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:

Rk	Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	GBsum	R	RA	Rdiff	pythWL	Luck	Home	Road
1	New York Giants	93	60	.608	--		5.6	4.2	1.4	96-57	-3	51-26	42-34
2	Brooklyn Robins	92	62	.597	1.5	1.5	4.7	4.4	0.2	81-73	11	46-31	46-31
3	Pittsburgh Pirates	90	63	.588	3.0	4.5	4.7	3.8	0.9	91-62	-1	49-28	41-35
4	Cincinnati Reds	83	70	.542	10.0	25.5	4.2	3.8	0.5	84-69	-1	43-33	40-37
5	Chicago Cubs	81	72	.529	12.0	33.5	4.5	4.5	0.0	76-77	5	46-31	35-41
6	St. Louis Cardinals	65	89	.422	28.5	116.0	4.8	4.9	-0.1	76-78	-11	40-37	25-52
7	Philadelphia Phillies	55	96	.364	37.0	167.0	4.4	5.6	-1.1	60-91	-5	26-49	29-47
8	Boston Braves	53	100	.346	40.0	188.0	3.4	5.2	-1.8	48-105	5	28-48	25-52
	Average	76	76	.500			4.5	4.6		76-76		41-35	35-41

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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.

Season	Age	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB
1921	25	10.8	154	674	592	131	235	44	18	21	126	13	13	60	48	.397	.458	.639	1.097	191	378
1922	26	10.1	154	704	623	141	250	46	14	42	152	17	12	65	50	.401	.459	.722	1.181	207	450
1923	27	6.8	107	487	424	89	163	32	10	17	83	3	7	55	29	.384	.459	.627	1.086	188	266
1924	28	12.1	143	642	536	121	227	43	14	25	94	5	12	89	32	.424	.507	.696	1.203	222	373
1925	29	10.2	138	606	504	133	203	41	10	39	143	5	3	83	39	.403	.489	.756	1.245	210	381
Season	Age	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB
		sum	696	3,113	2,679	615	1,078	206	66	144	598	43	47	352	198	.402	.474	.690	1.164		1,848

SO: 198 for FIVE seasons! 2024:

Strikeouts

1.	De La Cruz • CIN	218
2.	Tovar • COL	200
3.	Schwarber • PHI	197
4.	Hernández • LAD	188
	Gelof • OAK	188
6.	McMahon • COL	185
7.	Cruz • PIT	181
8.	Rooker • OAK	177
	García • TEX	177
10.	Suárez • ARI	176
	Raleigh • SEA	176

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 • STL	12.1
2.	Vance • BRO	10.3
3.	Frisch • NYG	7.5
4.	Wheat • BRO	6.8
5.	Fournier • BRO	6.3
6.	Youngs • NYG	5.9
7.	Wright • PIT	5.7
8.	Barnes • BSN	5.5
9.	Rixey • CIN	5.2
10.	High • BRO	5.0

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

Earned Run Average

1.	Vance • BRO	2.16
2.	McQuillan • NYG	2.69

Wins

1.	Vance • BRO	28
2.	Grimes • BRO	22
3.	Mays • CIN	20
	Cooper • PIT	20

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

Strikeouts

1.	Vance • BRO	262
2.	Grimes • BRO	135
3.	Luque • CIN	86
4.	Morrison • PIT	85
5.	Kaufmann • CHC	79
6.	Keen • CHC	75
7.	Aldridge • CHC	74
8.	Ring • PHI	72
	Nehf • NYG	72
	Donohue • CIN	72

Strikeouts per 9 IP

1.	Vance • BRO	7.648
2.	Grimes • BRO	3.911
3.	Nehf • NYG	3.775
4.	Luque • CIN	3.529
5.	Kaufmann • CHC	3.413
6.	Ruether • BRO	3.375
7.	Cooney • BSN	3.331
8.	Morrison • PIT	3.219
9.	Stuart • STL	3.057
10.	Sherdel • STL	3.042

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

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For single seasons, from 1903 to 1924, Playing in the AL or NL, in the regular season, requiring Strikeouts >= 250, sorted by descending Strikeouts.

