1924 IN BASEBALL

Contents

Champions

Awards and honors

MLB Statistical Leaders

Major League Baseball final standings

American League final standings

National League final standings

Negro League Baseball final standings

Negro National League final standings

Eastern Colored League final standings

Events

Births

Deaths

Champions

★ World Series: Washington Senators over New York Giants (4-3)

★ First Negro League World Series: Kansas City Monarchs over Hilldale (5-4-1)

Awards and honors

★ League Award

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★ Walter Johnson, Washington Senators, P

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★ Dazzy Vance, Brooklyn Dodgers, P

MLB Statistical Leaders

'American League' 'National League' Type Name Stat Name Stat AVG Babe Ruth NYY .378 Rogers Hornsby STL .424 HR Babe Ruth NYY 46 Jack Fournier BRO 27 RBI Goose Goslin WSH 129 George Kelly NYG 136 Wins Walter Johnson WSH 23 Dazzy Vance BRO 28 ERA Walter Johnson WSH 2.72 Dazzy Vance BRO 2.16

Major League Baseball final standings

American League final standings

'American League'
'Club'	'Wins'	'Losses'	'Win %'	'GB'
Washington Senators	92	62	.597	--
New York Yankees	89	63	.586	2
Detroit Tigers	86	68	.558	6
St. Louis Browns	74	78	.487	17
Philadelphia Athletics	71	81	.467	20
Cleveland Indians	67	86	.438	24.5
Boston Red Sox	67	87	.435	25
Chicago White Sox	66	87	.431	25.5

National League final standings

'National League'
'Club'	'Wins'	'Losses'	'Win %'	'GB'
New York Giants	93	60	.608	--
Brooklyn Robins	92	62	.597	1.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	90	63	.588	3
Cincinnati Reds	83	70	.542	10
Chicago Cubs	81	72	.529	12
St. Louis Cardinals	65	89	.422	28.5
Philadelphia Phillies	55	96	.364	37
Boston Braves	53	100	.346	40

Negro League Baseball final standings

Negro National League final standings

'Negro National League (West)'
'Club'	'Wins'	'Losses'	'Win %'	'GB'
Kansas City Monarchs	60	27	.690
Chicago American Giants	63	29	.685
St. Louis Stars	36	31	.537
Detroit Stars	38	37	.507
Cuban Stars	19	19	.472
Birmingham Black Barons	37	46	.446
Memphis Red Sox†	26	36	.419
Cleveland Browns	17	34	.333
Indianapolis ABCs†	3	12	.200

† Indianapolis dropped out of the league in June and was replaced by Memphis.

Eastern Colored League final standings

'Eastern Colored League (East)'
'Club'	'Wins'	'Losses'	'Win %'	'GB'
Philadelphia Hilldale Giants	58	23	.716
Baltimore Black Sox	51	35	.593
New York Lincoln Giants	55	44	.556
Harrisburg Giants	40	34	.541
Atlantic City Bacharach Giants	34	30	.531
Washington/Wilmington Potomacs	23	36	.390
Brooklyn Royal Giants	12	23	.343
Cuban Stars	16	36	.308

Events

★ September 20 - Grover Cleveland Alexander of the Chicago Cubs records his 300th career win.

Births

★ January 1 - Earl Torgeson

★ February 29 - Al Rosen

★ April 2 - Bobby Avila

★ April 4 - Gil Hodges

★ August 21 - Jack Buck

★ August 23 - Sherm Lollar

★ September 10 - Ted Kluszewski

★ September 14 - Jerry Coleman

★ October 25 - Bobby Brown

★ December 11 - Hal Brown

Deaths

★ January 4 - John Peters, 73, 19th century shortstop for four clubs, including the pennant-winning 1876 Chicago White Stockings in the very first year of the National League

★ February 27 - Thomas Lynch, 65, NL president from 1910 to 1913, previously a highly regarded umpire from 1888 to 1899

★ March 7 - Pat Moran, 48, Cincinnati manager since 1919 who was first man to lead two teams to World Series, winning with 1919 Reds but losing with 1915 Phillies; previously catcher for three NL teams, including 1906-08 champion Cubs

★ April 4 - George Wood, 65, left fielder, mainly in Detroit and Philadelphia, who batted .300 twice, led NL in home runs in 1882

★ May 16 - Candy Cummings, 75, pitcher credited with developing the curveball in 1867, won 28 or more games for four teams in National Association; later a minor league executive

★ August 17 - John Bruce, 67, secretary of the National Commission from 1903 to 1920, previously legal counsel to AL president; part owner of Browns from 1902 to 1916

★ September 15 - Frank Chance, 47, first baseman and manager of the Cubs who anchored famed infield of four NL and two World Series champions from 1906-1910, batted .300 four times, led NL in runs once and steals twice; 1906 squad won record 116 games, career winning percentage (.593) was second highest among managers of 1500 or more games; 401 steals were top mark for first basemen

★ October 9 - Jake Daubert, 40, first baseman and captain for NL champions in Brooklyn and Cincinnati who batted .303 lifetime, won batting titles in 1913-14; 1913 MVP led NL in triples twice

★ October 29 - Pop Snyder, 70, catcher for several teams over 18 seasons including 1878 Boston champions; also managed Cincinnati to 1882 American Association pennant