1924 Detroit Tigers season

1924 Detroit Tigers
League	American League
Ballpark	Navin Field
City	Detroit, Michigan
Owners	Frank Navin
Managers	Ty Cobb
← 1923 Seasons 1925 →

The 1924 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished third in the American League with a record of 86–68, 6 games behind the Washington Senators.

Regular Season

Season standings

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Washington Senators	92	62	0.597	—	47–30	45–32
New York Yankees	89	63	0.586	2	45–32	44–31
Detroit Tigers	86	68	0.558	6	45–33	41–35
St. Louis Browns	74	78	0.487	17	41–36	33–42
Philadelphia Athletics	71	81	0.467	20	36–39	35–42
Cleveland Indians	67	86	0.438	24½	37–38	30–48
Boston Red Sox	67	87	0.435	25	41–36	26–51
Chicago White Sox	66	87	0.431	25½	37–39	29–48

Record vs. opponents

1924 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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

1924 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Rufe Clarke Bert Cole Rip Collins Hooks Dauss Ken Holloway Syl Johnson Ken Jones Dutch Leonard Willie Ludolph Herman Pillette Lil Stoner Ed Wells Earl Whitehill		Catchers Johnny Bassler Clyde Manion Larry Woodall Infielders Lu Blue Les Burke Charlie Gehringer Fred Haney Bob Jones John Kerr Frank O'Rourke Del Pratt Topper Rigney		Outfielders Ty Cobb Bob Fothergill Harry Heilmann Heinie Manush Al Wingo		Manager Ty Cobb Coaches Fred Carisch

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	Johnny Bassler	124	379	131	.346	1	68
1B	Lu Blue	108	395	123	.311	2	53
2B	Del Pratt	121	429	130	.303	1	77
SS	Topper Rigney	147	499	144	.289	4	94
3B	Bob Jones	110	393	107	.272	0	47
OF	Harry Heilmann	153	570	197	.346	10	114
OF	Heinie Manush	120	422	122	.289	9	68
OF	Ty Cobb	155	625	211	.338	4	78

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 Haney	86	256	79	.309	1	30
Les Burke	72	241	61	.253	0	17
Frank O'Rourke	47	181	50	.276	0	19
Bob Fothergill	54	166	50	.301	0	15
Larry Woodall	67	165	51	.309	0	25
Al Wingo	78	150	43	.287	1	26
Clyde Manion	14	13	3	.231	0	2
Charlie Gehringer	5	13	6	.462	0	1
John Kerr	17	11	3	.273	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
Earl Whitehill	35	233.0	17	9	3.86	65
Rip Collins	34	216.0	14	7	3.21	75
Lil Stoner	36	215.2	11	11	4.72	66
Dutch Leonard	9	51.1	3	3	4.56	26

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
Ken Holloway	49	181.1	14	6	4.07	46
Hooks Dauss	40	131.1	12	11	4.59	44
Bert Cole	28	109.1	3	9	4.69	16
Syl Johnson	29	104.0	5	4	4.93	55
Ed Wells	29	102.0	6	8	4.06	33

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
Herman Pillette	19	1	1	1	4.78	13
Willie Ludolph	3	0	0	0	4.76	1
Rufe Clarke	2	0	0	0	3.38	1
Ken Jones	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	Fort Worth Panthers	Texas League	Jake Atz

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fort Worth^[1]

Notes

References

• 1924 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference