The 1924 Chicago White Sox season was a season in major league baseball. Despite the best efforts of player-manager Eddie Collins, the White Sox finished last in the American League for the first time. This was the last year of the "Chicago Chicken Curse", which would be broken next year by the Chicago Bears.
1924 Chicago White Sox | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Comiskey Park | |
City | Chicago, Illinois | |
Owners | Charles Comiskey | |
Managers | Johnny Evers, Ed Walsh, Eddie Collins | |
Radio | WMAQ (Hal Totten) | |
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Regular season edit
Season standings edit
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Washington Senators | 92 | 62 | 0.597 | — | 47–30 | 45–32 |
New York Yankees | 89 | 63 | 0.586 | 2 | 45–32 | 44–31 |
Detroit Tigers | 86 | 68 | 0.558 | 6 | 45–33 | 41–35 |
St. Louis Browns | 74 | 78 | 0.487 | 17 | 41–36 | 33–42 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 71 | 81 | 0.467 | 20 | 36–39 | 35–42 |
Cleveland Indians | 67 | 86 | 0.438 | 24½ | 37–38 | 30–48 |
Boston Red Sox | 67 | 87 | 0.435 | 25 | 41–36 | 26–51 |
Chicago White Sox | 66 | 87 | 0.431 | 25½ | 37–39 | 29–48 |
Record vs. opponents edit
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 10–12 | 14–8 | 6–16 | 5–17–1 | 12–10 | 11–11–1 | 9–13–1 | |||||
Chicago | 12–10 | — | 11–11 | 8–14–1 | 6–16 | 11–11 | 13–8 | 5–17 | |||||
Cleveland | 8–14 | 11–11 | — | 7–15 | 8–14 | 11–11 | 11–10 | 11–11 | |||||
Detroit | 16–6 | 14–8–1 | 15–7 | — | 13–9 | 11–11 | 9–13 | 8–14–1 | |||||
New York | 17–5–1 | 16–6 | 14–8 | 9–13 | — | 12–8 | 12–10 | 9–13 | |||||
Philadelphia | 10–12 | 11–11 | 11–11 | 11–11 | 8–12 | — | 13–9 | 7–15 | |||||
St. Louis | 11–11–1 | 8–13 | 10–11 | 13–9 | 10–12 | 9–13 | — | 13–9 | |||||
Washington | 13–9–1 | 17–5 | 11–11 | 14–8–1 | 13–9 | 15–7 | 9–13 | — |
Roster edit
1924 Chicago White Sox | |||||||||
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Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders
Other batters |
Manager
Coaches |
Player stats edit
Batting edit
Starters by position edit
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 |
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C | Buck Crouse | 94 | 305 | 79 | .259 | 1 | 44 |
1B | Earl Sheely | 146 | 535 | 171 | .320 | 3 | 103 |
2B | Eddie Collins | 152 | 556 | 194 | .349 | 6 | 86 |
SS | Bill Barrett | 119 | 406 | 110 | .271 | 2 | 56 |
3B | Willie Kamm | 147 | 528 | 134 | .254 | 6 | 93 |
OF | Johnny Mostil | 118 | 385 | 125 | .325 | 4 | 49 |
OF | Harry Hooper | 130 | 476 | 156 | .328 | 10 | 62 |
OF | Bibb Falk | 138 | 526 | 185 | .352 | 6 | 99 |
Other batters edit
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 |
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Maurice Archdeacon | 95 | 288 | 92 | .319 | 0 | 25 |
Ray Schalk | 57 | 153 | 30 | .196 | 1 | 11 |
Roy Elsh | 60 | 147 | 45 | .306 | 0 | 11 |
Ray French | 37 | 112 | 20 | .179 | 0 | 11 |
Ray Morehart | 31 | 100 | 20 | .200 | 0 | 8 |
Hervey McClellan | 32 | 85 | 15 | .176 | 0 | 9 |
Johnny Grabowski | 20 | 56 | 14 | .250 | 0 | 3 |
Bud Clancy | 13 | 35 | 9 | .257 | 0 | 6 |
Ike Davis | 10 | 33 | 8 | .242 | 0 | 4 |
Joe Burns | 8 | 19 | 2 | .105 | 0 | 0 |
Kettle Wirts | 6 | 12 | 1 | .083 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Black | 6 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
Frank Naleway | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Wally Dashiell | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Bernie DeViveiros | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Amos Strunk | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching edit
Starting pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Sloppy Thurston | 38 | 291.0 | 20 | 14 | 3.80 | 37 |
Red Faber | 21 | 161.1 | 9 | 11 | 3.85 | 47 |
Charlie Robertson | 17 | 97.1 | 4 | 10 | 4.99 | 29 |
Other pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Ted Lyons | 41 | 216.1 | 12 | 11 | 4.87 | 52 |
Sarge Connally | 44 | 160.0 | 7 | 13 | 4.05 | 55 |
Ted Blankenship | 25 | 129.1 | 7 | 6 | 5.01 | 36 |
Mike Cvengros | 26 | 105.2 | 3 | 12 | 5.88 | 36 |
Dixie Leverett | 21 | 99.0 | 2 | 3 | 5.82 | 29 |
Leo Mangum | 13 | 47.0 | 1 | 4 | 7.09 | 12 |
Doug McWeeny | 13 | 43.1 | 1 | 3 | 4.57 | 18 |
Relief pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Milt Steengrafe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.71 | 3 |
Happy Foreman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 1 |
Bob Barnes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.29 | 1 |
John Dobb | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 |
Lum Davenport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Webb Schultz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |
Bob Lawrence | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |
Awards and honors edit
League top five finishers edit
- #3 in AL in batting average (.352)
- AL leader in earned runs allowed (123)
- AL leader in hits allowed (330)
- AL leader in home runs allowed (17)
- #3 in AL in wins (20)