1924 Major League Baseball season explained

1924 MLB season
League:	American League (AL) National League (NL)
Sport:	Baseball
Duration:	Regular season:World Series:
No Of Games:	154
No Of Teams:	16 (8 per league)
Season:	Regular Season
Mvp:	AL Walter Johnson (WSH) NL: Dazzy Vance (BKN)
Mvp Link:	Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award#League Awards
Conf1:	AL
Conf1 Champ:	Washington Senators
Conf1 Runner-Up:	New York Yankees
Conf2:	NL
Conf2 Champ:	New York Giants
Conf2 Runner-Up:	Brooklyn Robins
Finals:	World Series
Finals Link:	1924 World Series
Seasonslist:	List of MLB seasons
Seasonslistnames:	MLB
Prevseason Link:	1923 Major League Baseball season
Prevseason Year:	1923
Nextseason Link:	1925 Major League Baseball season
Nextseason Year:	1925

The 1924 major league baseball season began on April 15, 1924. The regular season ended on September 30, with the New York Giants and Washington Senators as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 21st World Series on October 4 and ended with Game 7 on October 10. The Senators defeated the Giants, four games to three.

This was the third of eight seasons that "League Awards", a precursor to the Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award (introduced in 1931), were issued.

Schedule

See also: Major League Baseball schedule. The 1924 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place since the season (except for) and would be used until in the American League and in the National League.

Opening Day, April 15, featured all sixteen teams, for the first time since . The National League would see its final day of the regular season on September 29, while the American League would see its final day of the regular season the following day with a game between the Washington Senators and Boston Red Sox. The World Series took place between October 4 and October 10.

Teams

League	Team	City	Stadium	Capacity	Manager
	Boston Red Sox	Boston, Massachusetts	Fenway Park	35,000	Lee Fohl
	Chicago White Sox	Chicago, Illinois	Comiskey Park	28,000	Johnny Evers, Ed Walsh, Eddie Collins
	Cleveland Indians	Cleveland, Ohio	Dunn Field	21,414	Tris Speaker
	Detroit Tigers	Detroit, Michigan	Navin Field	30,000	Ty Cobb
	New York Yankees	New York, New York	Yankee Stadium	58,000	Miller Huggins
	Philadelphia Athletics	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Shibe Park	23,000	Connie Mack
	St. Louis Browns	St. Louis, Missouri	Sportsman's Park	24,040	George Sisler
	Washington Senators	Washington, D.C.	Griffith Stadium	27,000	Bucky Harris
	Boston Braves	Boston, Massachusetts	Braves Field	40,000	Dave Bancroft
	Brooklyn Robins	New York, New York	Ebbets Field	26,000	Wilbert Robinson
	Chicago Cubs	Chicago, Illinois	Cubs Park	20,000	Bill Killefer
	Cincinnati Reds	Cincinnati, Ohio	Redland Field	20,696	Jack Hendricks
	New York Giants	New York, New York	Polo Grounds	43,000	John McGraw, Hughie Jennings
	Philadelphia Phillies	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Baker Bowl	18,000	Art Fletcher
	Pittsburgh Pirates	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Forbes Field	25,000	Bill McKechnie
	St. Louis Cardinals	St. Louis, Missouri	Sportsman's Park	24,040	Branch Rickey

Standings

National League

Postseason

Bracket

Managerial changes

Off-season

Team	Former Manager	New Manager
Boston Braves	Fred Mitchell	Dave Bancroft
Boston Red Sox	Frank Chance	Lee Fohl
Chicago White Sox	Kid Gleason	Johnny Evers
Cincinnati Reds	Pat Moran	Jack Hendricks
St. Louis Browns	Jimmy Austin	George Sisler
Washington Senators	Donie Bush	Bucky Harris

