1924 American League

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The 1924 season of the American League was the twenty-fourth season of the league.

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Standings

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	Washington Senators	156	92	62	2	.590	-.-	755 (4.84)	613 (3.93)	0.294	0.356	0.387	3.34	0.972
2	New York Yankees	153	89	63	1	.582	2.0	798 (5.22)	667 (4.36)	0.289	0.349	0.426	3.86	0.975
3	Detroit Tigers	156	86	68	2	.551	6.0	849 (5.44)	796 (5.10)	0.298	0.369	0.404	4.19	0.971
4	St. Louis Browns	153	74	78	1	.484	17.0	769 (5.03)	809 (5.29)	0.295	0.352	0.408	4.57	0.970
5	Philadelphia Athletics	152	71	81	0	.467	20.0	685 (4.51)	778 (5.12)	0.281	0.330	0.389	4.39	0.971
6	Cleveland Indians	153	67	86	0	.438	24.5	755 (4.93)	814 (5.32)	0.296	0.356	0.399	4.40	0.968
7	Boston Red Sox	157	67	87	3	.427	25.0	737 (4.69)	806 (5.13)	0.277	0.351	0.374	4.35	0.967
8	Chicago White Sox	154	66	87	1	.429	25.5	793 (5.15)	858 (5.57)	0.288	0.361	0.382	4.74	0.963

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Bill Wambsganss	Boston Red Sox	156
At Bats	Sam Rice	Washington Senators	646
Runs Scored	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	143
Hits	Sam Rice	Washington Senators	216
Doubles	Harry Heilmann Joe Sewell	Detroit Tigers Cleveland Indians	45
Triples	Wally Pipp	New York Yankees	19
Home Runs	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	46
Total Bases	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	391
Runs Batted In	Goose Goslin	Washington Senators	129
Stolen Bases	Eddie Collins	Chicago White Sox	42
Caught Stealing	Eddie Collins George Sisler	Chicago White Sox St. Louis Browns	17
Walks	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	142
Hit by Pitch	Heinie Manush	Detroit Tigers	16
Strikeouts	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	81
Sacrifice Hits	Bucky Harris	Washington Senators	46
Batting Average	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	0.378
On-Base Percentage	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	0.513
Slugging Percentage	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	0.739
On-Base plus Slugging	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	1.252
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	220

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Walter Johnson	Washington Senators	23
Losses	Howard Ehmke Alex Ferguson Joe Shaute	Boston Red Sox Boston Red Sox Cleveland Indians	17
Win-Loss Percentage	Walter Johnson	Washington Senators	0.767
Appearances	Firpo Marberry	Washington Senators	50
Games Started	Walter Johnson	Washington Senators	38
Complete Games	Sloppy Thurston	Chicago White Sox	28
Shutouts	Walter Johnson	Washington Senators	6
Games Finished	Firpo Marberry	Washington Senators	30
Saves	Firpo Marberry	Washington Senators	15
Innings Pitched	Howard Ehmke	Boston Red Sox	315.0
Batters Faced	Howard Ehmke	Boston Red Sox	1377
Hits Allowed	Sloppy Thurston	Chicago White Sox	330
Home Runs Allowed	Sloppy Thurston	Chicago White Sox	17
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Joe Bush	New York Yankees	109
Hit Batsmen	George Uhle Earl Whitehill	Cleveland Indians Detroit Tigers	13
Strikeouts	Walter Johnson	Washington Senators	158
Wild Pitches	Joe Bush Roy Meeker	New York Yankees Philadelphia Athletics	7
Balks	Alex Ferguson Milt Gaston	Boston Red Sox New York Yankees	3
Runs Allowed	Sloppy Thurston	Chicago White Sox	150
Earned Runs Allowed	Sloppy Thurston	Chicago White Sox	123
Earned Run Average	Walter Johnson	Washington Senators	2.72
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Walter Johnson	Washington Senators	1.116

Postseason

In the World Series, the American League champion Washington Senators defeated the National League's New York Giants, 4 games to 3.

Award winners

The winner of the league's League Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Walter Johnson, a pitcher with the Washington Senators. In the award's voting, he had 55 out of a possible 64 points.

Umpires

• Bits Bierhalter*
• Red Carney*
• Tom Connolly
• Bill Dinneen
• Billy Evans
• George Hildebrand
• Ducky Holmes
• George Moriarty
• Dick Nallin
• Red Ormsby
• Brick Owens
• Pants Rowland

* Denotes a fill-in umpire