1924 Philadelphia Phillies season

1924 Philadelphia Phillies
LeagueNational League
BallparkBaker Bowl
CityPhiladelphia
OwnersWilliam F. Baker
ManagersArt Fletcher
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The 1924 Philadelphia Phillies season saw the Phillies climb out of last place and into seventh and home attendance improving to over 299,000. Cy Williams led the team in home runs with 24.

Offseason

Regular season

On August 21, 1924, the Phillies were traveling from games in St. Louis to Cincinnati when the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad train on which they were traveling turned over in the train yards in Mitchell, Indiana. Phillies players and personnel were unharmed but the engineer and fireman were killed in the accident.[2]

In the season's final series against the New York Giants at the Polo Grounds, Phillies shortstop Heinie Sand was offered $500 by Giants outfielder Jimmy O'Connell to throw the games. The Giants were battling for the pennant with the Brooklyn Robins. Sand rejected the bribe and reported it to Phillies manager Art Fletcher. It eventually led to the life-time suspension of O'Connell and Giants coach Cozy Dolan by Commissioner Landis, although future-Hall of Famers Frankie Frisch, George Kelly, and Ross Youngs were also implicated.[3]

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 Philadelphia Phillies roster
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 Jimmie Wilson 95 280 78 .279 6 39
1B Walter Holke 148 563 169 .300 6 64
2B Hod Ford 145 530 144 .272 3 53
SS Heinie Sand 137 539 132 .245 6 40
3B Russ Wrightstone 118 388 119 .307 7 58
OF Cy Williams 148 558 183 .328 24 93
OF Johnny Mokan 96 366 95 .260 7 44
OF George Harper 109 411 121 .294 16 55

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
Butch Henline 115 289 82 .284 5 35
Joe Schultz 88 284 80 .282 5 29
Frank Parkinson 62 156 33 .212 1 19
Andy Woehr 50 152 33 .217 0 17
Fritz Henrich 36 90 19 .211 0 4
Curt Walker 24 71 21 .296 1 8
Cliff Lee 21 56 14 .250 1 7
Lew Wendell 21 32 8 .250 0 2
Freddy Leach 8 28 13 .464 2 7
Lenny Metz 7 7 2 .286 0 1
Spoke Emery 5 3 2 .667 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
Jimmy Ring 32 215.1 10 12 3.97 72
Hal Carlson 38 203.2 8 17 4.86 66
Clarence Mitchell 30 165.0 6 13 5.62 36
Whitey Glazner 35 156.2 7 16 5.92 41

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
Bill Hubbell 36 179.0 10 9 4.83 30
Huck Betts 37 144.1 7 10 4.30 46
Johnny Couch 37 137.0 4 8 4.73 23
Joe Oeschger 19 65.1 2 7 4.41 8
Jim Bishop 7 16.2 0 1 6.48 3
Lefty Weinert 8 14.2 0 1 2.45 7

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
Bert Lewis 12 0 0 0 6.00 3
Ray Steineder 9 1 1 0 4.40 11
Earl Hamilton 3 0 1 0 10.50 2
Lerton Pinto 3 0 0 0 9.00 1

References

  1. ^ Cotton Tierney page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ "Ball Team in Wreck". New York Times. August 24, 1924.
  3. ^ Jordan, David M. (2002). Occasional Glory: The History of the Philadelphia Phillies. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 64.