1924 Chicago White Sox season

The 1924 Chicago White Sox season was a season in major league baseball. Despite the best efforts of player-manager Eddie Collins, the White Sox finished last in the American League for the first time. This was the last year of the "Chicago Chicken Curse", which would be broken next year by the Chicago Bears.

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	Buck Crouse	94	305	79	.259	1	44
1B	Earl Sheely	146	535	171	.320	3	103
2B		152	556	194	.349	6	86
SS		119	406	110	.271	2	56
3B	Willie Kamm	147	528	134	.254	6	93
OF	Johnny Mostil	118	385	125	.325	4	49
OF	Harry Hooper	130	476	156	.328	10	62
OF	Bibb Falk	138	526	185	.352	6	99

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
Maurice Archdeacon	95	288	92	.319	0	25
	57	153	30	.196	1	11
Roy Elsh	60	147	45	.306	0	11
Ray French	37	112	20	.179	0	11
Ray Morehart	31	100	20	.200	0	8
Hervey McClellan	32	85	15	.176	0	9
Johnny Grabowski	20	56	14	.250	0	3
Bud Clancy	13	35	9	.257	0	6
	10	33	8	.242	0	4
	8	19	2	.105	0	0
Kettle Wirts	6	12	1	.083	0	0
Bill Black	6	5	1	.200	0	0
	1	2	0	.000	0	0
Wally Dashiell	1	2	0	.000	0	0
Bernie DeViveiros	1	1	0	.000	0	0
Amos Strunk	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
	38	291.0	20	14	3.80	37
Red Faber	21	161.1	9	11	3.85	47
Charlie Robertson	17	97.1	4	10	4.99	29

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
Ted Lyons	41	216.1	12	11	4.87	52
	44	160.0	7	13	4.05	55
	25	129.1	7	6	5.01	36
	26	105.2	3	12	5.88	36
Dixie Leverett	21	99.0	2	3	5.82	29
Leo Mangum	13	47.0	1	4	7.09	12
Doug McWeeny	13	43.1	1	3	4.57	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 Steengrafe	3	0	0	0	12.71	3
Happy Foreman	3	0	0	0	2.25	1
	2	0	0	0	19.29	1
	2	0	0	0	9.00	2
	1	0	0	0	0.00	0
Webb Schultz	1	0	0	0	9.00	0
Bob Lawrence	1	0	0	0	9.00	1

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Bibb Falk

#3 in AL in batting average

Sloppy Thurston

AL leader in earned runs allowed
AL leader in hits allowed
AL leader in home runs allowed
#3 in AL in wins