# 1924 Chicago Cubs season

The 1924 Chicago Cubs season was the 53rd season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 49th in the National League and the ninth at Wrigley Field (then known as "Cubs Park"). The Cubs finished fifth in the National League with a record of 81–72. This was the last year of the "Chicago Chicken Curse", which was broken in 1925 by the Chicago Bears.

## 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 | Gabby Hartnett | 111 | 354 | 106 | .299 | 16 | 67 |
| 1B | Hooks Cotter | 98 | 310 | 81 | .261 | 4 | 33 |
| 2B | George Grantham | 127 | 469 | 148 | .316 | 12 | 60 |
| SS | Sparky Adams | 117 | 418 | 117 | .280 | 1 | 27 |
| 3B | Bernie Friberg | 142 | 495 | 138 | .279 | 5 | 82 |
| OF | Cliff Heathcote | 113 | 392 | 121 | .309 | 0 | 30 |
| OF | Jigger Statz | 135 | 549 | 152 | .277 | 3 | 49 |
| OF | Denver Grigsby | 124 | 411 | 123 | .299 | 3 | 48 |

#### 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 |
| Charlie Hollocher | 76 | 286 | 70 | .245 | 2 | 21 |
| Bob O'Farrell | 71 | 183 | 44 | .240 | 3 | 28 |
| Ray Grimes | 51 | 177 | 53 | .299 | 5 | 34 |
| Otto Vogel | 70 | 172 | 46 | .267 | 1 | 24 |
| Butch Weis | 37 | 133 | 37 | .278 | 0 | 23 |
| Bob Barrett | 54 | 133 | 32 | .241 | 5 | 21 |
| Hack Miller | 53 | 131 | 44 | .336 | 4 | 25 |
| Howie Fitzgerald | 7 | 19 | 3 | .158 | 0 | 2 |
| Teddy Kearns | 4 | 16 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 1 |
| Allen Elliott | 10 | 14 | 2 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
| Ralph Michaels | 8 | 11 | 4 | .364 | 0 | 2 |
| John Churry | 6 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 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 |
| Vic Aldridge | 32 | 244.1 | 15 | 12 | 3.50 | 74 |
| Vic Keen | 40 | 234.2 | 15 | 14 | 3.80 | 75 |
| Tony Kaufmann | 34 | 208.1 | 16 | 11 | 4.02 | 79 |
| Pete Alexander | 21 | 169.1 | 12 | 5 | 3.03 | 33 |
| Duke Brett | 1 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 5.06 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| Elmer Jacobs | 38 | 190.1 | 11 | 12 | 3.74 | 50 |
| Sheriff Blake | 29 | 106.1 | 6 | 6 | 4.57 | 42 |
| Guy Bush | 16 | 80.2 | 2 | 5 | 4.02 | 36 |

#### 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 |
| Rip Wheeler | 29 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3.91 | 16 |
| George Milstead | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.07 | 6 |
| Ray Pierce | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.36 | 2 |
| Tiny Osborne | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 | 2 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AA | Los Angeles Angels | Pacific Coast League | Marty Krug |