1924 Detroit Tigers
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkNavin Field
CityDetroit, Michigan
OwnersFrank Navin
ManagersTy Cobb
← 1923 Seasons 1925 →

The 1924 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished third in the American League with a record of 86–68, 6 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 Detroit Tigers
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 Johnny Bassler 124 379 131 .346 1 68
1B Lu Blue 108 395 123 .311 2 53
2B Del Pratt 121 429 130 .303 1 77
SS Topper Rigney 147 499 144 .289 4 94
3B Bob Jones 110 393 107 .272 0 47
OF Harry Heilmann 153 570 197 .346 10 114
OF Heinie Manush 120 422 122 .289 9 68
OF Ty Cobb 155 625 211 .338 4 78

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
Fred Haney 86 256 79 .309 1 30
Les Burke 72 241 61 .253 0 17
Frank O'Rourke 47 181 50 .276 0 19
Bob Fothergill 54 166 50 .301 0 15
Larry Woodall 67 165 51 .309 0 25
Al Wingo 78 150 43 .287 1 26
Clyde Manion 14 13 3 .231 0 2
Charlie Gehringer 5 13 6 .462 0 1
John Kerr 17 11 3 .273 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
Earl Whitehill 35 233.0 17 9 3.86 65
Rip Collins 34 216.0 14 7 3.21 75
Lil Stoner 36 215.2 11 11 4.72 66
Dutch Leonard 9 51.1 3 3 4.56 26

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
Ken Holloway 49 181.1 14 6 4.07 46
Hooks Dauss 40 131.1 12 11 4.59 44
Bert Cole 28 109.1 3 9 4.69 16
Syl Johnson 29 104.0 5 4 4.93 55
Ed Wells 29 102.0 6 8 4.06 33

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
Herman Pillette 19 1 1 1 4.78 13
Willie Ludolph 3 0 0 0 4.76 1
Rufe Clarke 2 0 0 0 3.38 1
Ken Jones 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball
Level Team League Manager
A Fort Worth Panthers Texas League Jake Atz

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fort Worth[1]

Notes

  1. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

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