Remembering 1924 – Senators clinch AL Pennant

Washington Senators 4, Boston Red Sox 2

 

 

 

 



Day
Discrepancies

Game Played on Monday, September 29, 1924 (D) at Fenway Park

WAS A    1  2  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   4 13  1
BOS A    1  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  9  1
BATTING
Washington Senators          AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Leibold cf                    5   0   1   1       0   0       3   0
Harris 2b                     4   1   1   0       0   0       5   4
Rice rf                       4   1   2   1       0   0       0   0
Goslin lf                     4   0   1   0       0   0       1   0
Judge 1b                      4   0   1   0       0   0      12   1
Bluege 3b                     4   0   0   0       0   0       1   0
Peckinpaugh ss                4   1   3   0       0   0       0   6
Ruel c                        4   1   2   0       0   0       4   1
Zachary p                     2   0   2   1       0   0       1   2
  Taylor pr                   0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Marberry p                  2   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                       37   4  13   3       0   0      27  14
FIELDING - 
DP: 3. Peckinpaugh-Harris-Judge, Zachary-Bluege, Harris-Judge.
E: Bluege (22).
BATTING - 
2B: Harris (28).
Team LOB: 6.
BASERUNNING - 
SB: Rice (24).
CS: Leibold (5).
Boston Red Sox               AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Williams cf                   5   1   2   0       0   0       0   0
Wambsganss 2b                 3   0   1   1       0   0       2   4
Veach lf                      4   1   2   0       0   0       0   0
Boone rf                      2   0   1   0       1   0       3   1
Harris 1b                     3   0   1   0       0   1      11   1
Ezzell 3b                     4   0   0   1       0   0       1   2
Lee ss                        4   0   1   0       0   0       8   5
O'Neill c                     3   0   0   0       1   1       2   1
Fullerton p                   0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Heving ph                   1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Quinn p                     2   0   0   0       0   1       0   1
  Clark ph                    1   0   1   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                       32   2   9   2       2   3      27  15
FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Wambsganss-Harris.
E: O'Neill (13).
BATTING - 
SH: Wambsganss (36); Harris (15).
HBP: Boone (1).
Team LOB: 8.
PITCHING
Washington Senators          IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Zachary                       3     5   2   2   2   1   0  16
Marberry W(11-12)             6     4   0   0   0   2   0  21
Totals                        9     9   2   2   2   3   0  37
HBP: Zachary (3).
Boston Red Sox               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Fullerton L(7-12)             2     5   3   2   0   0   0  10
Quinn                         7     8   1   1   0   0   0  27
Totals                        9    13   4   3   0   0   0  37
Umpires: HP - Tommy Connolly, 1B - Brick Owens
Time of Game: 1:52   Attendance: 15000

AL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Washington Senators            155   92   61    2  .601     -   754  600
New York Yankees               153   89   63    1  .586   2.5   798  667
Detroit Tigers                 156   86   68    2  .558   6.5   849  796
St. Louis Browns               153   74   78    1  .487  17.5   769  807
Philadelphia Athletics         152   71   81    0  .467  20.5   685  778
Cleveland Indians              153   67   86    0  .438  25.0   755  814
Boston Red Sox                 156   66   87    3  .431  26.0   722  805
Chicago White Sox              154   66   87    1  .431  26.0   793  858
AL Batting
G                             PA                            AB                            
155 Cobb DET                  727 Cobb DET                  646 Rice WAS                  
155 Wambsganss BOS            727 Wambsganss BOS            637 Sisler STL                
154 Goslin WAS                712 Rice WAS                  633 Wambsganss BOS            
154 Rice WAS                  686 J. Sewell CLE             625 Cobb DET                  

R                             H                             2B                            
143 Ruth NY                   216 Rice WAS                  45  Heilmann DET              
114 Cobb DET                  213 Jamieson CLE              45  J. Sewell CLE             
108 Collins CHI               211 Cobb DET                  41  Jacobson STL              
107 Heilmann DET              200 Ruth NY                   41  Wambsganss BOS            
107 Hooper CHI                                                                            

