Remembering 1924 – Senators and Yankees tied for First Place

Detroit Tigers 2, Washington Senators 0WashingtonSenators1227

Day

Game Played on Monday, September 15, 1924 (D) at Navin Field

WAS A    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  1
DET A    0  0  1    1  0  0    0  0  x  -   2  9  1
BATTING
Washington Senators          AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
McNeely cf                    4   0   0   0       0   1       4   1
Harris 2b                     2   0   0   0       2   0       6   4
Rice rf                       4   0   1   0       0   0       2   0
Goslin lf                     4   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Judge 1b                      4   0   0   0       0   0      11   0
Bluege 3b                     2   0   1   0       1   0       0   3
Peckinpaugh ss                4   0   1   0       0   0       0   5
Ruel c                        3   0   1   0       0   1       1   1
Mogridge p                    2   0   0   0       0   0       0   2
  Leibold ph                  1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Russell p                   0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                       30   0   4   0       3   2      24  16
FIELDING - 
DP: 2. McNeely-Harris, Peckinpaugh-Harris-Judge.
E: Peckinpaugh (29).
BATTING - 
HBP: Bluege (7).
Team LOB: 7.
BASERUNNING - 
SB: Peckinpaugh (7).
Detroit Tigers               AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Haney 3b                      3   0   0   0       0   0       0   4
Manush lf                     3   0   1   1       1   0       2   0
Cobb cf                       4   0   0   0       0   0       3   0
Heilmann rf                   4   0   1   0       0   0       2   0
Rigney ss                     4   1   1   0       0   0       2   2
Pratt 1b                      3   0   2   0       0   0      12   0
O'Rourke 2b                   2   0   2   1       0   0       4   2
Woodall c                     3   0   1   0       0   0       2   0
Collins p                     3   1   1   0       0   0       0   3
Totals                       29   2   9   2       1   0      27  11
FIELDING - 
DP: 1. O'Rourke-Rigney-Pratt.
E: Pratt (22).
BATTING - 
2B: Rigney (26); Pratt (30); Collins (1).
SH: Haney (11); Pratt (23); O'Rourke (8).
Team LOB: 7.
PITCHING
Washington Senators          IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Mogridge L(14-11)             7     9   2   2   1   0   0  30
Russell                       1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3
Totals                        8     9   2   2   1   0   0  33
Detroit Tigers               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Collins W(13-7)               9     4   0   0   3   2   0  34
HBP: Collins (4).
Umpires: HP - Tommy Connolly, 1B - George Hildebrand, 3B - Bill Dinneen
Time of Game: 1:38   Attendance: 10000

AL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Washington Senators            143   82   59    2  .582     -   668  542
New York Yankees               142   82   59    1  .582     -   738  629
Detroit Tigers                 144   79   64    1  .552   4.0   775  716
St. Louis Browns               143   73   69    1  .514   9.5   711  719
Cleveland Indians              143   66   77    0  .462  17.0   720  757
Philadelphia Athletics         140   62   78    0  .443  19.5   610  715
Boston Red Sox                 145   62   80    3  .437  20.5   683  755
Chicago White Sox              140   60   80    0  .429  21.5   705  777
AL Batting
G                             PA                            AB                            
144 Cobb DET                  676 Wambsganss BOS            594 Rice WAS                  
144 Wambsganss BOS            675 Cobb DET                  592 Sisler STL                
143 Jacobson STL              654 Rice WAS                  590 Wambsganss BOS            
143 J. Sewell CLE             642 J. Sewell CLE             579 Cobb DET                  

R                             H                             2B                            
137 Ruth NY                   198 Rice WAS                  42  Heilmann DET              
104 Cobb DET                  195 Jamieson CLE              41  J. Sewell CLE             
101 Flagstead BOS             193 Cobb DET                  41  Wambsganss BOS            
100 Dugan NY                  188 Ruth NY                   39  Meusel NY                 

3B                            HR                            RBI                           
17  Goslin WAS                46  Ruth NY                   123 Ruth NY                   
17  Pipp NY                   26  Hauser PHI                114 Goslin WAS                
14  Heilmann DET              17  Jacobson STL              112 Meusel NY                 
14  Rice WAS                  17  Williams STL              108 Heilmann DET              

BB                            SO                            HBP                           
132 Ruth NY                   75  Ruth NY                   15  Burns CLE                 
98  Rigney DET                56  Dykes PHI                 15  Manush DET                
86  Sheely CHI                56  Kamm CHI                  11  Flagstead BOS             
83  Collins CHI               56  Simmons PHI               9   3 players                 

SH                            SB                            CS                            
43  Harris WAS                39  Collins CHI               16  Collins CHI               
34  Wambsganss BOS            22  Meusel NY                 15  Sisler STL                
31  Kamm CHI                  22  Rice WAS                  14  Meusel NY                 
31  Severeid STL              20  Harris WAS                13  4 players                 
                              20  Jamieson CLE                                            

BAVG                          OBP                           SLG                           
.386 Ruth NY                  .520 Ruth NY                  .774 Ruth NY                  
.352 Jamieson CLE             .440 Collins CHI              .536 Williams STL             
.352 Falk CHI                 .440 Bassler DET              .529 Hauser PHI               
.347 Collins CHI              .433 Speaker CLE              .521 Jacobson STL
AL Pitching
G                             GS                            CG                            
46  Shaute CLE                34  Johnson WAS               26  Thurston CHI              
44  Holloway DET              34  Shaute CLE                25  Ehmke BOS                 
43  Hoyt NY                   33  Ehmke BOS                 24  Pennock NY                
43  Marberry WAS              33  Thurston CHI              21  Shaute CLE                

SHO                           GF                            SV                            
6   Johnson WAS               26  Marberry WAS              13  Marberry WAS              
5   Davis STL                 25  Connally CHI              8   Russell WAS               
4   Pennock NY                21  Holloway DET              7   Quinn BOS                 
4   Shocker STL               20  Gaston NY                 6   Connally CHI              

W                             L                             IP                            
21  Johnson WAS               17  Shaute CLE                290   Ehmke BOS               
20  Pennock NY                16  Ferguson BOS              284   Shaute CLE              
20  Shaute CLE                15  Ehmke BOS                 269   Thurston CHI            
20  Thurston CHI              14  3 players                 267.2 Pennock NY              

H                             HR                            R                             
317 Shaute CLE                16  Danforth STL              138 Shaute CLE                
298 Thurston CHI              16  Thurston CHI              134 Lyons CHI                 
295 Ehmke BOS                 13  Pennock NY                133 Thurston CHI              
290 Pennock NY                12  Stoner DET                126 3 players                 

ER                            BB                            SO                            
118 Shaute CLE                101 Bush NY                   143 Johnson WAS               
111 Stoner DET                99  Ferguson BOS              109 Ehmke BOS                 
109 Ehmke BOS                 90  Rommel PHI                105 Shawkey NY                
109 Lyons CHI                 86  Shaute CLE                90  Pennock NY                
109 Rommel PHI                                                                            

HBP                           WP                            BK                            
13  Whitehill DET             7   Meeker PHI                3   Ferguson BOS              
11  Johnson WAS               5   5 players                 3   Gaston NY                 
11  Quinn BOS                                               2   Zachary WAS               
11  Uhle CLE                                                1   Many players              

ERA                              High ERA                         
2.70 Zachary WAS              5.05 Stoner DET               
2.72 Johnson WAS              5.00 Burns PHI                
2.93 Pennock NY               4.91 Lyons CHI                
2.95 Baumgartner PHI          4.82 Uhle CLE
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