Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Dodgers 100 years ago 1924: Brooklyn close second to New York Giants. Compared to 2024 World Series champion LA Dodgers.

Winner is first, on the left.

2024 4-1 Los Angeles Dodgers (98-64, NL) vs. New York Yankees (94-68, AL)

Let's juxtapose the 2024 Dodgers with the team on 1924, one hundred years ago. First some context, then some detail.

1920s World Series (8 of 10 had at least one New York team; 3 had two; consecutive: Giants 4, Yankees 3):

1929 4-1 Philadelphia Athletics (104-46, AL) vs. Chicago Cubs (98-54, NL)
1928 4-0 New York Yankees (101-53, AL) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (95-59, NL)
1927 4-0 New York Yankees (110-44, AL) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (94-60, NL)
1926 4-3 St. Louis Cardinals (89-65, NL) vs. New York Yankees (91-63, AL)
1925 4-3 Pittsburgh Pirates (95-58, NL) vs. Washington Nationals (96-55, AL)
1924 4-3 Washington Nationals (92-62, AL) vs. New York Giants (93-60, NL)
1923 4-2 New York Yankees (98-54, AL) vs. New York Giants (95-58, NL)
1922 4-0-1 New York Giants (93-61, NL) vs. New York Yankees (94-60, AL)
1921 5-3 New York Giants (94-59, NL) vs. New York Yankees (98-55, AL)
1920 5-2 Cleveland Indians (98-56, AL) vs. Brooklyn Robins (93-61, NL)

That 1920 team was known for its manager, Wilbert Robinson, who managed Brooklyn 1914-1931 and won the National League pennant twice: 1916 and 1920. After 1920, 1924 was the only season they finished higher than 4th. The team was known as Robins 1916-1931.

In this post, I will refer to them as Dodgers.

1924 NL standings:

RkTmWLW-L%GBGBsumRRARdiffpythWLLuckHomeRoad
1New York Giants9360.608--5.64.21.496-57-351-2642-34
2Brooklyn Robins9262.5971.51.54.74.40.281-731146-3146-31
3Pittsburgh Pirates9063.5883.04.54.73.80.991-62-149-2841-35
4Cincinnati Reds8370.54210.025.54.23.80.584-69-143-3340-37
5Chicago Cubs8172.52912.033.54.54.50.076-77546-3135-41
6St. Louis Cardinals6589.42228.5116.04.84.9-0.176-78-1140-3725-52
7Philadelphia Phillies5596.36437.0167.04.45.6-1.160-91-526-4929-47
8Boston Braves53100.34640.0188.03.45.2-1.848-105528-4825-52
Average7676.5004.54.676-7641-3535-41
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Generated 11/18/2024.

Brooklyn finished eleven games higher than its runs scored/allowed should have provided: pythWL.

Note the top 5 of the 8 NL teams were all well above .500. The 6th place Cardinals had the best hitter: Rogers Hornsby. He was in year four of a five year run during which his cumulative Batting Average (BA) was over .400 with 1924 having his career highest: .424.

SeasonAgeWARGPAABRH2B3BHRRBISBCSBBSOBAOBPSLGOPSOPS+TB
19212510.815467459213123544182112613136048.397.458.6391.097191378
19222610.115470462314125046144215217126550.401.459.7221.181207450
1923276.81074874248916332101783375529.384.459.6271.086188266
19242812.1143642536121227431425945128932.424.507.6961.203222373
19252910.2138606504133203411039143538339.403.489.7561.245210381
SeasonAgeWARGPAABRH2B3BHRRBISBCSBBSOBAOBPSLGOPSOPS+TB
sum6963,1132,6796151,078206661445984347352198.402.474.6901.1641,848

SO: 198 for FIVE seasons! 2024:

Strikeouts
1.De La Cruz • CIN218
2.Tovar • COL200
3.Schwarber • PHI197
4.Hernández • LAD188
Gelof • OAK188
6.McMahon • COL185
7.Cruz • PIT181
8.Rooker • OAK177
García • TEX177
10.Suárez • ARI176
Raleigh • SEA176

In 1924 Hornsby had his career high Wins Above Replacement (WAR): 12.1. That was higher than every other NL player. Second to Hornsby was Dodger pitching ace Dazzy Vance.

Wins Above Replacement--all
1.Hornsby • STL12.1
2.Vance • BRO10.3
3.Frisch • NYG7.5
4.Wheat • BRO6.8
5.Fournier • BRO6.3
6.Youngs • NYG5.9
7.Wright • PIT5.7
8.Barnes • BSN5.5
9.Rixey • CIN5.2
10.High • BRO5.0

In the top 10 above are 2 Giants and three Dodgers.

