1929 Washington Senators season
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Owner(s) | Clark Griffith and William Richardson |
Manager(s) | Walter Johnson |
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The 1929 Washington Senators won 71 games, lost 81, and finished in fifth place in the American League. They were managed by Walter Johnson and played home games at Griffith Stadium.
Regular season[]
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[]
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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 | Bennie Tate | 81 | 265 | 78 | .294 | 0 | 30 |
1B | Joe Judge | 143 | 543 | 171 | .315 | 6 | 71 |
2B | Buddy Myer | 141 | 563 | 169 | .300 | 3 | 82 |
SS | Joe Cronin | 145 | 494 | 139 | .281 | 8 | 61 |
3B | Jackie Hayes | 123 | 424 | 117 | .276 | 2 | 57 |
OF | Goose Goslin | 145 | 553 | 159 | .288 | 18 | 91 |
OF | Sam West | 142 | 510 | 136 | .267 | 3 | 75 |
OF | Sam Rice | 150 | 616 | 199 | .323 | 1 | 62 |
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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Ossie Bluege | 64 | 220 | 65 | .295 | 5 | 31 |
Muddy Ruel | 69 | 188 | 46 | .245 | 0 | 20 |
Red Barnes | 72 | 130 | 26 | .200 | 1 | 15 |
Roy Spencer | 50 | 116 | 18 | .155 | 1 | 9 |
Harley Boss | 28 | 66 | 18 | .273 | 0 | 6 |
Charlie Gooch | 39 | 57 | 16 | .281 | 0 | 5 |
Ira Flagstead | 18 | 39 | 7 | .179 | 0 | 9 |
Spence Harris | 6 | 14 | 3 | .214 | 0 | 1 |
Stuffy Stewart | 22 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Doc Land | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Patsy Gharrity | 3 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Nick Altrock | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 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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Firpo Marberry | 49 | 250.1 | 19 | 12 | 3.06 | 121 |
Bump Hadley | 37 | 195.1 | 6 | 16 | 5.62 | 98 |
Sad Sam Jones | 24 | 153.2 | 9 | 9 | 3.92 | 36 |
Myles Thomas | 22 | 125.1 | 7 | 8 | 3.52 | 33 |
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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Garland Braxton | 37 | 182 | 12 | 10 | 4.85 | 59 |
Lloyd Brown | 40 | 168 | 8 | 7 | 4.18 | 48 |
Bobby Burke | 37 | 141 | 6 | 8 | 4.79 | 51 |
Ad Liska | 24 | 94.1 | 3 | 9 | 4.77 | 33 |
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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Paul Hopkins | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.20 | 5 |
Archie Campbell | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15.75 | 1 |
Paul McCullough | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.59 | 3 |
Walter Beall | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 3 |
Don Savidge | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 |
Ed Wineapple | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 |
External links[]
- Minnesota Twins seasons
- 1929 Major League Baseball season
- 1929 in sports in Washington, D.C.