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1924 Philadelphia Athletics season

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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

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Regular season

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Season standings

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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

Record vs. opponents

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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

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Roster

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1924 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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

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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

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Starting pitchers

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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

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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

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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

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