1924 Philadelphia Athletics
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkShibe Park
CityPhiladelphia
OwnersConnie Mack, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
ManagersConnie Mack
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The 1924 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing fifth in the American League with a record of 71 wins and 81 losses.

Offseason

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 —


Notable transactions

Roster

1924 Philadelphia Athletics
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 Cy Perkins 128 392 95 .242 0 32
1B Joe Hauser 149 562 162 .288 27 115
2B Max Bishop 91 294 75 .255 2 21
SS Chick Galloway 129 464 128 .276 2 48
3B Harry Riconda 83 281 71 .253 1 21
OF Al Simmons 152 594 183 .308 8 102
OF Bill Lamar 87 367 121 .330 7 48
OF Bing Miller 113 398 136 .342 6 62

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
Jimmy Dykes 110 410 128 .312 3 50
Frank Welch 94 293 85 .290 5 31
Sammy Hale 80 261 83 .318 2 17
Paul Strand 47 167 38 .228 0 13
Frank Bruggy 50 113 30 .265 0 8
John Chapman 19 71 20 .282 0 7
Amos Strunk 30 42 6 .143 0 1
Charlie Gibson 12 15 2 .133 0 1
Ed Sherling 4 2 1 .500 0 0
Joe Green 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
Eddie Rommel 43 278.0 18 15 3.95 72

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
Fred Heimach 40 198.0 14 12 4.73 60
Stan Baumgartner 36 181.0 13 6 2.88 45
Dennis Burns 37 154.0 6 8 5.04 26
Sam Gray 34 151.2 8 7 3.98 54
Roy Meeker 30 146.0 5 12 4.68 37
Slim Harriss 36 123.0 6 10 4.68 45
Bob Hasty 18 52.2 1 3 5.64 15
Rollie Naylor 10 38.1 0 5 6.34 10
Curly Ogden 5 12.2 0 3 4.97 4
Rube Walberg 6 7.0 0 0 12.86 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
William Pierson 1 0 0 0 3.38 0

References

  1. ^ Harry O'Neill at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Al Simmons at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Jimmie Foxx at Baseball Reference

External links


1924 MLB season by team
Oakland Athletics
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