1929 New York Yankees season
1929 New York Yankees | |
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Owner(s) | Jacob Ruppert |
General manager(s) | Ed Barrow |
Manager(s) | Miller Huggins, Art Fletcher |
Local television | none |
Local radio | none |
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The 1929 New York Yankees season was the team's 27th season in New York and its 29th overall. The team finished with a record of 88–66, finishing in second place, 18 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics. This ended a streak of three straight World Series appearances for the club. New York was managed by Miller Huggins until his death on September 25. They played at Yankee Stadium.
Regular season[]
- April 16, 1929: The New York Yankees took to the field with uniform numbers for the first time on the backs on their uniforms, the first team to make them permanent.[1]
Season standings[]
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Philadelphia Athletics | 104 | 46 | 0.693 | — | 57–16 | 47–30 |
New York Yankees | 88 | 66 | 0.571 | 18 | 49–28 | 39–38 |
Cleveland Indians | 81 | 71 | 0.533 | 24 | 44–32 | 37–39 |
St. Louis Browns | 79 | 73 | 0.520 | 26 | 41–36 | 38–37 |
Washington Senators | 71 | 81 | 0.467 | 34 | 37–40 | 34–41 |
Detroit Tigers | 70 | 84 | 0.455 | 36 | 38–39 | 32–45 |
Chicago White Sox | 59 | 93 | 0.388 | 46 | 35–41 | 24–52 |
Boston Red Sox | 58 | 96 | 0.377 | 48 | 32–45 | 26–51 |
Record vs. opponents[]
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHI | STL | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 11–11 | 9–13 | 8–14 | 5–17 | 4–18 | 11–11–1 | 10–12 | |||||
Chicago | 11–11 | — | 9–12 | 10–12 | 6–16 | 9–13 | 4–17 | 10–12 | |||||
Cleveland | 13–9 | 12–9 | — | 11–11 | 14–8 | 7–14 | 10–12 | 14–8 | |||||
Detroit | 14–8 | 12–10 | 11–11 | — | 9–13 | 4–18 | 10–12 | 10–12–1 | |||||
New York | 17–5 | 16–6 | 8–14 | 13–9 | — | 8–14 | 14–8 | 12–10 | |||||
Philadelphia | 18–4 | 13–9 | 14–7 | 18–4 | 14–8 | — | 11–10–1 | 16–4 | |||||
St. Louis | 11–11–1 | 17–4 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 8–14 | 10–11–1 | — | 9–13 | |||||
Washington | 12–10 | 12–10 | 8–14 | 12–10–1 | 10–12 | 4–16 | 13–9 | — |
Roster[]
Beginning from that year onward the Yankees put the player's jersey numbers on the backs of their white home and grey road uniforms, making them the first MLB team to put player numbers in their uniforms on a permanent basis.
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Player stats[]
Batting[]
Starters by position[]
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Bill Dickey | 130 | 447 | 145 | .324 | 10 | 65 |
1B | Lou Gehrig | 154 | 553 | 166 | .300 | 35 | 126 |
2B | Tony Lazzeri | 147 | 545 | 193 | .354 | 18 | 106 |
3B | Gene Robertson | 90 | 309 | 92 | .298 | 0 | 35 |
SS | Leo Durocher | 100 | 341 | 84 | .246 | 0 | 32 |
LF | Earle Combs | 142 | 586 | 202 | .345 | 3 | 65 |
CF | Bob Meusel | 100 | 391 | 102 | .261 | 10 | 57 |
RF | Babe Ruth | 135 | 499 | 172 | .345 | 46 | 154 |
Other batters[]
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Mark Koenig | 116 | 373 | 109 | .292 | 3 | 41 |
Lyn Lary | 80 | 236 | 73 | .309 | 5 | 26 |
Cedric Durst | 92 | 202 | 52 | .257 | 4 | 31 |
Samuel Byrd | 62 | 170 | 53 | .312 | 5 | 28 |
Ben Paschal | 42 | 72 | 15 | .208 | 2 | 11 |
Benny Bengough | 23 | 62 | 12 | .194 | 0 | 7 |
Johnny Grabowski | 22 | 59 | 12 | .203 | 0 | 2 |
Arndt Jorgens | 18 | 34 | 11 | .324 | 0 | 4 |
Julie Wera | 5 | 12 | 5 | .417 | 0 | 2 |
George Burns | 9 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Liz Funk | 1 | 0 | 0 | --- | 0 | 0 |
Pitching[]
Starting pitchers[]
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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George Pipgras | 39 | 225.1 | 18 | 12 | 4.23 | 125 |
Waite Hoyt | 30 | 201.2 | 10 | 9 | 4.24 | 57 |
Ed Wells | 31 | 193.1 | 13 | 9 | 4.33 | 78 |
Herb Pennock | 27 | 157.1 | 9 | 11 | 4.92 | 49 |
Other pitchers[]
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Roy Sherid | 33 | 154.2 | 6 | 6 | 3.61 | 51 |
Fred Heimach | 35 | 134.2 | 11 | 6 | 4.01 | 26 |
Tom Zachary | 26 | 119.2 | 12 | 0 | 2.48 | 35 |
Hank Johnson | 12 | 42.2 | 3 | 3 | 5.06 | 24 |
Gordon Rhodes | 10 | 42.2 | 0 | 4 | 4.85 | 13 |
Myles Thomas | 5 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 10.80 | 3 |
Relief pitchers[]
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Wilcy Moore | 41 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 4.13 | 21 |
Bots Nekola | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.34 | 2 |
Awards and honors[]
League top ten finishers[]
Lou Gehrig
- #2 in AL in home runs (35)
- #2 in AL in on-base percentage (.431)
- #3 in AL in runs scored (127)
- #3 in AL in walks (122)
- #4 in AL in RBI (126)
- #4 in AL in slugging percentage (.584)
Tony Lazzeri
- #4 in AL in on-base percentage (.429)
- #3 in AL in strikeouts (125)
Babe Ruth
- MLB leader in home runs (46)
- MLB leader in slugging percentage (.697)
- #2 in AL in RBI (154)
- #3 in AL in on-base percentage (.430)
Farm system[]
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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D | Chambersburg Young Yanks | Blue Ridge League | Tommy Clarke |
Notes[]
References[]
- New York Yankees seasons
- 1929 Major League Baseball season
- 1929 in sports in New York City
- 20th century in the Bronx
- Yankee Stadium (1923)