1924 Boston Red Sox season

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1924 Boston Red Sox
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkFenway Park
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record67–87 (.435)
League place7th (25 GB)
OwnersJ. A. Robert Quinn
ManagersLee Fohl
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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The 1924 Boston Red Sox season was the 24th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished seventh in the American League (AL) with a record of 67 wins and 87 losses, 25 games behind the Washington Senators, who went on to win the 1924 World Series.

Regular season

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
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


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


Opening Day lineup

Ira Flagstead CF
Bill Wambsganss 2B
Bobby Veach LF
Joe Harris 1B
Ike Boone RF
Howard Shanks 3B
Dud Lee SS
Steve O'Neill C
Howard Ehmke P

Source:[1]

Roster

1924 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 Steve O'Neill 106 307 73 .238 0 38
1B Joe Harris 133 491 148 .301 3 77
2B Bill Wambsganss 156 636 174 .274 0 49
SS Dud Lee 94 288 73 .253 0 29
3B Danny Clark 104 325 90 .277 2 54
OF Ike Boone 128 487 164 .337 13 98
OF Ira Flagstead 149 560 172 .307 5 43
OF Bobby Veach 142 519 153 .295 5 99

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
Homer Ezzell 90 277 75 .271 0 32
Shano Collins 89 240 70 .292 0 28
Howie Shanks 72 193 50 .259 0 25
Val Picinich 69 161 44 .273 1 24
Johnnie Heving 45 109 31 .284 0 11
Phil Todt 52 103 27 .262 1 14
Denny Williams 25 85 31 .365 0 4
Chappie Geygan 33 82 21 .256 0 4
Joe Connolly 14 10 1 .100 0 1

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
Howard Ehmke 45 315.0 19 17 3.46 119
Alex Ferguson 41 237.2 14 17 3.79 78
Bill Piercy 23 121.0 5 7 5.95 20
Ted Wingfield 4 25.2 0 2 2.45 4

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
Jack Quinn 44 228.2 12 13 3.27 64
Curt Fullerton 33 152.0 7 12 4.32 33
George Murray 28 80.1 2 9 6.72 27
Oscar Fuhr 23 80.1 3 6 5.94 30
Red Ruffing 8 23.0 0 0 6.65 10
Clarence Winters 4 7.0 0 1 20.57 3

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
Buster Ross 30 4 3 1 3.47 16
Hoge Workman 11 0 0 0 8.50 7
Les Howe 4 1 0 0 7.36 3
Lefty Jamerson 1 0 0 0 18.00 0
John Woods 1 0 0 0 0.00 0
Al Kellett 1 0 0 0 inf 0

References

  1. ^ "New York Yankees 2, Boston Red Sox 1". Retrosheet. April 15, 1924. Retrieved March 15, 2021.

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