1924 Philadelphia Athletics season

1924 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Shibe Park (since 1909)
Philadelphia (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Connie Mack, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
Manager(s)	Connie Mack
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The 1924 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing 5th in the American League with a record of 71 wins and 81 losses.

Offseason

• December 11, 1923: Harry O'Neill, Hank Hulvey, Pinky Pittenger and $35,000 were traded by the Athletics to the Salt Lake City Bees for Paul Strand.^[1]
• December 15, 1923: Wid Matthews, Heinie Scheer, and $40,000 were traded by the Athletics to the Milwaukee Brewers for Al Simmons.^[2]

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	—

Notable transactions

• July 1924: Jimmie Foxx was purchased by the Athletics from the Easton Farmers.^[3]

Roster

1924 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Stan Baumgartner Dennis Burns Sam Gray Slim Harriss Bob Hasty Fred Heimach Roy Meeker Rollie Naylor Curly Ogden William Pierson Eddie Rommel Rube Walberg		Catchers Frank Bruggy Charlie Gibson Cy Perkins Infielders Max Bishop John Chapman Jimmy Dykes Chick Galloway Sammy Hale Joe Hauser Harry Riconda		Outfielders Bill Lamar Bing Miller Al Simmons Paul Strand Amos Strunk Frank Welch Other batters Joe Green Ed Sherling		Manager Connie Mack

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
OF	Simmons, AlAl Simmons	152	594	183	.308	8	102

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
Strand, PaulPaul Strand	47	167	38	.228	0	13
Chapman, JohnJohn Chapman	19	71	20	.282	0	7
Gibson, CharlieCharlie Gibson	12	15	2	.133	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

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
Baumgartner, StanStan Baumgartner	36	181	13	6	2.88	45
Burns, DennisDennis Burns	37	154	6	8	5.04	26
Gray, SamSam Gray	34	151.2	8	7	3.98	54
Harriss, SlimSlim Harriss	36	123	6	10	4.68	45

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

References

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

External links

• 1924 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 1924 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com