1924 Washington Senators season

The 1924 Washington Senators won 92 games, lost 62, and finished in first place in the American League. Fueled by the excitement of winning their first AL pennant, the Senators won the World Series in dramatic fashion, a 12-inning Game 7 victory.

Regular season

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The team won the Pennant for the first time.

The Senators' offense was led by future Hall of Famer Goose Goslin, who was one of the youngest players on the team. He drove in a league-leading 129 runs. Walter Johnson had another outstanding year, winning the American League pitching Triple Crown and being voted Most Valuable Player. He anchored a staff that allowed the fewest runs in the league. Reliever Firpo Marberry paced the circuit in saves and games pitched. Manager Bucky Harris, who was also the team's starting second baseman, was the highest paid player on the team, earning $9,000.

Attendance

The Senators drew 584,310 fans to their 77 home games at Griffith Stadium, good for 4th place among the 8 American League teams and an average of 7,588 per game.

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

= Indicates league leader

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		149	501	142	.283	0	57
1B		140	516	167	.324	3	79
2B		143	544	146	.268	1	58
3B		117	402	113	.281	2	49
SS		155	523	142	.272	2	73
OF		154	579	199	.344	12	129
OF		84	246	72	.293	0	20
OF		154	646	216	.334	1	76

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
	43	179	59	.330	0	15
	53	169	51	.302	0	13
	46	159	53	.333	0	24
	30	77	18	.234	0	16
	26	73	19	.260	0	10
	21	43	13	.302	0	7
	15	41	9	.220	0	6
	24	33	5	.152	0	5
	15	32	9	.281	0	1
	9	15	2	.133	0	0
	5	10	2	.200	0	0
	6	8	1	.125	0	0
	5	8	5	.625	0	4
	2	6	2	.333	0	2
	4	5	1	.200	0	1

Pitching

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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
	38	277.2	23	7	2.72	158
	30	213.0	16	11	3.76	48
	33	202.2	15	9	2.75	45
	16	108.0	9	5	2.58	23

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
	50	195.1	11	12	3.09	68
	24	125.1	6	8	4.67	57
	24	92.0	5	7	4.40	28
	6	23.1	0	1	5.01	8

Note: Firpo Marberry was team leader and MLB leader in saves with 15.

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
	37	5	1	8	4.37	17
	21	2	1	0	2.65	15
	4	0	0	0	2.57	2
	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Goose Goslin

• AL leader in RBI (129)
• #2 in AL in triples (17)

Walter Johnson

• MLB leader in shutouts (6)
• AL leader in wins (23)
• AL leader in ERA (2.72)
• AL leader in strikeouts (158)

Firpo Marberry

• MLB leader in saves (15)

Sam Rice

• #3 in AL in stolen bases (24)
• #4 in AL in triples (14)

Tom Zachary

• #2 in AL in ERA (2.75)

Postseason

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Washington's Bucky Harris scores on his home run in the fourth inning of Game Seven of the 1924 World Series.

The Senators finally made it into the postseason after many years of being the laughingstock of the American League. Behind ace pitcher Walter Johnson, they won the deciding Game Seven 4-3 in extra innings. The team returned to the World Series the next year and also in 1933, losing both, their last Series while playing in Washington. It wasn’t until 2019 that an MLB team based in the District of Columbia won another World Series.

External links

• 1924 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference
• 1924 Washington Senators at Baseball Almanac