1924 in the Negro Leagues

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1924 in the Negro Leagues


Standings[edit]

BOLD indicates League Champion

Negro National League[edit]

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Rank Team G W L T WPCT GB
1 Kansas City Monarchs 79 57 22 0 0.722 --
2 Chicago American Giants 79 52 27 0 0.658 5.0
3 Detroit Stars 64 35 28 1 0.556 14.0
4 St. Louis Stars 84 43 41 0 0.512 16.5
5 Birmingham Black Barons 85 37 44 4 0.457 21.0
6 Memphis Red Sox 73 34 36 3 0.400 23.5
7 Indianapolis ABCs 28 5 21 2 0.192 25.5
8 Cuban Stars West 53 18 35 0 0.340 26.0
9 Cleveland Browns 47 15 32 0 0.319 26.0
The Indianapolis ABCs folded in June.

Eastern Colored League[edit]

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Rank Team G W L T WPCT GB
1 Hilldale Club 73 47 26 0 0.644 --
2 Baltimore Black Sox 61 38 23 0 0.623 3.0
3 New York Lincoln Giants 64 35 28 1 0.556 7.0
4 Atlantic City Bacharach Giants 68 35 32 1 0.552 9.0
5 Harrisburg Giants 61 30 31 0 0.492 11.0
6 Brooklyn Royal Giants 41 15 25 1 0.375 15.5
7 Washington Potomacs 59 21 38 0 0.356 19.0
8 Cuban Stars East 49 15 33 1 0.312 19.5

Independent Teams[edit]

Source: Teams list from The Negro Leagues Book by Dick Clark and Larry Lester; records are from The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues, John Holway

Leading Players[edit]

Batters[edit]

Pitchers[edit]

Achievements[edit]

Nip Winters pitched the ECL's first no-hitter and the second of his career, beating the Harrisburg Giants on September 3.

Postseason[edit]

In the first Negro World Series, the Kansas City Monarchs (NNL) defeated Hilldale (ECL), 5 games to 4, with one tie game.

Negro League Seasons

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