1924 Washington Senators
World Series Champions
American League Champions
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkGriffith Stadium
CityWashington, D.C.
OwnersClark Griffith and William Richardson
ManagersBucky Harris
Seasons

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 7 victory.

Regular season

The team won the Pennant for the first time.

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 standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Washington Senators 9262 0.597 — 47–30 45–32
New York Yankees 8963 0.586 2 45–32 44–31
Detroit Tigers 8668 0.558 6 45–33 41–35
St. Louis Browns 7478 0.487 17 41–36 33–42
Philadelphia Athletics 7181 0.467 20 36–39 35–42
Cleveland Indians 6786 0.438 24½ 37–38 30–48
Boston Red Sox 6787 0.435 25 41–36 26–51
Chicago White Sox 6687 0.431 25½ 37–39 29–48

Record vs. opponents

1924 American League record

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston —10–1214–86–165–17–112–1011–11–19–13–1
Chicago 12–10—11–118–14–16–1611–1113–85–17
Cleveland 8–1411–11—7–158–1411–1111–1011–11
Detroit 16–614–8–115–7—13–911–119–138–14–1
New York 17–5–116–614–89–13—12–812–109–13
Philadelphia 10–1211–1111–1111–118–12—13–97–15
St. Louis 11–11–18–1310–1113–910–129–13—13–9
Washington 13–9–117–511–1114–8–113–915–79–13—

Roster

1924 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Attendance

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 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
CMuddy Ruel149501142.283057
1BJoe Judge140516167.324379
2BBucky Harris143544146.268158
3BOssie Bluege117402113.281249
SSRoger Peckinpaugh155523142.272273
OFGoose Goslin154579199.34412129
OFNemo Leibold8424672.293020
OFSam Rice154646216.334176

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
Earl McNeely4317959.330015
Wid Matthews5316951.302013
Doc Prothro4615953.333024
Mule Shirley307718.234016
Tommy Taylor267319.260010
Bennie Tate214313.30207
Showboat Fisher15419.22006
Pinky Hargrave24335.15205
Lance Richbourg15329.28101
Ralph Miller9152.13300
Carr Smith5102.20000
Bert Griffith681.12500
Wade Lefler585.62504
Carl East262.33302
Chick Gagnon451.20001

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
Walter Johnson38277.22372.72158
George Mogridge30213.016113.7648
Tom Zachary33202.21592.7545
Curly Ogden16108.0952.5823

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
Firpo Marberry50195.111123.0968
Joe Martina24125.1684.6757
Paul Zahniser2492.0574.4028
Slim McGrew623.1015.018

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
Allen Russell375184.3717
By Speece212102.6515
Ted Wingfield40002.572
Nick Altrock10000.000

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Goose Goslin

  • AL leader in RBI (129)
  • #2 in AL in triples (17)

Walter Johnson

  • MLB leader in shutouts (6)
  • AL leader in wins (23)
  • AL leader in ERA (2.72)
  • AL leader in strikeouts (158)

Firpo Marberry

  • MLB leader in saves (15)

Sam Rice

  • #3 in AL in stolen bases (24)
  • #4 in AL in triples (14)

Tom Zachary

  • #2 in AL in ERA (2.75)

Postseason

Washington's Bucky Harris scores on his home run in the fourth inning of Game Seven of the 1924 World Series.

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 4-3 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.

References

  1. ↑ "1924 Washington Senators Roster".
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