Remembering 1924 – Senators 6, Tigers 4

Washington Senators 6, Detroit Tigers 4

Day

Game Played on Saturday, September 13, 1924 (D) at Navin FieldWashingtonSenators1227

WAS A    0  2  0    1  0  1    1  0  1  -   6 12  0
DET A    0  1  0    0  0  0    1  2  0  -   4  8  5
BATTING
Washington Senators          AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
McNeely cf                    5   0   0   0       0   0       4   0
Harris 2b                     5   2   3   0       0   0       0   0
Rice rf                       4   0   1   1       0   1       6   1
Goslin lf                     3   1   1   0       1   1       1   0
Ruel c                        5   0   0   0       0   0       5   0
Bluege 3b                     5   2   2   1       0   0       2   3
Peckinpaugh ss                5   1   4   2       0   0       0   1
Shirley 1b                    2   0   0   0       1   0       9   0
Johnson p                     4   0   1   2       0   1       0   0
Marberry p                  0   0   0   0       0   0       0   1
Totals                       38   6  12   6       2   3      27   6
FIELDING - 
DP: 2. Bluege-Shirley, Rice-Shirley.
BATTING - 
2B: Harris (26); Peckinpaugh (13); Johnson (9).
3B: Harris (9); Bluege (4).
SH: Rice (14); Goslin (16); Shirley (7).
Team LOB: 10.
Detroit Tigers               AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
B. Jones 3b                   3   1   1   0       1   0       2   4
Manush lf                     4   0   1   1       0   1       2   0
Cobb cf                       3   0   0   1       0   0       3   0
Heilmann rf                   4   0   1   0       0   0       0   0
Rigney ss                     4   2   2   1       0   0       0   3
Pratt 1b                      4   0   2   1       0   1      11   1
O'Rourke 2b                   3   0   0   0       0   0       4   1
  Haney ph                    1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Bassler c                     4   1   1   0       0   1       5   1
Whitehill p                   1   0   0   0       1   0       0   5
  Wingo ph                    1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Holloway p                  0   0   0   0       0   0       0   1
Totals                       32   4   8   4       2   3      27  16
FIELDING - 
E: B. Jones (12), Rigney 2 (23), O'Rourke 2 (8).
BATTING - 
3B: Rigney (8).
HR: Rigney (4,7th inning off Johnson 0 on).
SH: Cobb (15).
Team LOB: 4.
PITCHING
Washington Senators          IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Johnson W(21-6)               7.1   6   4   4   2   3   1  29
Marberry SV(13)               1.2   2   0   0   0   0   0   6
Totals                        9     8   4   4   2   3   1  35
Detroit Tigers               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Whitehill L(16-8)             8    10   5   3   1   3   0  36
Holloway                      1     2   1   0   1   0   0   7
Totals                        9    12   6   3   2   3   0  43
Umpires: HP - George Hildebrand, 1B - Bill Dinneen, 3B - Tommy Connolly

Standings At Close of Play of September 13, 1924

AL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Washington Senators            141   82   57    2  .590     -   666  535
New York Yankees               140   81   58    1  .583   1.0   734  624
Detroit Tigers                 142   77   64    1  .546   6.0   768  714
St. Louis Browns               141   72   68    1  .514  10.5   707  706
Cleveland Indians              142   65   77    0  .458  18.5   716  754
Philadelphia Athletics         139   62   77    0  .446  20.0   607  711
Boston Red Sox                 143   61   79    3  .436  21.5   670  751
Chicago White Sox              138   59   79    0  .428  22.5   700  773
AL Batting
G                             PA                            AB                            
142 Cobb DET                  667 Cobb DET                  585 Rice WAS                  
142 J. Sewell CLE             666 Wambsganss BOS            585 Sisler STL                
142 Wambsganss BOS            645 Rice WAS                  583 Wambsganss BOS            
141 Jacobson STL              638 J. Sewell CLE             572 Cobb DET                  

R                             H                             2B                            
136 Ruth NY                   194 Rice WAS                  42  Heilmann DET              
104 Cobb DET                  193 Jamieson CLE              41  J. Sewell CLE             
100 Dugan NY                  192 Cobb DET                  41  Wambsganss BOS            
98  Flagstead BOS             187 Ruth NY                   39  Meusel NY                 

