# 1924 New York Giants season

The 1924 New York Giants season was the franchise's 42nd season. The team finished first in the National League with a record of 93–60, winning the NL pennant for a record fourth consecutive season, a record that still stands today. They went on to the World Series, losing to the Washington Senators in seven games.

## Regular season

In the final series of the 1924 season, the Giants were playing the Philadelphia Phillies at the Polo Grounds and battling for the pennant with the Robins. Giants outfielder Jimmy O'Connell offered Phillies shortstop Heinie Sand $500 to throw the games. Sand rejected the bribe and reported it to Phillies manager Art Fletcher. It eventually led to the lifetime suspension of O'Connell and Giants coach Cozy Dolan by Commissioner Landis, although future-Hall of Famers Frankie Frisch, George Kelly, and Ross Youngs were also implicated.

### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Giants | 93 | 60 | .608 | — | 51‍–‍26 | 42‍–‍34 |
| Brooklyn Robins | 92 | 62 | .597 | 1½ | 46‍–‍31 | 46‍–‍31 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 90 | 63 | .588 | 3 | 49‍–‍28 | 41‍–‍35 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 83 | 70 | .542 | 10 | 43‍–‍33 | 40‍–‍37 |
| Chicago Cubs | 81 | 72 | .529 | 12 | 46‍–‍31 | 35‍–‍41 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 65 | 89 | .422 | 28½ | 40‍–‍37 | 25‍–‍52 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 55 | 96 | .364 | 37 | 26‍–‍49 | 29‍–‍47 |
| Boston Braves | 53 | 100 | .346 | 40 | 28‍–‍48 | 25‍–‍52 |

### Record vs. opponents

1924 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 7–15 | 6–15 | 12–10 | 5–17 | 10–12–1 | 7–15 | 6–16 |
| Brooklyn | 15–7 | — | 12–10 | 12–10 | 8–14 | 17–5 | 13–9 | 15–7 |
| Chicago | 15–6 | 10–12 | — | 9–13 | 9–13–1 | 16–6 | 7–15 | 15–7 |
| Cincinnati | 10–12 | 10–12 | 13–9 | — | 9–13 | 16–5 | 12–10 | 13–9 |
| New York | 17–5 | 14–8 | 13–9–1 | 13–9 | — | 14–7 | 9–13 | 13–9 |
| Philadelphia | 12–10–1 | 5–17 | 6–16 | 5–16 | 7–14 | — | 8–13 | 12–10 |
| Pittsburgh | 15–7 | 9–13 | 15–7 | 10–12 | 13–9 | 13–8 | — | 15–7 |
| St. Louis | 16–6 | 7–15 | 7–15 | 9–13 | 9–13 | 10–12 | 7–15 | — |

### 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 | Frank Snyder | 118 | 354 | 107 | .302 | 5 | 53 |
| 1B | George Kelly | 144 | 571 | 185 | .324 | 21 | 136 |
| 2B | Frankie Frisch | 145 | 603 | 198 | .328 | 7 | 69 |
| SS | Travis Jackson | 151 | 596 | 180 | .302 | 11 | 76 |
| 3B | Heinie Groh | 145 | 559 | 157 | .281 | 2 | 46 |
| OF | Hack Wilson | 107 | 383 | 113 | .295 | 10 | 57 |
| OF | Ross Youngs | 133 | 526 | 187 | .356 | 10 | 74 |
| OF | Irish Meusel | 139 | 549 | 170 | .310 | 6 | 102 |

#### 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 |
| Billy Southworth | 94 | 281 | 72 | .256 | 3 | 36 |
| Hank Gowdy | 87 | 191 | 62 | .325 | 4 | 37 |
| Bill Terry | 77 | 163 | 39 | .239 | 5 | 24 |
| Jimmy O'Connell | 52 | 104 | 33 | .317 | 2 | 18 |
| Freddie Lindstrom | 52 | 79 | 20 | .253 | 0 | 4 |
| Grover Hartley | 4 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 1 |
| Eddie Ainsmith | 10 | 5 | 3 | .600 | 0 | 0 |
| Buddy Crump | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |

### 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 |
| Virgil Barnes | 35 | 229.1 | 16 | 10 | 3.06 | 59 |
| Jack Bentley | 28 | 188.0 | 16 | 5 | 3.78 | 60 |
| Hugh McQuillan | 27 | 184.0 | 14 | 8 | 2.69 | 49 |
| Art Nehf | 30 | 171.2 | 14 | 4 | 3.62 | 72 |
| Wayland Dean | 26 | 125.2 | 6 | 12 | 5.01 | 39 |

#### 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 |
| Rosy Ryan | 37 | 124.2 | 7 | 6 | 4.26 | 36 |
| Mule Watson | 22 | 99.2 | 7 | 4 | 3.79 | 18 |
| Harry Baldwin | 10 | 33.2 | 3 | 1 | 4.28 | 5 |
| Walt Huntzinger | 12 | 32.1 | 1 | 1 | 4.45 | 6 |
| Dinty Gearin | 6 | 29.0 | 1 | 2 | 2.48 | 4 |
| Joe Oeschger | 10 | 29.0 | 2 | 0 | 3.10 | 10 |
| Kent Greenfield | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 15.00 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| Claude Jonnard | 34 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2.41 | 40 |
| Ernie Maun | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5.91 | 5 |
| Leon Cadore | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 |

## 1924 World Series
### Game 1

October 4, 1924, at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | R | H | E |
| New York (N) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 1 |
| Washington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
| W: Art Nehf (1–0) L: Walter Johnson (0–1) ||||||||||||||||
| HR: NYG – George Kelly (1), Bill Terry (1) ||||||||||||||||

### Game 2

October 5, 1924, at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| New York (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Washington | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| W: Tom Zachary (1–0) L: Jack Bentley (0–1) S: Firpo Marberry (1) |||||||||||||
| HR: WAS – Goose Goslin (1), Bucky Harris (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 3

October 6, 1924, at the Polo Grounds (IV) in New York City
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Washington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
| New York (N) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | x | 6 | 12 | 0 |
| W: Hugh McQuillan (2–0) L: Firpo Marberry (0–1) S: Mule Watson (1) |||||||||||||
| HR: NYG – Rosy Ryan (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 4

October 7, 1924, at the Polo Grounds (IV) in New York City
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Washington | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 3 |
| New York (N) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| W: George Mogridge (1–0) L: Virgil Barnes (0–1) S: Firpo Marberry (2) |||||||||||||
| HR: WAS – Goose Goslin (2) |||||||||||||

### Game 5

October 8, 1924, at the Polo Grounds (IV) in New York City
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Washington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
| New York (N) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | x | 6 | 13 | 0 |
| W: Jack Bentley (1–1) L: Walter Johnson (0–2) S: Hugh McQuillan (1) |||||||||||||
| HR: WAS – Goose Goslin (3), NYG – Jack Bentley (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 6

October 9, 1924, at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| New York (N) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Washington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| W: Tom Zachary (2–0) L: Art Nehf (1–1) |||||||||||||

### Game 7

October 10, 1924, at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | R | H | E |
| New York (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 3 |
| Washington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 4 |
| W: Walter Johnson (1–2) L: Jack Bentley (1–2) ||||||||||||||||
| HR: WAS – Bucky Harris (2) ||||||||||||||||