Towards the end of the 1924 Major League Baseball campaign, Washington Senators' right-hander Walter Johnson was named the American League MVP for the second time in his career after winning his first Most Valuable Player award eleven years earlier in 1913.
Johnson, 36 at the time, finished the 1924 campaign (23-7) in 38 starts, posting a 2.72 ERA, 77 walks (2.50 BB/9) and 158 Ks (5.12 K/9) in 277 u2154 innings pitched.
"Walter Johnson, pitching ace with the Washington team for 17 years, tonight was chosen winner of the American League Trophy for 1924," a Washington Post report noted, "which crowns him as the player of the greatest value to his team during the championship season just closing.