Earned Run Average
1.Vance • BRO2.16
2.McQuillan • NYG2.69


Wins
1.Vance • BRO28
2.Grimes • BRO22
3.Mays • CIN20
Cooper • PIT20

Dazzy Vance leads in almost all categories but check out his Strike Outs (SO).

Strikeouts
1.Vance • BRO262
2.Grimes • BRO135
3.Luque • CIN86
4.Morrison • PIT85
5.Kaufmann • CHC79
6.Keen • CHC75
7.Aldridge • CHC74
8.Ring • PHI72
Nehf • NYG72
Donohue • CIN72


Strikeouts per 9 IP
1.Vance • BRO7.648
2.Grimes • BRO3.911
3.Nehf • NYG3.775
4.Luque • CIN3.529
5.Kaufmann • CHC3.413
6.Ruether • BRO3.375
7.Cooney • BSN3.331
8.Morrison • PIT3.219
9.Stuart • STL3.057
10.Sherdel • STL3.042

Vance had more SO (262) than the next two pitchers combined: 135+86=221.

Dazzy Vance and teammate Burleigh Grimes are in the Hall of Fame. Both had over 300 innings pitched in 1924.

Innings Pitched
1.Grimes • BRO310.2
2.Vance • BRO308.1
3.Cooper • PIT268.2
4.Barnes • BSN267.2
5.Kremer • PIT259.1
6.Aldridge • CHC244.1
7.Rixey • CIN238.1
8.Morrison • PIT237.2
9.Keen • CHC234.2
10.Barnes • NYG229.1
Meadows • PIT229.1


Complete Games
1.Vance • BRO30
Grimes • BRO30
3.Cooper • PIT25
4.Barnes • BSN21
5.Aldridge • CHC20
6.Kremer • PIT17
7.Sothoron • STL16
Ring • PHI16
Kaufmann • CHC16
Haines • STL16
Donohue • CIN16

Hitting:

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Shohei Ohtani stole more bases in 2024 than the entire 1924 team: 59 to 34. Ohtani was Caught Stealing (CS) only 4 times. 1924 Dodgers CS 46 times! Ohtani also hit NL leading 54 Home Runs. 1924 Dodgers hit 72 with Jack Fournier also leading the NL with 27 HR, half what Ohtani hit.

On the other hand, the 1924 Dodgers had only 357 SO (including the pitchers batting), 2024 had 1,336 SO with six having at least 100 SO. The top two in 2024 had almost as many SO as the entire 1924 team: T. Hernandez 188 + Ohtani 162 = 350. Hernandez was the only other 2024 Dodger with more HR than Fournier: 33.

Home Runs
1.Fournier • BRO27
2.Hornsby • STL25
3.Williams • PHI24
4.Kelly • NYG21
5.Hartnett • CHC16
Harper • 2TM16
7.Wheat • BRO14
Bottomley • STL14
9.Grantham • CHC12
10.Jackson • NYG11
Blades • STL11


Home Runs
1.Ohtani • LAD54
2.Ozuna • ATL39
3.Schwarber • PHI38
4.Marte • ARI36
5.Alonso • NYM34
6.Hernández • LAD33
Lindor • NYM33
8.Adames • MIL32
9.Suárez • ARI30
Harper • PHI30

Pitching:

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Complete Games (CG): 1924 96, 2024 1.

SO9 (SO per 9 innings): 2024 8.7, 1924 4.2.

Saves: 2024 50, 1924 5.

Top 5 SO:

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Four of the 2024 Dodgers had higher SO9 (SO per 9 innings) than Vance.

Vance and Grimes combined for 50 Wins.

In 2024 Glasnow threw 12 Wild Pitches (WP) and Stone 9 + 21. Vance and Grimes combined for 9 WP in 619 Innings. The five 1924 pitchers had 13 WP. The 2024 pitchers must have been throwing too many Bugs Bunny pitches.

2024 NL SO leaders:

Strikeouts
1.Sale • ATL225
2.Cease • SDP224
Wheeler • PHI224
4.Gray • STL203
5.King • SDP201
6.Peralta • MIL200
7.Nola • PHI197
8.Pfaadt • ARI185
9.Manaea • NYM184
10.Gore • WSN181


Strikeouts per 9 IP
1.Sale • ATL11.398
2.Gray • STL10.984
3.Cease • SDP10.648
4.King • SDP10.417
5.Peralta • MIL10.365
6.Wheeler • PHI10.080
7.Gore • WSN9.794
8.Pfaadt • ARI9.165
9.Manaea • NYM9.116
10.Morton • ATL9.091

Dazzy Vance in 1924 had 268 SO but SO9 7.6 which is much lower than #10 in 2024.

 That's enough.

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