1924 St. Louis Browns season

1924  St. Louis Browns
League	American League
Ballpark	Sportsman's Park
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Record	74–78 (.487)
League place	4th
Owners	Phil Ball
Managers	George Sisler
←  1923 Seasons 1925  →

The 1924 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 4th in the American League with a record of 74 wins and 78 losses. This was George Sisler's first season as manager.

Regular season

Season standings

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Washington Senators	92	62	0.597	—	47–30	45–32
New York Yankees	89	63	0.586	2	45–32	44–31
Detroit Tigers	86	68	0.558	6	45–33	41–35
St. Louis Browns	74	78	0.487	17	41–36	33–42
Philadelphia Athletics	71	81	0.467	20	36–39	35–42
Cleveland Indians	67	86	0.438	24½	37–38	30–48
Boston Red Sox	67	87	0.435	25	41–36	26–51
Chicago White Sox	66	87	0.431	25½	37–39	29–48

Record vs. opponents

1924 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	10–12	14–8	6–16	5–17–1	12–10	11–11–1	9–13–1
Chicago	12–10	—	11–11	8–14–1	6–16	11–11	13–8	5–17
Cleveland	8–14	11–11	—	7–15	8–14	11–11	11–10	11–11
Detroit	16–6	14–8–1	15–7	—	13–9	11–11	9–13	8–14–1
New York	17–5–1	16–6	14–8	9–13	—	12–8	12–10	9–13
Philadelphia	10–12	11–11	11–11	11–11	8–12	—	13–9	7–15
St. Louis	11–11–1	8–13	10–11	13–9	10–12	9–13	—	13–9
Washington	13–9–1	17–5	11–11	14–8–1	13–9	15–7	9–13	—

Roster

1924 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers Edgar Barnhart Bill Bayne Boom-Boom Beck Dave Danforth Dixie Davis George Grant Ray Kolp Bill Lasley George Lyons Hub Pruett Urban Shocker Elam Vangilder Ollie Voigt Ernie Wingard		Catchers Pat Collins Tony Rego Hank Severeid Infielders Pat Burke Frank Ellerbe Wally Gerber Marty McManus Norm McMillan Harry Rice Gene Robertson Syl Simon George Sisler		Outfielders Herschel Bennett Verdo Elmore Joe Evans Baby Doll Jacobson Jack Tobin Ken Williams Other batters Bill Mizeur		Manager George Sisler

Player stats

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Hank Severeid	137	432	133	.308	4	48
1B	George Sisler	151	636	194	.305	9	74
2B	Marty McManus	123	442	147	.333	5	80
SS	Wally Gerber	148	496	135	.272	0	55
3B	Gene Robertson	121	439	140	.319	4	52
OF	Ken Williams	114	398	129	.324	18	84
OF	Jack Tobin	136	569	170	.299	2	48
OF	Baby Doll Jacobson	152	579	184	.318	19	97

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Joe Evans	77	209	53	.254	0	19
Norm McMillan	76	201	56	.279	0	27
Herschel Bennett	41	94	31	.330	1	11
Harry Rice	54	93	26	.280	0	15
Frank Ellerbe	21	61	12	.197	0	2
Tony Rego	24	59	13	.220	0	5
Pat Collins	32	54	17	.315	1	11
Syl Simon	23	32	8	.250	0	6
Verdo Elmore	7	17	3	.176	0	0
Pat Burke	1	3	0	.000	0	1
Bill Mizeur	1	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Urban Shocker	40	246.1	16	13	4.20	88
Dave Danforth	41	219.2	15	12	4.51	65
Ernie Wingard	36	218.0	13	12	3.51	23
Dixie Davis	29	160.1	11	13	4.10	45

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Elam Vangilder	43	145.1	5	10	5.64	49
Ray Kolp	25	96.2	5	7	5.68	29
George Lyons	26	77.2	3	2	5.21	25

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Hub Pruett	33	3	4	0	4.57	27
George Grant	22	1	2	0	6.31	11
Bill Bayne	22	1	3	0	4.44	20
Ollie Voigt	8	1	0	0	5.51	4
Bill Lasley	2	0	0	0	6.75	0
Boom-Boom Beck	1	0	0	0	0.00	0
Edgar Barnhart	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Urban Shocker

• #5 strikeouts (88)

Baby Doll Jacobson

• #3 home runs (19)
• #4 slugging percentage (.529)

Ken Williams

• #3 slugging percentage (.533)
• #4 home runs (18)

References

• 1924 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
• 1924 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com