# 1924 Chicago White Sox season

The 1924 Chicago White Sox season was a season in major league baseball. Despite the best efforts of player-manager Eddie Collins, the White Sox finished last in the American League for the first time. This was the last year of the "Chicago Chicken Curse", which would be broken next year by the Chicago Bears.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican 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 recordvte Sources: :
| 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 | — |

### Roster
## 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 | Buck Crouse | 94 | 305 | 79 | .259 | 1 | 44 |
| 1B | Earl Sheely | 146 | 535 | 171 | .320 | 3 | 103 |
| 2B | Eddie Collins | 152 | 556 | 194 | .349 | 6 | 86 |
| SS | Bill Barrett | 119 | 406 | 110 | .271 | 2 | 56 |
| 3B | Willie Kamm | 147 | 528 | 134 | .254 | 6 | 93 |
| OF | Johnny Mostil | 118 | 385 | 125 | .325 | 4 | 49 |
| OF | Harry Hooper | 130 | 476 | 156 | .328 | 10 | 62 |
| OF | Bibb Falk | 138 | 526 | 185 | .352 | 6 | 99 |

#### 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 |
| Maurice Archdeacon | 95 | 288 | 92 | .319 | 0 | 25 |
| Ray Schalk | 57 | 153 | 30 | .196 | 1 | 11 |
| Roy Elsh | 60 | 147 | 45 | .306 | 0 | 11 |
| Ray French | 37 | 112 | 20 | .179 | 0 | 11 |
| Ray Morehart | 31 | 100 | 20 | .200 | 0 | 8 |
| Hervey McClellan | 32 | 85 | 15 | .176 | 0 | 9 |
| Johnny Grabowski | 20 | 56 | 14 | .250 | 0 | 3 |
| Bud Clancy | 13 | 35 | 9 | .257 | 0 | 6 |
| Ike Davis | 10 | 33 | 8 | .242 | 0 | 4 |
| Joe Burns | 8 | 19 | 2 | .105 | 0 | 0 |
| Kettle Wirts | 6 | 12 | 1 | .083 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Black | 6 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Naleway | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Wally Dashiell | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Bernie DeViveiros | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Amos Strunk | 1 | 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 |
| Sloppy Thurston | 38 | 291.0 | 20 | 14 | 3.80 | 37 |
| Red Faber | 21 | 161.1 | 9 | 11 | 3.85 | 47 |
| Charlie Robertson | 17 | 97.1 | 4 | 10 | 4.99 | 29 |

#### 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 |
| Ted Lyons | 41 | 216.1 | 12 | 11 | 4.87 | 52 |
| Sarge Connally | 44 | 160.0 | 7 | 13 | 4.05 | 55 |
| Ted Blankenship | 25 | 129.1 | 7 | 6 | 5.01 | 36 |
| Mike Cvengros | 26 | 105.2 | 3 | 12 | 5.88 | 36 |
| Dixie Leverett | 21 | 99.0 | 2 | 3 | 5.82 | 29 |
| Leo Mangum | 13 | 47.0 | 1 | 4 | 7.09 | 12 |
| Doug McWeeny | 13 | 43.1 | 1 | 3 | 4.57 | 18 |

#### 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 |
| Milt Steengrafe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.71 | 3 |
| Happy Foreman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 1 |
| Bob Barnes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.29 | 1 |
| John Dobb | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 |
| Lum Davenport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Webb Schultz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |
| Bob Lawrence | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |

## Awards and honors
### League top five finishers

Bibb Falk
* #3 in AL in batting average (.352)
Sloppy Thurston
* AL leader in earned runs allowed (123)
* AL leader in hits allowed (330)
* AL leader in home runs allowed (17)
* #3 in AL in wins (20)