1924 Boston Braves
LeagueNational League
BallparkBraves Field
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record53–100 (.346)
League place8th
OwnersEmil Fuchs, Christy Mathewson
ManagersDave Bancroft (1st Season)

The 1924 Boston Braves season was the 54th season of the franchise. The Braves finished eighth place in the National League with a record of 53 wins and 100 losses.

Offseason

  • December 15, 1923: Hod Ford and Ray Powell were traded by the Braves to the Philadelphia Phillies for Cotton Tierney. Ray Powell reported to his new team with a bad leg in April 1924, and he was sent back to Boston under the terms of the trade agreement. The Braves sent cash to the Phillies to complete the trade.[1]

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 9360 0.608 — 51–26 42–34
Brooklyn Robins 9262 0.597 1½ 46–31 46–31
Pittsburgh Pirates 9063 0.588 3 49–28 41–35
Cincinnati Reds 8370 0.542 10 43–33 40–37
Chicago Cubs 8172 0.529 12 46–31 35–41
St. Louis Cardinals 6589 0.422 28½ 40–37 25–52
Philadelphia Phillies 5596 0.364 37 26–49 29–47
Boston Braves 53100 0.346 40 28–48 25–52

Record vs. opponents

1924 National League record

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —7–156–1512–105–1710–12–17–156–16
Brooklyn 15–7—12–1012–108–1417–513–915–7
Chicago 15–610–12—9–139–13–116–67–1515–7
Cincinnati 10–1210–1213–9—9–1316–512–1013–9
New York 17–514–813–9–113–9—14–79–1313–9
Philadelphia 12–10–15–176–165–167–14—8–1312–10
Pittsburgh 15–79–1315–710–1213–913–8—15–7
St. Louis 16–67–157–159–139–1310–127–15—

Roster

1924 Boston Braves roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

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
CMickey O'Neil10636289.246022
1BStuffy McInnis146581169.291159
2BCotton Tierney136505131.259658
SSDave Bancroft7931989.279221
3BErnie Padgett138502128.255146
OFCasey Stengel131461129.280539
OFBill Cunningham114437119.272140
OFFrank Wilson6121551.237115

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
Bob Smith10634779.228238
Frank Gibson9022971.310130
Gus Felix5920443.211110
Ray Powell7418849.261115
Herb Thomas3212728.22018
Leslie Mann3210228.275010
Marty Shay196816.23502
Earl Smith335916.27108
Ed Sperber245917.288112
Hunter Lane7151.06700
Walton Cruise994.44413
Eddie Phillips330.00000
Dee Cousineau320.00000
Wade Lefler110.00000
John Kelleher110.00000
Al Hermann110.00000

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
Jesse Barnes37267.215203.2349
Joe Genewich34200.110195.2143
Rube Marquard636.0123.0010
Skinny Graham533.0043.8215
Ike Kamp17.0015.144
Dinty Gearin10.001inf0

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
Johnny Cooney34181.0893.1867
Tim McNamara35179.08125.1835
Al Yeargin32141.11115.0934
Larry Benton30128.0574.1541
Dutch Stryker2073.1386.0122
Lou North935.1125.3511

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Red Lucas271405.1630
Joe Muich300011.001
Joe Batchelder30003.862

References

  1. ↑ Cotton Tierney page at Baseball Reference


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