1929 New York Yankees season

1929 New York Yankees
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
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.[1]

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB
Philadelphia Athletics10446.693--
New York Yankees8866.57118
Cleveland Indians8171.53324
St. Louis Browns7973.52026
Washington Senators7181.46734
Detroit Tigers7084.45536
Chicago White Sox5993.38846
Boston Red Sox5896.37748

Record vs. opponents

1929 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston —11–119–138–145–174–1811–11–110–12
Chicago 11–11—9–1210–126–169–134–1710–12
Cleveland 13–912–9—11–1114–87–1410–1214–8
Detroit 14–812–1011–11—9–134–1810–1210–12–1
New York 17–516–68–1413–9—8–1414–812–10
Philadelphia 18–413–914–718–414–8—11–10–116–4
St. Louis 11–11–117–412–1012–108–1410–11–1—9–13
Washington 12–1012–108–1412–10–110–124–1613–9—

Roster

1929 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

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
CBill Dickey130447145.3241065
1BLou Gehrig154553166.30035126
2BTony Lazzeri147545193.35418106
3BGene Robertson9030992.298035
SSLeo Durocher10034184.246032
LFEarle Combs142586202.345365
CFBob Meusel100391102.2611057
RFBabe Ruth135499172.34546154

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
George Burns990.00000

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
George Pipgras39225.118124.23125
Waite Hoyt30201.21094.2457

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
Fred Heimach35134.21164.0126

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

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)

George Pipgras

  • #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
D Chambersburg Young Yanks Blue Ridge League Tommy Clarke

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Notes

  1. ↑ Numbelivable!, p.89, Michael X. Ferraro and John Veneziano, Triumph Books, Chicago, Illinois, 2007, ISBN 978-1-57243-990-0
  2. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

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