1924 World Series

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In the 1924 World Series, the Washington Senators beat the New York Giants in seven games. Though the Senators would reach the World Series twice more during their time in Washington (1925 and 1933), their next World Series victory would not come until 1987, after more than half a century and a relocation from Washington to Minnesota.

Walter Johnson, making his first World Series appearance toward the end of his storied career with the Senators, lost his two starts. The Nats battled back to force a Game 7, giving Johnson a chance to redeem himself when he came on in relief in that game. Johnson held on to get the win and give Washington its only championship. The seventh game is widely considered to be one of the greatest games in baseball history.

The Giants became the only National League team to play in four consecutive World Series.

This was the second extra-inning World Series-deciding game (1912) and the last before 1991. Curiously, the winning team of the 1991 World Series was the very same Minnesota Twins.

Records: Washington Senators (W: 92, L: 62, Pct: .597, GA: 2) - New York Giants (W: 93, L: 60, Pct: .608, GA: 1 ½)

Managers: Bucky Harris (Washington), John McGraw (New York)

Umpires: Tommy Connolly (AL), Bill Klem (NL), Bill Dinneen (AL), Ernie Quigley (NL)

Contents 1 Summary 2 Matchups 2.1 Game 1 2.2 Game 2 2.3 Game 3 2.4 Game 4 2.5 Game 5 2.6 Game 6 2.7 Game 7 3 Composite Box 4 Trivia 5 Reference(s) 6 External Links

[edit] Summary

AL Washington Senators (4) vs. NL New York Giants (3)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Giants - 4, Senators - 3 (12 innings)	October 4	Griffith Stadium	35,760
2	Giants - 3, Senators - 4	October 5	Griffith Stadium	35,992
3	Senators - 4, Giants - 6	October 6	Polo Grounds	47,608
4	Senators - 7, Giants - 4	October 7	Polo Grounds	49,243
5	Senators - 2, Giants - 6	October 8	Polo Grounds	49,211
6	Giants - 1, Senators - 2	October 9	Griffith Stadium	34,254
7	Giants - 3, Senators - 4 (12 innings)	October 10	Griffith Stadium	31,667

[edit] Matchups

[edit] Game 1

October 4: Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	R	H	E
New York (N)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	14	1
Washington	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	10	1
W: Art Nehf (1-0)   L: Walter Johnson (0-1)
HR: NYG – George Kelly (1), Bill Terry (1)

[edit] Game 2

October 5: Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (N)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	6	0
Washington	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	6	1
W: Tom Zachary (1-0)   L: Jack Bentley (0-1)   S: Firpo Marberry (1)
HR: WAS – Goose Goslin (1), Bucky Harris (1)

[edit] Game 3

October 6: Polo Grounds (IV), New York, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Washington	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	4	9	2
New York (N)	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	x	6	12	0
W: Hugh McQuillan (2-0)  L: Firpo Marberry (0-1)   S: Mule Watson (1)
HR: NYG – Rosy Ryan (1)

[edit] Game 4

October 7: Polo Grounds (IV), New York, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Washington	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	2	0	7	13	3
New York (N)	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	4	6	1
W: George Mogridge (1-0)  L: Virgil Barnes (0-1)   S: Firpo Marberry (2)
HR: WAS – Goose Goslin (2)

[edit] Game 5

October 8: Polo Grounds (IV), New York, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Washington	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	9	1
New York (N)	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	3	x	6	13	0
W: Jack Bentley (1-1)  L: Walter Johnson (0-2)   S: Hugh McQuillan (1)
HR: WAS – Goose Goslin (3), NYG – Jack Bentley (1)

[edit] Game 6

October 9: Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (N)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	1
Washington	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	4	0
W: Tom Zachary (2-0)   L: Art Nehf (1-1)

[edit] Game 7

October 10: Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	R	H	E
New York (N)	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	3
Washington	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	4	10	4
W: Walter Johnson (1-2)   L: Jack Bentley (1-2)
HR: WAS – Bucky Harris (2)

[edit] Composite Box

1924 World Series (4-3): Washington Senators (A.L.) over New York Giants (N.L.)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	R	H	E
Washington Senators	2	0	3	4	5	1	0	6	3	0	0	2	26	61	12
New York Giants	2	4	1	2	2	5	1	5	3	0	0	2	27	66	6
Total Attendance: 283,665   Average Attendance: 40,524
Winning Player’s Share: – $5,970   Losing Player’s Share – $3,820

[edit] Trivia

• New York Giant manager, John McGraw (baseball) made his ninth and final World Series appearance.
• Walter Johnson, after pitching his first 20-victory season (23) since 1919, appeared in his first World Series at the age of 36.
• In Game 7 with the Senators behind 3-1 in the eighth, Bucky Harris hit a routine ground ball to third hitting a pebble which took a bad hop over Giants third baseman Fred Lindstrom. Two runners scored on the play, tying the score at three. Walter Johnson then came in to pitch the ninth, and with the score still 3-3, Washington came up in the 12th. With the bases loaded and nobody out, Earl McNeely hit another grounder at Lindstrom, and again the ball took a bad hop, scoring Muddy Ruel with the Series-ending run.
• The Giants were the first modern league team to play in four (4) consecutive World Series, winning in 1921 and 1922 while losing in 1923 and 1924.

[edit] Reference(s)

Neft, David S., and Richard M. Cohen. The World Series. 1st ed. New York: St Martins, 1990. (Neft and Cohen 93-96)

[edit] External Links

• 1924 World Series at Baseball-Reference.com
• 1924 World Series at WorldSeries.com (MLB.com)
• 1924 World Series at Baseball-Almanac.com
• 1924 World Series box scores and play-by-play at Retrosheet.org

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