1924 Boston Braves season

1924  Boston Braves
League	National League
Ballpark	Braves Field
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Record	53–100 (.346)
League place	8th
Owners	Emil Fuchs, Christy Mathewson
Managers	Dave Bancroft (1st Season)
←  1923 1925  →

The 1924 Boston Braves season was the 54th season of the franchise. The Braves finished eighth place in the National League with a record of 53 wins and 100 losses.

Offseason

• December 15, 1923: Hod Ford and Ray Powell were traded by the Braves to the Philadelphia Phillies for Cotton Tierney. Ray Powell reported to his new team with a bad leg in April 1924, and he was sent back to Boston under the terms of the trade agreement. The Braves sent cash to the Phillies to complete the trade. ^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Giants	93	60	0.608	—	51–26	42–34
Brooklyn Robins	92	62	0.597	1½	46–31	46–31
Pittsburgh Pirates	90	63	0.588	3	49–28	41–35
Cincinnati Reds	83	70	0.542	10	43–33	40–37
Chicago Cubs	81	72	0.529	12	46–31	35–41
St. Louis Cardinals	65	89	0.422	28½	40–37	25–52
Philadelphia Phillies	55	96	0.364	37	26–49	29–47
Boston Braves	53	100	0.346	40	28–48	25–52

Record vs. opponents

1924 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	7–15	6–15	12–10	5–17	10–12–1	7–15	6–16
Brooklyn	15–7	—	12–10	12–10	8–14	17–5	13–9	15–7
Chicago	15–6	10–12	—	9–13	9–13–1	16–6	7–15	15–7
Cincinnati	10–12	10–12	13–9	—	9–13	16–5	12–10	13–9
New York	17–5	14–8	13–9–1	13–9	—	14–7	9–13	13–9
Philadelphia	12–10–1	5–17	6–16	5–16	7–14	—	8–13	12–10
Pittsburgh	15–7	9–13	15–7	10–12	13–9	13–8	—	15–7
St. Louis	16–6	7–15	7–15	9–13	9–13	10–12	7–15	—

Roster

1924 Boston Braves roster
Roster
Pitchers Jesse Barnes Joe Batchelder Larry Benton Johnny Cooney Dinty Gearin Joe Genewich Skinny Graham Ike Kamp Red Lucas Rube Marquard Tim McNamara Joe Muich Lou North Dutch Stryker Al Yeargin		Catchers Dee Cousineau Frank Gibson Mickey O'Neil Eddie Phillips Earl Smith Infielders Dave Bancroft Hunter Lane Stuffy McInnis Ernie Padgett Marty Shay Bob Smith Cotton Tierney		Outfielders Bill Cunningham Gus Felix Les Mann Ray Powell Ed Sperber Casey Stengel Herb Thomas Frank Wilson Other batters Walton Cruise Al Hermann John Kelleher Wade Lefler		Manager Dave Bancroft

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	Mickey O'Neil	106	362	89	.246	0	22
1B	Stuffy McInnis	146	581	169	.291	1	59
2B	Cotton Tierney	136	505	131	.259	6	58
SS	Dave Bancroft	79	319	89	.279	2	21
3B	Ernie Padgett	138	502	128	.255	1	46
OF	Casey Stengel	131	461	129	.280	5	39
OF	Bill Cunningham	114	437	119	.272	1	40
OF	Frank Wilson	61	215	51	.237	1	15

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
Bob Smith	106	347	79	.228	2	38
Frank Gibson	90	229	71	.310	1	30
Gus Felix	59	204	43	.211	1	10
Ray Powell	74	188	49	.261	1	15
Herb Thomas	32	127	28	.220	1	8
Leslie Mann	32	102	28	.275	0	10
Marty Shay	19	68	16	.235	0	2
Earl Smith	33	59	16	.271	0	8
Ed Sperber	24	59	17	.288	1	12
Hunter Lane	7	15	1	.067	0	0
Walton Cruise	9	9	4	.444	1	3
Eddie Phillips	3	3	0	.000	0	0
Dee Cousineau	3	2	0	.000	0	0
Wade Lefler	1	1	0	.000	0	0
John Kelleher	1	1	0	.000	0	0
Al Hermann	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
Jesse Barnes	37	267.2	15	20	3.23	49
Joe Genewich	34	200.1	10	19	5.21	43
Rube Marquard	6	36.0	1	2	3.00	10
Skinny Graham	5	33.0	0	4	3.82	15
Ike Kamp	1	7.0	0	1	5.14	4
Dinty Gearin	1	0.0	0	1	inf	0

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
Johnny Cooney	34	181.0	8	9	3.18	67
Tim McNamara	35	179.0	8	12	5.18	35
Al Yeargin	32	141.1	1	11	5.09	34
Larry Benton	30	128.0	5	7	4.15	41
Dutch Stryker	20	73.1	3	8	6.01	22
Lou North	9	35.1	1	2	5.35	11

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
Red Lucas	27	1	4	0	5.16	30
Joe Muich	3	0	0	0	11.00	1
Joe Batchelder	3	0	0	0	3.86	2

References

1. Cotton Tierney page at Baseball Reference

External links

• 1924 Boston Braves season at Baseball Reference