Simmons PHI               10  Flagstead BOS             
78  Cobb DET                  54  Dykes PHI                 9   Gerber STL                
78  Collins CHI                                             9   Goslin WAS                

SH                            SB                            CS                            
43  Harris WAS                37  Collins CHI               14  Collins CHI               
31  Kamm CHI                  22  Meusel NY                 14  Meusel NY                 
31  Wambsganss BOS            20  Harris WAS                14  Sisler STL                
30  Severeid STL              19  3 players                 13  Rice WAS                  

BAVG                          OBP                           SLG                           
.388 Ruth NY                  .521 Ruth NY                  .777 Ruth NY                  
.355 Jamieson CLE             .434 Collins CHI              .557 Williams STL             
.353 Falk CHI                 .434 Speaker CLE              .533 Hauser PHI               
.344 Speaker CLE              .434 Sheely CHI               .526 Heilmann DET             

Low BAVG                      Low OBP                       Low SLG                       
.250 Kamm CHI                 .289 Scott NY                 .313 Peckinpaugh WAS          
.253 Peckinpaugh WAS          .308 Galloway PHI             .331 Scott NY                 
.257 Scott NY                 .324 Barrett CHI              .334 Ruel WAS                 
.268 Barrett CHI              .331 Kamm CHI                 .335 Gerber STL
AL Pitching
G                             GS                            CG                            
45  Shaute CLE                33  Johnson WAS               24  Ehmke BOS                 
42  Hoyt NY                   33  Shaute CLE                24  Thurston CHI              
41  Holloway DET              32  Ehmke BOS                 23  Pennock NY                
40  3 players                 31  Coveleski CLE             21  Shaute CLE                
                              31  Thurston CHI                                            

SHO                           GF                            SV                            
6   Johnson WAS               24  Connally CHI              11  Marberry WAS              
4   Davis STL                 24  Marberry WAS              8   Russell WAS               
4   Pennock NY                20  Gaston NY                 7   Quinn BOS                 
3   5 players                 19  Holloway DET              6   Connally CHI              

W                             L                             IP                            
20  Johnson WAS               17  Shaute CLE                282   Shaute CLE              
20  Shaute CLE                15  Ferguson BOS              279.2 Ehmke BOS               
19  Pennock NY                14  Bush NY                   251.2 Pennock NY              
18  Thurston CHI              14  Coveleski CLE             251   Thurston CHI            
                              14  Ehmke BOS                                               

H                             HR                            R                             
315 Shaute CLE                15  Danforth STL              137 Shaute CLE                
284 Ehmke BOS                 15  Thurston CHI              126 Stoner DET                
283 Thurston CHI              13  Pennock NY                125 Lyons CHI                 
275 Hoyt NY                   12  Stoner DET                124 Coveleski CLE             

ER                            BB                            SO                            
117 Shaute CLE                99  Bush NY                   140 Johnson WAS               
111 Stoner DET                96  Ferguson BOS              108 Ehmke BOS                 
106 Shocker STL               88  Rommel PHI                101 Shawkey NY                
105 Ehmke BOS                 86  Shaute CLE                86  Pennock NY                
105 Lyons CHI                                                                             

HBP                           WP                            BK                            
13  Whitehill DET             7   Meeker PHI                3   Ferguson BOS              
11  Johnson WAS               5   5 players                 3   Gaston NY                 
10  Piercy BOS                                              2   Zachary WAS               
10  Quinn BOS                                               1   Many players              
10  Uhle CLE                                                                              

ERA                              High ERA                         
2.65 Johnson WAS              5.11 Stoner DET               
2.67 Zachary WAS              5.00 Burns PHI                
2.85 Baumgartner PHI          4.91 Uhle CLE                 
2.86 Pennock NY               4.90 Lyons CHI
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