1924 Chicago Cubs season

1924 Chicago Cubs
LeagueNational League
BallparkCubs Park
CityChicago, Illinois
OwnersWilliam Wrigley Jr.
ManagersBill Killefer
RadioWMAQ
(Hal Totten)
← 1923 Seasons 1925 →

The 1924 Chicago Cubs season was the 53rd season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 49th in the National League and the ninth at Wrigley Field (then known as "Cubs Park"). The Cubs finished fifth in the National League with a record of 81–72. This was the last year of the "Chicago Chicken Curse", which was broken in 1925 by the Chicago Bears.

Regular season

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 93 60 .608 — 51‍–‍26 42‍–‍34
Brooklyn Robins 92 62 .597 1½ 46‍–‍31 46‍–‍31
Pittsburgh Pirates 90 63 .588 3 49‍–‍28 41‍–‍35
Cincinnati Reds 83 70 .542 10 43‍–‍33 40‍–‍37
Chicago Cubs 81 72 .529 12 46‍–‍31 35‍–‍41
St. Louis Cardinals 65 89 .422 28½ 40‍–‍37 25‍–‍52
Philadelphia Phillies 55 96 .364 37 26‍–‍49 29‍–‍47
Boston Braves 53 100 .346 40 28‍–‍48 25‍–‍52

Record vs. opponents

1924 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston — 7–15 6–15 12–10 5–17 10–12–1 7–15 6–16
Brooklyn 15–7 — 12–10 12–10 8–14 17–5 13–9 15–7
Chicago 15–6 10–12 — 9–13 9–13–1 16–6 7–15 15–7
Cincinnati 10–12 10–12 13–9 — 9–13 16–5 12–10 13–9
New York 17–5 14–8 13–9–1 13–9 — 14–7 9–13 13–9
Philadelphia 12–10–1 5–17 6–16 5–16 7–14 — 8–13 12–10
Pittsburgh 15–7 9–13 15–7 10–12 13–9 13–8 — 15–7
St. Louis 16–6 7–15 7–15 9–13 9–13 10–12 7–15 —


Roster

1924 Chicago Cubs
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 Gabby Hartnett 111 354 106 .299 16 67
1B Hooks Cotter 98 310 81 .261 4 33
2B George Grantham 127 469 148 .316 12 60
SS Sparky Adams 117 418 117 .280 1 27
3B Bernie Friberg 142 495 138 .279 5 82
OF Cliff Heathcote 113 392 121 .309 0 30
OF Jigger Statz 135 549 152 .277 3 49
OF Denver Grigsby 124 411 123 .299 3 48

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
Charlie Hollocher 76 286 70 .245 2 21
Bob O'Farrell 71 183 44 .240 3 28
Ray Grimes 51 177 53 .299 5 34
Otto Vogel 70 172 46 .267 1 24
Butch Weis 37 133 37 .278 0 23
Bob Barrett 54 133 32 .241 5 21
Hack Miller 53 131 44 .336 4 25
Howie Fitzgerald 7 19 3 .158 0 2
Teddy Kearns 4 16 4 .250 0 1
Allen Elliott 10 14 2 .143 0 0
Ralph Michaels 8 11 4 .364 0 2
John Churry 6 7 1 .143 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
Vic Aldridge 32 244.1 15 12 3.50 74
Vic Keen 40 234.2 15 14 3.80 75
Tony Kaufmann 34 208.1 16 11 4.02 79
Pete Alexander 21 169.1 12 5 3.03 33
Duke Brett 1 5.1 0 0 5.06 1

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
Elmer Jacobs 38 190.1 11 12 3.74 50
Sheriff Blake 29 106.1 6 6 4.57 42
Guy Bush 16 80.2 2 5 4.02 36

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
Rip Wheeler 29 3 6 0 3.91 16
George Milstead 13 1 1 0 6.07 6
Ray Pierce 6 0 0 0 7.36 2
Tiny Osborne 2 0 0 1 3.00 2

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball
Level Team League Manager
AA Los Angeles Angels Pacific Coast League Marty Krug

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References

  1. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007


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