1924 Chicago White Sox
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkComiskey Park
CityChicago, Illinois
OwnersCharles Comiskey
ManagersJohnny Evers, Ed Walsh, Eddie Collins
RadioWMAQ
(Hal Totten)
← 1923 Seasons 1925 →

The 1924 Chicago White Sox season was a season in major league baseball. Despite the best efforts of player-manager Eddie Collins, the White Sox finished last in the American League for the first time. This was the last year of the "Chicago Chicken Curse", which would be broken next year by the Chicago Bears.

Regular season

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Washington Senators 92 62 .597 — 47‍–‍30 45‍–‍32
New York Yankees 89 63 .586 2 45‍–‍32 44‍–‍31
Detroit Tigers 86 68 .558 6 45‍–‍33 41‍–‍35
St. Louis Browns 74 78 .487 17 41‍–‍36 33‍–‍42
Philadelphia Athletics 71 81 .467 20 36‍–‍39 35‍–‍42
Cleveland Indians 67 86 .438 24½ 37‍–‍38 30‍–‍48
Boston Red Sox 67 87 .435 25 41‍–‍36 26‍–‍51
Chicago White Sox 66 87 .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 —


Roster

1924 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

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 Buck Crouse 94 305 79 .259 1 44
1B Earl Sheely 146 535 171 .320 3 103
2B Eddie Collins 152 556 194 .349 6 86
SS Bill Barrett 119 406 110 .271 2 56
3B Willie Kamm 147 528 134 .254 6 93
OF Johnny Mostil 118 385 125 .325 4 49
OF Harry Hooper 130 476 156 .328 10 62
OF Bibb Falk 138 526 185 .352 6 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
Maurice Archdeacon 95 288 92 .319 0 25
Ray Schalk 57 153 30 .196 1 11
Roy Elsh 60 147 45 .306 0 11
Ray French 37 112 20 .179 0 11
Ray Morehart 31 100 20 .200 0 8
Hervey McClellan 32 85 15 .176 0 9
Johnny Grabowski 20 56 14 .250 0 3
Bud Clancy 13 35 9 .257 0 6
Ike Davis 10 33 8 .242 0 4
Joe Burns 8 19 2 .105 0 0
Kettle Wirts 6 12 1 .083 0 0
Bill Black 6 5 1 .200 0 0
Frank Naleway 1 2 0 .000 0 0
Wally Dashiell 1 2 0 .000 0 0
Bernie DeViveiros 1 1 0 .000 0 0
Amos Strunk 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
Sloppy Thurston 38 291.0 20 14 3.80 37
Red Faber 21 161.1 9 11 3.85 47
Charlie Robertson 17 97.1 4 10 4.99 29

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
Ted Lyons 41 216.1 12 11 4.87 52
Sarge Connally 44 160.0 7 13 4.05 55
Ted Blankenship 25 129.1 7 6 5.01 36
Mike Cvengros 26 105.2 3 12 5.88 36
Dixie Leverett 21 99.0 2 3 5.82 29
Leo Mangum 13 47.0 1 4 7.09 12
Doug McWeeny 13 43.1 1 3 4.57 18

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
Milt Steengrafe 3 0 0 0 12.71 3
Happy Foreman 3 0 0 0 2.25 1
Bob Barnes 2 0 0 0 19.29 1
John Dobb 2 0 0 0 9.00 2
Lum Davenport 1 0 0 0 0.00 0
Webb Schultz 1 0 0 0 9.00 0
Bob Lawrence 1 0 0 0 9.00 1

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Bibb Falk

Sloppy Thurston

References

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