Remembering 1924 – Senators sweep Tigers in doubleheader

Washington Senators 4, Detroit Tigers 3 (1)

Day

Game Played on Tuesday, August 19, 1924 (D) at Griffith StadiumWashingtonSenators1227

DET A    0  0  0    0  0  2    1  0  0  -   3  6  0
WAS A    2  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  1  -   4 12  0
BATTING
Detroit Tigers               AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Haney 3b                      4   1   1   0       0   0       3   1
O'Rourke 2b                   4   1   1   0       0   0       1   0
Cobb cf                       4   0   1   2       0   0       2   0
Heilmann rf                   4   0   0   0       0   0       1   1
Pratt 1b                      4   1   1   0       0   0      12   0
Rigney ss                     2   0   2   1       2   0       1   3
Wingo lf                      3   0   0   0       0   0       3   0
Bassler c                     3   0   0   0       0   1       2   0
Johnson p                     3   0   0   0       0   0       0   3
Totals                       31   3   6   3       2   1      25   8
BATTING - 
2B: Cobb (32); Rigney (18).
SH: Wingo (2).
Team LOB: 4.
Washington Senators          AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
McNeely cf                    4   1   1   0       0   0       1   0
Harris 2b                     5   0   2   1       0   0       2   4
Rice rf                       4   0   1   0       0   0       2   1
Goslin lf                     4   1   1   2       0   0       3   0
Judge 1b                      2   1   1   0       2   0      14   0
Bluege 3b                     4   0   1   0       0   0       1   3
Ruel c                        4   0   2   1       0   0       2   2
Peckinpaugh ss                4   0   2   0       0   1       2   2
Mogridge p                    3   1   1   0       0   0       0   2
Totals                       34   4  12   4       2   1      27  14
BATTING - 
2B: Harris (24); Rice (27).
HR: Goslin (7,1st inning off Johnson 1 on).
SH: McNeely (1); Mogridge (2).
Team LOB: 9.
BASERUNNING - 
SB: Harris (17); Judge (11); Peckinpaugh (6).
PITCHING
Detroit Tigers               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Johnson L(2-3)                8.1  12   4   4   2   1   1  38
Washington Senators          IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Mogridge W(11-10)             9     6   3   3   2   1   0  34
Umpires: HP - Brick Owens, 1B - Pants Rowland, 3B - Tommy Connolly
Time of Game: 2:00

Washington Senators 5, Detroit Tigers 3 (2)

Day

Game Played on Tuesday, August 19, 1924 (D) at Griffith Stadium

DET A    0  0  0    0  2  1    0  0  0  -   3 10  3
WAS A    0  2  0    0  2  0    1  0  x  -   5 10  1
BATTING
Detroit Tigers               AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Haney 3b                      4   0   0   0       0   0       1   0
  B. Jones ph                 1   0   1   0       0   0       0   0
O'Rourke 2b                   5   0   2   0       0   0       3   4
Cobb cf                       3   1   1   0       1   0       2   0
Heilmann rf                   4   0   2   1       0   0       1   0
Pratt 1b                      4   1   1   0       0   0       9   0
Rigney ss                     3   1   1   0       1   0       1   4
Wingo lf                      3   0   1   1       1   0       1   1
Woodall c                     2   0   0   0       0   0       4   0
  Bassler c                   2   0   0   0       0   0       1   0
Collins p                     1   0   0   0       0   1       0   1
  Manion ph                   1   0   1   1       0   0       0   0
  Whitehill p                 1   0   0   0       0   0       1   2
  Manush ph                   1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                       35   3  10   3       3   1      24  12
FIELDING - 
DP: 1. O'Rourke-Pratt.
E: Wingo (4), Woodall (2), Whitehill (3).
BATTING - 
2B: Heilmann (36).
3B: Heilmann (13); Pratt (1).
Team LOB: 8.
BASERUNNING - 
CS: Wingo (4).
Washington Senators          AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
McNeely cf                    3   0   2   1       0   0       1   0
Harris 2b                     3   2   2   1       0   0       4   6
Rice rf                       3   0   1   1       0   0       1   0
Goslin lf                     3   0   1   0       0   0       0   0
Judge 1b                      4   0   2   1       0   0      16   2
Bluege 3b                     4   0   0   0       0   3       0   2
Ruel c                        4   1   1   0       0   0       3   1
Peckinpaugh ss                3   1   0   0       1   0       2   6
Zachary p                     1   1   0   0       1   0       0   1
  Russell p                   2   0   1   0       0   1       0   1
Totals                       30   5  10   4       2   4      27  19
FIELDING - 
DP: 2. Judge-Peckinpaugh-Judge, Peckinpaugh-Harris-Judge.
E: Judge (7).
BATTING - 
3B: Ruel (2).
SH: McNeely (2); Harris (37); Rice (10).
HBP: Goslin (8).
Team LOB: 7.
BASERUNNING - 
SB: Harris (18); Rice (16); Judge (12).
PITCHING
Detroit Tigers               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Collins                       4     4   2   1   1   2   0  16
Whitehill L(14-5)             4     6   3   3   1   2   0  20
Totals                        8    10   5   4   2   4   0  36
HBP: Whitehill (13).
Washington Senators          IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Zachary W(10-8)               5     8   3   2   1   1   0  22
Russell SV(7)                 4     2   0   0   2   0   0  16
Totals                        9    10   3   2   3   1   0  38
Umpires: HP - Pants Rowland, 1B - Tommy Connolly, 3B - Brick Owens
Time of Game: 2:22

AL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
New York Yankees               117   67   49    1  .578     -   608  527
Washington Senators            120   66   52    2  .559   2.0   564  466
Detroit Tigers                 118   64   53    1  .547   3.5   624  584
St. Louis Browns               115   60   54    1  .526   6.0   564  553
Cleveland Indians              116   54   62    0  .466  13.0   565  603
Chicago White Sox              114   51   63    0  .447  15.0   591  627
Boston Red Sox                 117   50   64    3  .439  16.0   550  592
Philadelphia Athletics         117   51   66    0  .436  16.5   482  596
AL Batting
G                             PA                            AB                            
119 Goslin WAS                555 Cobb DET                  497 Rice WAS                  
119 Rice WAS                  553 Wambsganss BOS            488 Wambsganss BOS            
118 Cobb DET                  547 Rice WAS                  478 Dugan NY                  
118 Peckinpaugh WAS           523 Dugan NY                  477 Sisler STL                

R                             H                             2B                            
116 Ruth NY                   163 Cobb DET                  36  Heilmann DET              
88  Cobb DET                  160 Rice WAS                  36  J. Sewell CLE             
82  Dugan NY                  158 Ruth NY                   34  Wambsganss BOS            
82  Rice WAS                  148 Jamieson CLE              32  4 players                 

3B                            HR                            RBI                           
15  Pipp NY                   38  Ruth NY                   101 Ruth NY                   
14  Goslin WAS                20  Hauser PHI                94  Goslin WAS                
13  Heilmann DET              16  Williams STL              91  Heilmann DET              
13  Rice WAS                  15  Jacobson STL              91  Meusel NY                 

BB                            SO                            HBP                           
113 Ruth NY                   63  Ruth NY                   13  Burns CLE                 
80  Sheely CHI                55  Kamm CHI                  11  Manush DET                
77  Rigney DET                46  Dykes PHI                 9   Gerber STL                
72  Cobb DET                  46  Simmons PHI               8   Goslin WAS                

SH                            SB                            CS                            
37  Harris WAS                32  Collins CHI               12  Collins CHI               
29  Severeid STL              18  Harris WAS                12  Hooper CHI                
27  Wambsganss BOS            18  Meusel NY                 12  Rice WAS                  
25  Kamm CHI                  17  Sisler STL                12  Sisler STL                

BAVG                          OBP                           SLG                           
.396 Ruth NY                  .532 Ruth NY                  .789 Ruth NY                  
.360 Falk CHI                 .451 Sheely CHI               .558 Jacobson STL             
.347 Cobb DET                 .435 Cobb DET                 .531 Heilmann DET             
.345 Jamieson CLE             .433 Collins CHI              .564 Williams STL *           

Low BAVG                      Low OBP                       Low SLG                       
.251 Kamm CHI                 .294 Scott NY                 .324 Peckinpaugh WAS          
.254 Lutzke CLE               .310 Galloway PHI             .325 Lutzke CLE               
.255 Peckinpaugh WAS          .321 Barrett CHI              .329 Scott NY                 
.261 Scott NY                 .321 Wambsganss BOS           .333 Gerber STL
AL Pitching
G                             GS                            CG                            
39  Shaute CLE                28  Johnson WAS               21  Pennock NY                
36  Holloway DET              28  Shaute CLE                21  Thurston CHI              
36  Hoyt NY                   27  Ehmke BOS                 20  Ehmke BOS                 
36  Quinn BOS                 27  Thurston CHI              18  Shaute CLE                

SHO                           GF                            SV                            
5   Johnson WAS               21  Connally CHI              8   Marberry WAS              
3   5 players                 20  Gaston NY                 7   Quinn BOS                 
                              18  Holloway DET              7   Russell WAS               
                              17  Marberry WAS              5   Connally CHI              

W                             L                             IP                            
18  Shaute CLE                13  Ehmke BOS                 239.2 Shaute CLE              
17  Pennock NY                13  Ferguson BOS              235.2 Ehmke BOS               
17  Thurston CHI              13  Shaute CLE                226   Thurston CHI            
15  3 players                 12  Rommel PHI                224.2 Pennock NY              

H                             HR                            R                             
260 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                107 Shaute CLE                

ER                            BB                            SO                            
104 Stoner DET                87  Bush NY                   120 Johnson WAS               
93  Lyons CHI                 85  Ferguson BOS              92  Ehmke BOS                 
92  Shaute CLE                77  Rommel PHI                88  Shawkey NY                
91  Thurston CHI              74  Shaute CLE                77  Pennock NY                

HBP                           WP                            BK                            
13  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                         
2.69 Baumgartner PHI          5.05 Shawkey NY               
2.75 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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