1924 Washington Senators season

1924 Washington Senators
World Series Champions American League Champions
League	American League
Ballpark	Griffith Stadium
City	Washington, D.C.
Owners	Clark Griffith and William Richardson
Managers	Bucky Harris
Seasons

The 1924 Washington Senators won 92 games, lost 62, and finished in first place in the American League. Fueled by the excitement of winning their first AL pennant, the Senators won the World Series in dramatic fashion, a 12-inning Game 7 victory.

Regular season

The team won the Pennant for the first time.

The Senators' offense was led by future Hall of Famer Goose Goslin, who was one of the youngest players on the team. He drove in a league-leading 129 runs. Walter Johnson had another outstanding year, winning the American League pitching Triple Crown and being voted Most Valuable Player. He anchored a staff that allowed the fewest runs in the league. Reliever Firpo Marberry paced the circuit in saves and games pitched. Manager Bucky Harris, who was also the team's starting second baseman, was the highest paid player on the team, earning $9,000.

Season standings

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

1924 American League record 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	—

Attendance

The Senators drew 584,310 fans to their 77 home games at Griffith Stadium, good for 4th place among the 8 American League teams and an average of 7,588 per game.

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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	Muddy Ruel	149	501	142	.283	0	57
1B	Joe Judge	140	516	167	.324	3	79
2B	Bucky Harris	143	544	146	.268	1	58
3B	Ossie Bluege	117	402	113	.281	2	49
SS	Roger Peckinpaugh	155	523	142	.272	2	73
OF	Goose Goslin	154	579	199	.344	12	129
OF	Nemo Leibold	84	246	72	.293	0	20
OF	Sam Rice	154	646	216	.334	1	76

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
Earl McNeely	43	179	59	.330	0	15
Wid Matthews	53	169	51	.302	0	13
Doc Prothro	46	159	53	.333	0	24
Mule Shirley	30	77	18	.234	0	16
Tommy Taylor	26	73	19	.260	0	10
Bennie Tate	21	43	13	.302	0	7
Showboat Fisher	15	41	9	.220	0	6
Pinky Hargrave	24	33	5	.152	0	5
Lance Richbourg	15	32	9	.281	0	1
Ralph Miller	9	15	2	.133	0	0
Carr Smith	5	10	2	.200	0	0
Bert Griffith	6	8	1	.125	0	0
Wade Lefler	5	8	5	.625	0	4
Carl East	2	6	2	.333	0	2
Chick Gagnon	4	5	1	.200	0	1

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
Walter Johnson	38	277.2	23	7	2.72	158
George Mogridge	30	213.0	16	11	3.76	48
Tom Zachary	33	202.2	15	9	2.75	45
Curly Ogden	16	108.0	9	5	2.58	23

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
Firpo Marberry	50	195.1	11	12	3.09	68
Joe Martina	24	125.1	6	8	4.67	57
Paul Zahniser	24	92.0	5	7	4.40	28
Slim McGrew	6	23.1	0	1	5.01	8

Note: Firpo Marberry was team leader and MLB leader in saves with 15.

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
Allen Russell	37	5	1	8	4.37	17
By Speece	21	2	1	0	2.65	15
Ted Wingfield	4	0	0	0	2.57	2
Nick Altrock	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Goose Goslin

• AL leader in RBI (129)
• #2 in AL in triples (17)

Walter Johnson

• MLB leader in shutouts (6)
• AL leader in wins (23)
• AL leader in ERA (2.72)
• AL leader in strikeouts (158)

Firpo Marberry

• MLB leader in saves (15)

Sam Rice

• #3 in AL in stolen bases (24)
• #4 in AL in triples (14)

Tom Zachary

• #2 in AL in ERA (2.75)

Postseason

Main article: 1924 World Series

Washington's Bucky Harris scores on his home run in the fourth inning of Game Seven of the 1924 World Series.

The Senators finally made it into the postseason after many years of being the laughingstock of the American League. Behind ace pitcher Walter Johnson, they won the deciding Game Seven 4-3 in extra innings. The team returned to the World Series the next year and also in 1933, losing both, their last Series while playing in Washington. It wasn’t until 2019 that an MLB team based in the District of Columbia won another World Series.

External links

• 1924 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference
• 1924 Washington Senators at Baseball Almanac