1924 Chicago White Sox season

1924 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Comiskey Park (since 1910)
Chicago, Illinois (since 1900)
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles Comiskey
Manager(s)	Johnny Evers, Ed Walsh, Eddie Collins
Local radio	WMAQ (AM) Hal Totten
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The 1924 Chicago White Sox season was a season in major league baseball. Despite the best efforts of player-manager Eddie Collins, the White Sox finished last in the American League for the first time.

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Washington Senators	92	62	0.597	—	47–30	45–32
New York Yankees	89	63	0.586	2	45–32	44–31
Detroit Tigers	86	68	0.558	6	45–33	41–35
St. Louis Browns	74	78	0.487	17	41–36	33–42
Philadelphia Athletics	71	81	0.467	20	36–39	35–42
Cleveland Indians	67	86	0.438	24½	37–38	30–48
Boston Red Sox	67	87	0.435	25	41–36	26–51
Chicago White Sox	66	87	0.431	25½	37–39	29–48

Record vs. opponents

1924 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	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

1924 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Bob Barnes Ted Blankenship Sarge Connally Mike Cvengros Lum Davenport John Dobb Red Faber Happy Foreman Bob Lawrence Dixie Leverett Ted Lyons Leo Mangum Doug McWeeny Charlie Robertson Webb Schultz Milt Steengrafe Sloppy Thurston		Catchers Joe Burns Buck Crouse Johnny Grabowski Ray Schalk Kettle Wirts Infielders Bill Barrett Bill Black Bud Clancy Eddie Collins Wally Dashiell Ike Davis Bernie DeViveiros Ray French Willie Kamm Harvey McClellan Ray Morehart Frank Naleway Earl Sheely		Outfielders Maurice Archdeacon Roy Elsh Bibb Falk Harry Hooper Johnny Mostil Other batters Amos Strunk		Manager Eddie Collins Johnny Evers Ed Walsh Coaches Johnny Evers Ed Walsh

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
2B	Collins, EddieEddie Collins	152	556	194	.349	6	86
SS	Barrett, BillBill Barrett	119	406	110	.271	2	56
OF	Falk, BibbBibb Falk	138	586	185	.352	6	99

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
Schalk, RayRay Schalk	57	153	30	.196	1	11
Davis, IkeIke Davis	10	33	8	.242	0	4
Burns, JoeJoe Burns	8	19	2	.105	0	0
Naleway, FrankFrank Naleway	1	2	0	.000	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
Thurston, SloppySloppy Thurston	38	291	20	14	3.80	37

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
Connally, SargeSarge Connally	44	160	7	13	4.05	55
Blankenship, TedTed Blankenship	25	129.1	7	6	5.01	36
Cvengros, MikeMike Cvengros	26	105.2	3	12	5.88	36

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
Barnes, BobBob Barnes	2	0	0	0	19.29	1
Dobb, JohnJohn Dobb	2	0	0	0	9.00	2
Davenport, LumLum Davenport	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Bibb Falk

• #3 in AL in batting average (.352)

Sloppy Thurston

• AL leader in earned runs allowed (123)
• AL leader in hits allowed (330)
• AL leader in home runs allowed (17)
• #3 in AL in wins (20)

References

• 1924 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference