Remembering 1924 – Senators win one and lose one

St. Louis Browns 7, Washington Senators 0 (1)

Day
Discrepancies

Game Played on Tuesday, August 26, 1924 (D) at Griffith StadiumWashingtonSenators1227

STL A    1  1  0    0  3  0    0  1  1  -   7 11  0
WAS A    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  2
BATTING
St. Louis Browns             AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Tobin rf                      5   1   2   1       0   1       4   0
Robertson 3b                  4   1   1   0       1   0       1   2
Sisler 1b                     4   2   1   0       1   1       3   0
Williams lf                   4   1   3   2       1   0       1   0
McManus 2b                    3   0   0   2       0   0       3   0
Jacobson cf                   5   1   2   1       0   0       7   0
Severeid c                    4   0   1   0       1   0       5   0
Gerber ss                     3   1   1   1       0   0       3   2
Shocker p                     2   0   0   0       1   1       0   0
Totals                       34   7  11   7       5   3      27   4
BATTING - 
2B: Tobin (24); Williams (14); Jacobson (33); Gerber (19).
SH: McManus 2 (16); Gerber (17); Shocker (8).
Team LOB: 9.
BASERUNNING - 
SB: Williams (17).
Washington Senators          AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
McNeely cf                    4   0   0   0       0   1       3   0
Harris 2b                     4   0   0   0       0   1       2   3
Rice rf                       4   0   2   0       0   0       4   0
Goslin lf                     3   0   0   0       1   1       2   0
Judge 1b                      3   0   0   0       1   1       9   1
Bluege 3b                     4   0   1   0       0   0       0   5
Ruel c                        2   0   1   0       0   0       3   0
  Tate c                      2   0   1   0       0   0       2   1
Peckinpaugh ss                4   0   0   0       0   0       2   2
Zahniser p                    1   0   0   0       0   1       0   0
  Russell p                   0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Leibold ph                  0   0   0   0       1   0       0   0
  Speece p                    1   0   0   0       0   0       0   2
Totals                       32   0   5   0       3   5      27  14
FIELDING - 
E: McNeely (1), Harris (19).
BATTING - 
Team LOB: 8.
BASERUNNING - 
SB: Rice (17).
PITCHING
St. Louis Browns             IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Shocker W(12-10)              9     5   0   0   3   5   0  35
Washington Senators          IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Zahniser L(5-7)               4.1   6   5   4   2   3   0  22
Russell                       0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   3
Speece                        4     4   2   1   3   0   0  18
Totals                        9    11   7   5   5   3   0  43
Umpires: HP - Ducky Holmes, 1B - Billy Evans, 3B - Dick Nallin
Time of Game: 2:00   Attendance: 12000

Washington Senators 6, St. Louis Browns 2 (2)

Day
Discrepancies

Game Played on Tuesday, August 26, 1924 (D) at Griffith Stadium

STL A    0  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   2  9  1
WAS A    0  0  0    1  1  4    0  0  x  -   6 11  2
BATTING
St. Louis Browns             AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Tobin rf                      5   1   2   0       0   0       1   0
Robertson 3b                  4   1   1   0       1   1       2   1
Sisler 1b                     4   0   1   0       0   0      10   0
Williams lf                   2   0   1   2       2   0       4   0
McManus 2b                    4   0   2   0       0   1       1   5
Jacobson cf                   4   0   0   0       0   1       1   0
Severeid c                    3   0   1   0       0   0       4   0
Gerber ss                     4   0   1   0       0   0       1   0
Danforth p                    1   0   0   0       0   0       0   1
  Pruett p                    0   0   0   0       0   0       0   1
  Evans ph                    1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Grant p                     0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Rice ph                     1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                       33   2   9   2       3   3      24   8
FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Robertson.
E: Gerber (32).
BATTING - 
2B: Sisler (22).
SH: Danforth (6).
HBP: Severeid (1).
Team LOB: 9.
Washington Senators          AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
McNeely cf                    4   1   0   0       0   2       1   0
Harris 2b                     5   0   2   0       0   0       3   5
Rice rf                       4   2   1   2       1   0       1   0
Goslin lf                     5   0   3   1       0   0       1   0
Judge 1b                      2   0   0   1       1   0      13   1
Bluege 3b                     1   1   0   1       3   0       3   2
Ruel c                        4   0   2   0       0   0       3   1
Peckinpaugh ss                2   1   1   1       1   0       2   4
Ogden p                       4   1   2   0       0   1       0   3
Totals                       31   6  11   6       6   3      27  16
FIELDING - 
DP: 2. Peckinpaugh-Harris-Judge, Peckinpaugh-Judge.
E: Bluege 2 (14).
BATTING - 
2B: Goslin 2 (24); Ruel (17).
SH: McNeely (5); Judge (16); Peckinpaugh (14).
Team LOB: 10.
PITCHING
St. Louis Browns             IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Danforth L(15-9)              5.1  10   6   6   5   3   0  30
Pruett                        0.2   1   0   0   1   0   0   4
Grant                         2     0   0   0   0   0   0   6
Totals                        8    11   6   6   6   3   0  40
Washington Senators          IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Ogden W(9-6)                  9     9   2   2   3   3   0  38
HBP: Ogden (3).
Umpires: HP - Billy Evans, 1B - Dick Nallin, 3B - Ducky Holmes
Time of Game: 1:50   Attendance: 22000

