1924 Philadelphia Athletics season

1924 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Shibe Park (since 1909) Philadelphia (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Connie Mack, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
Manager(s)	Connie Mack
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The 1924 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing fifth in the American League with a record of 71 wins and 81 losses.

Offseason[]

• December 11, 1923: Harry O'Neill, Hank Hulvey, Pinky Pittenger and $35,000 were traded by the Athletics to the Salt Lake City Bees for Paul Strand.^[1]
• December 15, 1923: Wid Matthews, Heinie Scheer, and $40,000 were traded by the Athletics to the Milwaukee Brewers for Al Simmons.^[2]

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	—

Notable transactions[]

• July 1924: Jimmie Foxx was purchased by the Athletics from the Easton Farmers.^[3]

Roster[]

1924 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Stan Baumgartner Dennis Burns Sam Gray Slim Harriss Bob Hasty Fred Heimach Roy Meeker Rollie Naylor Curly Ogden William Pierson Eddie Rommel Rube Walberg		Catchers Frank Bruggy Charlie Gibson Cy Perkins Infielders Max Bishop John Chapman Jimmy Dykes Chick Galloway Sammy Hale Joe Hauser Harry Riconda		Outfielders Bill Lamar Bing Miller Al Simmons Paul Strand Amos Strunk Frank Welch Other batters Joe Green Ed Sherling		Manager Connie Mack

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	Cy Perkins	128	392	95	.242	0	32
1B	Joe Hauser	149	562	162	.288	27	115
2B	Max Bishop	91	294	75	.255	2	21
SS	Chick Galloway	129	464	128	.276	2	48
3B	Harry Riconda	83	281	71	.253	1	21
OF	Al Simmons	152	594	183	.308	8	102
OF	Bill Lamar	87	367	121	.330	7	48
OF	Bing Miller	113	398	136	.342	6	62

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
Jimmy Dykes	110	410	128	.312	3	50
Frank Welch	94	293	85	.290	5	31
Sammy Hale	80	261	83	.318	2	17
Paul Strand	47	167	38	.228	0	13
Frank Bruggy	50	113	30	.265	0	8
John Chapman	19	71	20	.282	0	7
Amos Strunk	30	42	6	.143	0	1
Charlie Gibson	12	15	2	.133	0	1
Ed Sherling	4	2	1	.500	0	0
Joe Green	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
Eddie Rommel	43	278	18	15	3.95	72

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
Fred Heimach	40	198	14	12	4.73	60
Stan Baumgartner	36	181	13	6	2.88	45
Dennis Burns	37	154	6	8	5.04	26
Sam Gray	34	151.2	8	7	3.98	54
Roy Meeker	30	146	5	12	4.68	37
Slim Harriss	36	123	6	10	4.68	45
Bob Hasty	18	52.2	1	3	5.64	15
Rollie Naylor	10	38.1	0	5	6.34	10
Curly Ogden	5	12.2	0	3	4.97	4
Rube Walberg	6	7	0	0	12.86	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
William Pierson	1	0	0	0	3.38	0

References[]

External links[]

• 1924 Philadelphia Athletics at Baseball Reference
• 1924 Philadelphia Athletics at Baseball Almanac