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

1924 American League record

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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