During the first half of the year it looked like the St.Louis Browns would once again take a strangle hold on first place as they grabbed the lead by five games. Both Boston and Washington at times traded the lead until St.Louis grabbed it but by Labor Day change was in the air. The Senators had taken over on top of the American League standings by a 1/2 game over the Browns and 1 1/2 games over the Red Sox. With ten games remaining, St.Louis started to fade and had fallen 2 games behind Washington with Boston now in second place, 1/2 game behind Washington. During the last week of the season the Red Sox had faded to as many as 3 1/2 games behind before trying to catch up but to no avail as the Senators clinched their first AL pennant on the next to last day. Washington was led at the plate by the league's batting average champ, Doc Prothro, and by rookie Lou Gehrig. Boston finished in second, three games behind, thanks to their pitching staff as Rube Benton was the major's only 20-game winner, getting 23 in all. Combined with a third place 3.39 ERA, Benton was awarded the league's Outstanding Pitcher award. Despite Rogers Hornsby collecting his sixth straight Outstanding Hitter award, the Browns finished in third place, five games behind the winning Senators.
As the dust was settling as to who was going to win the junior circuit's title, it was not to be that way in the National League. The Reds and the Braves at one time during the early part of the season fought for the league's lead but the Brooklyn Robins, led by the NL's Outstanding Hitter award winner Babe Ruth, his seventh straight, took total command and won going away, 15 games in front of the second place Philadelphia Phillies. The Phillies were led at the plate by Ben Paschal, who finished second in home runs with 21, and on the mound by Henry Keupper, who won the NL's Outstanding Pitcher award with a record of 19-9 and a league leading 2.79 ERA.
During the World Series, the favored Brooklyn Robins took game one but that was all as the Senators' mound crew took control after game two's slugfest and held Brooklyn to 11 runs in the next three games. This allowed Washington to sweep their three games at home and win the world's championship, 4 games to 1.
Code:
American League W L PCT GB National League W L PCT GB
Washington 90 64 .584 -- Brooklyn 102 62 .662 --
Boston 87 67 .565 3 Philadelphia 87 67 .565 15
St.Louis 85 69 .552 5 Cincinnati 84 70 .545 18
Philadelphia 80 74 .519 10 Boston 83 71 .539 19
Cleveland 75 79 .487 15 Pittsburgh 73 81 .474 29
Chicago 69 85 .448 21 St.Louis 67 87 .435 35
Detroit 66 88 .429 24 Chicago 64 90 .416 38
New York 64 90 .416 26 New York 56 98 .364 46
Batting AVG AVG Batting AVG AVG
D.Prothro-WAS .375 B.Ruth-BRO .381
J.Jackson-CLE .367 A.Wingo-NY .369
Z.Wheat-NY .362 E.Collins-CHI .348
Homeruns HR Homeruns HR
C.Williams-PHI 40 B.Ruth-BRO 37
J.Hauser-CLE 26 B.Paschal-PHI 21
R.Hornsby-STL 23 K.Williams-CHI 19
Runs Batted In RBI Runs Batted In RBI
C.Williams-PHI 143 R.Stephenson-BRO 134
J.Hauser-CLE 116 B.Ruth-BRO 115
R.Hornsby-STL 113 J.Bottomley-CIN 102
Runs Scored RS Runs Scored RS
R.Hornsby-STL 127 B.Ruth-BRO 143
C.Williams-PHI 122 B.Falk-PHI 106
N.Leibold-WAS 113 J.Harris-BRO 106
Stolen Bases SB Stolen Bases SB
J.Jackson-CLE 31 M.Carey-PIT 36
F.Frisch-PHI 30 E.Collins-CHI 28
H.Critz-PHI 21 R.Grimes-CHI 21
Earned Run Average ERA Earned Run Average ERA
R.Comstock-BOS 3.25 H.Keupper-PHI 2.79
B.Sherdel-CLE 3.26 S.Smith-BRO 3.27
R.Benton-BOS 3.39 H.Canavan-BRO 3.42
Wins W Wins W
R.Benton-BOS 23 H.Carlson-BOS 19
R.Comstock-BOS 18 H.Keupper-PHI 19
P.Donohue-PHI 18 L.Meadows-BRO 19
Saves SV Saves SV
C.Jonnard-BOS 12 J.Miljus-BRO 12
B.Geary-NY 10 V.Barnes-CIN 11
S.Conley-DET 7 J.Enzmann-PHI 11
Strikeouts SO Strikeouts SO
S.Johnson-DET 128 W.Johnson-CIN 112
D.Leonard-STL 103 W.Noyes-STL 107
R.Comstock-BOS 95 B.Shawkey-CHI 104
1924 World Series
Game #1
Washington 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 - 5 9 0
Brooklyn 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 x - 6 14 3
D.Ulrich, P.Murray (6) and M.Ruel.
L.Meadows and V.Clemons.
WP - L.Meadows (1-0)
LP - D.Ulrich (0-1)
HR - WAS: D.Prothro (1), L.Gehrig (1). BRO: J.Harris (1),
S.Hale (1)
Game #2
Washington 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 3 1 2 - 13 22 4
Brooklyn 2 5 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 12 19 2
T.Blankenship, P.Murray (3), T.Sheehan (6) and M.Ruel.
S.Smith, P.Standridge (7), J.Miljus (9) and V.Clemons.
WP - T.Sheehan (1-0)
LP - J.Miljus (0-1)
HR - BRO: J.Harris (2)
Game #3
Brooklyn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 7 2
Washington 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 x - 4 9 0
D.Leverett and V.Clemons.
W.Hoyt and M.Ruel.
WP - W.Hoyt (1-0)
LP - D.Leverett (0-1)
HR - none
Game #4
Brooklyn 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 - 7 14 0
Washington 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 - 8 16 1
L.Meadows, J.Miljus (9) and V.Clemons.
D.Ulrich, P.Murray (8) and M.Ruel.
WP - P.Murray (1-0)
LP - J.Miljus (0-2)
HR - BRO: B.Ruth (1)
Game #5
Brooklyn 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 6 0
Washington 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 x - 5 12 1
S.Smith, P.Standridge (8) and V.Clemons.
T.Blankenship, T.Sheehan (9) and M.Ruel.
WP - T.Blankenship (1-0)
LP - S.Smith (0-1)
SV - T.Sheehan (1)
HR - none