1929 Major League Baseball season

The 1929 Major League Baseball season began on April 16, 1929 and the regular season ended on October 6, 1929.[1] The World Series began on October 8 and ended on the 14th of that month. This World Series featured the historic 7th inning 10 run rally the Philadelphia Athletics put on, which was nicknamed "The Mack Attack," after the then manager of the Athletics, Connie Mack.[2]

This article is about the 1929 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1929 in baseball.
1929 MLB season
LeagueMajor League Baseball
SportBaseball
DurationApril 16 – October 14, 1929
Regular Season
League Postseason
AL championsPhiladelphia Athletics
NL championsChicago Cubs
World Series
ChampionsPhiladelphia Athletics
  Runners-upChicago Cubs

This was also the year Babe Ruth hit his 500th career home run.

Schedule
See also: Major League Baseball schedule

Each team played 154 regular season games, which were all played within the team's respective league. With this schedule, 22 games were played with each team of the same league. This format had started in the 1920 season and lasted until 1961 (1962 in the National league).

Awards and honors

Statistical leaders
 American LeagueNational League
TypeNameStatNameStat
AVGLew Fonseca, CLE.369Lefty O'Doul, PHP.398
HRBabe Ruth, NYY46Chuck Klein, PHP43
RBIAl Simmons, PHA157Hack Wilson, CHC159
WinsGeorge Earnshaw, PHA24Pat Malone, CHC22
ERALefty Grove, PHA2.81Bill Walker, NYG3.09
KsLefty Grove, PHA170Pat Malone, CHC166

Final standings

American League final 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

National League final standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 9854 0.645 — 52–25 46–29
Pittsburgh Pirates 8865 0.575 10½ 45–31 43–34
New York Giants 8467 0.556 13½ 39–37 45–30
St. Louis Cardinals 7874 0.513 20 43–32 35–42
Philadelphia Phillies 7182 0.464 27½ 39–37 32–45
Brooklyn Robins 7083 0.458 28½ 42–35 28–48
Cincinnati Reds 6688 0.429 33 38–39 28–49
Boston Braves 5698 0.364 43 34–43 22–55

Managers

American League
Team Manager Comments
Boston Red Sox Bill Carrigan
Chicago White Sox Lena Blackburne
Cleveland Indians Roger Peckinpaugh
Detroit Tigers Bucky Harris
New York Yankees Miller Huggins
Art Fletcher
Philadelphia Athletics Connie Mack World Series Champions
St. Louis Browns Dan Howley
Washington Senators Walter Johnson

National League
Team Manager Comments
Boston Braves Emil Fuchs
Brooklyn Robins Wilbert Robinson
Chicago Cubs Joe McCarthy NL pennant winners
Cincinnati Reds Jack Hendricks
New York Giants Billy Southworth, Gabby Street and Bill McKechnie
Philadelphia Phillies Burt Shotton
Pittsburgh Pirates Jewel Ens
St. Louis Cardinals Billy Southworth, Gabby Street and Bill McKechnie

Key events
  • Babe Ruth: On August 11, Babe Ruth became the first player to hit 500 home runs.
  • Philadelphia Athletics and Chicago Cubs: First season since 1912 that both pennant winners won by more than 10 games.[3]
  • Philadelphia Athletics: On October 12, during Game 4 of the World Series, the Philadelphia Athletics scored ten runs in the seventh inning to come back from an 8–0 deficit. This was soon dubbed "The Mack Attack," after long-time manager Connie Mack. He commented that it was "The greatest thrill [he] had in 29 years of managing."[4] At the time, this was a record.

Deaths
  • Miller Huggins, the Yankees manager, died of blood poisoning on September 25.[5]
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References
  1. "1929 MLB Schedule". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  2. "The 1929 Mack Attack | Society for American Baseball Research". sabr.org. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
  3. Koppet, Leonard (1998). Koppet's Concise History of Major League Baseball. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. p. 178. ISBN 1-56639-638-7.
  4. Baumgartner, Stan (October 13, 1929). "Connie Calls Game "Greatest Thrill, Hugs Fans of Field". Philadelphia Inquirer.
  5. "1929 Baseball Season". HowStuffWorks. August 24, 2007. Retrieved March 5, 2020.


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