1924 Philadelphia Athletics season

1924  Philadelphia Athletics
League	American League
Ballpark	Shibe Park
City	Philadelphia
Owners	Connie Mack, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
Managers	Connie Mack
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The 1924 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing fifth in the American League with a record of 71 wins and 81 losses.

Offseason

• December 11, 1923: Harry O'Neill, Hank Hulvey, Pinky Pittenger and $35,000 were traded by the Athletics to the Salt Lake City Bees for Paul Strand. ^[1]
• December 15, 1923: Wid Matthews, Heinie Scheer, and $40,000 were traded by the Athletics to the Milwaukee Brewers for Al Simmons. ^[2]

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	—

Notable transactions

• July 1924: Jimmie Foxx was purchased by the Athletics from the Easton Farmers. ^[3]

Roster

1924 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Stan Baumgartner Dennis Burns Sam Gray Slim Harriss Bob Hasty Fred Heimach Roy Meeker Rollie Naylor Curly Ogden William Pierson Eddie Rommel Rube Walberg		Catchers Frank Bruggy Charlie Gibson Cy Perkins Infielders Max Bishop John Chapman Jimmy Dykes Chick Galloway Sammy Hale Joe Hauser Harry Riconda		Outfielders Bill Lamar Bing Miller Al Simmons Paul Strand Amos Strunk Frank Welch Other batters Joe Green Ed Sherling		Manager Connie Mack Coaches Earle Mack Danny Murphy

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	Cy Perkins	128	392	95	.242	0	32
1B	Joe Hauser	149	562	162	.288	27	115
2B	Max Bishop	91	294	75	.255	2	21
SS	Chick Galloway	129	464	128	.276	2	48
3B	Harry Riconda	83	281	71	.253	1	21
OF	Al Simmons	152	594	183	.308	8	102
OF	Bill Lamar	87	367	121	.330	7	48
OF	Bing Miller	113	398	136	.342	6	62

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
Jimmy Dykes	110	410	128	.312	3	50
Frank Welch	94	293	85	.290	5	31
Sammy Hale	80	261	83	.318	2	17
Paul Strand	47	167	38	.228	0	13
Frank Bruggy	50	113	30	.265	0	8
John Chapman	19	71	20	.282	0	7
Amos Strunk	30	42	6	.143	0	1
Charlie Gibson	12	15	2	.133	0	1
Ed Sherling	4	2	1	.500	0	0
Joe Green	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
Eddie Rommel	43	278.0	18	15	3.95	72

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
Fred Heimach	40	198.0	14	12	4.73	60
Stan Baumgartner	36	181.0	13	6	2.88	45
Dennis Burns	37	154.0	6	8	5.04	26
Sam Gray	34	151.2	8	7	3.98	54
Roy Meeker	30	146.0	5	12	4.68	37
Slim Harriss	36	123.0	6	10	4.68	45
Bob Hasty	18	52.2	1	3	5.64	15
Rollie Naylor	10	38.1	0	5	6.34	10
Curly Ogden	5	12.2	0	3	4.97	4
Rube Walberg	6	7.0	0	0	12.86	3

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
William Pierson	1	0	0	0	3.38	0

References

1. Harry O'Neill at Baseball Reference
2. Al Simmons at Baseball Reference
3. Jimmie Foxx at Baseball Reference

External links

• 1924 Philadelphia Athletics at Baseball Reference
• 1924 Philadelphia Athletics at Baseball Almanac