# 1924 New York Yankees season

The 1924 New York Yankees season was the team's 22nd season. The team finished with a record of 89–63, finishing 2 games behind the Washington Senators. New York was managed by Miller Huggins. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium.

## 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 | — |

### 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 | Wally Schang | 114 | 356 | 104 | .292 | 5 | 51 |
| 1B | Wally Pipp | 153 | 589 | 174 | .295 | 9 | 110 |
| 2B | Aaron Ward | 120 | 400 | 101 | .253 | 8 | 66 |
| 3B | Joe Dugan | 148 | 610 | 184 | .302 | 3 | 54 |
| SS | Everett Scott | 153 | 548 | 137 | .250 | 4 | 59 |
| OF | Bob Meusel | 143 | 630 | 188 | .325 | 12 | 124 |
| OF | Whitey Witt | 147 | 600 | 178 | .297 | 1 | 38 |
| OF | Babe Ruth | 153 | 529 | 200 | .378 | 46 | 124 |

#### 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 |
| Fred Hofmann | 62 | 166 | 29 | .175 | 1 | 11 |
| Ernie Johnson | 64 | 119 | 42 | .353 | 3 | 12 |
| Harvey Hendrick | 40 | 76 | 20 | .263 | 1 | 11 |
| Mike McNally | 49 | 69 | 17 | .246 | 0 | 2 |
| Earl Combs | 24 | 35 | 14 | .400 | 0 | 2 |
| Shags Horan | 22 | 31 | 9 | .290 | 0 | 7 |
| Benny Bengough | 11 | 16 | 5 | .313 | 0 | 3 |
| Lou Gehrig | 10 | 12 | 6 | .500 | 0 | 5 |
| Ben Paschal | 4 | 12 | 3 | .250 | 0 | 3 |
| Mack Hillis | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Chick Autry | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 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 |
| Herb Pennock | 40 | 286.1 | 21 | 9 | 2.83 | 101 |
| Joe Bush | 39 | 252.0 | 17 | 16 | 3.57 | 80 |
| Waite Hoyt | 46 | 247.0 | 18 | 13 | 3.79 | 71 |
| Bob Shawkey | 38 | 207.2 | 16 | 11 | 4.12 | 114 |
| Sad Sam Jones | 36 | 178.2 | 9 | 6 | 3.63 | 53 |

#### 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 |
| Cliff Markle | 7 | 23.1 | 0 | 3 | 8.87 | 7 |
| Walter Beall | 4 | 23.0 | 2 | 0 | 3.52 | 18 |

#### 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 |
| Milt Gaston | 29 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4.50 | 24 |
| Al Mamaux | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.68 | 12 |
| George Pipgras | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9.98 | 4 |
| Ben Shields | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 3 |
| Oscar Roettger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | inf | 0 |