Remembering 1924 – Senators 12, Red Sox 5

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Day
Discrepancies

Game Played on Thursday, September 4, 1924 (D) at Griffith Stadium

BOS A    0  0  0    1  1  0    1  0  2  -   5 11  0
WAS A    0  0  4    2  0  3    3  0  x  -  12 20  2
BATTING
Boston Red Sox               AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Flagstead cf                  5   1   1   1       0   1       4   0
Wambsganss 2b                 4   0   1   0       0   2       3   3
Boone rf                      4   1   1   0       1   0       2   0
Harris 1b                     4   1   2   1       1   0       8   0
Veach lf                      5   1   2   1       0   0       1   0
Clark 3b                      4   0   1   1       1   0       1   1
Ezzell ss                     4   0   0   1       0   2       0   4
Picinich c                    3   1   1   0       1   0       5   0
Fullerton p                   2   0   1   0       0   1       0   1
  Collins ph                  1   0   0   0       0   1       0   0
  Ross p                      0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Winters p                   1   0   1   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                       37   5  11   5       4   7      24   9
FIELDING - 
PB: Picinich (9).
BATTING - 
3B: Veach (9).
SH: Ezzell (5).
HBP: Wambsganss (4).
Team LOB: 11.
Washington Senators          AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
McNeely cf                    6   3   3   0       0   1       2   0
Harris 2b                     5   3   3   1       1   0       3   1
Rice rf                       6   1   4   5       0   0       2   1
Goslin lf                     5   2   2   0       1   0       3   0
Judge 1b                      4   0   1   3       0   0       4   1
  Shirley 1b                  1   0   0   0       0   1       0   0
Bluege 3b                     3   0   2   2       1   0       1   1
  Taylor 3b                   1   0   1   1       0   0       1   0
Ruel c                        3   0   1   0       2   0       8   0
  Russell p                   0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Peckinpaugh ss                5   0   0   0       0   1       2   2
Johnson p                     4   3   3   0       0   1       1   1
  Tate c                      1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                       44  12  20  12       5   4      27   7
FIELDING - 
E: Taylor (3), Peckinpaugh (27).
BATTING - 
2B: Rice (32); Johnson (8).
3B: McNeely (3).
Team LOB: 13.
PITCHING
Boston Red Sox               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Fullerton L(7-7)              5     8   6   6   4   2   0  27
Ross                          1     5   3   1   0   0   0   8
Winters                       2     7   3   3   1   2   0  14
Totals                        8    20  12  10   5   4   0  49
Washington Senators          IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Johnson W(19-6)               7     9   3   3   3   7   0  32
Russell SV(8)                 2     2   2   0   1   0   0  10
Totals                        9    11   5   3   4   7   0  42
WP: Johnson (3).
HBP: Johnson (11).
Umpires: HP - Tommy Connolly, 1B - George Hildebrand
Time of Game: 2:10

AL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Washington Senators            134   77   55    2  .583     -   628  508
New York Yankees               133   75   57    1  .568   2.0   688  604
Detroit Tigers                 134   71   62    1  .534   6.5   704  674
St. Louis Browns               133   68   64    1  .515   9.0   659  663
Cleveland Indians              134   63   71    0  .470  15.0   676  691
Boston Red Sox                 135   59   73    3  .447  18.0   639  705
Philadelphia Athletics         132   59   73    0  .447  18.0   578  675
Chicago White Sox              131   57   74    0  .435  19.5   672  724
AL Batting
G                             PA                            AB                            
135 Wambsganss BOS            635 Wambsganss BOS            557 Wambsganss BOS            
134 Cobb DET                  629 Cobb DET                  556 Rice WAS                  
134 J. Sewell CLE             612 Rice WAS                  552 Sisler STL                
133 Many players              601 J. Sewell CLE             540 Cobb DET                  

R                             H                             2B                            
128 Ruth NY                   186 Cobb DET                  42  Heilmann DET              
97  Cobb DET                  184 Jamieson CLE              40  J. Sewell CLE             
94  Flagstead BOS             184 Rice WAS                  39  Wambsganss BOS            
94  Speaker CLE               176 Ruth NY                   36  3 players                 

