1924 Major League Baseball season

This article is about the 1924 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1924 in baseball.
1924 MLB season
LeagueAmerican League (AL)
National League (NL)
SportBaseball
DurationRegular season:
  • April 15 – September 30, 1924 (AL)
  • April 15 – September 29, 1924 (NL)
World Series:
  • October 4–10, 1924
Number of games154
Number of teams16 (8 per league)
Regular Season
Season MVPAL: Walter Johnson (WSH)
NL: Dazzy Vance (BKN)
AL championsWashington Senators
  AL runners-upNew York Yankees
NL championsNew York Giants
  NL runners-upBrooklyn Robins
World Series
ChampionsWashington Senators
  Runners-upNew York Giants
MLB seasons
Locations of teams for the 1923–1931 American League seasons
American League
Locations of teams for the 1920–1931 National League seasons
National League

The 1924 major league baseball season began on April 15, 1924. The regular season ended on September 30, with the New York Giants and Washington Senators as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 21st World Series on October 4 and ended with Game 7 on October 10. The Senators defeated the Giants, 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.

Schedule

See also: Major League Baseball schedule

The 1924 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place since the 1904 season (except for 1919) and would be used until 1961 in the American League and 1962 in the National League.

Opening Day, April 15, featured all sixteen teams, for the first time since 1922. The National League would see its final day of the regular season on September 29, while the American League would see its final day of the regular season the following day with a game between the Washington Senators and Boston Red Sox. The World Series took place between October 4 and October 10.

Teams

League Team City Stadium Capacity Manager
American League Boston Red Sox Boston, Massachusetts Fenway Park 35,000 Lee Fohl
Chicago White Sox Chicago, Illinois Comiskey Park 28,000 Johnny Evers, Ed Walsh, Eddie Collins
Cleveland Indians Cleveland, Ohio Dunn Field 21,414 Tris Speaker
Detroit Tigers Detroit, Michigan Navin Field 30,000 Ty Cobb
New York Yankees New York, New York Yankee Stadium 58,000 Miller Huggins
Philadelphia Athletics Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Shibe Park 23,000 Connie Mack
St. Louis Browns St. Louis, Missouri Sportsman's Park 24,040 George Sisler
Washington Senators Washington, D.C. Griffith Stadium 27,000 Bucky Harris
National League Boston Braves Boston, Massachusetts Braves Field 40,000 Dave Bancroft
Brooklyn Robins New York, New York Ebbets Field 26,000 Wilbert Robinson
Chicago Cubs Chicago, Illinois Cubs Park 20,000 Bill Killefer
Cincinnati Reds Cincinnati, Ohio Redland Field 20,696 Jack Hendricks
New York Giants New York, New York Polo Grounds 43,000 John McGraw, Hughie Jennings
Philadelphia Phillies Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Baker Bowl 18,000 Art Fletcher
Pittsburgh Pirates Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Forbes Field 25,000 Bill McKechnie
St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis, Missouri Sportsman's Park 24,040 Branch Rickey


Standings

American League

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Washington Senators 92 62 .597 — 47‍–‍30 45‍–‍32
New York Yankees 89 63 .586 2 45‍–‍32 44‍–‍31
Detroit Tigers 86 68 .558 6 45‍–‍33 41‍–‍35
St. Louis Browns 74 78 .487 17 41‍–‍36 33‍–‍42
Philadelphia Athletics 71 81 .467 20 36‍–‍39 35‍–‍42
Cleveland Indians 67 86 .438 24½ 37‍–‍38 30‍–‍48
Boston Red Sox 67 87 .435 25 41‍–‍36 26‍–‍51
Chicago White Sox 66 87 .431 25½ 37‍–‍39 29‍–‍48

National League

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

Postseason

Bracket

World Series
         
AL Washington Senators 3 4* 4 7 2 2 412*
NL New York Giants 412 3 6 4 6 1 3

*Denotes walk-off

Managerial changes

Off-season

Team Former Manager New Manager
Boston Braves Fred Mitchell Dave Bancroft
Boston Red Sox Frank Chance Lee Fohl
Chicago White Sox Kid Gleason Johnny Evers
Cincinnati Reds Pat Moran Jack Hendricks
St. Louis Browns Jimmy Austin George Sisler
Washington Senators Donie Bush Bucky Harris

In-season

Team Former Manager New Manager
Chicago White Sox Johnny Evers Ed Walsh
Chicago White Sox Ed Walsh Eddie Collins
New York Giants John McGraw Hughie Jennings

League leaders

American League

National League

Awards and honors

Home field attendance

Team name Wins %± Home attendance %± Per game
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

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