AL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
New York Yankees               121   69   51    1  .575     -   632  546
Washington Senators            126   71   53    2  .573     -   580  478
Detroit Tigers                 122   66   55    1  .545   3.5   643  604
St. Louis Browns               123   62   60    1  .508   8.0   597  593
Cleveland Indians              122   56   66    0  .459  14.0   593  630
Boston Red Sox                 122   54   65    3  .454  14.5   572  612
Philadelphia Athletics         122   55   67    0  .451  15.0   510  622
Chicago White Sox              118   51   67    0  .432  17.0   597  639
AL Batting
G                             PA                            AB                            
125 Goslin WAS                577 Wambsganss BOS            520 Rice WAS                  
125 Rice WAS                  575 Cobb DET                  511 Sisler STL                
124 Peckinpaugh WAS           573 Rice WAS                  509 Wambsganss BOS            
123 Gerber STL                546 Sisler STL                496 Dugan NY                  
123 Jacobson STL                                                                          

R                             H                             2B                            
120 Ruth NY                   170 Cobb DET                  37  J. Sewell CLE             
89  Cobb DET                  167 Rice WAS                  36  Heilmann DET              
86  Dugan NY                  164 Ruth NY                   36  Wambsganss BOS            
86  Flagstead BOS             160 Jamieson CLE              35  Burns CLE                 

3B                            HR                            RBI                           
16  Goslin WAS                40  Ruth NY                   107 Ruth NY                   
15  Pipp NY                   21  Hauser PHI                98  Goslin WAS                
14  Rice WAS                  16  Williams STL              92  Meusel NY                 
13  Heilmann DET              15  Jacobson STL              91  Heilmann DET              
                                                            91  J. Sewell CLE             

BB                            SO                            HBP                           
114 Ruth NY                   64  Ruth NY                   15  Burns CLE                 
82  Sheely CHI                55  Kamm CHI                  12  Manush DET                
80  Rigney DET                48  Dykes PHI                 9   Gerber STL                
75  Cobb DET                  46  Simmons PHI               9   Goslin WAS                

SH                            SB                            CS                            
42  Harris WAS                32  Collins CHI               13  Rice WAS                  
29  Severeid STL              19  Harris WAS                12  Collins CHI               
28  Wambsganss BOS            19  Meusel NY                 12  Hooper CHI                
26  Kamm CHI                  17  3 players                 12  Sisler STL                

BAVG                          OBP                           SLG                           
.392 Ruth NY                  .525 Ruth NY                  .787 Ruth NY                  
.353 Falk CHI                 .452 Sheely CHI               .538 Jacobson STL             
.349 Jamieson CLE             .437 Cobb DET                 .570 Williams STL *           
.349 Cobb DET                 .425 Collins CHI              .517 Heilmann DET             

Low BAVG                      Low OBP                       Low SLG                       
.244 Lutzke CLE               .298 Scott NY                 .310 Lutzke CLE               
.248 Kamm CHI                 .309 Galloway PHI             .326 Peckinpaugh WAS          
.260 Peckinpaugh WAS          .319 Barrett CHI              .336 Barrett CHI              
.263 Barrett CHI              .322 Wambsganss BOS           .338 Scott NY
AL Pitching
G                             GS                            CG                            
40  Shaute CLE                30  Johnson WAS               22  Ehmke BOS                 
38  Holloway DET              29  Ehmke BOS                 22  Pennock NY                
38  Hoyt NY                   29  Shaute CLE                22  Thurston CHI              
37  Quinn BOS                 28  Thurston CHI              19  Shaute CLE                

SHO                           GF                            SV                            
6   Johnson WAS               22  Connally CHI              9   Marberry WAS              
3   6 players                 20  Gaston NY                 7   Quinn BOS                 
                              19  Holloway DET              7   Russell WAS               
                              18  Marberry WAS              5   Connally CHI              

W                             L                             IP                            
19  Shaute CLE                13  Ehmke BOS                 255.2 Ehmke BOS               
18  Pennock NY                13  Ferguson BOS              248.2 Shaute CLE              
17  Johnson WAS               13  Shaute CLE                234   Thurston CHI            
17  Thurston CHI              12  4 players                 233.2 Pennock NY              

H                             HR                            R                             
271 Shaute CLE                14  Thurston CHI              119 Stoner DET                
258 Thurston CHI              13  Danforth STL              113 Shaute CLE                
255 Ehmke BOS                 12  Pennock NY                111 Lyons CHI                 
248 Hoyt NY                   12  Stoner DET                111 Thurston CHI              

ER                            BB                            SO                            
104 Stoner DET                91  Bush NY                   123 Johnson WAS               
97  Shaute CLE                87  Ferguson BOS              96  Ehmke BOS                 
95  Rommel PHI                81  Rommel PHI                88  Shawkey NY                
94  Lyons CHI                 76  Shaute CLE                80  Pennock NY                

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

ERA                              High ERA                         
2.61 Johnson WAS              5.05 Shawkey NY               
2.65 Zachary WAS              5.00 Stoner DET               
2.65 Baumgartner PHI          4.96 Uhle CLE                 
2.77 Pennock NY               4.87 Meeker PHI
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