Remembering 1924 – Senators win 8th in a row

The Washington Senators beat the Yankees 4-3 and moved into first place. With the victory the Senators now have a one game lead over the Tigers and Yankees.

 

 

 

 

Washington Senators 4, New York Yankees 3

Game Played on Tuesday, June 24, 1924 (D) at Yankee Stadium I

 

WAS A    1  1  0    1  0  0    0  0  0    1  -   4  9  0
NY  A    1  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  0    0  -   3  8  2

 

BATTING
Washington Senators          AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Rice rf                       5   1   2   0       0   0       1   1
Matthews cf                   4   0   2   1       0   0       5   0
Harris 2b                     4   0   0   1       0   1       2   5
Goslin lf                     4   0   1   0       0   0       4   0
Judge 1b                      4   0   0   0       0   1      12   2
Ruel c                        4   0   1   0       0   0       2   1
Peckinpaugh ss                4   2   2   1       0   0       4   3
Bluege 3b                     3   0   1   1       1   1       0   2
Zahniser p                    1   0   0   0       0   1       0   0
  Hargrave ph                 1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Russell p                   2   1   0   0       0   1       0   3
Totals                       36   4   9   4       1   5      30  17

 

FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Bluege-Harris-Judge.

 

BATTING - 
2B: Rice (14); Matthews (7).
3B: Goslin (5).
HR: Peckinpaugh (1,4th inning off Pennock 0 on).
SH: Matthews (7); Harris (19).
Team LOB: 5.

 

BASERUNNING - 
SB: Ruel (4).
CS: Matthews (4).

 

New York Yankees             AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Johnson 2b                    5   1   3   0       0   0       1   3
Hendrick lf                   5   0   0   1       0   0       3   0
Ruth rf                       2   1   1   0       3   1       3   0
Meusel cf                     5   0   0   0       0   1       2   0
Pipp 1b                       4   1   1   1       0   0      11   1
Schang c                      3   0   3   1       1   0       5   2
Dugan 3b                      4   0   0   0       0   0       2   2
Scott ss                      4   0   0   0       0   0       3   2
Pennock p                     3   0   0   0       1   0       0   3
Totals                       35   3   8   3       5   2      30  13

 

FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Schang-Johnson.
E: Meusel (7), Pipp (4).

 

BATTING - 
2B: Schang (8).
3B: Johnson (5); Pipp (7).
Team LOB: 7.

 

BASERUNNING - 
SB: Ruth (6).
CS: Johnson (3).

 

PITCHING
Washington Senators          IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Zahniser                      4     5   3   3   1   0   0  16
Russell W(1-1)                6     3   0   0   4   2   0  24
Totals                       10     8   3   3   5   2   0  40

 

New York Yankees             IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Pennock L(6-6)               10     9   4   3   1   5   1  39

 

WP: Pennock (4).

 

Umpires: HP - Billy Evans, 1B - Red Ormsby
Time of Game: 2:20   Attendance: 10000

AL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Washington Senators             59   32   26    1  .552     -   302  262
New York Yankees                57   30   26    1  .536   1.0   271  247
Detroit Tigers                  64   34   30    0  .531   1.0   348  340
Boston Red Sox                  58   29   27    2  .518   2.0   289  251
St. Louis Browns                58   30   28    0  .517   2.0   290  286
Cleveland Indians               58   29   29    0  .500   3.0   300  299
Chicago White Sox               57   27   30    0  .474   4.5   290  300
Philadelphia Athletics          57   21   36    0  .368  10.5   201  306
AL Batting
G                             PA                            AB                            
64  Cobb DET                  302 Cobb DET                  260 Cobb DET                  
64  Rigney DET                276 Blue DET                  242 Wambsganss BOS            
61  Heilmann DET              276 Wambsganss BOS            240 Rice WAS                  
60  Blue DET                  275 Rigney DET                235 Blue DET                  

R                             H                             2B                            
52  Ruth NY                   92  Cobb DET                  22  Heilmann DET              
49  Cobb DET                  86  Jamieson CLE              21  Burns CLE                 
46  Blue DET                  80  Goslin WAS                20  Pratt DET                 
46  Rice WAS                  79  Rice WAS                  19  J. Sewell CLE             

