Remembering 1924 – Senators have One game lead with Three games remaining

Boston Red Sox 2, Washington Senators 1

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Discrepancies

Game Played on Friday, September 26, 1924 (D) at Fenway ParkWashingtonSenators1227

WAS A    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1  7  0
BOS A    0  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  x  -   2  8  1
BATTING
Washington Senators          AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
McNeely cf                    3   0   0   0       0   1       1   0
  Lefler ph                   1   0   1   1       0   0       0   0
  Marberry p                  0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Harris 2b                     4   0   0   0       0   1       4   3
Rice rf                       4   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Goslin lf                     3   0   0   0       1   0       3   0
Judge 1b                      4   0   1   0       0   0       6   1
Bluege 3b                     4   0   2   0       0   0       0   0
Peckinpaugh ss                4   0   2   0       0   1       3   2
Ruel c                        3   0   1   0       0   1       7   0
Johnson p                     1   0   0   0       0   0       0   1
  Leibold cf                  1   1   0   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                       32   1   7   1       1   4      24   7
BATTING - 
2B: Lefler (1); Judge (38).
HBP: Johnson (1).
Team LOB: 6.
Boston Red Sox               AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Williams cf                   4   0   0   0       0   0       4   0
Wambsganss 2b                 4   0   0   0       0   1       1   4
Veach lf                      4   1   3   0       0   0       2   0
Boone rf                      4   1   1   0       0   0       0   0
Harris 1b                     4   0   1   1       0   0      13   1
Ezzell 3b                     4   0   1   0       0   2       0   1
Lee ss                        3   0   1   1       0   0       2   3
O'Neill c                     2   0   1   0       1   0       5   1
Ferguson p                    3   0   0   0       0   3       0   4
Totals                       32   2   8   2       1   6      27  14
FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Harris-Lee-Harris.
E: O'Neill (12).
BATTING - 
Team LOB: 7.
PITCHING
Washington Senators          IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Johnson L(23-7)               7     7   2   2   1   5   0  29
Marberry                      1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4
Totals                        8     8   2   2   1   6   0  33
Boston Red Sox               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Ferguson W(14-17)             9     7   1   1   1   4   0  34
HBP: Ferguson (6).
Umpires: HP - Tommy Connolly, 1B - Brick Owens
Time of Game: 1:48   Attendance: 12000

AL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Washington Senators            153   90   61    2  .596     -   743  593
New York Yankees               152   89   62    1  .589   1.0   795  663
Detroit Tigers                 153   85   67    1  .559   5.5   824  762
St. Louis Browns               152   74   77    1  .490  16.0   768  795
Philadelphia Athletics         151   70   81    0  .464  20.0   681  775
Boston Red Sox                 154   66   85    3  .437  24.0   715  794
Cleveland Indians              152   66   86    0  .434  24.5   743  813
Chicago White Sox              151   65   86    0  .430  25.0   759  833
AL Batting
G                             PA                            AB                            
153 Cobb DET                  718 Wambsganss BOS            637 Rice WAS                  
153 Wambsganss BOS            717 Cobb DET                  633 Sisler STL                
152 Many players              703 Rice WAS                  627 Wambsganss BOS            
                              681 J. Sewell CLE             616 Cobb DET                  
                              681 Sisler STL                                              

R                             H                             2B                            
143 Ruth NY                   213 Rice WAS                  44  Heilmann DET              
112 Cobb DET                  211 Jamieson CLE              44  J. Sewell CLE             
106 Collins CHI               208 Cobb DET                  41  Jacobson STL              
106 Flagstead BOS             199 Ruth NY                   41  Wambsganss BOS            

3B                            HR                            RBI                           
19  Pipp NY                   46  Ruth NY                   128 Goslin WAS                
17  Goslin WAS                27  Hauser PHI                124 Ruth NY                   
15  Heilmann DET              19  Jacobson STL              123 Meusel NY                 
14  Rice WAS                  18  Williams STL              116 Hauser PHI                

