1924 MLB season | |
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League | Major League Baseball |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | April 15 – October 10, 1924 |
Number of games | 154 |
Number of teams | 16 |
Regular Season | |
Season MVP | AL: Walter Johnson (WSH) NL: Dazzy Vance (BKN) |
AL champions | Washington Senators |
AL runners-up | New York Yankees |
NL champions | New York Giants |
NL runners-up | Brooklyn Robins |
World Series | |
Champions | Washington Senators |
Runners-up | New York Giants |
The 1924 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 15 to October 10, 1924. The New York Giants and Washington Senators were the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The Senators then defeated the Giants in the World Series, four games to three.
This was the third of eight seasons that "League Awards", a precursor to the Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award (introduced in 1931), were issued.
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1 American League Triple Crown Pitching Winner
2 National League Triple Crown Pitching Winner
American League[edit]
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National League[edit]
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World Series | ||||
AL | Washington Senators | 4 | ||
NL | New York Giants | 3 |
Team Name | Wins | %± | Home attendance | %± | Per Game |
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New York Yankees[1] | 89 | -9.2% | 1,053,533 | 4.6% | 13,507 |
Detroit Tigers[2] | 86 | 3.6% | 1,015,136 | 11.4% | 13,015 |
New York Giants[3] | 93 | -2.1% | 844,068 | 2.8% | 10,962 |
Brooklyn Robins[4] | 92 | 21.1% | 818,883 | 45.0% | 10,635 |
Pittsburgh Pirates[5] | 90 | 3.4% | 736,883 | 20.6% | 9,570 |
Chicago Cubs[6] | 81 | -2.4% | 716,922 | 1.9% | 9,191 |
Chicago White Sox[7] | 66 | -4.3% | 606,658 | 5.7% | 7,879 |
Washington Senators[8] | 92 | 22.7% | 584,310 | 63.5% | 7,396 |
St. Louis Browns[9] | 74 | 0.0% | 533,349 | 23.9% | 6,838 |
Philadelphia Athletics[10] | 71 | 2.9% | 531,992 | -0.4% | 7,093 |
Cleveland Indians[11] | 67 | -18.3% | 481,905 | -13.8% | 6,425 |
Cincinnati Reds[12] | 83 | -8.8% | 473,707 | -17.6% | 6,233 |
Boston Red Sox[13] | 67 | 9.8% | 448,556 | 95.3% | 5,825 |
Philadelphia Phillies[14] | 55 | 10.0% | 299,818 | 31.4% | 3,945 |
St. Louis Cardinals[15] | 65 | -17.7% | 272,885 | -19.4% | 3,544 |
Boston Braves[16] | 53 | -1.9% | 177,478 | -22.1% | 2,335 |