1924 Major League Baseball season

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1924 MLB season
League American League (AL)
National League (NL)
Sport Baseball
DurationRegular season:
  • April 15 – September 30, 1924 (AL)
  • April 15 – September 29, 1924 (NL)
World Series:
  • October 4–10, 1924
Number of games154
Number of teams16 (8 per league)
Regular Season
Season MVP AL: Walter Johnson (WSH)
NL: Dazzy Vance (BKN)
AL champions Washington Senators
  AL runners-up New York Yankees
NL champions New York Giants
  NL runners-up Brooklyn Robins
World Series
Champions Washington Senators
  Runners-up New York Giants
MLB seasons
Locations of teams for the 1923–1931 American League seasons
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Locations of teams for the 1920–1931 National League seasons
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The 1924 major league baseball season began on April 15, 1924. The regular season ended on September 30, with the New York Giants and Washington Senators as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 21st World Series on October 4 and ended with Game 7 on October 10. The Senators defeated the Giants, four games to three, capturing their first championship in franchise history.

Contents

This was the third of eight seasons that "League Awards", a precursor to the Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award (introduced in 1931), were issued.

Schedule

The 1924 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place since the 1904 season (except for 1919) and would be used until 1961 in the American League and 1962 in the National League.

Opening Day, April 15, featured all sixteen teams, for the first time since 1922. The National League would see its final day of the regular season on September 29, while the American League would see its final day of the regular season the following day with a game between the Washington Senators and Boston Red Sox. The World Series took place between October 4 and October 10.

Teams

LeagueTeamCityStadiumCapacityManager
American League Boston Red Sox Boston, Massachusetts Fenway Park 35,000 Lee Fohl
Chicago White Sox Chicago, Illinois Comiskey Park 28,000 Johnny Evers,
Ed Walsh,
Eddie Collins
Cleveland Indians Cleveland, Ohio Dunn Field 21,414 Tris Speaker
Detroit Tigers Detroit, Michigan Navin Field 30,000 Ty Cobb
New York Yankees New York, New York Yankee Stadium 58,000 Miller Huggins
Philadelphia Athletics Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Shibe Park 23,000 Connie Mack
St. Louis Browns St. Louis, Missouri Sportsman's Park 24,040 George Sisler
Washington Senators Washington, D.C. Griffith Stadium 27,000 Bucky Harris
National League Boston Braves Boston, Massachusetts Braves Field 40,000 Dave Bancroft
Brooklyn Robins New York, New York Ebbets Field 26,000 Wilbert Robinson
Chicago Cubs Chicago, Illinois Cubs Park 20,000 Bill Killefer
Cincinnati Reds Cincinnati, Ohio Redland Field 20,696 Jack Hendricks
New York Giants New York, New York Polo Grounds 43,000 John McGraw,
Hughie Jennings
Philadelphia Phillies Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Baker Bowl 18,000 Art Fletcher
Pittsburgh Pirates Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Forbes Field 25,000 Bill McKechnie
St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis, Missouri Sportsman's Park 24,040 Branch Rickey

Standings

American League

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Washington Senators 9262.597—47‍–‍3045‍–‍32
New York Yankees 8963.586245‍–‍3244‍–‍31
Detroit Tigers 8668.558645‍–‍3341‍–‍35
St. Louis Browns 7478.4871741‍–‍3633‍–‍42
Philadelphia Athletics 7181.4672036‍–‍3935‍–‍42
Cleveland Indians 6786.43824½37‍–‍3830‍–‍48
Boston Red Sox 6787.4352541‍–‍3626‍–‍51
Chicago White Sox 6687.43125½37‍–‍3929‍–‍48

National League

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 9360.608—51‍–‍2642‍–‍34
Brooklyn Robins 9262.5971½46‍–‍3146‍–‍31
Pittsburgh Pirates 9063.588349‍–‍2841‍–‍35
Cincinnati Reds 8370.5421043‍–‍3340‍–‍37
Chicago Cubs 8172.5291246‍–‍3135‍–‍41
St. Louis Cardinals 6589.42228½40‍–‍3725‍–‍52
Philadelphia Phillies 5596.3643726‍–‍4929‍–‍47
Boston Braves 53100.3464028‍–‍4825‍–‍52

