1924 Washington Senators season
The 1924 Washington Senators won 92 games, lost 62, and finished in first place in the American League. Fueled by the excitement of winning their first AL pennant, the Senators won the World Series in dramatic fashion, a 12-inning Game Seven victory.
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Owner(s) | Clark Griffith and William Richardson |
Manager(s) | Bucky Harris |
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Regular seasonEdit
The Senators' offense was led by future Hall of Famer Goose Goslin, who was one of the youngest players on the team. He drove in a league-leading 129 runs. Walter Johnson had another outstanding year, winning the American League pitching Triple Crown and being voted Most Valuable Player. He anchored a staff that allowed the fewest runs in the league. Reliever Firpo Marberry paced the circuit in saves and games pitched. Manager Bucky Harris, who was also the team's starting second baseman, was the highest paid player on the team, earning $9,000.
Season standingsEdit
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. opponentsEdit
1924 American League Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHI | STL | 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 | — |
RosterEdit
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AttendanceEdit
The Senators drew 584,310 fans to their 77 home games at Griffith Stadium, good for 4th place among the 8 American League teams and an average of 7,588 per game.[1]
Player statsEdit
BattingEdit
Starters by positionEdit
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 | Muddy Ruel | 149 | 501 | 142 | .283 | 0 | 57 |
1B | Joe Judge | 140 | 516 | 167 | .324 | 3 | 79 |
2B | Bucky Harris | 143 | 544 | 146 | .268 | 1 | 58 |
3B | Ossie Bluege | 117 | 402 | 113 | .281 | 2 | 49 |
SS | Roger Peckinpaugh | 155 | 523 | 142 | .272 | 2 | 73 |
OF | Goose Goslin | 154 | 579 | 199 | .344 | 12 | 129 |
OF | Nemo Leibold | 84 | 246 | 72 | .293 | 0 | 20 |
OF | Sam Rice | 154 | 646 | 216 | .334 | 1 | 76 |
Other battersEdit
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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Wid Matthews | 53 | 169 | 51 | .302 | 0 | 13 |
Earl McNeely | 43 | 179 | 59 | .330 | 0 | 15 |
Doc Prothro | 46 | 159 | 53 | .333 | 0 | 24 |
Mule Shirley | 30 | 77 | 18 | .234 | 0 | 16 |
Tommy Taylor | 26 | 73 | 19 | .260 | 0 | 10 |
Showboat Fisher | 15 | 41 | 9 | .220 | 0 | 6 |
Bennie Tate | 21 | 43 | 13 | .302 | 0 | 7 |
Pinky Hargrave | 24 | 33 | 5 | .152 | 0 | 5 |
Lance Richbourg | 15 | 32 | 9 | .281 | 0 | 1 |
Ralph Miller | 9 | 15 | 2 | .133 | 0 | 0 |
Carr Smith | 5 | 10 | 2 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
Bert Griffith | 6 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
Wade Lefler | 5 | 8 | 5 | .625 | 0 | 4 |
Carl East | 2 | 6 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 2 |
Chick Gagnon | 4 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
PitchingEdit
Starting pitchersEdit
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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Walter Johnson | 38 | 277.2 | 23 | 7 | 2.72 | 158 |
George Mogridge | 30 | 213 | 16 | 11 | 3.76 | 48 |
Tom Zachary | 33 | 202.2 | 15 | 9 | 2.75 | 45 |
Curly Ogden | 16 | 108 | 9 | 5 | 2.58 | 23 |
Other pitchersEdit
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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Firpo Marberry | 50 | 195.1 | 11 | 12 | 3.09 | 68 |
Joe Martina | 24 | 125.1 | 6 | 8 | 4.67 | 57 |
Paul Zahniser | 24 | 92 | 5 | 7 | 4.40 | 28 |
Slim McGrew | 6 | 23.1 | 0 | 1 | 5.01 | 8 |
Relief pitchersEdit
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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Allen Russell | 37 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 4.37 | 17 |
By Speece | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.65 | 15 |
Ted Wingfield | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.57 | 2 |
Nick Altrock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Awards and honorsEdit
League top five finishersEdit
- AL leader in RBI (129)
- #2 in AL in triples (17)
- MLB leader in shutouts (6)
- AL leader in wins (23)
- AL leader in ERA (2.72)
- AL leader in strikeouts (158)
- MLB leader in saves (15)
- #3 in AL in stolen bases (24)
- #4 in AL in triples (14)
- #2 in AL in ERA (2.75)
PostseasonEdit
The Senators finally made it into the postseason after many years of being the laughingstock of the American League. Behind ace pitcher Walter Johnson, they won the deciding Game Seven in extra innings. The team returned to the World Series the next year and also in 1933, losing both, their last Series while playing in Washington. It wasn’t until 2019 that an MLB team based in the District of Columbia won another World Series.