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1924 Season

Top 100 Prospects List Published
Tuesday, April 15th, 1924
The season is about to start, so it's time to publish the annual Top 100 Prospects list. This year 18-year-old starting pitcher Red Ruffing of the Boston Red Sox is the #1 prospect overall.

Here is the top 10:
1) SP Red Ruffing, 18, Boston Red Sox
2) 2B Charlie Gehringer, 20, New York Yankees
3) CF Al Simmons, 21, Cleveland Indians
4) SP Ted Lyons, 23, Detroit Tigers
5) LF Chick Hafey, 21, Brooklyn Robins
6) SP Kent Greenfield, 21, Chicago Cubs
7) LF Earle Combs, 24, New York Yankees
8) 2B Max Bishop, 24, Cincinnati Reds
9) SP Flint Rhem, 23, Chicago Cubs
10) SP Sheriff Blake, 24, Cincinnati Reds

AMERICAN LEAGUE PREDICTED STANDINGS

Team W L PCT GB Runs AVG HR SB Runs against ERA K BB New York Yankees 84 70 .545 - 766 .288 83 101 680 3.62 436 490 Detroit Tigers 82 72 .532 2 725 .283 51 66 730 3.77 446 474 St. Louis Browns 82 72 .532 2 825 .304 82 42 767 4.14 395 486 Chicago White Sox 78 76 .506 6 730 .290 48 117 721 3.88 362 460 Philadelphia Athletics 78 76 .506 6 713 .286 64 159 760 4.00 419 445 Washington Senators 75 79 .487 9 713 .282 48 127 688 3.70 461 474 Cleveland Indians 71 83 .461 13 686 .281 67 123 726 3.86 386 514 Boston Red Sox 69 85 .448 15 701 .284 47 91 789 4.24 371 483

TOP 10 HITTERS Player Team G AB HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG R. Hornsby, 2B SLA 146 611 30 117 3 .383 .452 .642 J. Hauser, 1B NYA 154 611 22 109 7 .322 .410 .506 K. Cuyler, CF PHA 149 596 9 93 43 .352 .415 .528 L. Gehrig, 1B CLE 154 600 19 98 4 .328 .404 .517 G. Grantham, 2B DET 144 570 15 88 31 .327 .412 .491 R. Blades, LF SLA 146 594 14 105 7 .325 .390 .479 H. Heilmann, RF CHA 147 585 8 92 4 .326 .403 .489 E. Collins, 3B WS1 148 618 3 53 55 .336 .411 .429 J. Harris, LF WS1 148 580 10 102 3 .311 .386 .464 A. Simmons, CF CLE 147 607 16 91 17 .327 .358 .489 TOP 10 PITCHERS Player Team G W L S ERA IP HA BB K K/9 S. Jones NYA 38 22 13 0 3.00 333.0 331 107 77 2.08 R. Faber DET 38 23 13 0 3.48 314.1 340 96 95 2.72 G. Chalmers WS1 38 19 17 0 3.15 325.2 352 102 127 3.51 L. Tyler SLA 38 20 12 0 4.18 317.2 354 93 87 2.48 U. Shocker CHA 38 19 16 0 3.94 323.0 369 65 85 2.38 H. Moran PHA 38 19 16 0 4.02 303.1 353 100 94 2.80 M. Fiske DET 38 15 12 0 3.38 260.2 275 69 115 3.99 J. Morrison CHA 38 18 18 0 3.82 318.2 344 106 75 2.12 R. Keating WS1 38 14 13 0 3.30 277.1 291 94 103 3.34 R. Ryan NYA 38 16 11 0 3.69 265.0 292 80 57 1.93

NATIONAL LEAGUE PREDICTED STANDINGS

Team W L PCT GB Runs AVG HR SB Runs against ERA K BB Brooklyn Robins 98 56 .636 - 859 .296 77 74 646 3.40 457 391 Cincinnati Reds 82 72 .532 16 746 .285 47 92 700 3.83 422 450 Chicago Cubs 81 73 .526 17 795 .292 64 136 766 4.21 439 515 St. Louis Cardinals 79 75 .513 19 774 .285 57 69 736 3.77 334 538 New York Giants 73 81 .474 25 748 .289 67 101 750 3.82 504 508 Boston Braves 72 82 .468 26 699 .282 47 111 772 3.98 402 491 Philadelphia Phillies 70 84 .455 28 683 .280 67 92 790 4.25 516 516 Pittsburgh Pirates 64 90 .416 34 691 .285 41 102 835 4.44 431 566

TOP 10 HITTERS Player Team G AB HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG B. Ruth, CF BRO 145 521 40 138 10 .344 .466 .638 J. Bottomley, 1B SLN 150 618 11 97 4 .355 .416 .531 C. Williams, LF CHN 143 528 28 116 10 .317 .387 .531 B. Meusel, LF PIT 152 605 15 93 20 .336 .385 .505 T. Cobb, CF NY1 152 559 9 75 23 .344 .427 .482 J. Jackson, RF CHN 147 565 8 78 3 .339 .404 .504 E. Roush, CF CHN 142 561 2 84 22 .349 .398 .499 Z. Wheat, LF BRO 148 591 11 91 2 .341 .375 .485 H. Rice, 3B SLN 149 573 10 95 15 .318 .384 .476 G. Harper, RF CIN 138 469 13 101 8 .358 .411 .514 TOP 10 PITCHERS Player Team G W L S ERA IP HA BB K K/9 D. Vance NY1 38 23 11 0 3.19 317.0 313 84 203 5.78 G. Dale BRO 38 23 14 0 2.97 317.0 337 88 75 2.14 R. Schauer BRO 38 22 7 0 3.15 262.2 271 83 99 3.41 H. Vaughn BRO 38 24 12 0 3.80 316.0 338 85 122 3.47 J. Ring SLN 38 22 12 0 3.71 310.2 326 136 76 2.22 W. Hoyt CIN 38 21 14 0 3.58 316.2 325 85 95 2.71 B. Grimes CHN 38 20 15 0 3.71 321.2 351 113 93 2.60 D. Gray SLN 38 18 13 0 3.59 312.0 332 116 106 3.07 P. Donohue BSN 38 18 18 0 3.58 316.0 343 91 88 2.50 E. Stack CIN 38 16 13 0 3.44 265.1 286 69 82 2.79

NABL News: Opening Day
Tuesday, April 15th, 1924
Opening Day! The day that fans and players have long been waiting to see has now arrived. North American BaseBall League ushers in its 1924 season today and excitement across the league is high. These contests are set to kick off the new campaign:

New York Yankees @ Boston Red Sox
St. Louis Browns @ Chicago White Sox
Cleveland Indians @ Detroit Tigers
Philadelphia Athletics @ Washington Senators
Pittsburgh Pirates @ Cincinnati Reds
Brooklyn Robins @ New York Giants
Boston Braves @ Philadelphia Phillies
Chicago Cubs @ St. Louis Cardinals