Remembering 1924 – The Senators hold a half game lead in the AL

The Washington Senators did not play on this date. The Senators find themselves 
in 1st place in the American League by one half game over the Detroit Tigers.








AL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Washington Senators             62   34   27    1  .557     -   310  265
Detroit Tigers                  66   36   30    0  .545   0.5   352  342
New York Yankees                61   32   28    1  .533   1.5   300  270
Boston Red Sox                  62   31   29    2  .517   2.5   313  281
St. Louis Browns                60   30   30    0  .500   3.5   295  298
Chicago White Sox               61   30   31    0  .492   4.0   313  312
Cleveland Indians               62   30   32    0  .484   4.5   309  314
Philadelphia Athletics          60   22   38    0  .367  11.5   205  315
AL Batting
G                             PA                            AB                            
66  Cobb DET                  310 Cobb DET                  268 Cobb DET                  
66  Rigney DET                295 Wambsganss BOS            259 Wambsganss BOS            
63  Heilmann DET              285 Jamieson CLE              252 Jamieson CLE              
62  Many players              284 Blue DET                  250 Rice WAS                  
                              284 Veach BOS                                               

R                             H                             2B                            
55  Ruth NY                   95  Cobb DET                  23  Heilmann DET              
50  Cobb DET                  92  Jamieson CLE              21  Burns CLE                 
47  Rice WAS                  82  Goslin WAS                20  Pratt DET                 
46  Blue DET                  79  Rice WAS                  19  3 players                 
46  Goslin WAS                                                                            

3B                            HR                            RBI                           
7   Pipp NY                   18  Ruth NY                   52  Goslin WAS                
6   Goslin WAS                14  Williams STL              49  J. Sewell CLE             
6   Sisler STL                11  Hauser PHI                47  Heilmann DET              
6   Veach BOS                 10  Jacobson STL              46  Boone BOS                 
                                                            46  Ruth NY                   

BB                            SO                            HBP                           
66  Ruth NY                   38  Kamm CHI                  7   Burns CLE                 
42  Sheely CHI                37  Ruth NY                   5   Gerber STL                
40  Rigney DET                25  Riconda PHI               5   Goslin WAS                
39  Williams STL              24  Dykes PHI                 4   3 players                 

SH                            SB                            CS                            
20  Harris WAS                16  Collins CHI               8   Hooper CHI                
18  Ruel WAS                  14  Williams STL              7   5 players                 
17  Severeid STL              11  Jamieson CLE                                            
16  Veach BOS                 10  Harris WAS                                              
16  Wambsganss BOS            10  McNulty CLE                                             

BAVG                          OBP                           SLG                           
.365 Jamieson CLE             .517 Ruth NY                  .717 Ruth NY                  
.354 Cobb DET                 .457 Williams STL             .637 Williams STL             
.353 Boone BOS                .447 Sheely CHI               .561 Heilmann DET             
.353 Meusel NY                .436 Heilmann DET             .543 Jacobson STL             

Low BAVG                      Low OBP                       Low SLG                       
.214 Lee BOS                  .278 Scott NY                 .275 Lee BOS                  
.233 Kamm CHI                 .281 Galloway PHI             .286 Scott NY                 
.253 Barrett CHI              .319 Barrett CHI              .314 Barrett CHI              
.256 Scott NY                 .322 Kamm CHI                 .325 Gerber STL
AL Pitching
G                             GS                            CG                            
22  Ehmke BOS                 16  Ehmke BOS                 14  Ehmke BOS                 
21  Holloway DET              16  Johnson WAS               12  Thurston CHI              
21  Shaute CLE                15  Shaute CLE                9   Pennock NY                
19  Hoyt NY                   15  Stoner DET                9   Quinn BOS                 
19  Smith CLE                                                                             

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

W                             L                             IP                            
10  Ehmke BOS                 8   Cole DET                  149   Ehmke BOS               
10  Johnson WAS               8   Shaute CLE                132.2 Shaute CLE              
10  Thurston CHI              7   Ehmke BOS                 123.1 Thurston CHI            
9   Hoyt NY                   7   Rommel PHI                121.1 Hoyt NY                 
                              7   Shawkey NY                121.1 Quinn BOS               

H                             HR                            R                             
151 Shaute CLE                8   Pennock NY                63  Stoner DET                
138 Stoner DET                7   Shocker STL               60  Uhle CLE                  
135 Ehmke BOS                 7   Stoner DET                57  Lyons CHI                 
132 Hoyt NY                   7   Thurston CHI              57  Shaute CLE                

ER                            BB                            SO                            
54  Stoner DET                51  Ferguson BOS              80  Johnson WAS               
51  Shawkey NY                43  Bush NY                   65  Ehmke BOS                 
50  Shaute CLE                42  Shaute CLE                57  Shawkey NY                
49  Lyons CHI                 42  Uhle CLE                  46  Martina WAS               
49  Shocker STL                                                                           

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

ERA                              High ERA                         
2.60 Quinn BOS                5.21 Martina WAS              
2.72 Ehmke BOS                5.03 Cole DET                 
2.77 Wingard STL              4.90 Burns PHI                
2.79 Johnson WAS              4.88 Shocker STL
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