Postseason

Bracket

World Series
         
AL Washington Senators 3 4*4 72 2412*
NL New York Giants 4123 64 61 3

*Denotes walk-off

Managerial changes

Off-season

TeamFormer ManagerNew Manager
Boston Braves Fred Mitchell Dave Bancroft
Boston Red Sox Frank Chance Lee Fohl
Chicago White Sox Kid Gleason Johnny Evers
Cincinnati Reds Pat Moran Jack Hendricks
St. Louis Browns Jimmy Austin George Sisler
Washington Senators Donie Bush Bucky Harris

In-season

TeamFormer ManagerNew Manager
Chicago White Sox Johnny Evers Ed Walsh
Chicago White Sox Ed Walsh Eddie Collins
New York Giants John McGraw Hughie Jennings

League leaders

American League

Hitting leaders
StatPlayerTotal
AVG Babe Ruth (NYY).378
OPS Babe Ruth (NYY)1.252
HR Babe Ruth (NYY)46
RBI Goose Goslin (WSH)129
R Babe Ruth (NYY)143
H Sam Rice (WSH)216
SB Eddie Collins (CWS)42

1 American League Triple Crown pitching winner

Pitching leaders
StatPlayerTotal
W Walter Johnson 1 (WSH)23
L Howard Ehmke (BRS)
Alex Ferguson (BRS)
Joe Shaute (CLE)		17
ERA Walter Johnson 1 (WSH)2.72
K Walter Johnson 1 (WSH)158
IP Howard Ehmke (BRS)315.0
SV Firpo Marberry (WSH)15
WHIP Walter Johnson (WSH)1.116

National League

Hitting leaders
StatPlayerTotal
AVG Rogers Hornsby (SLC).424
OPS Rogers Hornsby (SLC)1.203
HR Jack Fournier (BKN)27
RBI George Kelly (NYG)136
R Frankie Frisch (NYG)
Rogers Hornsby (SLC)		121
H Rogers Hornsby (SLC)227
SB Max Carey (PIT)49

1 National League Triple Crown pitching winner

Pitching leaders
StatPlayerTotal
W Dazzy Vance 1 (BKN)28
L Jesse Barnes (BSB)20
ERA Dazzy Vance 1 (BKN)2.16
K Dazzy Vance 1 (BKN)262
IP Burleigh Grimes (BKN)310.2
SV Jakie May (CIN)6
WHIP Dazzy Vance (BKN)1.022

Awards and honors

Home field attendance

Team nameWins%±Home attendance%±Per game
New York Yankees [1] 89−9.2%1,053,5334.6%13,507
Detroit Tigers [2] 863.6%1,015,13611.4%13,015
New York Giants [3] 93−2.1%844,0682.8%10,962
Brooklyn Robins [4] 9221.1%818,88345.0%10,635
Pittsburgh Pirates [5] 903.4%736,88320.6%9,570
Chicago Cubs [6] 81−2.4%716,9221.9%9,191
Chicago White Sox [7] 66−4.3%606,6585.7%7,879
Washington Senators [8] 9222.7%584,31063.5%7,396
St. Louis Browns [9] 740.0%533,34923.9%6,838
Philadelphia Athletics [10] 712.9%531,992−0.4%7,093
Cleveland Indians [11] 67−18.3%481,905−13.8%6,425
Cincinnati Reds [12] 83−8.8%473,707−17.6%6,233
Boston Red Sox [13] 679.8%448,55695.3%5,825
Philadelphia Phillies [14] 5510.0%299,81831.4%3,945
St. Louis Cardinals [15] 65−17.7%272,885−19.4%3,544
Boston Braves [16] 53−1.9%177,478−22.1%2,335

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