3B                            HR                            RBI                           
19  Pipp NY                   46  Ruth NY                   130 Goslin WAS                
17  Goslin WAS                27  Hauser PHI                124 Ruth NY                   
16  Heilmann DET              19  Jacobson STL              123 Meusel NY                 
14  Rice WAS                  18  Williams STL              117 Hauser PHI                
                                                            117 Heilmann DET              

BB                            SO                            HBP                           
142 Ruth NY                   81  Ruth NY                   16  Manush DET                
102 Rigney DET                60  Dykes PHI                 15  Burns CLE                 
94  Sheely CHI                60  Kamm CHI                  11  Flagstead BOS             
91  Collins CHI               60  Simmons PHI               9   4 players                 

SH                            SB                            CS                            
45  Harris WAS                42  Collins CHI               18  Collins CHI               
36  Wambsganss BOS            26  Meusel NY                 17  Sisler STL                
33  Kamm CHI                  24  Rice WAS                  15  Simmons PHI               
31  Severeid STL              23  Cobb DET                  14  3 players                 

BAVG                          OBP                           SLG                           
.378 Ruth NY                  .513 Ruth NY                  .739 Ruth NY                  
.358 Jamieson CLE             .443 Collins CHI              .537 Williams STL             
.352 Falk CHI                 .432 Speaker CLE              .531 Heilmann DET             
.349 Collins CHI              .428 Heilmann DET             .526 Jacobson STL             

Low BAVG                      Low OBP                       Low SLG                       
.246 Ward NY                  .278 Scott NY                 .314 Scott NY                 
.248 Scott NY                 .310 Galloway PHI             .328 Gerber STL               
.250 Kamm CHI                 .316 Ward NY                  .334 Ruel WAS                 
.269 Harris WAS               .331 Wambsganss BOS           .339 Peckinpaugh WAS
AL Pitching
G                             GS                            CG                            
50  Marberry WAS              38  Johnson WAS               28  Thurston CHI              
49  Holloway DET              36  Ehmke BOS                 26  Ehmke BOS                 
46  Hoyt NY                   36  Thurston CHI              25  Pennock NY                
46  Shaute CLE                34  3 players                 21  Shaute CLE                

SHO                           GF                            SV                            
6   Johnson WAS               31  Marberry WAS              15  Marberry WAS              
5   Davis STL                 25  Connally CHI              8   Russell WAS               
4   Ehmke BOS                 22  Holloway DET              7   Quinn BOS                 
4   Pennock NY                20  3 players                 6   Connally CHI              
4   Shocker STL                                             6   Dauss DET                 

W                             L                             IP                            
23  Johnson WAS               17  Ehmke BOS                 309   Ehmke BOS               
21  Pennock NY                17  Ferguson BOS              292   Thurston CHI            
20  Shaute CLE                17  Shaute CLE                286.1 Pennock NY              
20  Thurston CHI              16  Bush NY                   284   Shaute CLE              
                              16  Coveleski CLE                                           

H                             HR                            R                             
335 Thurston CHI              17  Thurston CHI              150 Thurston CHI              
317 Ehmke BOS                 16  Danforth STL              143 Lyons CHI                 
317 Shaute CLE                13  Pennock NY                140 Coveleski CLE             
306 Pennock NY                13  Stoner DET                140 Rommel PHI                

ER                            BB                            SO                            
123 Rommel PHI                109 Bush NY                   159 Johnson WAS               
123 Thurston CHI              108 Ferguson BOS              117 Ehmke BOS                 
120 Ehmke BOS                 97  Rommel PHI                114 Shawkey NY                
118 Shaute CLE                90  Gray PHI                  96  Pennock NY                

HBP                           WP                            BK                            
13  Uhle CLE                  7   Bush NY                   3   Ferguson BOS              
13  Whitehill DET             7   Meeker PHI                3   Gaston NY                 
12  Quinn BOS                 5   6 players                 2   Heimach PHI               
11  Ehmke BOS                                               2   Zachary WAS               
11  Johnson WAS                                                                           

ERA                              High ERA                         
2.72 Johnson WAS              5.08 Burns PHI                
2.75 Zachary WAS              4.87 Lyons CHI                
2.83 Pennock NY               4.79 Uhle CLE                 
2.88 Baumgartner PHI          4.73 Heimach PHI
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