# 1924 Boston Braves season

The 1924 Boston Braves season was the 54th season of the franchise. The Braves finished eighth place in the National League with a record of 53 wins and 100 losses.

## Offseason

* December 15, 1923: Hod Ford and Ray Powell were traded by the Braves to the Philadelphia Phillies for Cotton Tierney. Ray Powell reported to his new team with a bad leg in April 1924, and he was sent back to Boston under the terms of the trade agreement. The Braves sent cash to the Phillies to complete the trade.

## Regular season
### 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 | Mickey O'Neil | 106 | 362 | 89 | .246 | 0 | 22 |
| 1B | Stuffy McInnis | 146 | 581 | 169 | .291 | 1 | 59 |
| 2B | Cotton Tierney | 136 | 505 | 131 | .259 | 6 | 58 |
| SS | Dave Bancroft | 79 | 319 | 89 | .279 | 2 | 21 |
| 3B | Ernie Padgett | 138 | 502 | 128 | .255 | 1 | 46 |
| OF | Casey Stengel | 131 | 461 | 129 | .280 | 5 | 39 |
| OF | Bill Cunningham | 114 | 437 | 119 | .272 | 1 | 40 |
| OF | Frank Wilson | 61 | 215 | 51 | .237 | 1 | 15 |

#### 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 |
| Bob Smith | 106 | 347 | 79 | .228 | 2 | 38 |
| Frank Gibson | 90 | 229 | 71 | .310 | 1 | 30 |
| Gus Felix | 59 | 204 | 43 | .211 | 1 | 10 |
| Ray Powell | 74 | 188 | 49 | .261 | 1 | 15 |
| Herb Thomas | 32 | 127 | 28 | .220 | 1 | 8 |
| Leslie Mann | 32 | 102 | 28 | .275 | 0 | 10 |
| Marty Shay | 19 | 68 | 16 | .235 | 0 | 2 |
| Earl Smith | 33 | 59 | 16 | .271 | 0 | 8 |
| Ed Sperber | 24 | 59 | 17 | .288 | 1 | 12 |
| Hunter Lane | 7 | 15 | 1 | .067 | 0 | 0 |
| Walton Cruise | 9 | 9 | 4 | .444 | 1 | 3 |
| Eddie Phillips | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Dee Cousineau | 3 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Wade Lefler | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| John Kelleher | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Hermann | 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 |
| Jesse Barnes | 37 | 267.2 | 15 | 20 | 3.23 | 49 |
| Joe Genewich | 34 | 200.1 | 10 | 19 | 5.21 | 43 |
| Rube Marquard | 6 | 36.0 | 1 | 2 | 3.00 | 10 |
| Skinny Graham | 5 | 33.0 | 0 | 4 | 3.82 | 15 |
| Ike Kamp | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 5.14 | 4 |
| Dinty Gearin | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | inf | 0 |

#### 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 |
| Johnny Cooney | 34 | 181.0 | 8 | 9 | 3.18 | 67 |
| Tim McNamara | 35 | 179.0 | 8 | 12 | 5.18 | 35 |
| Al Yeargin | 32 | 141.1 | 1 | 11 | 5.09 | 34 |
| Larry Benton | 30 | 128.0 | 5 | 7 | 4.15 | 41 |
| Dutch Stryker | 20 | 73.1 | 3 | 8 | 6.01 | 22 |
| Lou North | 9 | 35.1 | 1 | 2 | 5.35 | 11 |

#### 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 |
| Red Lucas | 27 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5.16 | 30 |
| Joe Muich | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.00 | 1 |
| Joe Batchelder | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 2 |