1924 Boston Braves season

Major League Baseball team season
1924 Boston Braves
LeagueNational League
BallparkBraves Field
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record53–100 (.346)
League place8th
OwnersEmil Fuchs, Christy Mathewson
ManagersDave Bancroft (1st Season)
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The 1924 Boston Braves season was the 54th season of the franchise. The Braves finished eighth place in the National League with a record of 53 wins and 100 losses.

Offseason

  • December 15, 1923: Hod Ford and Ray Powell were traded by the Braves to the Philadelphia Phillies for Cotton Tierney. Ray Powell reported to his new team with a bad leg in April 1924, and he was sent back to Boston under the terms of the trade agreement. The Braves sent cash to the Phillies to complete the trade.[1]

Regular season

Season standings

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National League
W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 93 60 0.608 51–26 42–34
Brooklyn Robins 92 62 0.597 46–31 46–31
Pittsburgh Pirates 90 63 0.588 3 49–28 41–35
Cincinnati Reds 83 70 0.542 10 43–33 40–37
Chicago Cubs 81 72 0.529 12 46–31 35–41
St. Louis Cardinals 65 89 0.422 28½ 40–37 25–52
Philadelphia Phillies 55 96 0.364 37 26–49 29–47
Boston Braves 53 100 0.346 40 28–48 25–52

Record vs. opponents

1924 National League record
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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston 7–15 6–15 12–10 5–17 10–12–1 7–15 6–16
Brooklyn 15–7 12–10 12–10 8–14 17–5 13–9 15–7
Chicago 15–6 10–12 9–13 9–13–1 16–6 7–15 15–7
Cincinnati 10–12 10–12 13–9 9–13 16–5 12–10 13–9
New York 17–5 14–8 13–9–1 13–9 14–7 9–13 13–9
Philadelphia 12–10–1 5–17 6–16 5–16 7–14 8–13 12–10
Pittsburgh 15–7 9–13 15–7 10–12 13–9 13–8 15–7
St. Louis 16–6 7–15 7–15 9–13 9–13 10–12 7–15


Roster

1924 Boston Braves roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers
  • Dee Cousineau
  • Frank Gibson
  • Mickey O'Neil
  • Eddie Phillips
  • Earl Smith

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

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 Mickey O'Neil 106 362 89 .246 0 22
1B Stuffy McInnis 146 581 169 .291 1 59
2B Cotton Tierney 136 505 131 .259 6 58
SS Dave Bancroft 79 319 89 .279 2 21
3B Ernie Padgett 138 502 128 .255 1 46
OF Casey Stengel 131 461 129 .280 5 39
OF Bill Cunningham 114 437 119 .272 1 40
OF Frank Wilson 61 215 51 .237 1 15

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
Bob Smith 106 347 79 .228 2 38
Frank Gibson 90 229 71 .310 1 30
Gus Felix 59 204 43 .211 1 10
Ray Powell 74 188 49 .261 1 15
Herb Thomas 32 127 28 .220 1 8
Leslie Mann 32 102 28 .275 0 10
Marty Shay 19 68 16 .235 0 2
Earl Smith 33 59 16 .271 0 8
Ed Sperber 24 59 17 .288 1 12
Hunter Lane 7 15 1 .067 0 0
Walton Cruise 9 9 4 .444 1 3
Eddie Phillips 3 3 0 .000 0 0
Dee Cousineau 3 2 0 .000 0 0
Wade Lefler 1 1 0 .000 0 0
John Kelleher 1 1 0 .000 0 0
Al Hermann 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
Jesse Barnes 37 267.2 15 20 3.23 49
Joe Genewich 34 200.1 10 19 5.21 43
Rube Marquard 6 36.0 1 2 3.00 10
Skinny Graham 5 33.0 0 4 3.82 15
Ike Kamp 1 7.0 0 1 5.14 4
Dinty Gearin 1 0.0 0 1 inf 0

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
Johnny Cooney 34 181.0 8 9 3.18 67
Tim McNamara 35 179.0 8 12 5.18 35
Al Yeargin 32 141.1 1 11 5.09 34
Larry Benton 30 128.0 5 7 4.15 41
Dutch Stryker 20 73.1 3 8 6.01 22
Lou North 9 35.1 1 2 5.35 11

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
Red Lucas 27 1 4 0 5.16 30
Joe Muich 3 0 0 0 11.00 1
Joe Batchelder 3 0 0 0 3.86 2

References

  1. ^ Cotton Tierney page at Baseball Reference

External links

  • 1924 Boston Braves season at Baseball Reference
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