1924 World Series

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1924 World Series

Washington manager Bucky Harris presents President Calvin Coolidge with the baseball used to open the 1924 World Series

Team / Wins	Manager	Season
Washington Senators (4)	Bucky Harris (player/manager)	92-62, .597, GA: 2
New York Giants (3)	John McGraw	93- 60, .608, GA: 1½

Dates:

October 4–October 10

Radio network:

Westinghouse

Radio announcers:

Graham McNamee

Umpires:

Tommy Connolly (AL), Bill Klem (NL), Bill Dinneen (AL), Ernie Quigley (NL)

Future Hall of Famers:

Senators: Goose Goslin, Bucky Harris (p/mgr), Walter Johnson, Sam Rice. Giants: John McGraw (mgr.), Frankie Frisch, Travis Jackson, George Kelly, Billy Southworth‡, Bill Terry, Hack Wilson, Ross Youngs.

World Series

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In the 1924 World Series, the Washington Senators beat the New York Giants in seven games. Though the Senators (interchangeably called the Nationals in those days) would reach the World Series twice more during their time in Washington (1925 and 1933), their next World Series victory would not come until 1987, after more than half a century and a relocation from Washington to become the Minnesota Twins.

The Giants became the first team to play in four consecutive World Series, winning in 1921-1922 and losing in 1923-1924. Their long-time manager, John McGraw, made his ninth and final World Series appearance.

Walter Johnson, after pitching his first 20-victory season (23) since 1919, was making his first World Series appearance, at the age of 36, while nearing the end of his storied career with the Senators. He lost his two starts, but the Nats battled back to force a Game 7, giving Johnson a chance to redeem himself when he came on in relief in that game. Johnson held on to get the win and give Washington its first and only championship. The seventh game is widely considered to be one of the most dramatic games in Series history.

Johnson struck out 12 Giants batters in Game 1 in a losing cause. Although that total matched Ed Walsh's number in the 1906 World Series, it came in 12 innings. Johnson only struck out 9 in the first 9 innings.

In Game 7, with the Senators behind 3-1 in the eighth, Bucky Harris hit a routine ground ball to third which hit a pebble and took a bad hop over Giants third baseman Fred Lindstrom. Two runners scored on the play, tying the score at three. Walter Johnson then came in to pitch the ninth, and held the Giants scoreless into extra innings. With the score still 3-3, Washington came up in the 12th. With one out, and runners on first and second, Earl McNeely hit another grounder at Lindstrom, and again the ball took a bad hop, scoring Muddy Ruel with the Series-winning run.

This was the second extra-inning World Series-deciding game (1912) and the last before 1991. The winning team of the 1991 World Series was the very same franchise, by then known as the Minnesota Twins.

1 Summary
2 Matchups
3 Composite Box
4 Notes
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Summary

AL Washington Senators (4) vs. NL New York Giants (3)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	New York Giants - 4, Washington Senators - 3 (12 innings)	October 4	Griffith Stadium	35,760^[1]
2	New York Giants - 3, Washington Senators - 4	October 5	Griffith Stadium	35,922^[2]
3	Washington Senators - 4, New York Giants - 6	October 6	Polo Grounds IV	47,608^[3]
4	Washington Senators - 7, New York Giants - 4	October 7	Polo Grounds IV	49,243^[4]
5	Washington Senators - 2, New York Giants - 6	October 8	Polo Grounds IV	49,271^[5]
6	New York Giants - 1, Washington Senators - 2	October 9	Griffith Stadium	34,254^[6]
7	New York Giants - 3, Washington Senators - 4 (12 innings)	October 10	Griffith Stadium	31,667^[7]

[edit] Matchups

[edit] Game 1

Saturday, October 4, 1924 at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	R	H	E
New York	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	14	1
Washington	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	10	1

WP: Art Nehf (1-0) LP: Walter Johnson (0-1)
HRs: NYG – George Kelly (1), Bill Terry (1)

[edit] Game 2

Sunday, October 5, 1924 at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	6	0
Washington	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	6	1

WP: Tom Zachary (1-0) LP: Jack Bentley (0-1) SV: Firpo Marberry (1)
HRs: WAS – Bucky Harris (1), Goose Goslin (1)

[edit] Game 3

Monday, October 6, 1924 at the Polo Grounds (IV) in New York, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Washington	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	4	9	2
New York	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	X	6	12	0

WP: Hugh McQuillan (1-0) LP: Firpo Marberry (0-1) SV: Mule Watson (1)
HRs: NYG – Rosy Ryan (1)

[edit] Game 4

Tuesday, October 7, 1924 at the Polo Grounds (IV) in New York, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Washington	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	2	0	7	13	3
New York	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	4	6	1

WP: George Mogridge (1-0) LP: Virgil Barnes (0-1) SV: Firpo Marberry (2)
HRs: WAS – Goose Goslin (2)

[edit] Game 5

Wednesday, October 8, 1924 at the Polo Grounds (IV) in New York, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Washington	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	9	1
New York	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	3	X	6	13	0

WP: Jack Bentley (1-1) LP: Walter Johnson (0-2) SV: Hugh McQuillan (1)
HRs: WAS – Goose Goslin (3) NYG – Jack Bentley (1)

[edit] Game 6

Thursday, October 9, 1924 at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	1
Washington	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	X	2	4	0

WP: Tom Zachary (2-0) LP: Art Nehf (1-1)

[edit] Game 7

Friday, October 10, 1924 at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	R	H	E
New York	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	3
Washington	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	4	10	4

WP: Walter Johnson (1-2) LP: Jack Bentley (1-2)
HRs: WAS – Bucky Harris (2)

[edit] Composite Box

1924 World Series (4-3): Washington Senators (A.L.) over New York Giants (N.L.)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	R	H	E
Washington Senators	2	0	3	4	5	1	0	6	3	0	0	2	26	61	12
New York Giants	2	3	2	2	2	5	1	5	3	0	0	2	27	66	6
Total Attendance: 283,725 Average Attendance: 40,532
Winning Player’s Share: – $5,960 Losing Player’s Share – $3,820^[8]

[edit] Notes

^ 1924 World Series Game 1 - New York Giants vs. Washington Senators. Retrosheet. Retrieved on 2008-05-08.
^ 1924 World Series Game 2 - New York Giants vs. Washington Senators. Retrosheet. Retrieved on 2008-05-08.
^ 1924 World Series Game 3 - Washington Senators vs. New York Giants. Retrosheet. Retrieved on 2008-05-08.
^ 1924 World Series Game 4 - Washington Senators vs. New York Giants. Retrosheet. Retrieved on 2008-05-08.
^ 1924 World Series Game 5 - Washington Senators vs. New York Giants. Retrosheet. Retrieved on 2008-05-08.
^ 1924 World Series Game 6 - New York Giants vs. Washington Senators. Retrosheet. Retrieved on 2008-05-08.
^ 1924 World Series Game 7 - New York Giants vs. Washington Senators. Retrosheet. Retrieved on 2008-05-08.
^ World Series Gate Receipts and Player Shares. Baseball Almanac. Retrieved on 2008-05-07.

[edit] References

Neft, David S., and Richard M. Cohen. The World Series. 1st ed. New York: St Martins, 1990. (Neft and Cohen 93-96)
Reichler, Joseph, ed. (1982). The Baseball Encyclopedia (5th ed.), p. 2132. MacMillian Publishing. ISBN 0-02-579010-2.
Forman, Sean L.. 1924 World Series. Baseball-Reference.com - Major League Statistics and Information.. Retrieved on 2007-12-09.

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