Remembering 1924 – Red Sox 6, Senators 2

Boston Red Sox 6, Washington Senators 2

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Discrepancies

Game Played on Sunday, September 7, 1924 (D) at Griffith StadiumWashingtonSenators1227

BOS A    3  0  0    2  0  0    1  0  0  -   6  8  0
WAS A    1  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  9  3
BATTING
Boston Red Sox               AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Flagstead cf                  4   1   1   0       0   0       3   0
Wambsganss 2b                 3   2   1   0       2   1       1   2
Boone rf                      4   1   2   2       1   1       1   0
Harris 1b                     4   0   1   1       0   1      11   0
Veach lf                      4   0   1   1       0   1       2   0
Clark 3b                      3   0   0   0       1   0       3   3
Ezzell ss                     4   1   1   0       0   1       2   5
O'Neill c                     3   0   0   0       1   1       4   0
Ferguson p                    2   1   1   1       1   1       0   2
Totals                       31   6   8   5       6   7      27  12
BATTING - 
2B: Wambsganss (40); Harris (32); Ferguson (1).
SH: Harris (14); Ferguson (7).
HBP: Flagstead (10).
Team LOB: 7.
BASERUNNING - 
SB: Flagstead (8); Wambsganss (13); Ezzell (9).
CS: Flagstead (10).
Washington Senators          AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
McNeely cf                    4   0   1   1       0   2       2   0
Harris 2b                     4   1   2   0       0   0       5   6
Rice rf                       4   0   1   0       0   0       0   0
Goslin lf                     3   0   1   1       0   0       1   0
Ruel c                        4   0   1   0       0   0       9   1
Bluege 3b                     4   0   0   0       0   0       0   4
Peckinpaugh ss                4   0   1   0       0   0       2   2
Shirley 1b                    4   1   2   0       0   0       8   2
Ogden p                       0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Russell p                   1   0   0   0       1   1       0   2
  Leibold ph                  1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Marberry p                  0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Tate ph                     1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                       34   2   9   2       1   3      27  17
FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Bluege-Harris-Shirley.
E: McNeely (2), Bluege (17), Shirley (3).
BATTING - 
2B: Rice (33).
SH: Goslin (15).
Team LOB: 7.
BASERUNNING - 
SB: Goslin (14).
PITCHING
Boston Red Sox               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Ferguson W(11-15)             9     9   2   2   1   3   0  36
Washington Senators          IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Ogden L(9-8)                  0     2   3   2   1   0   0   5
Russell                       7     6   3   3   3   3   0  26
Marberry                      2     0   0   0   2   4   0   9
Totals                        9     8   6   5   6   7   0  40
HBP: Russell (3).
Umpires: HP - Tommy Connolly, 1B - George Hildebrand
Time of Game: 1:55   Attendance: 30000

AL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Washington Senators            136   78   56    2  .582     -   638  516
New York Yankees               135   76   58    1  .567   2.0   699  613
Detroit Tigers                 138   75   62    1  .547   4.5   744  689
St. Louis Browns               136   70   65    1  .519   8.5   672  671
Cleveland Indians              138   63   75    0  .457  17.0   691  731
Boston Red Sox                 137   60   74    3  .448  18.0   647  715
Philadelphia Athletics         134   60   74    0  .448  18.0   587  686
Chicago White Sox              134   58   76    0  .433  20.0   680  737
AL Batting
G                             PA                            AB                            
138 Cobb DET                  649 Cobb DET                  565 Wambsganss BOS            
138 J. Sewell CLE             645 Wambsganss BOS            563 Rice WAS                  
137 Wambsganss BOS            620 Rice WAS                  563 Sisler STL                
136 Jacobson STL              619 J. Sewell CLE             558 Cobb DET                  

R                             H                             2B                            
130 Ruth NY                   190 Cobb DET                  42  Heilmann DET              
103 Cobb DET                  190 Jamieson CLE              41  J. Sewell CLE             
95  Flagstead BOS             187 Rice WAS                  40  Wambsganss BOS            
94  3 players                 179 Ruth NY                   37  Burns CLE                 

3B                            HR                            RBI                           
17  Goslin WAS                43  Ruth NY                   115 Ruth NY                   
17  Pipp NY                   25  Hauser PHI                110 Goslin WAS                
14  Heilmann DET              17  Williams STL              104 Meusel NY                 
14  Rice WAS                  15  Jacobson STL              103 Heilmann DET              

BB                            SO                            HBP                           
123 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                            
42  Harris WAS                37  Collins CHI               14  Collins CHI               
31  Kamm CHI                  22  Meusel NY                 14  Meusel NY                 
30  Severeid STL              20  Harris WAS                14  Sisler STL                
30  Wambsganss BOS            19  Cobb DET                  13  Rice WAS                  
                              19  Jamieson CLE                                            

BAVG                          OBP                           SLG                           
.386 Ruth NY                  .518 Ruth NY                  .769 Ruth NY                  
.355 Jamieson CLE             .434 Collins CHI              .557 Williams STL             
.353 Falk CHI                 .434 Speaker CLE              .527 Hauser PHI               
.344 Speaker CLE              .434 Sheely CHI               .526 Heilmann DET             

Low BAVG                      Low OBP                       Low SLG                       
.250 Kamm CHI                 .288 Scott NY                 .315 Peckinpaugh WAS          
.255 Peckinpaugh WAS          .309 Galloway PHI             .328 Scott NY                 
.255 Scott NY                 .324 Barrett CHI              .335 Gerber STL               
.268 Barrett CHI              .331 Kamm CHI                 .335 Ruel WAS
AL Pitching
G                             GS                            CG                            
45  Shaute CLE                33  Shaute CLE                24  Ehmke BOS                 
42  Hoyt NY                   32  Ehmke BOS                 24  Thurston CHI              
41  Holloway DET              32  Johnson WAS               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   4 players                 19  Holloway DET              6   Connally CHI              

W                             L                             IP                            
20  Shaute CLE                17  Shaute CLE                282   Shaute CLE              
19  Johnson WAS               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                96  Bush NY                   137 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                         
2.60 Johnson WAS              5.11 Stoner DET               
2.67 Baumgartner PHI          5.01 Burns PHI                
2.67 Zachary WAS              4.91 Uhle CLE                 
2.86 Pennock NY               4.90 Lyons CHI
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