# 1924 Boston Red Sox season

The 1924 Boston Red Sox season was the 24th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished seventh in the American League (AL) with a record of 67 wins and 87 losses, 25 games behind the Washington Senators, who went on to win the 1924 World Series.

## 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 | — |

### Opening Day lineup

| Ira Flagstead | CF |
| Bill Wambsganss | 2B |
| Bobby Veach | LF |
| Joe Harris | 1B |
| Ike Boone | RF |
| Howard Shanks | 3B |
| Dud Lee | SS |
| Steve O'Neill | C |
| Howard Ehmke | P |
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### 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 | Steve O'Neill | 106 | 307 | 73 | .238 | 0 | 38 |
| 1B | Joe Harris | 133 | 491 | 148 | .301 | 3 | 77 |
| 2B | Bill Wambsganss | 156 | 636 | 174 | .274 | 0 | 49 |
| SS | Dud Lee | 94 | 288 | 73 | .253 | 0 | 29 |
| 3B | Danny Clark | 104 | 325 | 90 | .277 | 2 | 54 |
| OF | Ike Boone | 128 | 487 | 164 | .337 | 13 | 98 |
| OF | Ira Flagstead | 149 | 560 | 172 | .307 | 5 | 43 |
| OF | Bobby Veach | 142 | 519 | 153 | .295 | 5 | 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 |
| Homer Ezzell | 90 | 277 | 75 | .271 | 0 | 32 |
| Shano Collins | 89 | 240 | 70 | .292 | 0 | 28 |
| Howie Shanks | 72 | 193 | 50 | .259 | 0 | 25 |
| Val Picinich | 69 | 161 | 44 | .273 | 1 | 24 |
| Johnnie Heving | 45 | 109 | 31 | .284 | 0 | 11 |
| Phil Todt | 52 | 103 | 27 | .262 | 1 | 14 |
| Denny Williams | 25 | 85 | 31 | .365 | 0 | 4 |
| Chappie Geygan | 33 | 82 | 21 | .256 | 0 | 4 |
| Joe Connolly | 14 | 10 | 1 | .100 | 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 |
| Howard Ehmke | 45 | 315.0 | 19 | 17 | 3.46 | 119 |
| Alex Ferguson | 41 | 237.2 | 14 | 17 | 3.79 | 78 |
| Bill Piercy | 23 | 121.0 | 5 | 7 | 5.95 | 20 |
| Ted Wingfield | 4 | 25.2 | 0 | 2 | 2.45 | 4 |

#### 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 |
| Jack Quinn | 44 | 228.2 | 12 | 13 | 3.27 | 64 |
| Curt Fullerton | 33 | 152.0 | 7 | 12 | 4.32 | 33 |
| George Murray | 28 | 80.1 | 2 | 9 | 6.72 | 27 |
| Oscar Fuhr | 23 | 80.1 | 3 | 6 | 5.94 | 30 |
| Red Ruffing | 8 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | 6.65 | 10 |
| Clarence Winters | 4 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 20.57 | 3 |

#### 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 |
| Buster Ross | 30 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3.47 | 16 |
| Hoge Workman | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.50 | 7 |
| Les Howe | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.36 | 3 |
| Lefty Jamerson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 0 |
| John Woods | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Al Kellett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | inf | 0 |