3B                            HR                            RBI                           
7   Pipp NY                   17  Ruth NY                   49  Goslin WAS                
6   Sisler STL                14  Williams STL              48  J. Sewell CLE             
5   Many players              10  Hauser PHI                47  Heilmann DET              
                              9   Jacobson STL              45  Boone BOS                 

BB                            SO                            HBP                           
60  Ruth NY                   38  Kamm CHI                  6   Burns CLE                 
40  Rigney DET                34  Ruth NY                   5   Gerber STL                
40  Sheely CHI                24  Dykes PHI                 5   Goslin WAS                
37  Williams STL              24  Riconda PHI               4   Harris WAS                
                                                            4   Manush DET                

SH                            SB                            CS                            
19  Harris WAS                15  Collins CHI               8   Hooper CHI                
18  Ruel WAS                  14  Williams STL              7   Cobb DET                  
16  Severeid STL              11  Jamieson CLE              7   Mostil CHI                
15  3 players                 10  McNulty CLE               7   Sisler STL                
                                                            7   Tobin STL                 

BAVG                          OBP                           SLG                           
.368 Jamieson CLE             .518 Ruth NY                  .733 Ruth NY                  
.358 Ruth NY                  .464 Williams STL             .658 Williams STL             
.360 Falk CHI *               .447 Sheely CHI               .561 Heilmann DET             
.354 Cobb DET                 .435 Harris BOS               .543 Jacobson STL             

Low BAVG                      Low OBP                       Low SLG                       
.209 Lee BOS                  .279 Scott NY                 .273 Lee BOS                  
.233 Kamm CHI                 .294 Galloway PHI             .291 Scott NY                 
.240 Barrett CHI              .306 Barrett CHI              .302 Barrett CHI              
.252 Wambsganss BOS           .309 Wambsganss BOS           .318 Wambsganss BOS
AL Pitching
G                             GS                            CG                            
21  Ehmke BOS                 15  Ehmke BOS                 13  Ehmke BOS                 
21  Holloway DET              15  Johnson WAS               11  Thurston CHI              
20  Shaute CLE                15  Stoner DET                9   Pennock NY                
18  Hoyt NY                   14  Pennock NY                8   Quinn BOS                 
                              14  Shaute CLE                8   Shaute CLE                

SHO                           GF                            SV                            
3   Johnson WAS               13  Connally CHI              7   Marberry WAS              
2   Ehmke BOS                 13  Holloway DET              4   Quinn BOS                 
2   Quinn BOS                 10  Baumgartner PHI           3   Baumgartner PHI           
2   Rommel PHI                10  Marberry WAS              2   5 players                 
2   Shaute CLE                                                                            

W                             L                             IP                            
9   Ehmke BOS                 8   Cole DET                  140   Ehmke BOS               
9   Johnson WAS               7   Ehmke BOS                 125.2 Shaute CLE              
9   Thurston CHI              7   Rommel PHI                114.1 Thurston CHI            
8   3 players                 7   Shaute CLE                113.1 Stoner DET              
                              7   Shawkey NY                                              

H                             HR                            R                             
146 Shaute CLE                8   Pennock NY                63  Stoner DET                
138 Stoner DET                7   Shocker STL               60  Uhle CLE                  
128 Pennock NY                7   Stoner DET                56  Shaute CLE                
122 Hoyt NY                   7   Thurston CHI              55  Coveleski CLE             
122 Thurston CHI                                                                          

ER                            BB                            SO                            
54  Stoner DET                51  Ferguson BOS              77  Johnson WAS               
49  Shaute CLE                42  Uhle CLE                  60  Ehmke BOS                 
48  Coveleski CLE             40  Bush NY                   55  Shawkey NY                
46  3 players                 39  3 players                 43  Martina WAS               

HBP                           WP                            BK                            
8   Whitehill DET             4   Jones NY                  2   Zachary WAS               
7   Bayne STL                 4   Pennock NY                1   7 players                 
6   Johnson WAS               4   Shaute CLE                                              
6   Uhle CLE                  4   Shawkey NY                                              

ERA                              High ERA                         
2.56 Quinn BOS                6.24 Blankenship CHI          
2.57 Ehmke BOS                5.77 Martina WAS              
2.67 Wingard STL              5.34 Fuhr BOS                 
2.73 Zachary WAS              5.03 Cole DET
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