On This Day

Thursday, July 24, 1924

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 53 39 .576 --
Senators 53 40 .570 0.5
Yankees 53 40 .570 0.5
Browns 45 45 .500 7.0
White Sox 44 47 .484 8.5
Red Sox 41 50 .451 11.5
Indians 41 51 .446 12.0
Athletics 37 55 .402 16.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 58 30 .659 --
Cubs 52 37 .584 6.5
Robins 48 42 .533 11.0
Pirates 46 41 .529 11.5
Reds 47 46 .505 13.5
Cardinals 37 53 .411 22.0
Phillies 36 53 .404 22.5
Braves 34 56 .378 25.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Nemo Leibold 4
2 Kiki Cuyler 3
2 Glenn Myatt 3
2 Everett Scott 3
2 3 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Clyde Barnhart 3
1 Danny Clark 3
1 Shags Horan 3
1 Glenn Wright 3
5 6 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ossie Bluege 1
1 Ty Cobb 1
1 Goose Goslin 1
1 Everett Scott 1
1 2 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Sad Sam Jones 0.43
2 Ray Kolp 0.33
3 Walter Johnson 0.30
4 Stan Baumgartner 0.25
4 Earl Whitehill 0.25

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Stan Baumgartner 1
1 Curt Fullerton 1
1 Ken Holloway 1
1 Allen Russell 1
1 Emil Yde 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Stan Baumgartner 3
1 Walter Johnson 3
1 Sad Sam Jones 3
4 Ray Kolp 2
4 3 others tied 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Wells 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rogers Hornsby .416
2 Babe Ruth .379
3 Zack Wheat .378
4 Bibb Falk .367
5 Goose Goslin .353

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 29
2 Jack Fournier 22
3 Ken Williams 16
4 Gabby Hartnett 15
4 Joe Hauser 15

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 High Pockets Kelly 84
2 Jack Fournier 80
3 Goose Goslin 78
3 Babe Ruth 78
5 Bob Meusel 73

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Eddie Collins 25
2 Max Carey 24
3 Cliff Heathcote 20
4 George Grantham 18
5 Bill Barrett 17

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dazzy Vance 2.22
2 Tom Zachary 2.38
3 Rube Benton 2.45
4 Eppa Rixey 2.58
5 Tim McNamara 2.77

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Sloppy Thurston 16
2 Dazzy Vance 15
3 Burleigh Grimes 12
3 Waite Hoyt 12
3 2 others tied 12

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 127
2 Walter Johnson 100
3 Bob Shawkey 84
4 Howard Ehmke 75
5 Dolf Luque 61

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 8
2 Rosy Ryan 5
3 Sarge Connally 4
3 Claude Jonnard 4
3 3 others tied 4

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Nemo Leibold .519
2 Rogers Hornsby .517
3 Johnny Bassler .455
4 Kiki Cuyler .431
4 Babe Ruth .431

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Gabby Hartnett 7
1 High Pockets Kelly 7
1 Babe Ruth 7
4 Jack Fournier 5
5 Glenn Myatt 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 High Pockets Kelly 24
2 Wally Pipp 22
3 Babe Ruth 19
4 Jack Fournier 18
4 Baby Doll Jacobson 18

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 7
2 Cliff Heathcote 6
3 Bill Lamar 5
3 George Sisler 5
5 4 tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Tim McNamara 0.72
2 Eppa Rixey 0.85
3 Bill Sherdel 1.02
4 Stan Baumgartner 1.09
5 Huck Betts 1.20

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Hooks Dauss 4
1 Eppa Rixey 4
3 Leo Dickerman 3
3 Milt Gaston 3
3 5 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Shawkey 22
2 Walter Johnson 16
3 Urban Shocker 15
4 Elmer Jacobs 14
5 2 tied 13

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Johnny Couch 2
1 Dave Danforth 2
1 Ed Wells 2
4 Huck Betts 1
4 15 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rogers Hornsby .467
2 Babe Ruth .411
3 Hack Wilson .391
4 Ross Youngs .385
5 Zack Wheat .380

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 12
2 Jack Fournier 8
3 Gabby Hartnett 7
3 High Pockets Kelly 7
5 2 tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bob Meusel 41
2 Jack Fournier 35
2 Wally Pipp 35
2 Babe Ruth 35
5 2 tied 31

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 11
2 Max Carey 10
2 Eddie Collins 10
4 Cliff Heathcote 9
4 Jack Smith 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Claude Jonnard 0.67
2 Curly Ogden 1.25
3 Herb Pennock 1.86
4 Tom Zachary 1.90
5 Dolf Luque 1.91

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Eppa Rixey 7
1 Sloppy Thurston 7
3 Herb Pennock 6
4 Wilbur Cooper 5
4 6 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 41
2 Bob Shawkey 29
3 Rip Collins 23
3 Walter Johnson 23
5 2 tied 22

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Allen Russell 4
2 Dave Danforth 3
3 Sarge Connally 2
3 Johnny Couch 2
3 6 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rogers Hornsby .398
2 Babe Ruth .395
3 Harry Heilmann .362
4 Ken Williams .353
5 Ty Cobb .352

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 47
2 Jack Fournier 32
3 Cy Williams 29
4 Ken Williams 27
5 High Pockets Kelly 23

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Babe Ruth 136
2 High Pockets Kelly 130
3 Joe Sewell 129
4 Harry Heilmann 126
5 Jack Fournier 124

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 50
2 Eddie Collins 45
3 Jack Smith 36
4 George Grantham 34
5 Cliff Heathcote 33

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Eppa Rixey 2.42
2 Dolf Luque 2.59
3 Walter Johnson 2.83
4 Lee Meadows 2.87
5 Dazzy Vance 3.02

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Dazzy Vance 23
2 Burleigh Grimes 21
2 Herb Pennock 21
4 Hooks Dauss 20
4 Waite Hoyt 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 226
2 Walter Johnson 161
3 Bob Shawkey 132
4 Howard Ehmke 121
5 Dolf Luque 116

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Slim Harriss 8
1 Claude Jonnard 8
1 Firpo Marberry 8
1 Jack Quinn 8
1 Rosy Ryan 8