1929 New York Yankees season

1929 New York Yankees
1929 New York Yankees
League	American League
Ballpark	Yankee Stadium
City	New York City, New York
Owners	Jacob Ruppert
General managers	Ed Barrow
Managers	Miller Huggins, Art Fletcher

The 1929 New York Yankees season was the team's 27th season. 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

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American League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Athletics	104	46	.693	—	57‍–‍16	47‍–‍30
New York Yankees	88	66	.571	18	49‍–‍28	39‍–‍38
Cleveland Indians	81	71	.533	24	44‍–‍32	37‍–‍39
St. Louis Browns	79	73	.520	26	41‍–‍36	38‍–‍37
Washington Senators	71	81	.467	34	37‍–‍40	34‍–‍41
Detroit Tigers	70	84	.455	36	38‍–‍39	32‍–‍45
Chicago White Sox	59	93	.388	46	35‍–‍41	24‍–‍52
Boston Red Sox	58	96	.377	48	32‍–‍45	26‍–‍51

Record vs. opponents

1929 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	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 players' 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.

1929 New York Yankees

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

21 George Burns
28 Liz Funk

Manager

34 Art Fletcher
-- Miller Huggins

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
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
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
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
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	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
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)

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

^ Ferraro, Michael X.; Veneziano, John (2007). Numbelievable!. Chicago: Triumph Books. p. 89. ISBN 978-1-57243-990-0.
^ 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

[1] Ferraro, Michael X.; Veneziano, John (2007). Numbelievable!. Chicago: Triumph Books. p. 89. 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

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