Remembering 1924 – Senators 8, Tigers 1

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Day
Discrepancies

Game Played on Sunday, August 17, 1924 (D) at Griffith Stadium

DET A    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   1  4  0
WAS A    2  3  0    0  0  0    0  3  x  -   8 16  0
BATTING
Detroit Tigers               AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
B. Jones 3b                   4   1   1   0       0   0       0   2
O'Rourke 2b                   4   0   1   1       0   2       2   5
Cobb cf                       4   0   0   0       0   1       2   0
Heilmann rf                   3   0   2   0       0   0       0   1
Wingo lf                      3   0   0   0       0   0       5   1
Pratt 1b                      3   0   0   0       0   1      14   0
Rigney ss                     3   0   0   0       0   0       1   4
Bassler c                     3   0   0   0       0   1       0   1
Wells p                       0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Holloway p                  0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Cole p                      2   0   0   0       0   1       0   1
  Manush ph                   1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                       30   1   4   1       0   6      24  15
FIELDING - 
DP: 2. O'Rourke-Rigney-Pratt, Wingo-Pratt.
BATTING - 
2B: O'Rourke (5).
Team LOB: 2.
Washington Senators          AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
McNeely cf                    5   1   4   2       0   0       3   0
Harris 2b                     5   0   2   1       0   0       3   1
Rice rf                       2   0   0   0       2   0       2   0
Goslin lf                     3   1   1   1       1   0       3   0
Judge 1b                      4   0   2   1       0   0       7   0
Bluege 3b                     3   2   2   0       0   0       1   0
Ruel c                        4   0   1   0       0   0       7   1
Peckinpaugh ss                4   2   2   1       0   0       1   2
Johnson p                     4   2   2   2       0   0       0   1
Totals                       34   8  16   8       3   0      27   5
FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Ruel-Judge.
BATTING - 
2B: Peckinpaugh (10); Johnson (7).
3B: Goslin (14).
SH: Bluege (9).
HBP: Rice (3).
Team LOB: 7.
BASERUNNING - 
SB: Rice (15).
CS: Judge (8).
PITCHING
Detroit Tigers               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Wells L(4-6)                  1.1   5   4   4   0   0   0   8
Holloway                      0     3   1   1   0   0   0   3
Cole                          6.2   8   3   3   3   0   0  28
Totals                        8    16   8   8   3   0   0  39
HBP: Cole (4).
Washington Senators          IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Johnson W(15-6)               9     4   1   1   0   6   0  30
Umpires: HP - Pants Rowland, 1B - Tommy Connolly, 3B - Brick Owens
Time of Game: 2:15

AL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
New York Yankees               116   66   49    1  .574     -   606  527
Detroit Tigers                 115   64   50    1  .561   1.5   615  569
Washington Senators            117   63   52    2  .548   3.0   549  457
St. Louis Browns               113   60   52    1  .536   4.5   557  539
Cleveland Indians              114   53   61    0  .465  12.5   549  595
Chicago White Sox              113   51   62    0  .451  14.0   591  625
Philadelphia Athletics         115   50   65    0  .435  16.0   474  580
Boston Red Sox                 115   48   64    3  .429  16.5   536  585
AL Batting
G                             PA                            AB                            
116 Goslin WAS                544 Wambsganss BOS            487 Rice WAS                  
116 Pipp NY                   543 Cobb DET                  479 Wambsganss BOS            
116 Rice WAS                  535 Rice WAS                  474 Dugan NY                  
116 Ruth NY                   519 Dugan NY                  470 Sisler STL                
116 Scott NY                                                                              

R                             H                             2B                            
115 Ruth NY                   159 Cobb DET                  35  Heilmann DET              
87  Cobb DET                  158 Ruth NY                   35  J. Sewell CLE             
81  Dugan NY                  156 Rice WAS                  34  Wambsganss BOS            
81  Rice WAS                  146 Collins CHI               32  Meusel NY                 

3B                            HR                            RBI                           
15  Pipp NY                   38  Ruth NY                   101 Ruth NY                   
14  Goslin WAS                20  Hauser PHI                92  Goslin WAS                
13  Rice WAS                  16  Williams STL              90  Heilmann DET              
12  Heilmann DET              15  Jacobson STL              90  Meusel NY                 

BB                            SO                            HBP                           
110 Ruth NY                   63  Ruth NY                   13  Burns CLE                 
80  Sheely CHI                54  Kamm CHI                  11  Manush DET                
73  Rigney DET                45  Simmons PHI               9   Gerber STL                
70  Cobb DET                  44  Dykes PHI                 7   Flagstead BOS             
                                                            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            17  Sisler STL                11  Rice WAS                  
25  Kamm CHI                  16  Harris WAS                11  Ruel WAS                  
                              16  Williams STL              11  Sisler STL                

BAVG                          OBP                           SLG                           
.397 Ruth NY                  .530 Ruth NY                  .791 Ruth NY                  
.364 Falk CHI                 .451 Sheely CHI               .549 Jacobson STL             
.346 Cobb DET                 .435 Collins CHI              .564 Williams STL *           
.345 Collins CHI              .433 Cobb DET                 .533 Heilmann DET             

Low BAVG                      Low OBP                       Low SLG                       
.248 Lutzke CLE               .296 Scott NY                 .314 Lutzke CLE               
.251 Peckinpaugh WAS          .313 Galloway PHI             .319 Peckinpaugh WAS          
.252 Kamm CHI                 .321 Barrett CHI              .326 Gerber STL               
.262 Scott NY                 .321 Wambsganss BOS           .331 Scott NY
AL Pitching
G                             GS                            CG                            
38  Shaute CLE                28  Johnson WAS               21  Pennock NY                
36  Hoyt NY                   27  Ehmke BOS                 21  Thurston CHI              
36  Quinn BOS                 27  Shaute CLE                20  Ehmke BOS                 
35  Holloway DET              27  Thurston CHI              18  Shaute CLE                

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  Ehmke BOS                 235.2 Ehmke BOS               
17  Pennock NY                13  Ferguson BOS              233.2 Shaute CLE              
17  Thurston CHI              12  Rommel PHI                226   Thurston CHI            
15  3 players                 12  Shaute CLE                224.2 Pennock NY              

H                             HR                            R                             
255 Shaute CLE                14  Thurston CHI              119 Stoner DET                
251 Thurston CHI              12  Danforth STL              110 Lyons CHI                 
240 Stoner DET                12  Pennock NY                109 Thurston CHI              
239 Pennock NY                12  Stoner DET                103 Shaute CLE                

ER                            BB                            SO                            
104 Stoner DET                83  Ferguson BOS              120 Johnson WAS               
93  Lyons CHI                 82  Bush NY                   92  Ehmke BOS                 
91  Thurston CHI              77  Rommel PHI                88  Shawkey NY                
90  Shocker STL               71  Shaute CLE                77  Pennock NY                

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              
9   Uhle CLE                                                                              

ERA                              High ERA                         
2.67 Baumgartner PHI          5.05 Shawkey NY               
2.72 Zachary WAS              5.00 Stoner DET               
2.78 Johnson WAS              4.94 Uhle CLE                 
2.88 Pennock NY               4.89 Lyons CHI
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