1924 Chicago White Sox season

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.

1924 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
OwnersCharles Comiskey
ManagersJohnny Evers, Ed Walsh, Eddie Collins
Local radioWMAQ
(Hal Totten)
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Regular season

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Washington Senators 9262 0.597 47–30 45–32
New York Yankees 8963 0.586 2 45–32 44–31
Detroit Tigers 8668 0.558 6 45–33 41–35
St. Louis Browns 7478 0.487 17 41–36 33–42
Philadelphia Athletics 7181 0.467 20 36–39 35–42
Cleveland Indians 6786 0.438 24½ 37–38 30–48
Boston Red Sox 6787 0.435 25 41–36 26–51
Chicago White Sox 6687 0.431 25½ 37–39 29–48

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston 10–1214–86–165–17–112–1011–11–19–13–1
Chicago 12–1011–118–14–16–1611–1113–85–17
Cleveland 8–1411–117–158–1411–1111–1011–11
Detroit 16–614–8–115–713–911–119–138–14–1
New York 17–5–116–614–89–1312–812–109–13
Philadelphia 10–1211–1111–1111–118–1213–97–15
St. Louis 11–11–18–1310–1113–910–129–1313–9
Washington 13–9–117–511–1114–8–113–915–79–13

Roster

1924 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CBuck Crouse9430579.259144
1BEarl Sheely146535171.3203103
2BEddie Collins152556194.349686
SSBill Barrett119406110.271256
3BWillie Kamm147528134.254693
OFJohnny Mostil118385125.325449
OFHarry Hooper130476156.3281062
OFBibb Falk138526185.352699

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 Archdeacon9528892.319025
Ray Schalk5715330.196111
Roy Elsh6014745.306011
Ray French3711220.179011
Ray Morehart3110020.20008
Hervey McClellan328515.17609
Johnny Grabowski205614.25003
Bud Clancy13359.25706
Ike Davis10338.24204
Joe Burns8192.10500
Kettle Wirts6121.08300
Bill Black651.20000
Frank Naleway120.00000
Wally Dashiell120.00000
Bernie DeViveiros110.00000
Amos Strunk110.00000

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 Thurston38291.020143.8037
Red Faber21161.19113.8547
Charlie Robertson1797.14104.9929

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 Lyons41216.112114.8752
Sarge Connally44160.07134.0555
Ted Blankenship25129.1765.0136
Mike Cvengros26105.23125.8836
Dixie Leverett2199.0235.8229
Leo Mangum1347.0147.0912
Doug McWeeny1343.1134.5718

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 Steengrafe300012.713
Happy Foreman30002.251
Bob Barnes200019.291
John Dobb20009.002
Lum Davenport10000.000
Webb Schultz10009.000
Bob Lawrence10009.001

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

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