On This Day

Thursday, September 25, 1924

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Senators 90 60 .600 --
Yankees 88 62 .587 2.0
Tigers 84 67 .556 6.5
Browns 74 78 .487 17.0
Athletics 70 80 .467 20.0
Red Sox 66 85 .437 24.5
Indians 66 86 .434 25.0
White Sox 65 85 .433 25.0

Games

No Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 93 59 .612 --
Robins 91 61 .599 2.0
Pirates 86 62 .581 5.0
Reds 81 69 .540 11.0
Cubs 80 69 .537 11.5
Cardinals 64 87 .424 28.5
Phillies 54 95 .362 37.5
Braves 52 99 .344 40.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Ray Blades 3
1 Pie Traynor 3
3 Jim Bottomley 2
3 Hod Ford 2
3 2 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ray Blades 1
1 Max Carey 1
1 Freddy Leach 1
1 Irish Meusel 1
1 Art Nehf 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Max Carey 3
2 Mike Gonzalez 2
2 Ross Youngs 2
4 Huck Betts 1
4 8 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 1
1 Charlie Grimm 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Art Nehf 0.36
2 Wilbur Cooper 0.33
3 Vince Shields 0.20

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Huck Betts 1
1 Art Nehf 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Wilbur Cooper 4
1 Art Nehf 4
3 Huck Betts 2
3 Vince Shields 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Rogers Hornsby .421
2 Babe Ruth .379
3 Zack Wheat .372
4 Charlie Jamieson .357
5 Ross Youngs .357

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Babe Ruth 46
2 Jack Fournier 27
2 Joe Hauser 27
4 Rogers Hornsby 25
5 Cy Williams 23

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 High Pockets Kelly 139
2 Babe Ruth 125
3 Goose Goslin 123
4 Bob Meusel 119
5 Joe Hauser 117

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 47
2 Eddie Collins 41
3 Kiki Cuyler 32
4 Bob Meusel 26
5 2 tied 25

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dazzy Vance 2.23
2 Rube Benton 2.52
3 Eppa Rixey 2.64
4 Tom Zachary 2.68
5 Walter Johnson 2.79

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Dazzy Vance 27
2 Walter Johnson 23
3 Burleigh Grimes 22
4 Wilbur Cooper 20
4 4 others tied 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 253
2 Walter Johnson 154
3 Burleigh Grimes 136
4 Howard Ehmke 114
4 Bob Shawkey 114

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 15
2 Allen Russell 8
3 Jack Quinn 7
4 Sarge Connally 6
4 2 others tied 6

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Cy Williams .481
2 Ross Youngs .458
3 Goose Goslin .429
4 Heinie Manush .400
5 Walter Holke .393

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Baby Doll Jacobson 4
1 Cy Williams 4
3 Jim Bottomley 3
3 Goose Goslin 3
3 4 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Baby Doll Jacobson 19
2 Jim Bottomley 18
2 Earl Sheely 18
4 High Pockets Kelly 17
5 2 tied 16

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Kiki Cuyler 6
2 Max Carey 5
3 Bob Meusel 4
3 Bing Miller 4
5 9 tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lil Stoner 0.69
2 Buster Ross 0.86
3 Sad Sam Jones 0.95
4 Hugh McQuillan 1.00
5 2 tied 1.13

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bullet Joe Bush 3
1 Walter Johnson 3
1 Sad Sam Jones 3
1 Tony Kaufmann 3
1 4 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 34
2 Burleigh Grimes 16
3 Walter Johnson 14
4 Art Nehf 13
4 Bob Shawkey 13

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 3
2 Stan Baumgartner 1
2 Huck Betts 1
2 Sheriff Blake 1
2 7 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Cy Williams .452
2 Ross Youngs .421
3 Goose Goslin .407
4 Tris Speaker .406
5 Sam Rice .405

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 George Harper 7
1 Joe Hauser 7
3 Bob Meusel 6
3 Babe Ruth 6
3 2 others tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 High Pockets Kelly 36
2 Jim Bottomley 31
2 Joe Hauser 31
4 Goose Goslin 30
4 Zack Wheat 30

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Max Carey 14
2 Eddie Collins 9
2 Hughie Critz 9
4 Babe Pinelli 8
5 3 tied 7

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Babe Adams 0.61
2 Sad Sam Jones 1.58
3 Bill Sherdel 1.96
4 Bob Shawkey 1.99
5 Emil Yde 2.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Walter Johnson 6
1 Carl Mays 6
3 Bullet Joe Bush 5
3 Bill Doak 5
3 6 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dazzy Vance 59
2 Burleigh Grimes 37
3 Walter Johnson 31
4 Bob Shawkey 26
5 Dutch Leonard 21

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Firpo Marberry 6
2 Hooks Dauss 5
3 Waite Hoyt 2
3 Hugh McQuillan 2
3 Dutch Ruether 2