# 1924 Philadelphia Athletics season

The 1924 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing fifth in the American League with a record of 71 wins and 81 losses.

## Offseason

* December 11, 1923: Harry O'Neill, Hank Hulvey, Pinky Pittenger and $35,000 were traded by the Athletics to the Salt Lake City Bees for Paul Strand.
* December 15, 1923: Wid Matthews, Heinie Scheer, and $40,000 were traded by the Athletics to the Milwaukee Brewers for Al Simmons.

## 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 | — |

### Notable transactions

* July 1924: Jimmie Foxx was purchased by the Athletics from the Easton Farmers.

### 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 | Cy Perkins | 128 | 392 | 95 | .242 | 0 | 32 |
| 1B | Joe Hauser | 149 | 562 | 162 | .288 | 27 | 115 |
| 2B | Max Bishop | 91 | 294 | 75 | .255 | 2 | 21 |
| SS | Chick Galloway | 129 | 464 | 128 | .276 | 2 | 48 |
| 3B | Harry Riconda | 83 | 281 | 71 | .253 | 1 | 21 |
| OF | Al Simmons | 152 | 594 | 183 | .308 | 8 | 102 |
| OF | Bill Lamar | 87 | 367 | 121 | .330 | 7 | 48 |
| OF | Bing Miller | 113 | 398 | 136 | .342 | 6 | 62 |

#### 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 |
| Jimmy Dykes | 110 | 410 | 128 | .312 | 3 | 50 |
| Frank Welch | 94 | 293 | 85 | .290 | 5 | 31 |
| Sammy Hale | 80 | 261 | 83 | .318 | 2 | 17 |
| Paul Strand | 47 | 167 | 38 | .228 | 0 | 13 |
| Frank Bruggy | 50 | 113 | 30 | .265 | 0 | 8 |
| John Chapman | 19 | 71 | 20 | .282 | 0 | 7 |
| Amos Strunk | 30 | 42 | 6 | .143 | 0 | 1 |
| Charlie Gibson | 12 | 15 | 2 | .133 | 0 | 1 |
| Ed Sherling | 4 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Green | 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 |
| Eddie Rommel | 43 | 278.0 | 18 | 15 | 3.95 | 72 |

#### 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 |
| Fred Heimach | 40 | 198.0 | 14 | 12 | 4.73 | 60 |
| Stan Baumgartner | 36 | 181.0 | 13 | 6 | 2.88 | 45 |
| Dennis Burns | 37 | 154.0 | 6 | 8 | 5.04 | 26 |
| Sam Gray | 34 | 151.2 | 8 | 7 | 3.98 | 54 |
| Roy Meeker | 30 | 146.0 | 5 | 12 | 4.68 | 37 |
| Slim Harriss | 36 | 123.0 | 6 | 10 | 4.68 | 45 |
| Bob Hasty | 18 | 52.2 | 1 | 3 | 5.64 | 15 |
| Rollie Naylor | 10 | 38.1 | 0 | 5 | 6.34 | 10 |
| Curly Ogden | 5 | 12.2 | 0 | 3 | 4.97 | 4 |
| Rube Walberg | 6 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 12.86 | 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 |
| William Pierson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 0 |