3B                            HR                            RBI                           
17  Goslin WAS                42  Ruth NY                   113 Ruth NY                   
16  Pipp NY                   23  Hauser PHI                109 Goslin WAS                
14  Heilmann DET              17  Williams STL              102 Meusel NY                 
14  Rice WAS                  15  Jacobson STL              100 Hauser PHI                

BB                            SO                            HBP                           
122 Ruth NY                   72  Ruth NY                   15  Burns CLE                 
87  Rigney DET                55  Kamm CHI                  12  Manush DET                
84  Sheely CHI                54  Simmons PHI               9   Flagstead BOS             
76  Cobb DET                  50  Dykes PHI                 9   Gerber STL                
76  Collins CHI                                             9   Goslin WAS                

SH                            SB                            CS                            
42  Harris WAS                37  Collins CHI               14  Collins CHI               
30  Severeid STL              20  Harris WAS                13  Meusel NY                 
30  Wambsganss BOS            20  Meusel NY                 13  Rice WAS                  
29  Kamm CHI                  19  Jamieson CLE              13  Sisler STL                

BAVG                          OBP                           SLG                           
.385 Ruth NY                  .518 Ruth NY                  .766 Ruth NY                  
.355 Jamieson CLE             .437 Collins CHI              .563 Williams STL             
.348 Falk CHI                 .436 Sheely CHI               .533 Heilmann DET             
.346 Collins CHI              .434 Speaker CLE              .518 Speaker CLE              

Low BAVG                      Low OBP                       Low SLG                       
.253 Kamm CHI                 .290 Scott NY                 .318 Peckinpaugh WAS          
.257 Scott NY                 .310 Galloway PHI             .331 Scott NY                 
.257 Peckinpaugh WAS          .325 Barrett CHI              .336 Ruel WAS                 
.267 Harris WAS               .334 Sisler STL               .340 Gerber STL
AL Pitching
G                             GS                            CG                            
44  Shaute CLE                32  Johnson WAS               24  Ehmke BOS                 
42  Hoyt NY                   32  Shaute CLE                24  Thurston CHI              
40  Quinn BOS                 31  Ehmke BOS                 23  Pennock NY                
39  3 players                 30  3 players                 21  Shaute CLE                

SHO                           GF                            SV                            
6   Johnson WAS               23  Connally CHI              11  Marberry WAS              
4   Davis STL                 23  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                16  Shaute CLE                275   Shaute CLE              
19  Johnson WAS               15  Ferguson BOS              273.2 Ehmke BOS               
19  Pennock NY                14  Bush NY                   251   Thurston CHI            
18  Thurston CHI              13  4 players                 249.2 Pennock NY              

H                             HR                            R                             
305 Shaute CLE                15  Danforth STL              132 Shaute CLE                
278 Thurston CHI              15  Thurston CHI              126 Stoner DET                
275 Hoyt NY                   13  Pennock NY                125 Lyons CHI                 
274 Ehmke BOS                 12  Stoner DET                120 Thurston CHI              

ER                            BB                            SO                            
114 Shaute CLE                96  Bush NY                   137 Johnson WAS               
111 Stoner DET                95  Ferguson BOS              108 Ehmke BOS                 
105 Lyons CHI                 85  Shaute CLE                95  Shawkey NY                
102 Shocker STL               83  Rommel PHI                85  Pennock NY                

HBP                           WP                            BK                            
13  Whitehill DET             7   Meeker PHI                3   Ferguson BOS              
11  Johnson WAS               5   Bush NY                   3   Gaston NY                 
10  Quinn BOS                 5   Jones NY                  2   Zachary WAS               
9   3 players                 5   Shaute CLE                1   Many players              

ERA                              High ERA                         
2.60 Johnson WAS              5.16 Stoner DET               
2.67 Baumgartner PHI          5.01 Burns PHI                
2.67 Zachary WAS              4.90 Lyons CHI                
2.78 Pennock NY               4.76 Shawkey NY
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