Remembering 1924 – Browns sweep Senators in 5 game series

 

 

 

 

St. Louis Browns 6, Washington Senators 5

Day

Game Played on Wednesday, August 6, 1924 (D) at Sportsman’s Park III

WAS A    1  0  0    0  1  0    0  2  1  -   5 11  1
STL A    4  0  0    1  0  1    0  0  x  -   6  9  1
BATTING
Washington Senators          AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Leibold cf                    5   1   2   1       0   0       2   0
Harris 2b                     4   1   2   0       0   0       4   3
Rice rf                       4   0   1   0       1   0       2   0
Goslin lf                     5   0   2   2       0   0       0   0
Judge 1b                      4   1   1   0       0   0      12   1
Bluege 3b                     4   1   2   1       0   1       1   0
Ruel c                        4   0   0   0       0   0       1   3
Peckinpaugh ss                4   0   0   0       0   0       1   6
Mogridge p                    3   0   0   0       0   1       1   0
  Matthews ph                 1   1   1   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                       38   5  11   4       1   2      24  13
FIELDING - 
DP: 2. Peckinpaugh-Harris-Judge, Peckinpaugh-Harris-Judge.
E: Harris (14).
BATTING - 
2B: Leibold (6); Judge (25); Bluege (9); Matthews (10).
SH: Harris (32).
Team LOB: 8.
St. Louis Browns             AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Tobin rf                      3   1   0   0       1   0       1   0
Evans lf                      3   1   0   0       1   0       5   0
Sisler 1b                     4   1   1   0       0   0       8   1
McManus 2b                    4   1   2   1       0   0       1   5
Jacobson cf                   3   1   2   1       0   0       3   0
Robertson 3b                  4   0   0   0       0   0       2   3
Severeid c                    3   1   2   2       0   0       5   1
Gerber ss                     3   0   1   0       0   0       1   1
Davis p                       2   0   1   1       0   1       0   1
  Wingard p                   0   0   0   0       0   0       1   0
Totals                       29   6   9   5       2   1      27  12
FIELDING - 
E: Gerber (28).
BATTING - 
2B: Jacobson (27); Severeid (20).
HR: Jacobson (15,6th inning off Mogridge 0 on).
SH: Jacobson (16); Davis (6).
Team LOB: 3.
PITCHING
Washington Senators          IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Mogridge L(8-10)              8     9   6   3   2   1   1  33
St. Louis Browns             IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Davis W(7-7)                  8.1  11   5   4   1   2   0  38
Wingard SV(1)                 0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2
Totals                        9    11   5   4   1   2   0  40
Umpires: HP - George Hildebrand, 1B - Tommy Connolly, 3B - Bill Dinneen
Time of Game: 1:38   Attendance: 2000

AL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
New York Yankees               107   60   46    1  .566     -   572  492
Detroit Tigers                 105   58   46    1  .558   1.0   553  515
St. Louis Browns               103   55   47    1  .539   3.0   509  498
Washington Senators            108   57   49    2  .538   3.0   513  428
Chicago White Sox              103   50   53    0  .485   8.5   560  579
Cleveland Indians              105   50   55    0  .476   9.5   514  558
Boston Red Sox                 105   43   59    3  .422  15.0   491  527
Philadelphia Athletics         104   43   61    0  .413  16.0   411  526
AL Batting
G                             PA                            AB                            
108 Goslin WAS                500 Wambsganss BOS            454 Rice WAS                  
107 5 players                 496 Rice WAS                  445 Dugan NY                  
                              495 Cobb DET                  442 Wambsganss BOS            
                              487 Dugan NY                  429 Sisler STL                

R                             H                             2B                            
108 Ruth NY                   147 Ruth NY                   34  J. Sewell CLE             
78  Blue DET                  144 Rice WAS                  31  Falk CHI                  
77  Cobb DET                  143 Cobb DET                  31  Heilmann DET              
76  Dugan NY                  136 Goslin WAS                30  Burns CLE                 
76  Rice WAS                                                30  Wambsganss BOS            

