1929 New York Yankees season

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.

1929 New York Yankees
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Yankee Stadium (since 1923) New York City, New York (since 1903)
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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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

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

1929 American League Records Sources:
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

Beginning from that year onward the Yankees put the player's 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 17 Fred Heimach 12 Waite Hoyt 15 Hank Johnson 18 Wilcy Moore 30 Bots Nekola 11 Herb Pennock 14 George Pipgras 21,30 Gordon Rhodes 31 Roy Sherid 20 Myles Thomas 19 Ed Wells 16 Tom Zachary		Catchers  9 Benny Bengough 10 Bill Dickey  8 Johnny Grabowski 15,32 Art Jorgens Infielders  7 Leo Durocher  4 Lou Gehrig  2 Mark Koenig 24 Lyn Lary  6 Tony Lazzeri 22 Gene Robertson 20 Julie Wera		Outfielders 27 Sammy Byrd  1 Earle Combs 26 Cedric Durst  5 Bob Meusel 25 Ben Paschal  3 Babe Ruth Other batters 21 George Burns 28 Liz Funk		Manager 34 Art Fletcher -- Miller Huggins Coaches 34 Art Fletcher -- Harry Mathews 33 Charley O'Leary 29 Bob Shawkey

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	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

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
D	Chambersburg Young Yanks	Blue Ridge League	Tommy Clarke

[2]

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

• 1929 New York Yankees
• 1929 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com