1924 Washington Senators
World Series Champions
American League Champions
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkGriffith Stadium
CityWashington, D.C.
OwnersClark Griffith and William Richardson
ManagersBucky Harris
← 1923 Seasons 1925 →

The 1924 Washington Senators won 92 games, lost 62, and finished in first place in the American League. Fueled by the excitement of winning their first AL pennant, the Senators won the World Series in dramatic fashion, a 12-inning Game 7 victory.

Regular season

The team won the Pennant for the first time.

The Senators' offense was led by future Hall of Famer Goose Goslin, who was one of the youngest players on the team. He drove in a league-leading 129 runs. Walter Johnson had another outstanding year, winning the American League pitching Triple Crown and being voted Most Valuable Player. He anchored a staff that allowed the fewest runs in the league. Reliever Firpo Marberry paced the circuit in saves and games pitched. Manager Bucky Harris, who was also the team's starting second baseman, was the highest paid player on the team, earning $9,000.

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 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Attendance

The Senators drew 584,310 fans to their 77 home games at Griffith Stadium, good for 4th place among the 8 American League teams and an average of 7,588 per game.[1]

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 Muddy Ruel 149 501 142 .283 0 57
1B Joe Judge 140 516 167 .324 3 79
2B Bucky Harris 143 544 146 .268 1 58
3B Ossie Bluege 117 402 113 .281 2 49
SS Roger Peckinpaugh 155 523 142 .272 2 73
OF Goose Goslin 154 579 199 .344 12 129
OF Nemo Leibold 84 246 72 .293 0 20
OF Sam Rice 154 646 216 .334 1 76

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
Earl McNeely 43 179 59 .330 0 15
Wid Matthews 53 169 51 .302 0 13
Doc Prothro 46 159 53 .333 0 24
Mule Shirley 30 77 18 .234 0 16
Tommy Taylor 26 73 19 .260 0 10
Bennie Tate 21 43 13 .302 0 7
Showboat Fisher 15 41 9 .220 0 6
Pinky Hargrave 24 33 5 .152 0 5
Lance Richbourg 15 32 9 .281 0 1
Ralph Miller 9 15 2 .133 0 0
Carr Smith 5 10 2 .200 0 0
Bert Griffith 6 8 1 .125 0 0
Wade Lefler 5 8 5 .625 0 4
Carl East 2 6 2 .333 0 2
Chick Gagnon 4 5 1 .200 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
Walter Johnson 38 277.2 23 7 2.72 158
George Mogridge 30 213.0 16 11 3.76 48
Tom Zachary 33 202.2 15 9 2.75 45
Curly Ogden 16 108.0 9 5 2.58 23

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
Firpo Marberry 50 195.1 11 12 3.09 68
Joe Martina 24 125.1 6 8 4.67 57
Paul Zahniser 24 92.0 5 7 4.40 28
Slim McGrew 6 23.1 0 1 5.01 8

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
Allen Russell 37 5 1 8 4.37 17
By Speece 21 2 1 0 2.65 15
Ted Wingfield 4 0 0 0 2.57 2
Nick Altrock 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Goose Goslin

Walter Johnson

Firpo Marberry

Sam Rice

Tom Zachary

Postseason

Main article: 1924 World Series
Washington's Bucky Harris scores on his home run in the fourth inning of Game Seven of the 1924 World Series.

The Senators finally made it into the postseason after many years of being the laughingstock of the American League. Behind ace pitcher Walter Johnson, they won the deciding Game Seven 4-3 in extra innings. The team returned to the World Series the next year and also in 1933, losing both, their last Series while playing in Washington. It wasn’t until 2019 that an MLB team based in the District of Columbia won another World Series.

References

  1. ^ "1924 Washington Senators Roster".

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