In-season

Team	Former Manager	New Manager
Chicago White Sox	Johnny Evers	Ed Walsh
Chicago White Sox	Ed Walsh	Eddie Collins
New York Giants	John McGraw	Hughie Jennings

League leaders

American League

Hitting leaders

Stat	Player	Total
	Babe Ruth (NYY)	.378
	Babe Ruth (NYY)	46
	Goose Goslin (WSH)	129
	Babe Ruth (NYY)	143
	Sam Rice (WSH)	216
	Eddie Collins (CWS)	42

¹ American League Triple Crown pitching winner

Pitching leaders

Stat	Player	Total
	Walter Johnson^1 (WSH)	23
	Howard Ehmke (BRS) Alex Ferguson (BRS) Joe Shaute (CLE)	17
	Walter Johnson^1 (WSH)	2.72
	Walter Johnson^1 (WSH)	158
	Howard Ehmke (BRS)	315.0
	Firpo Marberry (WSH)	15

National League

Hitting leaders

Stat	Player	Total
	Rogers Hornsby (SLC)	.424
	Jack Fournier (BKN)	27
	George Kelly (NYG)	136
	Frankie Frisch (NYG) Rogers Hornsby (SLC)	121
	Rogers Hornsby (SLC)	227
	Max Carey (PIT)	49

¹ National League Triple Crown pitching winner

Pitching leaders

Stat	Player	Total
	Dazzy Vance^1 (BKN)	28
	Jesse Barnes (BSB)	20
	Dazzy Vance^1 (BKN)	2.16
	Dazzy Vance^1 (BKN)	262
	Burleigh Grimes (BKN)	310.2
	Jakie May (CIN)	6

Awards and honors

• League Award
  • Walter Johnson, Washington Senators, P
  • Dazzy Vance, Brooklyn Robins, P

Home field attendance

Team name	Wins		Home attendance
New York Yankees^[1]	89	-9.2%	1,053,533	4.6%	13,507
Detroit Tigers^[2]	86	3.6%	1,015,136	11.4%	13,015
New York Giants^[3]	93	-2.1%	844,068	2.8%	10,962
Brooklyn Robins^[4]	92	21.1%	818,883	45.0%	10,635
Pittsburgh Pirates^[5]	90	3.4%	736,883	20.6%	9,570
Chicago Cubs^[6]	81	-2.4%	716,922	1.9%	9,191
Chicago White Sox^[7]	66	-4.3%	606,658	5.7%	7,879
Washington Senators^[8]	92	22.7%	584,310	63.5%	7,396
St. Louis Browns^[9]	74	0.0%	533,349	23.9%	6,838
Philadelphia Athletics^[10]	71	2.9%	531,992	-0.4%	7,093
Cleveland Indians^[11]	67	-18.3%	481,905	-13.8%	6,425
Cincinnati Reds^[12]	83	-8.8%	473,707	-17.6%	6,233
Boston Red Sox^[13]	67	9.8%	448,556	95.3%	5,825
Philadelphia Phillies^[14]	55	10.0%	299,818	31.4%	3,945
St. Louis Cardinals^[15]	65	-17.7%	272,885	-19.4%	3,544
Boston Braves^[16]	53	-1.9%	177,478	-22.1%	2,335

External links

• 1924 Major League Baseball season schedule at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. Web site: New York Yankees Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
2. Web site: Detroit Tigers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
3. Web site: San Francisco Giants Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
4. Web site: Los Angeles Dodgers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
5. Web site: Pittsburgh Pirates Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
6. Web site: Chicago Cubs Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
7. Web site: Chicago White Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
8. Web site: Minnesota Twins Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
9. Web site: Baltimore Orioles Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
10. Web site: Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
11. Web site: Cleveland Indians Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
12. Web site: Cincinnati Reds Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
13. Web site: Boston Red Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
14. Web site: Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
15. Web site: St. Louis Cardinals Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.
16. Web site: Atlanta Braves Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors. September 8, 2020. Baseball-Reference.com.

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