Remembering 1924 – Senators hold 2 game lead over Yankees

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                 136   73   62    1  .541   5.5   731  678
St. Louis Browns               134   68   65    1  .511   9.5   660  667
Cleveland Indians              136   63   73    0  .463  16.0   680  718
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              132   58   74    0  .439  19.0   676  725

the Washington Senators did not play on this date.
AL Batting
G                             PA                            AB                            
136 Cobb DET                  640 Cobb DET                  557 Wambsganss BOS            
136 J. Sewell CLE             635 Wambsganss BOS            556 Rice WAS                  
135 Wambsganss BOS            612 Rice WAS                  555 Sisler STL                
134 Jacobson STL              610 J. Sewell CLE             549 Cobb DET                  

R                             H                             2B                            
128 Ruth NY                   189 Cobb DET                  42  Heilmann DET              
101 Cobb DET                  185 Jamieson CLE              41  J. Sewell CLE             
94  Flagstead BOS             184 Rice WAS                  39  Wambsganss BOS            
94  Heilmann DET              176 Ruth NY                   36  5 players                 
94  Speaker CLE                                                                           

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 Heilmann DET              
14  Rice WAS                  15  Jacobson STL              102 Meusel NY                 

BB                            SO                            HBP                           
122 Ruth NY                   72  Ruth NY                   15  Burns CLE                 
89  Rigney DET                55  Kamm CHI                  13  Manush DET                
84  Sheely CHI                54  Simmons PHI               9   Flagstead BOS             
78  Cobb DET                  50  Dykes PHI                 9   Gerber STL                
                                                            9   Goslin WAS                

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

BAVG                          OBP                           SLG                           
.385 Ruth NY                  .518 Ruth NY                  .766 Ruth NY                  
.352 Jamieson CLE             .437 Collins CHI              .557 Williams STL             
.348 Falk CHI                 .437 Sheely CHI               .530 Heilmann DET             
.345 Speaker CLE              .434 Speaker CLE              .517 Speaker CLE              

Low BAVG                      Low OBP                       Low SLG                       
.254 Kamm CHI                 .290 Scott NY                 .318 Peckinpaugh WAS          
.257 Scott NY                 .310 Galloway PHI             .331 Scott NY                 
.257 Peckinpaugh WAS          .323 Barrett CHI              .336 Ruel WAS                 
.267 Harris WAS               .336 Wambsganss BOS           .338 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  Holloway DET              31  Ehmke BOS                 23  Pennock NY                
40  Quinn BOS                 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  5 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               
10  Uhle CLE                  5   Shaute CLE                1   Many players              
                              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                 
2.78 Pennock NY               4.90 Lyons CHI
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