1924 Brooklyn Robins season

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1924  Brooklyn Robins
League National League
Ballpark Ebbets Field
City Brooklyn, New York
Owners Charles Ebbets, Ed McKeever, Stephen McKeever
President Charles Ebbets
Managers Wilbert Robinson
  1923
1925  

The 1924 Brooklyn Robins put up a good fight with the rival New York Giants before falling just short of the pennant. Staff ace Dazzy Vance led the league in wins, ERA, strikeouts and complete games to be named the National League Most Valuable Player.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 9360.60851264234
Brooklyn Robins 9262.59746314631
Pittsburgh Pirates 9063.588349284135
Cincinnati Reds 8370.5421043334037
Chicago Cubs 8172.5291246313541
St. Louis Cardinals 6589.42228½40372552
Philadelphia Phillies 5596.3643726492947
Boston Braves 53100.3464028482552

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBOSBRCHCCINNYGPHIPITSTL
Boston 7–156–1512–105–1710–12–17–156–16
Brooklyn 15–712–1012–108–1417–513–915–7
Chicago 15–610–129–139–13–116–67–1515–7
Cincinnati 10–1210–1213–99–1316–512–1013–9
New York 17–514–813–9–113–914–79–1313–9
Philadelphia 12–10–15–176–165–167–148–1312–10
Pittsburgh 15–79–1315–710–1213–913–815–7
St. Louis 16–67–157–159–139–1310–127–15

Notable transactions

Roster

1924 Brooklyn Robins
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader
= Indicates league leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Zack Taylor 99345100.290139
1B Jack Fournier 154563188.33427116
2B Andy High 144582191.328661
3B Milt Stock 142561136.242252
SS Johnny Mitchell 6424364.263116
OF Tommy Griffith 140482121.251367
OF Zack Wheat 141566212.3751497
OF Eddie Brown 114455140.308578

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Jimmy Johnston 8631594.298229
Hank DeBerry 7721853.243326
Bernie Neis 8021164.303426
Dick Loftus 468122.27208
Joe Klugmann 317913.16503
Gene Bailey 184611.23914
Binky Jones 10374.10802
Charlie Hargreaves 272711.40705
Ivy Olson 38276.22200
Fred Johnston 441.25000

Pitching

= Indicates league leader

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Burleigh Grimes 38310.222133.82135
Dazzy Vance 35308.12862.16262
Dutch Ruether 30168.08133.9163
Bill Doak 21149.11153.0732

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Art Decatur 31126.11094.1338
Tiny Osborne 21104.1655.0952
Rube Ehrhardt 1583.2532.2613
Dutch Henry 1646.0125.6711
Jim Roberts 1125.1037.4610
Leo Dickerman 719.2005.499
Rube Yarrison 311.0026.552
Nelson Greene 49.0014.003
Bonnie Hollingsworth 38.2106.237

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Tex Wilson 200014.731
Tom Long 10009.000

Awards and honors

References

  1. Johnny Mitchell at Baseball Reference
  2. Bert Griffith at Baseball Reference
  3. Ray French at Baseball Reference
  4. Mike González at Baseball Reference
  5. Tiny Osborne at Baseball Reference
  6. Leo Dickerman at Baseball Reference
  7. Dutch Ruether at Baseball Reference
  8. Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.43, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN   978-1-55365-507-7