1924 Chicago White Sox season

1924 Chicago White Sox
League	American League
Ballpark	Comiskey Park
City	Chicago, Illinois
Owners	Charles Comiskey
Managers	Johnny Evers, Ed Walsh, Eddie Collins
Radio	WMAQ (Hal Totten)
Seasons

The 1924 Chicago White Sox season was a season in major league baseball. Despite the best efforts of player-manager Eddie Collins, the White Sox finished last in the American League for the first time. This was the last year of the "Chicago Chicken Curse", which would be broken next year by the Chicago Bears.

Regular season

Season standings

American League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Washington Senators	92	62	.597	—	47‍–‍30	45‍–‍32
New York Yankees	89	63	.586	2	45‍–‍32	44‍–‍31
Detroit Tigers	86	68	.558	6	45‍–‍33	41‍–‍35
St. Louis Browns	74	78	.487	17	41‍–‍36	33‍–‍42
Philadelphia Athletics	71	81	.467	20	36‍–‍39	35‍–‍42
Cleveland Indians	67	86	.438	24½	37‍–‍38	30‍–‍48
Boston Red Sox	67	87	.435	25	41‍–‍36	26‍–‍51
Chicago White Sox	66	87	.431	25½	37‍–‍39	29‍–‍48

Record vs. opponents

1924 American League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	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	—

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	Buck Crouse	94	305	79	.259	1	44
1B	Earl Sheely	146	535	171	.320	3	103
2B	Eddie Collins	152	556	194	.349	6	86
SS	Bill Barrett	119	406	110	.271	2	56
3B	Willie Kamm	147	528	134	.254	6	93
OF	Johnny Mostil	118	385	125	.325	4	49
OF	Harry Hooper	130	476	156	.328	10	62
OF	Bibb Falk	138	526	185	.352	6	99

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
Maurice Archdeacon	95	288	92	.319	0	25
Ray Schalk	57	153	30	.196	1	11
Roy Elsh	60	147	45	.306	0	11
Ray French	37	112	20	.179	0	11
Ray Morehart	31	100	20	.200	0	8
Hervey McClellan	32	85	15	.176	0	9
Johnny Grabowski	20	56	14	.250	0	3
Bud Clancy	13	35	9	.257	0	6
Ike Davis	10	33	8	.242	0	4
Joe Burns	8	19	2	.105	0	0
Kettle Wirts	6	12	1	.083	0	0
Bill Black	6	5	1	.200	0	0
Frank Naleway	1	2	0	.000	0	0
Wally Dashiell	1	2	0	.000	0	0
Bernie DeViveiros	1	1	0	.000	0	0
Amos Strunk	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
Sloppy Thurston	38	291.0	20	14	3.80	37
Red Faber	21	161.1	9	11	3.85	47
Charlie Robertson	17	97.1	4	10	4.99	29

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
Ted Lyons	41	216.1	12	11	4.87	52
Sarge Connally	44	160.0	7	13	4.05	55
Ted Blankenship	25	129.1	7	6	5.01	36
Mike Cvengros	26	105.2	3	12	5.88	36
Dixie Leverett	21	99.0	2	3	5.82	29
Leo Mangum	13	47.0	1	4	7.09	12
Doug McWeeny	13	43.1	1	3	4.57	18

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
Milt Steengrafe	3	0	0	0	12.71	3
Happy Foreman	3	0	0	0	2.25	1
Bob Barnes	2	0	0	0	19.29	1
John Dobb	2	0	0	0	9.00	2
Lum Davenport	1	0	0	0	0.00	0
Webb Schultz	1	0	0	0	9.00	0
Bob Lawrence	1	0	0	0	9.00	1

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Bibb Falk

• #3 in AL in batting average (.352)

Sloppy Thurston

• AL leader in earned runs allowed (123)
• AL leader in hits allowed (330)
• AL leader in home runs allowed (17)
• #3 in AL in wins (20)

References

• 1924 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference