1924 Chicago Cubs season

The 1924 Chicago Cubs season was the 53rd season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 49th in the National League and the 9th at Wrigley Field (then known as "Cubs Park"). The Cubs finished fifth in the National League with a record of 81–72. This was the last year of the "Chicago Chicken Curse", which was broken in 1925 by the Chicago Bears.

1924 Chicago Cubs
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
OwnersWilliam Wrigley Jr.
ManagersBill Killefer
Local televisionnone
Local radioWMAQ
(Hal Totten)
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Regular season

Season standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 9360 0.608 — 51–26 42–34
Brooklyn Robins 9262 0.597 1½ 46–31 46–31
Pittsburgh Pirates 9063 0.588 3 49–28 41–35
Cincinnati Reds 8370 0.542 10 43–33 40–37
Chicago Cubs 8172 0.529 12 46–31 35–41
St. Louis Cardinals 6589 0.422 28½ 40–37 25–52
Philadelphia Phillies 5596 0.364 37 26–49 29–47
Boston Braves 53100 0.346 40 28–48 25–52

Record vs. opponents
1924 National League record

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —7–156–1512–105–1710–12–17–156–16
Brooklyn 15–7—12–1012–108–1417–513–915–7
Chicago 15–610–12—9–139–13–116–67–1515–7
Cincinnati 10–1210–1213–9—9–1316–512–1013–9
New York 17–514–813–9–113–9—14–79–1313–9
Philadelphia 12–10–15–176–165–167–14—8–1312–10
Pittsburgh 15–79–1315–710–1213–913–8—15–7
St. Louis 16–67–157–159–139–1310–127–15—

Roster
1924 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
CGabby Hartnett111354106.2991667
1BHooks Cotter9831081.261433
2BGeorge Grantham127469148.3161260
SSSparky Adams117418117.280127
3BBernie Friberg142495138.279582
OFCliff Heathcote113392121.309030
OFJigger Statz135549152.277349
OFDenver Grigsby124411123.299348

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
Charlie Hollocher7628670.245221
Bob O'Farrell7118344.240328
Ray Grimes5117753.299534
Otto Vogel7017246.267124
Butch Weis3713337.278023
Bob Barrett5413332.241521
Hack Miller5313144.336425
Howie Fitzgerald7193.15802
Teddy Kearns4164.25001
Allen Elliott10142.14300
Ralph Michaels8114.36402
John Churry671.14300

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
Vic Aldridge32244.115123.5074
Vic Keen40234.215143.8075
Tony Kaufmann34208.116114.0279
Pete Alexander21169.11253.0333
Duke Brett15.1005.061

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
Elmer Jacobs38190.111123.7450
Sheriff Blake29106.1664.5742
Guy Bush1680.2254.0236

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
Rip Wheeler293603.9116
George Milstead131106.076
Ray Pierce60007.362
Tiny Osborne20013.002

Farm system
See also: Minor league baseball
Level Team League Manager
AA Los Angeles Angels Pacific Coast League Marty Krug

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References
  1. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007


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