The 1924 Philadelphia Phillies season saw the Phillies climb out of last place and into seventh and home attendance improving to over 299,000. Cy Williams led the team in home runs with 24.

Offseason December 15, 1923: Cotton Tierney was traded by the Phillies to the Boston Braves for Hod Ford and Ray Powell. Powell refused to report to his new team. The Braves sent cash to the Phillies as compensation.Cotton Tierney page at Baseball Reference

Regular season On August 21, 1924, the Phillies were traveling from games in St. Louis to Cincinnati when the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad train on which they were traveling turned over in the train yards in Mitchell, Indiana. Phillies players and personnel were unharmed but the engineer and fireman were killed in the accident.

In the season's final series against the New York Giants at the Polo Grounds, Phillies shortstop Heinie Sand was offered $500 by Giants outfielder Jimmy O'Connell to throw the games. The Giants were battling for the pennant with the Brooklyn Robins. Sand rejected the bribe and reported it to Phillies manager Art Fletcher. It eventually led to the life-time suspension of O'Connell and Giants coach Cozy Dolan by Commissioner Landis, although future-Hall of Famers Frankie Frisch, George Kelly, and Ross Youngs were also implicated.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster 1924 Philadelphia Phillies roster Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 Jimmie Wilson 95 280 78 .279 6 39 1B Walter Holke 148 563 169 .300 6 64 2B 145 530 144 .272 3 53 SS 137 539 132 .245 6 40 3B Russ Wrightstone 118 388 119 .307 7 58 OF 148 558 183 .328 24 93 OF Johnny Mokan 96 366 95 .260 7 44 OF George Harper 109 411 121 .294 16 55

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 Butch Henline 115 289 82 .284 5 35 Joe Schultz 88 284 80 .282 5 29 Frank Parkinson 62 156 33 .212 1 19 Andy Woehr 50 152 33 .217 0 17 Fritz Henrich 36 90 19 .211 0 4 Curt Walker 24 71 21 .296 1 8 Cliff Lee 21 56 14 .250 1 7 Lew Wendell 21 32 8 .250 0 2 Freddy Leach 8 28 13 .464 2 7 Lenny Metz 7 7 2 .286 0 1 Spoke Emery 5 3 2 .667 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 Jimmy Ring 32 215.1 10 12 3.97 72 Hal Carlson 38 203.2 8 17 4.86 66 Clarence Mitchell 30 165.0 6 13 5.62 36 Whitey Glazner 35 156.2 7 16 5.92 41

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 Bill Hubbell 36 179.0 10 9 4.83 30 37 144.1 7 10 4.30 46 Johnny Couch 37 137.0 4 8 4.73 23 Joe Oeschger 19 65.1 2 7 4.41 8 Jim Bishop 7 16.2 0 1 6.48 3 Lefty Weinert 8 14.2 0 1 2.45 7

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 Bert Lewis 12 0 0 0 6.00 3 Ray Steineder 9 1 1 0 4.40 11 Earl Hamilton 3 0 1 0 10.50 2 Lerton Pinto 3 0 0 0 9.00 1

References

External links 1924 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference