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1924 Detroit Tigers season

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1924 Detroit Tigers
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkNavin Field
CityDetroit, Michigan
OwnersFrank Navin
ManagersTy Cobb
← 1923 Seasons 1925 →

The 1924 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished third in the American League with a record of 86–68, 6 games behind the Washington Senators.

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


Roster

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1924 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders 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 Johnny Bassler 124 379 131 .346 1 68
1B Lu Blue 108 395 123 .311 2 53
2B Del Pratt 121 429 130 .303 1 77
SS Topper Rigney 147 499 144 .289 4 94
3B Bob Jones 110 393 107 .272 0 47
OF Harry Heilmann 153 570 197 .346 10 114
OF Heinie Manush 120 422 122 .289 9 68
OF Ty Cobb 155 625 211 .338 4 78

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
Fred Haney 86 256 79 .309 1 30
Les Burke 72 241 61 .253 0 17
Frank O'Rourke 47 181 50 .276 0 19
Bob Fothergill 54 166 50 .301 0 15
Larry Woodall 67 165 51 .309 0 25
Al Wingo 78 150 43 .287 1 26
Clyde Manion 14 13 3 .231 0 2
Charlie Gehringer 5 13 6 .462 0 1
John Kerr 17 11 3 .273 0 1

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
Earl Whitehill 35 233.0 17 9 3.86 65
Rip Collins 34 216.0 14 7 3.21 75
Lil Stoner 36 215.2 11 11 4.72 66
Dutch Leonard 9 51.1 3 3 4.56 26

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
Ken Holloway 49 181.1 14 6 4.07 46
Hooks Dauss 40 131.1 12 11 4.59 44
Bert Cole 28 109.1 3 9 4.69 16
Syl Johnson 29 104.0 5 4 4.93 55
Ed Wells 29 102.0 6 8 4.06 33

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
Herman Pillette 19 1 1 1 4.78 13
Willie Ludolph 3 0 0 0 4.76 1
Rufe Clarke 2 0 0 0 3.38 1
Ken Jones 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
A Fort Worth Panthers Texas League Jake Atz

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fort Worth[1]

Notes

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

References

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