Remembering 1924

AL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Washington Senators            133   76   55    2  .580     -   616  503
New York Yankees               132   75   56    1  .573   1.0   685  596
Detroit Tigers                 134   71   62    1  .534   6.0   704  674
St. Louis Browns               133   68   64    1  .515   8.5   659  663
Cleveland Indians              134   63   71    0  .470  14.5   676  691
Boston Red Sox                 134   59   72    3  .450  17.0   634  693
Philadelphia Athletics         131   58   73    0  .443  18.0   570  672
Chicago White Sox              131   57   74    0  .435  19.0   672  724

The Washington Senators did not play on September 3, 1924.

AL Batting
G                             PA                            AB                            
134 Cobb DET                  630 Wambsganss BOS            553 Wambsganss BOS            
134 J. Sewell CLE             629 Cobb DET                  552 Sisler STL                
134 Wambsganss BOS            606 Rice WAS                  550 Rice WAS                  
133 Jacobson STL              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  Speaker CLE               180 Rice WAS                  39  Wambsganss BOS            
93  Flagstead BOS             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              101 Meusel NY                 
14  Rice WAS                  15  Jacobson STL              100 Hauser PHI                

BB                            SO                            HBP                           
122 Ruth NY                   71  Ruth NY                   15  Burns CLE                 
87  Rigney DET                55  Kamm CHI                  12  Manush DET                
84  Sheely CHI                51  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                           
.386 Ruth NY                  .519 Ruth NY                  .768 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                 .291 Scott NY                 .322 Peckinpaugh WAS          
.258 Scott NY                 .309 Galloway PHI             .333 Scott NY                 
.260 Peckinpaugh WAS          .325 Barrett CHI              .336 Ruel WAS                 
.263 Harris WAS               .334 Sisler STL               .340 Gerber STL
AL Pitching
G                             GS                            CG                            
44  Shaute CLE                32  Shaute CLE                24  Ehmke BOS                 
41  Hoyt NY                   31  Ehmke BOS                 24  Thurston CHI              
40  Quinn BOS                 31  Johnson WAS               23  Pennock NY                
39  3 players                 30  Coveleski CLE             21  Shaute CLE                
                              30  Thurston CHI                                            

SHO                           GF                            SV                            
6   Johnson WAS               23  Connally CHI              11  Marberry WAS              
4   Davis STL                 23  Marberry WAS              7   Quinn BOS                 
4   Pennock NY                20  Gaston NY                 7   Russell WAS               
3   4 players                 19  Holloway DET              6   Connally CHI              

W                             L                             IP                            
20  Shaute CLE                16  Shaute CLE                275   Shaute CLE              
19  Pennock NY                15  Ferguson BOS              273.2 Ehmke BOS               
18  Johnson WAS               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                
274 Ehmke BOS                 13  Pennock NY                125 Lyons CHI                 
267 Hoyt NY                   12  Stoner DET                120 Thurston CHI              

ER                            BB                            SO                            
114 Shaute CLE                96  Bush NY                   130 Johnson WAS               
111 Stoner DET                95  Ferguson BOS              108 Ehmke BOS                 
105 Lyons CHI                 85  Shaute CLE                94  Shawkey NY                
102 Shocker STL               83  Rommel PHI                85  Pennock NY                

HBP                           WP                            BK                            
13  Whitehill DET             7   Meeker PHI                3   Ferguson BOS              
10  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                         
2.56 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               4.79 Shawkey NY
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