The 1924 Major League Baseball season began on April 15, 1924. The regular season ended on September 30, with the
New York Giants and
Washington Senators as the regular season champions of the
National League and
American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 21st
World Series on October 4 and ended with Game 7 on October 10. The Senators defeated the Giants, four games to three.
The 1924 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place since the
1904 season (except for
1919) and would be used until
1961 in the American League and
1962 in the National League.
Opening Day, April 15, featured all sixteen teams, for the first time since
1922. The National League would see its final day of the regular season on September 29, while the American League would see its final day of the regular season the following day with a game between the
Washington Senators and
Boston Red Sox. The
World Series took place between October 4 and October 10.