Remembering 1924

August 15, 1924

With forty one games remaining on the schedule the Washington Senators find themselves in 3rd place in the American League, two games behind the New York Yankees.

The Senators did not play on this date.

 

 

 

 

 

AL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
New York Yankees               114   64   49    1  .566     -   601  524
Detroit Tigers                 113   63   49    1  .563   0.5   609  559
Washington Senators            115   62   51    2  .549   2.0   539  451
St. Louis Browns               111   58   52    1  .527   4.5   541  533
Cleveland Indians              112   53   59    0  .473  10.5   542  585
Chicago White Sox              111   51   60    0  .459  12.0   588  620
Boston Red Sox                 113   48   62    3  .436  14.5   530  569
Philadelphia Athletics         113   48   65    0  .425  16.0   464  573
AL Batting
G                             PA                            AB                            
114 Goslin WAS                536 Wambsganss BOS            481 Rice WAS                  
114 Pipp NY                   535 Cobb DET                  473 Wambsganss BOS            
114 Rice WAS                  526 Rice WAS                  467 Dugan NY                  
114 Ruth NY                   510 Dugan NY                  460 Sisler STL                
114 Scott NY                                                                              

R                             H                             2B                            
114 Ruth NY                   157 Cobb DET                  35  Heilmann DET              
85  Cobb DET                  156 Ruth NY                   35  J. Sewell CLE             
81  Rice WAS                  155 Rice WAS                  32  Meusel NY                 
80  Blue DET                  144 Collins CHI               32  Wambsganss BOS            

3B                            HR                            RBI                           
14  Pipp NY                   38  Ruth NY                   99  Ruth NY                   
13  Goslin WAS                20  Hauser PHI                91  Goslin WAS                
13  Rice WAS                  16  Williams STL              90  Heilmann DET              
12  Heilmann DET              15  Jacobson STL              90  Meusel NY                 

BB                            SO                            HBP                           
109 Ruth NY                   62  Ruth NY                   13  Burns CLE                 
79  Sheely CHI                52  Kamm CHI                  11  Manush DET                
73  Rigney DET                44  Dykes PHI                 9   Gerber STL                
70  Cobb DET                  44  Simmons PHI               7   Goslin WAS                

SH                            SB                            CS                            
36  Harris WAS                32  Collins CHI               12  Collins CHI               
29  Severeid STL              18  Meusel NY                 12  Hooper CHI                
27  Wambsganss BOS            16  Harris WAS                11  Rice WAS                  
24  Kamm CHI                  16  Sisler STL                11  Ruel WAS                  
24  Ruel WAS                  16  Williams STL              11  Sisler STL                

BAVG                          OBP                           SLG                           
.400 Ruth NY                  .534 Ruth NY                  .800 Ruth NY                  
.363 Falk CHI                 .452 Sheely CHI               .564 Williams STL             
.347 Cobb DET                 .438 Collins CHI              .547 Jacobson STL             
.347 Collins CHI              .436 Cobb DET                 .533 Heilmann DET             

Low BAVG                      Low OBP                       Low SLG                       
.248 Peckinpaugh WAS          .300 Scott NY                 .315 Peckinpaugh WAS          
.253 Lutzke CLE               .313 Galloway PHI             .320 Lutzke CLE               
.254 Kamm CHI                 .314 Wambsganss BOS           .325 Gerber STL               
.262 Wambsganss BOS           .322 Barrett CHI              .336 Ruel WAS
AL Pitching
G                             GS                            CG                            
38  Shaute CLE                27  Johnson WAS               20  Pennock NY                
36  Quinn BOS                 27  Shaute CLE                20  Thurston CHI              
35  Hoyt NY                   26  Ehmke BOS                 19  Ehmke BOS                 
34  Connally CHI              26  Hoyt NY                   18  Shaute CLE                
34  Holloway DET              26  Thurston CHI                                            

SHO                           GF                            SV                            
5   Johnson WAS               20  Connally CHI              8   Marberry WAS              
3   5 players                 20  Gaston NY                 7   Quinn BOS                 
                              17  Holloway DET              5   Connally CHI              
                              17  Marberry WAS              5   Russell WAS               

W                             L                             IP                            
18  Shaute CLE                13  Ferguson BOS              233.2 Shaute CLE              
17  Thurston CHI              12  Ehmke BOS                 226.2 Ehmke BOS               
16  Pennock NY                12  Rommel PHI                218   Thurston CHI            
15  Danforth STL              12  Shaute CLE                215.2 Pennock NY              

H                             HR                            R                             
255 Shaute CLE                14  Thurston CHI              119 Stoner DET                
247 Thurston CHI              12  Danforth STL              110 Lyons CHI                 
240 Stoner DET                12  Pennock NY                107 Thurston CHI              
234 Hoyt NY                   12  Stoner DET                103 Shaute CLE                

ER                            BB                            SO                            
104 Stoner DET                83  Ferguson BOS              114 Johnson WAS               
93  Lyons CHI                 82  Bush NY                   88  Shawkey NY                
90  Shocker STL               76  Rommel PHI                87  Ehmke BOS                 
89  Shaute CLE                71  Shaute CLE                69  Pennock NY                
89  Thurston CHI                                                                          

HBP                           WP                            BK                            
12  Whitehill DET             6   Meeker PHI                3   Gaston NY                 
9   Johnson WAS               5   Jones NY                  2   Ferguson BOS              
9   Piercy BOS                5   Shaute CLE                2   Zachary WAS               
9   Quinn BOS                 4   Many players              1   Many players              

ERA                              High ERA                         
2.67 Baumgartner PHI          5.87 Piercy BOS               
2.72 Zachary WAS              5.05 Shawkey NY               
2.86 Johnson WAS              5.00 Stoner DET               
2.96 Wingard STL              4.89 Lyons CHI
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