1924 Cleveland Indians season

1924 Cleveland Indians
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	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	4	3	2.84	15
Joe Dawson	4	20.1	1	2	6.64	7
Jake Miller	2	12	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	1	1	6.67	8
Bud Messenger	5	25	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	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