1924 Philadelphia Phillies season

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.

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.

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