3B                            HR                            RBI                           
17  Goslin WAS                46  Ruth NY                   122 Ruth NY                   
17  Pipp NY                   26  Hauser PHI                114 Goslin WAS                
14  Heilmann DET              17  Jacobson STL              112 Meusel NY                 
14  Rice WAS                  17  Williams STL              107 Hauser PHI                
                                                            107 Heilmann DET              

BB                            SO                            HBP                           
130 Ruth NY                   74  Ruth NY                   15  Burns CLE                 
98  Rigney DET                56  Kamm CHI                  15  Manush DET                
85  Sheely CHI                55  Dykes PHI                 10  Flagstead BOS             
81  Collins CHI               55  Simmons PHI               9   Gerber STL                
                                                            9   Goslin WAS                

SH                            SB                            CS                            
43  Harris WAS                38  Collins CHI               15  Collins CHI               
33  Wambsganss BOS            22  Meusel NY                 15  Sisler STL                
31  Kamm CHI                  22  Rice WAS                  14  Meusel NY                 
31  Severeid STL              20  Harris WAS                13  3 players                 

BAVG                          OBP                           SLG                           
.388 Ruth NY                  .521 Ruth NY                  .780 Ruth NY                  
.350 Jamieson CLE             .440 Bassler DET              .545 Williams STL             
.347 Collins CHI              .439 Collins CHI              .531 Hauser PHI               
.346 Falk CHI                 .433 Speaker CLE              .523 Jacobson STL             

Low BAVG                      Low OBP                       Low SLG                       
.254 Kamm CHI                 .286 Scott NY                 .320 Peckinpaugh WAS          
.254 Scott NY                 .310 Galloway PHI             .326 Scott NY                 
.258 Peckinpaugh WAS          .335 Kamm CHI                 .330 Ruel WAS                 
.274 Gerber STL               .336 Wambsganss BOS           .331 Gerber STL
AL Pitching
G                             GS                            CG                            
45  Shaute CLE                34  Johnson WAS               25  Ehmke BOS                 
44  Holloway DET              33  Ehmke BOS                 25  Thurston CHI              
43  Hoyt NY                   33  Shaute CLE                23  Pennock NY                
43  Marberry WAS              32  Thurston CHI              21  Shaute CLE                

SHO                           GF                            SV                            
6   Johnson WAS               26  Marberry WAS              13  Marberry WAS              
5   Davis STL                 24  Connally CHI              8   Russell WAS               
4   Pennock NY                21  Holloway DET              7   Quinn BOS                 
4   Shocker STL               20  Gaston NY                 6   Connally CHI              

W                             L                             IP                            
21  Johnson WAS               17  Shaute CLE                290   Ehmke BOS               
20  Pennock NY                16  Ferguson BOS              282   Shaute CLE              
20  Shaute CLE                15  Ehmke BOS                 260   Thurston CHI            
19  Thurston CHI              14  3 players                 259.2 Pennock NY              

H                             HR                            R                             
315 Shaute CLE                16  Danforth STL              137 Shaute CLE                
295 Ehmke BOS                 16  Thurston CHI              134 Lyons CHI                 
294 Thurston CHI              13  Pennock NY                131 Thurston CHI              
279 Pennock NY                12  Stoner DET                126 3 players                 

ER                            BB                            SO                            
117 Shaute CLE                101 Bush NY                   143 Johnson WAS               
111 Stoner DET                99  Ferguson BOS              109 Ehmke BOS                 
109 Ehmke BOS                 90  Rommel PHI                105 Shawkey NY                
109 Lyons CHI                 86  Shaute CLE                89  Pennock NY                
109 Rommel PHI                                                                            

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

ERA                              High ERA                         
2.65 Zachary WAS              5.05 Stoner DET               
2.72 Johnson WAS              5.00 Burns PHI                
2.84 Pennock NY               4.91 Uhle CLE                 
2.95 Baumgartner PHI          4.91 Lyons CHI
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