1924 Brooklyn Robins season

The 1924 Brooklyn Robins put up a good fight with the rival New York Giants before falling just short of the pennant. Staff ace Dazzy Vance led the league in wins, ERA, strikeouts and complete games to be named the National League Most Valuable Player.

Offseason

• November 1924: Johnny Mitchell was purchased by the Robins from the Boston Red Sox.
• December 1924: Bert Griffith was traded by the Robins to the Washington Senators for Bonnie Hollingsworth.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Giants	93	60	0.608	—	51–26	42–34
Brooklyn Robins	92	62	0.597	1½	46–31	46–31
Pittsburgh Pirates	90	63	0.588	3	49–28	41–35
Cincinnati Reds	83	70	0.542	10	43–33	40–37
Chicago Cubs	81	72	0.529	12	46–31	35–41
St. Louis Cardinals	65	89	0.422	28½	40–37	25–52
Philadelphia Phillies	55	96	0.364	37	26–49	29–47
Boston Braves	53	100	0.346	40	28–48	25–52

Record vs. opponents

1924 National League Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	7–15	6–15	12–10	5–17	10–12–1	7–15	6–16
Brooklyn	15–7	—	12–10	12–10	8–14	17–5	13–9	15–7
Chicago	15–6	10–12	—	9–13	9–13–1	16–6	7–15	15–7
Cincinnati	10–12	10–12	13–9	—	9–13	16–5	12–10	13–9
New York	17–5	14–8	13–9–1	13–9	—	14–7	9–13	13–9
Philadelphia	12–10–1	5–17	6–16	5–16	7–14	—	8–13	12–10
Pittsburgh	15–7	9–13	15–7	10–12	13–9	13–8	—	15–7
St. Louis	16–6	7–15	7–15	9–13	9–13	10–12	7–15	—

Notable transactions

• April 16, 1924: Ray French was purchased from the Robins by the Chicago White Sox.
• April 25, 1924: Mike González was traded by the Robins to the St. Louis Cardinals for Milt Stock.
• May 16, 1924: Tiny Osborne was purchased by the Robins from the Chicago Cubs.
• June 14, 1924: Leo Dickerman was traded by the Robins to the St. Louis Cardinals for Bill Doak.
• December 17, 1924: Dutch Ruether was purchased from the Robins by the Washington Senators.

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	Zack Taylor	99	345	100	.290	1	39
1B	Jack Fournier	154	563	188	.334	27	116
2B	Andy High
3B	Milt Stock
SS	Johnny Mitchell	64	243	64	.263	1	16
OF	Tommy Griffith
OF	Zack Wheat
OF	Eddie Brown

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
Jimmy Johnston
Hank DeBerry
Bernie Neis
Dick Loftus
Joe Klugmann
Gene Bailey
Binky Jones
Charlie Hargreaves
Ivy Olson
Fred Johnston

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
Burleigh Grimes
Dazzy Vance	35	308.1	28	6	2.16	262
Dutch Ruether
Bill Doak

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
Art Decatur	31	126.1	10	9	4.13	38
Tiny Osborne
Rube Ehrhardt
Dutch Henry
Jim Roberts
Leo Dickerman	7	19.2	0	0	5.49	9
Rube Yarrison
Nelson Greene
Bonnie Hollingsworth

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
Tex Wilson
Tom Long

Awards and honors

• National League Most Valuable Player
  • Dazzy Vance

External links

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page
• Retrosheet
• 1924 Brooklyn Robins uniform
• Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
• Acme Dodgers page