1924 Cleveland Indians season

1924 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Dunn Field (since 1901) Cleveland, Ohio (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Estate of Jim Dunn
Manager(s)	Tris Speaker
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The 1924 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished sixth in the American League with a record of 67–86, 24+1⁄2 games behind the Washington Senators.

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

v t 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[]

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

Roster[]

1924 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Virgil Cheeves Watty Clark Stan Coveleski Joe Dawson Logan Drake George Edmondson Jim Joe Edwards Paul Fitzke Bub Kuhn Dutch Levsen Jim Lindsey Bud Messenger Dewey Metivier Jake Miller Guy Morton Luther Roy Joe Shaute Sherry Smith George Uhle Frank Wayenberg Carl Yowell		Catchers Glenn Myatt Luke Sewell Roxy Walters Infielders Frank Brower George Burns Frank Ellerbe Chick Fewster Larry Gardner Ray Knode Rube Lutzke Joe Sewell Freddy Spurgeon Riggs Stephenson Elmer Yoter		Outfielders Sumpter Clarke Tom Gulley Charlie Jamieson Pat McNulty Tris Speaker Homer Summa Joe Wyatt Other batters Kenny Hogan		Manager Tris Speaker Coaches Jack McCallister Frank Roth

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	Glenn Myatt	105	342	117	.342	8	73
1B	George Burns	129	469	143	.310	4	68
2B	Chick Fewster	101	322	86	.267	0	36
SS	Joe Sewell	153	594	188	.316	4	106
3B	Rube Lutzke	106	341	83	.243	0	42
OF	Tris Speaker	135	486	167	.344	9	65
OF	Homer Summa	111	390	113	.290	2	38
OF	Charlie Jamieson	143	594	213	.359	3	54

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
Pat McNulty	101	291	78	.268	0	26
Riggs Stephenson	71	240	89	.371	4	44
Luke Sewell	63	165	48	.291	0	17
Frank Ellerbe	46	120	31	.258	1	14
Frank Brower	66	107	30	.280	3	20
Sumpter Clarke	35	104	24	.231	0	11
Roxy Walters	32	74	19	.257	0	5
Elmer Yoter	19	66	18	.273	0	7
Larry Gardner	38	50	10	.200	0	4
Ray Knode	11	37	9	.243	0	4
Tom Gulley	8	20	3	.150	0	1
Joe Wyatt	4	12	2	.167	0	1
Freddy Spurgeon	3	7	1	.143	0	0
Kenny Hogan	2	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
Joe Shaute	46	283	20	17	3.75	68
Sherry Smith	39	247.2	12	14	3.02	34
Stan Coveleski	37	240.1	15	16	4.04	58
George Uhle	28	196.1	9	15	4.77	57
Jim Joe Edwards	10	57	4	3	2.84	15
Joe Dawson	4	20.1	1	2	6.64	7
Jake Miller	2	12	0	1	3.00	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
Dewey Metivier	26	76.1	1	5	5.31	14
Luther Roy	16	48.2	0	5	7.77	14
Carl Yowell	4	27	1	1	6.67	8
Bud Messenger	5	25	2	0	4.32	4
Virgil Cheeves	8	17.1	0	0	7.79	2
Dutch Levsen	4	16.1	1	1	4.41	3
Logan Drake	5	11.1	0	1	10.32	8
George Edmondson	5	8	0	0	9.00	3
Frank Wayenberg	2	6.2	0	0	5.40	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
Watty Clark	12	1	3	0	7.01	6
Guy Morton	10	0	1	0	6.57	6
Frank Brower	4	0	0	0	0.93	0
Jim Lindsey	3	0	0	0	21.00	0
Paul Fitzke	1	0	0	0	4.50	1
Bub Kuhn	1	0	1	0	27.00	0

External links[]

• 1924 Cleveland Indians season at Baseball Reference