Baseball
World Series
- 4–10 October — Washington Senators (AL) defeats New York Giants (NL) to win the 1924 World Series by 4 games to 3
Negro League Baseball
- Kansas City Monarchs (NNL) defeats Hilldale (ECL) 5 games to 4 with 1 tie in the first official Negro League World Series.
- Pitcher Nip Winters wins a record 27 games for Hilldale in the ECL regular season.
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