1924 in the Negro Leagues

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1924 in the Negro Leagues

Standings

BOLD indicates League Champion

Negro National League

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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

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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

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

• Atlanta Black Crackers
• Indianapolis ABCs
• Milwaukee Giants
• New Orleans Stars
• Philadelphia Giants
• Pittsburgh Crawfords
• Pittsburgh Giants
• Pittsburgh Homestead Grays
• St. Louis Giants

Leading Players

Achievements

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

Postseason

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