1924 Cleveland Indians season

1924 Cleveland Indians
League	American League
Ballpark	Dunn Field
City	Cleveland, Ohio
Owners	Estate of Jim Dunn
Managers	Tris Speaker
Seasons

The 1924 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished sixth in the American League with a record of 67–86, 24+1⁄2 games behind the Washington Senators.

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	Glenn Myatt	105	342	117	.342	8	73
1B	George Burns	129	469	143	.310	4	68
2B	Chick Fewster	101	322	86	.267	0	36
SS	Joe Sewell	153	594	188	.316	4	106
3B	Rube Lutzke	106	341	83	.243	0	42
OF	Tris Speaker	135	486	167	.344	9	65
OF	Homer Summa	111	390	113	.290	2	38
OF	Charlie Jamieson	143	594	213	.359	3	54

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
Pat McNulty	101	291	78	.268	0	26
Riggs Stephenson	71	240	89	.371	4	44
Luke Sewell	63	165	48	.291	0	17
Frank Ellerbe	46	120	31	.258	1	14
Frank Brower	66	107	30	.280	3	20
Sumpter Clarke	35	104	24	.231	0	11
Roxy Walters	32	74	19	.257	0	5
Elmer Yoter	19	66	18	.273	0	7
Larry Gardner	38	50	10	.200	0	4
Ray Knode	11	37	9	.243	0	4
Tom Gulley	8	20	3	.150	0	1
Joe Wyatt	4	12	2	.167	0	1
Freddy Spurgeon	3	7	1	.143	0	0
Kenny Hogan	2	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
Joe Shaute	46	283.0	20	17	3.75	68
Sherry Smith	39	247.2	12	14	3.02	34
Stan Coveleski	37	240.1	15	16	4.04	58
George Uhle	28	196.1	9	15	4.77	57
Jim Joe Edwards	10	57.0	4	3	2.84	15
Joe Dawson	4	20.1	1	2	6.64	7
Jake Miller	2	12.0	0	1	3.00	4

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
Dewey Metivier	26	76.1	1	5	5.31	14
Luther Roy	16	48.2	0	5	7.77	14
Carl Yowell	4	27.0	1	1	6.67	8
Bud Messenger	5	25.0	2	0	4.32	4
Virgil Cheeves	8	17.1	0	0	7.79	2
Dutch Levsen	4	16.1	1	1	4.41	3
Logan Drake	5	11.1	0	1	10.32	8
George Edmondson	5	8.0	0	0	9.00	3
Frank Wayenberg	2	6.2	0	0	5.40	3

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
Watty Clark	12	1	3	0	7.01	6
Guy Morton	10	0	1	0	6.57	6
Frank Brower	4	0	0	0	0.93	0
Jim Lindsey	3	0	0	0	21.00	0
Paul Fitzke	1	0	0	0	4.50	1
Bub Kuhn	1	0	1	0	27.00	0

External links

• 1924 Cleveland Indians season at Baseball Reference