1924 in baseball

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The following are the baseball events of the year 1924 throughout the world.  

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1920s

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1910s

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1890s

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1880s

1889 • 1888 • 1887 • 1886 • 1885 1884 • 1883 • 1882 • 1881 • 1880

1870s

1879 • 1878 • 1877 • 1876 • 1875 1874 • 1873 • 1872 • 1871 • 1870

Early Years

1845-1868 • 1869

See also

Baseball Major League Baseball Minor league baseball Negro league baseball Nippon Professional Baseball 1924 in sports

Sources

Baseball Hall of Fame Baseball Almanac Baseball Library Baseball Reference National Pastime The Deadball Era

Contents 1 Champions 2 Awards and honors 3 MLB Statistical Leaders 4 Major League Baseball final standings 4.1 American League final standings 4.2 National League final standings 5 Negro League Baseball final standings 5.1 Negro National League final standings 5.2 Eastern Colored League final standings 6 Events 7 Births 7.1 January-March 7.2 April-June 7.3 July-September 7.4 October-December 8 Deaths

[edit] Champions

• World Series: Washington Senators over New York Giants (4-3)
• First Negro League World Series: Kansas City Monarchs over Hilldale (5-4-1)

[edit] Awards and honors

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

[edit] MLB Statistical Leaders

American League National League Type Name Stat Name Stat AVG Babe Ruth NYY .378 Rogers Hornsby STL .424 HR Babe Ruth NYY 46 Jack Fournier BRO 27 RBI Goose Goslin WSH 129 George Kelly NYG 136 Wins Walter Johnson WSH 23 Dazzy Vance BRO 28 ERA Walter Johnson WSH 2.72 Dazzy Vance BRO 2.16

[edit] Major League Baseball final standings

[edit] American League final standings

American League
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Washington Senators	92	62	.597	--
New York Yankees	89	63	.586	2
Detroit Tigers	86	68	.558	6
St. Louis Browns	74	78	.487	17
Philadelphia Athletics	71	81	.467	20
Cleveland Indians	67	86	.438	24.5
Boston Red Sox	67	87	.435	25
Chicago White Sox	66	87	.431	25.5

[edit] National League final standings

National League
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
New York Giants	93	60	.608	--
Brooklyn Robins	92	62	.597	1.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	90	63	.588	3
Cincinnati Reds	83	70	.542	10
Chicago Cubs	81	72	.529	12
St. Louis Cardinals	65	89	.422	28.5
Philadelphia Phillies	55	96	.364	37
Boston Braves	53	100	.346	40

[edit] Negro League Baseball final standings

[edit] Negro National League final standings

Negro National League (West)
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Kansas City Monarchs	60	27	.690
Chicago American Giants	63	29	.685
St. Louis Stars	36	31	.537
Detroit Stars	38	37	.507
Cuban Stars	19	19	.472
Birmingham Black Barons	37	46	.446
Memphis Red Sox†	26	36	.419
Cleveland Browns	17	34	.333
Indianapolis ABCs†	3	12	.200

† Indianapolis dropped out of the league in June and was replaced by Memphis.

[edit] Eastern Colored League final standings

Eastern Colored League (East)
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Philadelphia Hilldale Giants	58	23	.716
Baltimore Black Sox	51	35	.593
New York Lincoln Giants	55	44	.556
Harrisburg Giants	40	34	.541
Atlantic City Bacharach Giants	34	30	.531
Washington/Wilmington Potomacs	23	36	.390
Brooklyn Royal Giants	12	23	.343
Cuban Stars	16	36	.308

[edit] Events

• September 20 - Grover Cleveland Alexander of the Chicago Cubs records his 300th career win.

[edit] Births

[edit] January-March

• January 1 - Charlie Bishop
• January 1 - Earl Torgeson
• January 5 - Fred Marsh
• January 7 - Jim Pendleton
• February 8 - Joe Black
• February 20 - Sal Yvars
• February 23 - Phil Haugstad
• February 25 - Jack Lohrke
• February 29 - Al Rosen
• March 1 - Tim Thompson
• March 2 - Cal Abrams
• March 6 - Ed Mierkowicz
• March 6 - Bud Podbielan

[edit] April-June

• April 2 - Bobby Avila
• April 4 - Gil Hodges
• April 23 - Chuck Harmon
• April 25 - Art Schallock
• April 27 - Frank Wurm
• April 29 - Freddy Rodríguez
• May 23 - Clyde King
• May 27 - Tom Hurd
• May 30 - Turk Lown
• June 16 - Ernie Johnson
• June 24 - Lou Brissie

[edit] July-September

• July 1 - Ken Wood
• July 6 - Frank Kellert
• July 15 - Bob Barthelson
• July 20 - Claude Crocker
• August 20 - George Zuverink
• August 21 - Jack Buck
• August 23 - Sherm Lollar
• August 26 - Alex Kellner
• September 1 - Ed Samcoff
• September 6 - Jim Fridley
• September 6 - Hal Jeffcoat
• September 10 - Ted Kluszewski
• September 12 - Bubba Church
• September 14 - Jerry Coleman
• September 15 - Jim Davis
• September 19 - Vern Benson
• September 23 - Dino Restelli

[edit] October-December

• October 13 - Charlie Silvera
• October 16 - Bob Cain
• October 24 - Dave Jolly
• October 25 - Bobby Brown
• October 31 - Dee Fondy
• November 18 - Rocky Nelson
• November 21 - Warren Hacker
• November 29 - Irv Noren
• December 11 - Hal Brown
• December 13 - George Shuba
• December 19 - Rex Barney
• December 24 - Chico Garcia
• December 31 - Ted Gray

[edit] Deaths

• January 4 - John Peters, 73, 19th century shortstop for four clubs, including the pennant-winning 1876 Chicago White Stockings in the very first year of the National League
• February 27 - Thomas Lynch, 65, NL president from 1910 to 1913, previously a highly regarded umpire from 1888 to 1899
• March 7 - Pat Moran, 48, Cincinnati manager since 1919 who was first man to lead two teams to World Series, winning with 1919 Reds but losing with 1915 Phillies; previously catcher for three NL teams, including 1906-08 champion Cubs
• March 17 - Bill Harbridge, 68, catcher/outfielder for five teams from 1875-1884.
• April 4 - George Wood, 65, left fielder, mainly in Detroit and Philadelphia, who batted .300 twice, led NL in home runs in 1882
• May 16 - Candy Cummings, 75, pitcher credited with developing the curveball in 1867, won 28 or more games for four teams in National Association; later a minor league executive
• August 17 - John Bruce, 67, secretary of the National Commission from 1903 to 1920, previously legal counsel to AL president; part owner of Browns from 1902 to 1916
• September 15 - Frank Chance, 47, first baseman and manager of the Cubs who anchored famed infield of four NL and two World Series champions from 1906-1910, batted .300 four times, led NL in runs once and steals twice; 1906 squad won record 116 games, career winning percentage (.593) was second highest among managers of 1500 or more games; 401 steals were top mark for first basemen
• October 9 - Jake Daubert, 40, first baseman and captain for NL champions in Brooklyn and Cincinnati who batted .303 lifetime, won batting titles in 1913-14; 1913 MVP led NL in triples twice
• October 29 - Pop Snyder, 70, catcher for several teams over 18 seasons including 1878 Boston champions; also managed Cincinnati to 1882 American Association pennant