1924 Cleveland Indians
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkDunn Field
CityCleveland, Ohio
OwnersEstate of Jim Dunn
ManagersTris 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

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 —


Roster

1924 Cleveland Indians
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 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 46 283.0 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 57.0 4 3 2.84 15
Joe Dawson 4 20.1 1 2 6.64 7
Jake Miller 2 12.0 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 27.0 1 1 6.67 8
Bud Messenger 5 25.0 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 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 MLB season by team
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