Player	SO	IP	SO9	Season	Age	Team	Lg	W	L	W-L%	Dec	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	H	R	ER	HR	BB	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+
Rube Waddell	349	383.0	8.2	1904	27	PHA	AL	25	19	.568	44	1.62	46	46	39	8	0	307	109	69	5	91	14	0	8	1496	167
Walter Johnson	313	370.0	7.6	1910	22	WSH	AL	25	17	.595	42	1.36	45	42	38	8	1	262	92	56	1	76	13	0	21	1367	183
Walter Johnson	303	369.0	7.4	1912	24	WSH	AL	33	12	.733	45	1.39	50	37	34	7	2	259	89	57	2	76	16	0	11	1413	243
Rube Waddell	302	324.0	8.4	1903	26	PHA	AL	21	16	.568	37	2.44	39	38	34	4	0	274	109	88	3	85	8	0	9	1291	125
Rube Waddell	287	328.2	7.9	1905	28	PHA	AL	27	10	.730	37	1.48	46	34	27	7	0	231	86	54	5	90	10	2	10	1257	181
Ed Walsh	269	464.0	5.2	1908	27	CHW	AL	40	15	.727	55	1.42	66	49	42	11	6	343	111	73	2	56	9	2	10	1755	164
Christy Mathewson	267	366.1	6.6	1903	22	NYG	NL	30	13	.698	43	2.26	45	42	37	3	2	321	136	92	4	100	10	0	18	1502	150
Dazzy Vance	262	308.1	7.6	1924	33	BRO	NL	28	6	.824	34	2.16	35	34	30	3	0	238	89	74	11	77	9	0	4	1221	174
Christy Mathewson	259	390.2	6.0	1908	27	NYG	NL	37	11	.771	48	1.43	56	44	34	11	5	281	85	62	5	42	3	0	2	1485	169
Ed Walsh	258	369.2	6.3	1910	29	CHW	AL	18	20	.474	38	1.27	45	36	33	7	5	242	87	52	5	61	4	2	6	1359	187
Smoky Joe Wood	258	344.0	6.8	1912	22	BOS	AL	34	5	.872	39	1.91	43	38	35	10	1	267	104	73	2	82	12	0	7	1328	177
Ed Walsh	255	368.2	6.2	1911	30	CHW	AL	27	18	.600	45	2.22	56	37	33	5	4	327	125	91	4	72	7	1	8	1449	146
Ed Walsh	254	393.0	5.8	1912	31	CHW	AL	27	17	.614	44	2.15	62	41	32	6	10	332	125	94	6	94	1	0	2	1532	149

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Generated 11/20/2024.

Dazzy Vance has the only season after 1912.

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

Innings Pitched

1.	Grimes • BRO	310.2
2.	Vance • BRO	308.1
3.	Cooper • PIT	268.2
4.	Barnes • BSN	267.2
5.	Kremer • PIT	259.1
6.	Aldridge • CHC	244.1
7.	Rixey • CIN	238.1
8.	Morrison • PIT	237.2
9.	Keen • CHC	234.2
10.	Barnes • NYG	229.1
	Meadows • PIT	229.1

Complete Games

1.	Vance • BRO	30
	Grimes • BRO	30
3.	Cooper • PIT	25
4.	Barnes • BSN	21
5.	Aldridge • CHC	20
6.	Kremer • PIT	17
7.	Sothoron • STL	16
	Ring • PHI	16
	Kaufmann • CHC	16
	Haines • STL	16
	Donohue • CIN	16

Hitting:

Season	Team	GP	Bat#	PA	AB	R	H	1B	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB
1924	BRO	154	33	5951	5339	717	1534	1181	227	54	72	662	34	46	447	357	.287	.345	.391	.735	99	2085

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Generated 11/19/2024.

