1929 Cleveland Indians season

The 1929 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished third in the American League with a record of 81–71, 24 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics.

1929 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Alva Bradley
General manager(s)Billy Evans
Manager(s)Roger Peckinpaugh
Local radioWTAM
(Tom Manning)
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Offseason
  • January 5, 1929: Homer Summa was purchased from the Indians by the Philadelphia Athletics.[1]

Regular season

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Athletics 10446 0.693 — 57–16 47–30
New York Yankees 8866 0.571 18 49–28 39–38
Cleveland Indians 8171 0.533 24 44–32 37–39
St. Louis Browns 7973 0.520 26 41–36 38–37
Washington Senators 7181 0.467 34 37–40 34–41
Detroit Tigers 7084 0.455 36 38–39 32–45
Chicago White Sox 5993 0.388 46 35–41 24–52
Boston Red Sox 5896 0.377 48 32–45 26–51

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—

Notable transactions

Roster
1929 Cleveland Indians
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
CLuke Sewell12440696.236139

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
Johnny Burnett19335.15202

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
Jake Miller2920614123.5858

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
Wes Ferrell43242.221103.60100
Milt Shoffner1144.2235.0415
Clint Brown316.1023.311

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

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
B Terre Haute Tots Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Earl Wolgamot
D Frederick Warriors Blue Ridge League Bob Wells

[2]

Notes
  1. Homer Summa page at Baseball Reference
  2. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References


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