Remembering 1924 – Yankees and Senators are Tied for First

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Game Played on Wednesday, September 17, 1924 (D) at Dunn Field

WAS A    0  0  0    0  0  2    1  0  0  -   3  8  0
CLE A    1  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  7  2
BATTING
Washington Senators          AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
McNeely cf                    5   0   2   1       0   1       0   0
Harris 2b                     3   1   0   0       1   1       3   4
Rice rf                       4   1   1   0       0   0       2   0
Goslin lf                     3   0   0   0       1   0       3   0
Judge 1b                      4   0   2   1       0   0       5   1
Bluege 3b                     3   0   0   1       0   0       4   0
Peckinpaugh ss                4   0   0   0       0   0       2   2
Ruel c                        4   1   2   0       0   0       7   1
Johnson p                     4   0   1   0       0   0       1   1
Totals                       34   3   8   3       2   2      27   9
BATTING - 
SH: Bluege (11).
Team LOB: 7.
BASERUNNING - 
SB: McNeely (1).
Cleveland Indians            AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Jamieson lf                   3   1   1   0       1   0       1   0
Summa rf                      4   1   2   0       0   0       0   0
McNulty cf                    4   0   2   1       0   2       5   0
J. Sewell ss                  4   0   0   1       0   0       4   3
L. Sewell c                   1   0   0   0       0   1       0   0
  Walters c                   3   0   0   0       0   1       2   0
Burns 1b                      4   0   2   0       0   0       9   2
Stephenson 2b                 3   0   0   0       0   1       3   6
Ellerbe 3b                    3   0   0   0       0   0       2   5
Smith p                       3   0   0   0       0   1       1   0
Totals                       32   2   7   2       1   6      27  16
FIELDING - 
DP: 2. J. Sewell-Stephenson-Burns, J. Sewell-Stephenson-Burns.
E: Burns (16), Ellerbe (7).
BATTING - 
2B: McNulty (12).
SH: Stephenson (3).
Team LOB: 5.
BASERUNNING - 
CS: Burns (4).
PITCHING
Washington Senators          IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Johnson W(22-6)               9     7   2   2   1   6   0  34
Cleveland Indians            IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Smith L(12-13)                9     8   3   0   2   2   0  37
WP: Smith (2).
Umpires: HP - Pants Rowland, 1B - Tommy Connolly, 3B - Billy Evans
Time of Game: 1:40   Attendance: 5000

AL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Washington Senators            145   84   59    2  .587     -   677  546
New York Yankees               144   84   59    1  .587     -   753  639
Detroit Tigers                 146   79   66    1  .545   6.0   785  739
St. Louis Browns               145   73   71    1  .507  11.5   721  734
Cleveland Indians              145   66   79    0  .455  19.0   724  766
Philadelphia Athletics         142   64   78    0  .451  19.5   633  725
Chicago White Sox              142   62   80    0  .437  21.5   716  783
Boston Red Sox                 147   62   82    3  .431  22.5   689  766
AL Batting
G                             PA                            AB                            
146 Cobb DET                  686 Wambsganss BOS            603 Rice WAS                  
146 Wambsganss BOS            685 Cobb DET                  599 Sisler STL                
145 Jacobson STL              663 Rice WAS                  599 Wambsganss BOS            
145 J. Sewell CLE             650 J. Sewell CLE             588 Cobb DET                  

R                             H                             2B                            
139 Ruth NY                   201 Rice WAS                  42  Heilmann DET              
106 Cobb DET                  198 Jamieson CLE              41  J. Sewell CLE             
103 Flagstead BOS             197 Cobb DET                  41  Wambsganss BOS            
101 Dugan NY                  191 Ruth NY                   39  Jacobson STL              
                                                            39  Meusel NY                 

3B                            HR                            RBI                           
18  Pipp NY                   46  Ruth NY                   124 Ruth NY                   
17  Goslin WAS                26  Hauser PHI                116 Goslin WAS                
14  Heilmann DET              18  Jacobson STL              115 Meusel NY                 
14  Rice WAS                  17  Williams STL              110 Heilmann DET              

BB                            SO                            HBP                           
133 Ruth NY                   77  Ruth NY                   15  Burns CLE                 
98  Rigney DET                57  Dykes PHI                 15  Manush DET                
89  Sheely CHI                57  Kamm CHI                  11  Flagstead BOS             
84  Collins CHI               56  Simmons PHI               9   3 players                 

SH                            SB                            CS                            
43  Harris WAS                39  Collins CHI               17  Collins CHI               
35  Wambsganss BOS            23  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                           
.384 Ruth NY                  .517 Ruth NY                  .767 Ruth NY                  
.356 Falk CHI                 .440 Collins CHI              .531 Williams STL             
.353 Jamieson CLE             .440 Bassler DET              .530 Jacobson STL             
.347 Collins CHI              .433 Speaker CLE              .526 Hauser PHI               

Low BAVG                      Low OBP                       Low SLG                       
.249 Scott NY                 .280 Scott NY                 .319 Scott NY                 
.250 Kamm CHI                 .309 Galloway PHI             .321 Peckinpaugh WAS          
.259 Peckinpaugh WAS          .330 Kamm CHI                 .326 Ruel WAS                 
.274 Gerber STL               .335 Wambsganss BOS           .330 Gerber STL
AL Pitching
G                             GS                            CG                            
46  Shaute CLE                35  Johnson WAS               26  Thurston CHI              
45  Holloway DET              34  Ehmke BOS                 25  Ehmke BOS                 
44  Hoyt NY                   34  Shaute CLE                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                            
22  Johnson WAS               17  Ferguson BOS              292   Ehmke BOS               
20  Pennock NY                17  Shaute CLE                284   Shaute CLE              
20  Shaute CLE                16  Ehmke BOS                 270.1 Pennock NY              
20  Thurston CHI              15  Coveleski CLE             269   Thurston CHI            

H                             HR                            R                             
317 Shaute CLE                16  Danforth STL              138 Shaute CLE                
303 Ehmke BOS                 16  Thurston CHI              134 Lyons CHI                 
298 Thurston CHI              13  Pennock NY                133 Thurston CHI              
291 Pennock NY                12  Stoner DET                131 Ehmke BOS                 

ER                            BB                            SO                            
118 Shaute CLE                105 Ferguson BOS              149 Johnson WAS               
114 Ehmke BOS                 104 Bush NY                   109 Ehmke BOS                 
112 Shocker STL               90  Rommel PHI                105 Shawkey NY                
111 Rommel PHI                86  Shaute CLE                90  Pennock NY                
111 Stoner DET                                                                            

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                         
2.67 Zachary WAS              5.03 Stoner DET               
2.69 Johnson WAS              5.00 Burns PHI                
2.90 Pennock NY               4.91 Lyons CHI                
2.95 Smith CLE                4.82 Uhle CLE
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