1924 Boston Braves season explained

Boston Braves
Season:	1924
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)

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

Roster

1924 Boston Braves roster
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		Manager

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		106	362	89	.246	0	22
1B		146	581	169	.291	1	59
2B		136	505	131	.259	6	58
SS		79	319	89	.279	2	21
3B		138	502	128	.255	1	46
OF		131	461	129	.280	5	39
OF		114	437	119	.272	1	40
OF		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
	106	347	79	.228	2	38
	90	229	71	.310	1	30
	59	204	43	.211	1	10
	74	188	49	.261	1	15
	32	127	28	.220	1	8
	32	102	28	.275	0	10
	19	68	16	.235	0	2
	33	59	16	.271	0	8
	24	59	17	.288	1	12
	7	15	1	.067	0	0
	9	9	4	.444	1	3
	3	3	0	.000	0	0
	3	2	0	.000	0	0
	1	1	0	.000	0	0
	1	1	0	.000	0	0
	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
	37	267.2	15	20	3.23	49
	34	200.1	10	19	5.21	43
	6	36.0	1	2	3.00	10
	5	33.0	0	4	3.82	15
	1	7.0	0	1	5.14	4
	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
	34	181.0	8	9	3.18	67
	35	179.0	8	12	5.18	35
	32	141.1	1	11	5.09	34
	30	128.0	5	7	4.15	41
	20	73.1	3	8	6.01	22
	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
	27	1	4	0	5.16	30
	3	0	0	0	11.00	1
	3	0	0	0	3.86	2

External links

• 1924 Boston Braves season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tiernco01.shtml Cotton Tierney page at Baseball Reference