Season	Team	GP	Bat#	PA	AB	R	H	1B	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB
2024	LAD	162	22	6255	5522	842	1423	873	291	26	233	815	136	23	602	1336	.258	.335	.446	.781	121	2465

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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 • BRO	27
2.	Hornsby • STL	25
3.	Williams • PHI	24
4.	Kelly • NYG	21
5.	Hartnett • CHC	16
	Harper • 2TM	16
7.	Wheat • BRO	14
	Bottomley • STL	14
9.	Grantham • CHC	12
10.	Jackson • NYG	11
	Blades • STL	11

Home Runs

1.	Ohtani • LAD	54
2.	Ozuna • ATL	39
3.	Schwarber • PHI	38
4.	Marte • ARI	36
5.	Alonso • NYM	34
6.	Hernández • LAD	33
	Lindor • NYM	33
8.	Adames • MIL	32
9.	Suárez • ARI	30
	Harper • PHI	30

Pitching:

Season	Team	ERA	G	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/BB
1924	BRO	3.64	154	96	10	5	1376.0	1432	675	556	58	403		638	37	0	18	5857	104	3.32	1.334	9.4	0.4	2.6	4.2	1.58

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Generated 11/19/2024.

Season	Team	ERA	G	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/BB
2024	LAD	3.92	162	1	1	50	1445.1	1273	686	629	198	501	19	1390	55	7	64	6047	99	4.18	1.227	7.9	1.2	3.1	8.7	2.77

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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:

Player	SO	SO9	Season	Age	Team	W	L	W-L%	Dec	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	H9	HR9	BB9	SO/BB
Dazzy Vance	262	7.6	1924	33	BRO	28	6	.824	34	2.16	35	34	30	3	0	308.1	238	89	74	11	77		9	0	4	1221	174	6.9	0.3	2.2	3.40
Burleigh Grimes	135	3.9	1924	30	BRO	22	13	.629	35	3.82	38	36	30	1	1	310.2	351	161	132	15	91		6	0	5	1345	98	10.2	0.4	2.6	1.48
Dutch Ruether	63	3.4	1924	30	BRO	8	13	.381	21	3.91	30	21	13	2	3	168.0	190	92	73	4	45		5	0	1	739	96	10.2	0.2	2.4	1.40
Tiny Osborne	52	4.5	1924	31	BRO	6	5	.545	11	5.09	21	13	6	0	0	104.1	123	67	59	1	54		4	0	0	483	74	10.6	0.1	4.7	0.96
Art Decatur	38	2.7	1924	30	BRO	10	9	.526	19	4.13	31	10	2	0	1	126.1	156	74	58	12	27		4	0	3	545	91	11.1	0.9	1.9	1.41

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Player	SO	SO9	Season	Age	Team	W	L	W-L%	Dec	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	H9	HR9	BB9	SO/BB
Tyler Glasnow	168	11.3	2024	30	LAD	9	6	.600	15	3.49	22	22	0	0	0	134.0	92	53	52	15	35	0	0	1	12	522	111	6.2	1.0	2.4	4.80
Gavin Stone	116	7.4	2024	25	LAD	11	5	.688	16	3.53	25	25	1	1	0	140.1	133	55	55	18	37	0	2	0	9	580	109	8.5	1.2	2.4	3.14
Yoshinobu Yamamoto	105	10.5	2024	25	LAD	7	2	.778	9	3.00	18	18	0	0	0	90.0	78	32	30	7	22	0	1	0	2	368	129	7.8	0.7	2.2	4.77
Alex Vesia	87	11.8	2024	28	LAD	5	4	.556	9	1.76	67	0	0	0	5	66.1	33	19	13	7	33	3	1	0	2	263	219	4.5	0.9	4.5	2.64
Landon Knack	69	9.0	2024	26	LAD	3	5	.375	8	3.65	15	12	0	0	1	69.0	58	28	28	14	18	0	3	1	1	286	106	7.6	1.8	2.3	3.83

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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 • ATL	225
2.	Cease • SDP	224
	Wheeler • PHI	224
4.	Gray • STL	203
5.	King • SDP	201
6.	Peralta • MIL	200
7.	Nola • PHI	197
8.	Pfaadt • ARI	185
9.	Manaea • NYM	184
10.	Gore • WSN	181

Strikeouts per 9 IP

1.	Sale • ATL	11.398
2.	Gray • STL	10.984
3.	Cease • SDP	10.648
4.	King • SDP	10.417
5.	Peralta • MIL	10.365
6.	Wheeler • PHI	10.080
7.	Gore • WSN	9.794
8.	Pfaadt • ARI	9.165
9.	Manaea • NYM	9.116
10.	Morton • ATL	9.091

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

 That's enough.