1924 St. Louis Browns season

1924 St. Louis Browns
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Sportsman's Park (since 1902)
St. Louis, Missouri (since 1902)
Results
Record	74–78 (.487)
League place	4th
Other information
Owner(s)	Phil Ball
Manager(s)	George Sisler
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The 1924 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 4th in the American League with a record of 74 wins and 78 losses. This was George Sisler's first season as manager.

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 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers Edgar Barnhart Bill Bayne Boom-Boom Beck Dave Danforth Dixie Davis George Grant Ray Kolp Bill Lasley George Lyons Hub Pruett Urban Shocker Elam Vangilder Ollie Voigt Ernie Wingard		Catchers Pat Collins Tony Rego Hank Severeid Infielders Pat Burke Frank Ellerbe Wally Gerber Marty McManus Norm McMillan Harry Rice Gene Robertson Syl Simon George Sisler		Outfielders Herschel Bennett Verdo Elmore Joe Evans Baby Doll Jacobson Jack Tobin Ken Williams Other batters Bill Mizeur		Manager George Sisler

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
C	Severeid, HankHank Severeid	137	432	133	.308	4	48
1B	Sisler, GeorgeGeorge Sisler	151	636	194	.305	9	74
2B	McManus, MartyMarty McManus	123	442	147	.333	5	80
SS	Gerber, WallyWally Gerber	148	496	135	.272	0	55
3B	Robertson, GeneGene Robertson	121	439	140	.319	4	52
OF	Williams, KenKen Williams	114	398	129	.324	18	84
OF	Tobin, JackJack Tobin	136	569	170	.299	2	48
OF	Jacobson, Baby DollBaby Doll Jacobson	152	579	184	.318	19	97

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
Elmore, VerdoVerdo Elmore	7	17	3	.176	0	0
Burke, PatPat Burke	1	3	0	.000	0	1
Mizeur, BillBill Mizeur	1	1	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
Shocker, UrbanUrban Shocker	40	246.1	16	13	4.20	88
Danforth, DaveDave Danforth	41	219.2	15	12	4.51	65
Wingard, ErnieErnie Wingard	36	218	13	12	3.51	23
Davis, DixieDixie Davis	29	160.1	11	13	4.10	45

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

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
Grant, GeorgeGeorge Grant	22	1	2	0	6.31	11
Bayne, BillBill Bayne	22	1	3	0	4.44	20
Barnhart, EdgarEdgar Barnhart	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Urban Shocker

• #5 strikeouts (88)

Baby Doll Jacobson

• #3 home runs (19)
• #4 slugging percentage (.529)

Ken Williams

• #3 slugging percentage (.533)
• #4 home runs (18)

References

• 1924 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
• 1924 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com