1924 Philadelphia Athletics season explained

Philadelphia Athletics
Season:	1924
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Shibe Park
City:	Philadelphia
Owners:	Connie Mack, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
Managers:	Connie Mack

The 1924 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing fifth in the American League with a record of 71 wins and 81 losses.

Offseason

December 11, 1923: Harry O'Neill, Hank Hulvey, Pinky Pittenger and $35,000 were traded by the Athletics to the Salt Lake City Bees for Paul Strand.^[1]
December 15, 1923: Wid Matthews, Heinie Scheer, and $40,000 were traded by the Athletics to the Milwaukee Brewers for Al Simmons.^[2]

July 1924: Jimmie Foxx was purchased by the Athletics from the Easton Farmers.^[3]

1924 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	128	392	95	.242	0	32
1B	149	562	162	.288	27	115
2B	91	294	75	.255	2	21
SS	129	464	128	.276	2	48
3B	83	281	71	.253	1	21
OF	152	594	183	.308	8	102
OF	87	367	121	.330	7	48
OF	113	398	136	.342	6	62

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
110	410	128	.312	3	50
94	293	85	.290	5	31
80	261	83	.318	2	17
47	167	38	.228	0	13
50	113	30	.265	0	8
19	71	20	.282	0	7
30	42	6	.143	0	1
12	15	2	.133	0	1
4	2	1	.500	0	0
1	1	0	.000	0	0

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
40	198.0	14	12	4.73	60
36	181.0	13	6	2.88	45
37	154.0	6	8	5.04	26
34	151.2	8	7	3.98	54
30	146.0	5	12	4.68	37
36	123.0	6	10	4.68	45
18	52.2	1	3	5.64	15
10	38.1	0	5	6.34	10
5	12.2	0	3	4.97	4
6	7.0	0	0	12.86	3

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts