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 | 67β87 (.435) |
League place | 7th (25 GB) |
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Owner(s) | J. A. Robert Quinn |
Manager(s) | 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 | β | 47β30 | 45β32 |
New York Yankees | 89 | 63 | 0.586 | 2 | 45β32 | 44β31 |
Detroit Tigers | 86 | 68 | 0.558 | 6 | 45β33 | 41β35 |
St. Louis Browns | 74 | 78 | 0.487 | 17 | 41β36 | 33β42 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 71 | 81 | 0.467 | 20 | 36β39 | 35β42 |
Cleveland Indians | 67 | 86 | 0.438 | 24Β½ | 37β38 | 30β48 |
Boston Red Sox | 67 | 87 | 0.435 | 25 | 41β36 | 26β51 |
Chicago White Sox | 66 | 87 | 0.431 | 25Β½ | 37β39 | 29β48 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHI | STL | WSH | |||||
Boston | β | 10β12 | 14β8 | 6β16 | 5β17β1 | 12β10 | 11β11β1 | 9β13β1 | |||||
Chicago | 12β10 | β | 11β11 | 8β14β1 | 6β16 | 11β11 | 13β8 | 5β17 | |||||
Cleveland | 8β14 | 11β11 | β | 7β15 | 8β14 | 11β11 | 11β10 | 11β11 | |||||
Detroit | 16β6 | 14β8β1 | 15β7 | β | 13β9 | 11β11 | 9β13 | 8β14β1 | |||||
New York | 17β5β1 | 16β6 | 14β8 | 9β13 | β | 12β8 | 12β10 | 9β13 | |||||
Philadelphia | 10β12 | 11β11 | 11β11 | 11β11 | 8β12 | β | 13β9 | 7β15 | |||||
St. Louis | 11β11β1 | 8β13 | 10β11 | 13β9 | 10β12 | 9β13 | β | 13β9 | |||||
Washington | 13β9β1 | 17β5 | 11β11 | 14β8β1 | 13β9 | 15β7 | 9β13 | β |
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 | 19 | 17 | 3.46 | 119 |
Alex Ferguson | 41 | 237.2 | 14 | 17 | 3.79 | 78 |
Bill Piercy | 23 | 121 | 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 | 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 | 6.65 | 10 |
Clarence Winters | 4 | 7 | 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 | β | 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