1924 Boston Red Sox season
The 1924 Boston Red Sox season was the 24th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished seventh in the American League (AL) with a record of 67 wins and 87 losses, 25 games behind the Washington Senators, who went on to win the 1924 World Series.
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Record | 67–87 (.435) |
League place | 7th (25 GB) |
Other information | |
Owners | J. A. Robert Quinn |
Managers | Lee Fohl |
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference |
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Regular season
Season standings
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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
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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 | — |
Opening Day lineup
Ira Flagstead | CF |
Bill Wambsganss | 2B |
Bobby Veach | LF |
Joe Harris | 1B |
Ike Boone | RF |
Howard Shanks | 3B |
Dud Lee | SS |
Steve O'Neill | C |
Howard Ehmke | P |
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Roster
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Player stats
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 |
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C | Steve O'Neill | 106 | 307 | 73 | .238 | 0 | 38 |
1B | Joe Harris | 133 | 491 | 148 | .301 | 3 | 77 |
2B | Bill Wambsganss | 156 | 636 | 174 | .274 | 0 | 49 |
SS | Dud Lee | 94 | 288 | 73 | .253 | 0 | 29 |
3B | Danny Clark | 104 | 325 | 90 | .277 | 2 | 54 |
OF | Ike Boone | 128 | 487 | 164 | .337 | 13 | 98 |
OF | Ira Flagstead | 149 | 560 | 172 | .307 | 5 | 43 |
OF | Bobby Veach | 142 | 519 | 153 | .295 | 5 | 99 |
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 |
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Homer Ezzell | 90 | 277 | 75 | .271 | 0 | 32 |
Shano Collins | 89 | 240 | 70 | .292 | 0 | 28 |
Howie Shanks | 72 | 193 | 50 | .259 | 0 | 25 |
Val Picinich | 69 | 161 | 44 | .273 | 1 | 24 |
Johnnie Heving | 45 | 109 | 31 | .284 | 0 | 11 |
Phil Todt | 52 | 103 | 27 | .262 | 1 | 14 |
Denny Williams | 25 | 85 | 31 | .365 | 0 | 4 |
Chappie Geygan | 33 | 82 | 21 | .256 | 0 | 4 |
Joe Connolly | 14 | 10 | 1 | .100 | 0 | 1 |
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 |
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Howard Ehmke | 45 | 315.0 | 19 | 17 | 3.46 | 119 |
Alex Ferguson | 41 | 237.2 | 14 | 17 | 3.79 | 78 |
Bill Piercy | 23 | 121.0 | 5 | 7 | 5.95 | 20 |
Ted Wingfield | 4 | 25.2 | 0 | 2 | 2.45 | 4 |
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 |
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Jack Quinn | 44 | 228.2 | 12 | 13 | 3.27 | 64 |
Curt Fullerton | 33 | 152.0 | 7 | 12 | 4.32 | 33 |
George Murray | 28 | 80.1 | 2 | 9 | 6.72 | 27 |
Oscar Fuhr | 23 | 80.1 | 3 | 6 | 5.94 | 30 |
Red Ruffing | 8 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | 6.65 | 10 |
Clarence Winters | 4 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 20.57 | 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 |
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Buster Ross | 30 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3.47 | 16 |
Hoge Workman | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.50 | 7 |
Les Howe | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.36 | 3 |
Lefty Jamerson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 0 |
John Woods | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Al Kellett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | inf | 0 |
References
- "New York Yankees 2, Boston Red Sox 1". Retrosheet. April 15, 1924. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
External links
- 1924 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
- 1924 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com