1924 St. Louis Browns season

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1924 St. Louis Browns season - Wikipedia

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1924 St. Louis Browns

League

American League

Ballpark

Sportsman's Park

City

St. Louis, Missouri

Record

74–78 (.487)

League place

4th

Owners

Phil Ball

Managers

George Sisler

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Seasons

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The 1924 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 4th in the American League with a record of 74 wins and 78 losses. This was George Sisler's first season as manager.

Regular season

Season standings

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t
e
American League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Washington Senators	92	62	.597	—	47‍–‍30	45‍–‍32
New York Yankees	89	63	.586	2	45‍–‍32	44‍–‍31
Detroit Tigers	86	68	.558	6	45‍–‍33	41‍–‍35
St. Louis Browns	74	78	.487	17	41‍–‍36	33‍–‍42
Philadelphia Athletics	71	81	.467	20	36‍–‍39	35‍–‍42
Cleveland Indians	67	86	.438	24½	37‍–‍38	30‍–‍48
Boston Red Sox	67	87	.435	25	41‍–‍36	26‍–‍51
Chicago White Sox	66	87	.431	25½	37‍–‍39	29‍–‍48

Record vs. opponents

1924 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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

1924 St. Louis Browns

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Bill Mizeur

Manager

George Sisler

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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
C	Hank Severeid	137	432	133	.308	4	48
1B	George Sisler	151	636	194	.305	9	74
2B	Marty McManus	123	442	147	.333	5	80
SS	Wally Gerber	148	496	135	.272	0	55
3B	Gene Robertson	121	439	140	.319	4	52
OF	Ken Williams	114	398	129	.324	18	84
OF	Jack Tobin	136	569	170	.299	2	48
OF	Baby Doll Jacobson	152	579	184	.318	19	97

Other batters

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
Joe Evans	77	209	53	.254	0	19
Norm McMillan	76	201	56	.279	0	27
Herschel Bennett	41	94	31	.330	1	11
Harry Rice	54	93	26	.280	0	15
Frank Ellerbe	21	61	12	.197	0	2
Tony Rego	24	59	13	.220	0	5
Pat Collins	32	54	17	.315	1	11
Syl Simon	23	32	8	.250	0	6
Verdo Elmore	7	17	3	.176	0	0
Pat Burke	1	3	0	.000	0	1
Bill Mizeur	1	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Urban Shocker	40	246.1	16	13	4.20	88
Dave Danforth	41	219.2	15	12	4.51	65
Ernie Wingard	36	218.0	13	12	3.51	23
Dixie Davis	29	160.1	11	13	4.10	45

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Elam Vangilder	43	145.1	5	10	5.64	49
Ray Kolp	25	96.2	5	7	5.68	29
George Lyons	26	77.2	3	2	5.21	25

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	ERA	SO
Hub Pruett	33	3	4	4.57	27
George Grant	22	1	2	6.31	11
Bill Bayne	22	1	3	4.44	20
Ollie Voigt	8	1	0	5.51	4
Bill Lasley	2	0	0	6.75	0
Boom-Boom Beck	1	0	0	0.00	0
Edgar Barnhart	1	0	0	0.00	0

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Urban Shocker

#5 strikeouts (88)

Baby Doll Jacobson

#3 home runs (19)
#4 slugging percentage (.529)

Ken Williams

#3 slugging percentage (.533)
#4 home runs (18)

References

1924 MLB season by team

Major League Baseball

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

Negro National League

Eastern Colored League

Baltimore Orioles

Established in 1901
Formerly the Milwaukee Brewers and the St. Louis Browns
Based in Baltimore, Maryland

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Majestic Park; West End Park; Coffee Pot Park; Wright Field; Tech Field; Perris Hill Park; Yuma Municipal Stadium; City Island Ball Park; Scottsdale Stadium; Miami Stadium; Ed Smith Stadium; Al Lang Stadium; Fort Lauderdale Stadium

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Washington Nationals

Key personnel

Owner: David Rubenstein
Executive Vice President/General Manager: Mike Elias
Manager: Brandon Hyde

World Series
championships (3)

American League
pennants (7)

AL East
division titles (10)

AL Wild Card
(4)

Minor league
affiliates

Broadcasting

TV: Mid-Atlantic Sports Network
Radio: Orioles Radio Network
Announcers: Kevin Brown; Geoff Arnold; Scott Garceau; Melanie Newman; Jim Palmer; Ben McDonald

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