Remembering 1924 – Senators 8, Red Sox 2

Washington Senators 8, Boston Red Sox 2

Day
Discrepancies

Game Played on Saturday, September 6, 1924 (D) at Griffith Stadium

BOS A    0  0  0    0  0  0    1  1  0  -   2 11  2
WAS A    4  0  0    0  1  3    0  0  x  -   8 10  0
BATTING
Boston Red Sox               AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Flagstead cf                  5   0   1   0       0   0       1   0
Wambsganss 2b                 5   1   2   0       0   0       3   1
Boone rf                      4   0   2   0       1   0       1   0
Harris 1b                     4   0   0   0       0   1      12   0
Veach lf                      3   0   1   1       0   0       1   0
Shanks 3b                     4   0   1   0       0   0       2   7
Ezzell ss                     3   1   1   0       1   1       2   3
O'Neill c                     4   0   1   0       0   0       2   0
Ehmke p                       2   0   1   0       0   0       0   1
  Picinich ph                 1   0   0   1       0   0       0   0
  Piercy p                    0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Geygan ph                   1   0   1   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                       36   2  11   2       2   2      24  12
FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Ezzell-Harris.
E: Ezzell 2 (13).
BATTING - 
2B: Boone (28).
SH: Veach (25).
Team LOB: 10.
Washington Senators          AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
McNeely cf                    5   2   1   0       0   1       2   0
Harris 2b                     5   2   2   3       0   0       3   4
Rice rf                       3   1   2   2       0   0       4   0
Goslin lf                     3   2   1   0       1   0       3   0
Ruel c                        3   0   1   0       0   0       4   0
Bluege 3b                     3   0   2   3       0   0       1   0
  Taylor 3b                   0   0   0   0       0   0       1   1
Peckinpaugh ss                4   0   0   0       0   0       1   2
Shirley 1b                    4   1   0   0       0   0       8   0
Mogridge p                    3   0   1   0       0   0       0   2
Totals                       33   8  10   8       1   1      27   9
FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Harris-Shirley.
BATTING - 
3B: Harris 2 (8).
SH: Rice (12); Ruel (28); Mogridge (4).
HBP: Bluege (6).
Team LOB: 6.
PITCHING
Boston Red Sox               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Ehmke L(17-14)                6    10   8   7   1   0   0  31
Piercy                        2     0   0   0   0   1   0   7
Totals                        8    10   8   7   1   1   0  38
HBP: Piercy (10).
Washington Senators          IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Mogridge W(13-10)             9    11   2   2   2   2   0  39
Umpires: HP - George Hildebrand, 1B - Tommy Connolly
Time of Game: 1:35

AL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Washington Senators            135   78   55    2  .586     -   636  510
New York Yankees               134   76   57    1  .571   2.0   698  611
Detroit Tigers                 137   74   62    1  .544   5.5   736  682
St. Louis Browns               136   70   65    1  .519   9.0   672  671
Cleveland Indians              137   63   74    0  .460  17.0   684  723
Boston Red Sox                 136   59   74    3  .444  19.0   641  713
Philadelphia Athletics         133   59   74    0  .444  19.0   585  685
Chicago White Sox              134   58   76    0  .433  20.5   680  737
AL Batting
G                             PA                            AB                            
137 Cobb DET                  644 Cobb DET                  563 Sisler STL                
137 J. Sewell CLE             640 Wambsganss BOS            562 Wambsganss BOS            
136 Jacobson STL              616 Rice WAS                  559 Rice WAS                  
136 Wambsganss BOS            614 J. Sewell CLE             553 Cobb DET                  

R                             H                             2B                            
130 Ruth NY                   190 Cobb DET                  42  Heilmann DET              
102 Cobb DET                  188 Jamieson CLE              41  J. Sewell CLE             
94  4 players                 186 Rice WAS                  39  Wambsganss BOS            
                              179 Ruth NY                   36  5 players                 

3B                            HR                            RBI                           
17  Goslin WAS                43  Ruth NY                   115 Ruth NY                   
17  Pipp NY                   24  Hauser PHI                109 Goslin WAS                
14  Heilmann DET              17  Williams STL              104 Meusel NY                 
14  Rice WAS                  15  Jacobson STL              102 Heilmann DET              

BB                            SO                            HBP                           
122 Ruth NY                   72  Ruth NY                   15  Burns CLE                 
90  Rigney DET                55  Kamm CHI                  13  Manush DET                
85  Sheely CHI                55  Simmons PHI               9   Flagstead BOS             
78  Cobb DET                  52  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                  20  Harris WAS                14  Sisler STL                
30  Severeid STL              20  Meusel NY                 13  Meusel NY                 
30  Wambsganss BOS            19  Cobb DET                  13  Rice WAS                  
                              19  Jamieson CLE                                            

BAVG                          OBP                           SLG                           
.388 Ruth NY                  .520 Ruth NY                  .774 Ruth NY                  
.354 Jamieson CLE             .435 Speaker CLE              .557 Williams STL             
.353 Falk CHI                 .434 Collins CHI              .527 Heilmann DET             
.345 Speaker CLE              .434 Sheely CHI               .523 Hauser PHI               

Low BAVG                      Low OBP                       Low SLG                       
.250 Kamm CHI                 .287 Scott NY                 .315 Peckinpaugh WAS          
.255 Scott NY                 .309 Galloway PHI             .328 Scott NY                 
.255 Peckinpaugh WAS          .324 Barrett CHI              .335 Gerber STL               
.268 Barrett CHI              .331 Kamm CHI                 .336 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              
40  Connally CHI              32  Johnson WAS               23  Pennock NY                
40  Holloway DET              31  Thurston CHI              21  Shaute CLE                
40  Quinn BOS                                                                             

SHO                           GF                            SV                            
6   Johnson WAS               24  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                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  Ehmke BOS                 251   Thurston CHI            

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                123 Thurston CHI              

ER                            BB                            SO                            
117 Shaute CLE                96  Bush NY                   137 Johnson WAS               
111 Stoner DET                95  Ferguson BOS              108 Ehmke BOS                 
106 Shocker STL               86  Shaute CLE                95  Shawkey NY                
105 Ehmke BOS                 83  Rommel PHI                86  Pennock NY                
105 Lyons CHI                                                                             

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

ERA                              High ERA                         
2.60 Johnson WAS              5.16 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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