3B                            HR                            RBI                           
13  Goslin WAS                36  Ruth NY                   96  Ruth NY                   
12  Heilmann DET              18  Hauser PHI                86  Goslin WAS                
12  Pipp NY                   16  Williams STL              84  Meusel NY                 
11  Rice WAS                  15  Jacobson STL              78  Hauser PHI                

BB                            SO                            HBP                           
102 Ruth NY                   59  Ruth NY                   13  Burns CLE                 
76  Sheely CHI                51  Kamm CHI                  9   Gerber STL                
64  Rigney DET                38  Dykes PHI                 9   Manush DET                
63  Blue DET                  38  Riconda PHI               7   Goslin WAS                
                              38  Ward NY                                                 

SH                            SB                            CS                            
32  Harris WAS                30  Collins CHI               12  Hooper CHI                
28  Severeid STL              18  Meusel NY                 10  5 players                 
24  Wambsganss BOS            16  Harris WAS                                              
23  Kamm CHI                  16  Williams STL                                            
23  Ruel WAS                                                                              

BAVG                          OBP                           SLG                           
.402 Ruth NY                  .535 Ruth NY                  .801 Ruth NY                  
.382 Falk CHI                 .458 Sheely CHI               .571 Williams STL             
.346 Jamieson CLE             .436 Collins CHI              .553 Jacobson STL             
.343 Sheely CHI               .435 Falk CHI                 .541 Falk CHI                 

Low BAVG                      Low OBP                       Low SLG                       
.251 Wambsganss BOS           .302 Scott NY                 .327 Peckinpaugh WAS          
.253 Kamm CHI                 .305 Wambsganss BOS           .329 Gerber STL               
.255 Peckinpaugh WAS          .323 Galloway PHI             .333 Wambsganss BOS           
.263 Harris WAS               .323 Sisler STL               .334 Ruel WAS
AL Pitching
G                             GS                            CG                            
35  Shaute CLE                25  Johnson WAS               19  Thurston CHI              
33  Hoyt NY                   25  Shaute CLE                18  Ehmke BOS                 
32  Quinn BOS                 24  Ehmke BOS                 18  Pennock NY                
31  3 players                 24  Hoyt NY                   16  Shaute CLE                
                              24  Thurston CHI                                            

SHO                           GF                            SV                            
4   Johnson WAS               20  Gaston NY                 8   Marberry WAS              
3   Davis STL                 18  Connally CHI              5   Connally CHI              
3   Ogden PHI-WAS             17  Holloway DET              5   Quinn BOS                 
3   Rommel PHI                17  Marberry WAS              4   Danforth STL              
                                                            4   Russell WAS               

W                             L                             IP                            
17  Thurston CHI              12  Ferguson BOS              216.2 Ehmke BOS               
16  Shaute CLE                11  5 players                 215.2 Shaute CLE              
14  Pennock NY                                              202   Thurston CHI            
13  3 players                                               197.2 Pennock NY              

H                             HR                            R                             
238 Shaute CLE                13  Thurston CHI              108 Lyons CHI                 
223 Hoyt NY                   12  Pennock NY                105 Stoner DET                
219 Thurston CHI              11  Danforth STL              100 Shaute CLE                
215 Pennock NY                11  Stoner DET                96  Shocker STL               
215 Stoner DET                                                                            

ER                            BB                            SO                            
91  Lyons CHI                 79  Bush NY                   102 Johnson WAS               
91  Stoner DET                75  Ferguson BOS              87  Shawkey NY                
87  Shocker STL               71  Rommel PHI                81  Ehmke BOS                 
86  Shaute CLE                67  Shaute CLE                63  Pennock NY                

HBP                           WP                            BK                            
10  Whitehill DET             5   Jones NY                  3   Gaston NY                 
9   Piercy BOS                5   Meeker PHI                2   Zachary WAS               
8   Bayne STL                 5   Shaute CLE                1   Many players              
8   Johnson WAS               4   Many players                                            
8   Uhle CLE                                                                              

ERA                              High ERA                         
2.45 Zachary WAS              5.67 Piercy BOS               
2.62 Baumgartner PHI          4.93 Lyons CHI                
2.80 Wingard STL              4.91 Shawkey NY               
2.94 Collins DET              4.88 Shocker STL
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