More 1924 Baseball Season Highlights
Following are more highlights from the 1924 baseball season, including stats from the 1924 World Series between the Giants and the Senators.
- Rogers Hornsby tops the National League in runs (121), hits (227), doubles (43), total bases (373), and SA (.696).
- Brooklyn's Jack Fournier leads the National League in homers (27) and is second to Hornsby in walks (89-83).
- WMAQ broadcasts the home games of both the Cubs and the White Sox in Chicago.
- Babe Ruth tops the majors in runs (143), walks (142), OBP (.513), SA (.739), and total bases (391).
- Pittsburgh rookie shortstop Glenn Wright knocks in 111 runs and tops National League shortstops in assists and DPs.
- The 1924 World Champ Washington hits the fewest homers in the majors -- 22.
- Pirates rookie Kiki Cuyler hits .354 and is fourth in BA and SA (.539).
- Cleveland's George Burns goes 6-for-6 on June 19.
- Kiki Cuyler goes 6-for-6 on Aug. 9.
- Giant Frankie Frisch goes 6-for-7 on Sept. 10.
- Dazzy Vance's 2.16 ERA is .53 runs better than any other pitcher's in Major League Baseball.
- The Giants win their third straight pennant without a 20-game winner.
- Reds manager Pat Moran dies in spring training of Bright's disease.
- Tony Boeckel becomes the first major leaguer to be killed in an auto accident.
- Jake Daubert dies at 40 after a routine operation.
- The Cubs swap Vic Aldridge, George Grantham, and Al Niehaus to Pittsburgh for Rabbit Maranville, Charlie Grimm, and Wilbur Cooper.
- The Cubs are caught stealing a National League record 149 times.
- George Grantham tops the National League in batter Ks with 63, the fewest ever by a leader.
- Stuffy McInnis fans just six times, a National League record for fewest by a first baseman.
- Edd Roush of the Reds leads Major League Baseball with 21 triples.
- The Giants' George Kelly leads the National League in RBI (136) and runs produced (206).
- Brooklyn's Burleigh Grimes leads the National League in innings (311) and is second in wins (22).
- Max Carey leads the majors with 49 steals.
- Wally Pipp, in his last full season as Yankees first baseman, leads the American League in triples (19).
- Sam Rice tops the American League with 216 hits.
- Sloppy Thurston wins 20 games for the last-place White Sox and tops the American League in CGs (28).
- Walter Johnson's 2.72 ERA narrowly edges teammate Tom Zachary's 2.75 mark for the American League crown.
- Johnson leads Major League Baseball in shutouts with six.
- A's rookie Al Simmons hits .308 and knocks in 102 runs.
- The Giants top the majors with a .300 team BA.
- Joe Shaute wins 20 games for Cleveland, but the Indians sag to sixth place.
- Brooklyn's Zach Wheat finishes second in the National League in BA (.375), hits (212), doubles (41), and total bases (311).
