On This Day

Saturday, June 14, 1924

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 28 19 .596 --
Red Sox 27 20 .574 1.0
Tigers 28 25 .528 3.0
Senators 24 24 .500 4.5
White Sox 23 24 .489 5.0
Browns 23 26 .469 6.0
Indians 21 26 .447 7.0
Athletics 19 29 .396 9.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 31 20 .608 --
Cubs 31 20 .608 0.0
Robins 26 22 .542 3.5
Reds 26 24 .520 4.5
Pirates 22 26 .458 7.5
Braves 21 25 .457 7.5
Cardinals 21 30 .412 10.0
Phillies 17 28 .378 11.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Jack Fournier 4
1 Goose Goslin 4
1 High Pockets Kelly 4
4 Bibb Falk 3
4 3 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 High Pockets Kelly 3
2 Jack Fournier 1
2 Goose Goslin 1
2 Zack Wheat 1
2 Ken Williams 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 High Pockets Kelly 8
2 Zack Wheat 3
3 Joe Dugan 2
3 Bibb Falk 2
3 10 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Maurice Archdeacon 1
1 Buck Crouse 1
1 Homer Ezzell 1
1 Frankie Frisch 1
1 3 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Dazzy Vance 1.22
2 Dixie Leverett 0.75
3 Rip Collins 0.62
4 Waite Hoyt 0.44
5 Jimmy Ring 0.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Stan Coveleski 1
1 Waite Hoyt 1
1 Dixie Leverett 1
1 George Mogridge 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 11
2 Dixie Leverett 6
3 Rip Collins 5
4 Waite Hoyt 4
5 2 tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rogers Hornsby .398
2 Zack Wheat .389
3 High Pockets Kelly .379
4 Charlie Jamieson .371
5 Jack Fournier .361

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 15
2 Jack Fournier 13
3 Ken Williams 10
4 Gabby Hartnett 8
4 Joe Hauser 8

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 High Pockets Kelly 49
2 Jack Fournier 44
3 Del Pratt 42
4 Ike Boone 40
4 3 others tied 40

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Carson Bigbee 12
1 Max Carey 12
1 George Grantham 12
4 Cliff Heathcote 10
4 Pie Traynor 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jack Quinn 1.96
2 Dazzy Vance 2.14
3 Allan Sothoron 2.23
4 Tom Zachary 2.27
5 Lee Meadows 2.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Alexander 9
1 Dazzy Vance 9
3 Howard Ehmke 8
3 Waite Hoyt 8
3 2 others tied 8

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 79
2 Walter Johnson 71
3 Howard Ehmke 53
4 Bob Shawkey 46
5 Dolf Luque 40

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 4
1 Jack Quinn 4
3 Stan Baumgartner 3
3 Bill Doak 3
5 9 tied 2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Cy Williams .523
2 Goose Goslin .491
3 Maurice Archdeacon .469
4 Doc Prothro .438
5 Jack Fournier .421

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jack Fournier 4
1 High Pockets Kelly 4
3 Ike Boone 3
3 Goose Goslin 3
3 Babe Ruth 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jack Fournier 16
1 Goose Goslin 16
3 High Pockets Kelly 15
4 Lu Blue 13
5 2 tied 12

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Howard Freigau 5
1 Cliff Heathcote 5
3 Maurice Archdeacon 4
3 Norm McMillan 4
3 2 others tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Clarence Mitchell 0.50
2 Dazzy Vance 0.67
3 Tom Zachary 1.06
4 Eppa Rixey 1.29
5 Walter Johnson 1.59

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Vic Aldridge 3
1 Pete Alexander 3
1 Jesse Barnes 3
1 Walter Johnson 3
1 3 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 28
2 Walter Johnson 16
3 Howard Ehmke 15
4 Rip Collins 13
5 2 tied 12

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Stan Baumgartner 3
2 Firpo Marberry 2
3 Virgil Barnes 1
3 Sarge Connally 1
3 7 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Babe Ruth .420
2 Goose Goslin .418
3 Frank Snyder .414
4 Gabby Hartnett .387
5 Pat McNulty .387

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jack Fournier 8
2 Babe Ruth 7
3 Ken Williams 6
4 Bill Terry 5
5 3 tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jack Fournier 28
2 Del Pratt 27
3 Goose Goslin 26
4 Ike Boone 25
4 High Pockets Kelly 25

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Howard Freigau 8
1 Cliff Heathcote 8
3 Carson Bigbee 7
3 Ken Williams 7
5 4 tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Tom Zachary 1.53
2 Allan Sothoron 1.62
3 Lee Meadows 1.97
4 Dazzy Vance 2.03
5 Jack Quinn 2.06

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Vic Aldridge 6
2 Pete Alexander 5
2 Jesse Barnes 5
2 Howard Ehmke 5
2 2 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 48
2 Howard Ehmke 32
2 Walter Johnson 32
4 Rip Collins 22
5 2 tied 19

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Stan Baumgartner 3
1 Jack Quinn 3
3 Virgil Barnes 2
3 Claude Jonnard 2
3 Firpo Marberry 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Babe Ruth .396
2 Tris Speaker .392
3 Rogers Hornsby .391
4 Harry Heilmann .376
5 Ken Williams .367

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 43
2 Jack Fournier 34
3 Ken Williams 30
4 Cy Williams 28
5 2 tied 18

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Heilmann 131
2 Jack Fournier 129
3 Babe Ruth 127
4 Irish Meusel 120
4 Joe Sewell 120

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 53
2 George Grantham 48
3 Eddie Collins 36
3 Cliff Heathcote 36
5 Pie Traynor 35

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dolf Luque 2.43
2 Eppa Rixey 2.47
3 Lee Meadows 2.71
4 James Edwards 2.71
5 Pete Alexander 2.74

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Pete Alexander 24
2 Dolf Luque 23
2 Dazzy Vance 23
4 Waite Hoyt 22
4 George Uhle 22

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 221
2 Walter Johnson 164
3 Dolf Luque 141
4 Howard Ehmke 130
5 Burleigh Grimes 122

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jack Quinn 10
2 Slim Harriss 8
2 Claude Jonnard 8
4 Bert Cole 6
4 Rosy Ryan 6