BB                            SO                            HBP                           
141 Ruth NY                   80  Ruth NY                   16  Manush DET                
102 Rigney DET                60  Dykes PHI                 15  Burns CLE                 
94  Sheely CHI                59  Kamm CHI                  11  Flagstead BOS             
88  Collins CHI               59  Simmons PHI               9   3 players                 

SH                            SB                            CS                            
44  Harris WAS                40  Collins CHI               18  Collins CHI               
35  Wambsganss BOS            26  Meusel NY                 17  Sisler STL                
32  Kamm CHI                  23  Rice WAS                  15  Simmons PHI               
31  Severeid STL              22  Cobb DET                  14  Cobb DET                  
                                                            14  Meusel NY                 

BAVG                          OBP                           SLG                           
.378 Ruth NY                  .513 Ruth NY                  .741 Ruth NY                  
.357 Jamieson CLE             .440 Collins CHI              .535 Williams STL             
.350 Falk CHI                 .432 Speaker CLE              .526 Jacobson STL             
.347 Collins CHI              .441 Bassler DET *            .525 Heilmann DET             

Low BAVG                      Low OBP                       Low SLG                       
.248 Scott NY                 .278 Scott NY                 .314 Scott NY                 
.249 Ward NY                  .309 Galloway PHI             .328 Gerber STL               
.254 Kamm CHI                 .319 Ward NY                  .334 Ruel WAS                 
.268 Peckinpaugh WAS          .329 Wambsganss BOS           .338 Peckinpaugh WAS
AL Pitching
G                             GS                            CG                            
48  Marberry WAS              38  Johnson WAS               28  Thurston CHI              
47  Holloway DET              35  Ehmke BOS                 26  Ehmke BOS                 
46  Hoyt NY                   35  Thurston CHI              25  Pennock NY                
46  Shaute CLE                34  Pennock NY                21  Shaute CLE                
                              34  Shaute CLE                                              

SHO                           GF                            SV                            
6   Johnson WAS               30  Marberry WAS              15  Marberry WAS              
5   Davis STL                 25  Connally CHI              8   Russell WAS               
4   Ehmke BOS                 22  Holloway DET              7   Quinn BOS                 
4   Pennock NY                20  3 players                 6   Connally CHI              
4   Shocker STL                                             6   Dauss DET                 

W                             L                             IP                            
23  Johnson WAS               17  Ferguson BOS              301   Ehmke BOS               
21  Pennock NY                17  Shaute CLE                287   Thurston CHI            
20  Shaute CLE                16  Coveleski CLE             286.1 Pennock NY              
20  Thurston CHI              16  Ehmke BOS                 284   Shaute CLE              

H                             HR                            R                             
324 Thurston CHI              17  Thurston CHI              146 Thurston CHI              
317 Shaute CLE                16  Danforth STL              143 Lyons CHI                 
308 Ehmke BOS                 13  Pennock NY                140 Coveleski CLE             
306 Pennock NY                13  Stoner DET                138 Shaute CLE                

ER                            BB                            SO                            
121 Thurston CHI              108 Bush NY                   159 Johnson WAS               
120 Rommel PHI                108 Ferguson BOS              114 Shawkey NY                
118 Shaute CLE                94  Rommel PHI                113 Ehmke BOS                 
117 Lyons CHI                 90  Gray PHI                  96  Pennock NY                

HBP                           WP                            BK                            
13  Uhle CLE                  7   Meeker PHI                3   Ferguson BOS              
13  Whitehill DET             5   6 players                 3   Gaston NY                 
12  Quinn BOS                                               2   Heimach PHI               
11  Johnson WAS                                             2   Zachary WAS               

ERA                              High ERA                         
2.72 Johnson WAS              5.08 Burns PHI                
2.72 Zachary WAS              4.89 Lyons CHI                
2.83 Pennock NY               4.79 Uhle CLE                 
2.88 Baumgartner PHI          4.78 Stoner DET
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