1929 Hollywood Stars season

The 1929 Hollywood Stars season, was the fourth season for the original Hollywood Stars baseball team. The team, which began in 1903 as the Sacramento Solons, moved to Hollywood in 1926 and played in the Pacific Coast League (PCL).

1929 Hollywood Stars
Minor league affiliations
Location
Results
Record113–89
League place3rd
Other information
Manager(s)Ossie Vitt
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The 1929 PCL season ran from March 26 to October 7, 1929. The Stars, led by manager Ossie Vitt, finished third in the Pacific Coast League (PCL) with a 113–89 record. However, the PCL provided for a championship series to be played between the teams with best records in the first and second halves of the season. The Stars qualified for the championship series by compiling a 61–42 record in the second half of the season.[1]

In the championship series, the Stars advanced to the championship series and defeated the Mission Reds, four games to three. On October 13, the Stars won the decisive Game 7 at Wrigley Field by an 8–3 score.[2]

Pitcher Frank Shellenback led the Stars and the PCL with 26 wins.[3] He pitched 335 innings and compiled a 26–12 record with a 3.98 earned run average (ERA) and 163 strikeouts. Augie Johns also pitched well, compiling a 17–10 record with a 3.90 ERA.[4]

The team had five players who hit over .300 with at least 500 at bats. Right fielder Bill Rumler led the way with a .386 batting average, 26 home runs, and 120 RBIs. The team's other top hitters were left fielder Liz Funk (.384 average, 13 home runs, 125 RBIs), first baseman Mickey Heath (.349 average, 38 home runs, 156 RBIs), center fielder Cleo Carlyle (.347 average, 20 home runs, 136 RBIs), and third baseman Red Rollings (.324 average, six home runs, 86 RBIs).[5][6]

1929 PCL standings

TeamWLPct.GB
Mission Reds12878.612--
San Francisco Seals11487.56711.5
Hollywood Stars11389.55913.0
Oakland Oaks11191.55015.0
Los Angeles Angels10498.51517.0
Portland Beavers90112.44636.0
Sacramento Solons85117.42141.0
Seattle Indians67135.33259.0

[1]

Statistics

Batting

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; SLG = Slugging percentage; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR SLG RBI SB
RFBill Rumler140503194.38626.6301206
LFLiz Funk150547210.38413.55212516
1BMickey Heath201680237.34938.59615620
CFCleo Carlyle195666231.34720.53613621
3BRed Rollings198738239.3246.4168614
PFrank Shellenback7015249.32212.605370
RF, LFWally Rehg8020061.3052.420388
CClarence Sypher519529.3050.358110
LF, RFBill Albert8920358.2862.389304
RF, LFHarry Green7119053.2799.474453
SSDud Lee205848222.2624.329719
CJohnny Bassler10729975.2510.308371
2BMike Maloney9629269.2361.284340

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Pitching

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; PCT = Win percentage; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L PCT ERA SO
Frank Shellenback46335.02612.6843.98163
Buzz Wetzel45269.01815.5454.05113
Augie Johns44201.01710.6303.8988
Hank Hulvey49240.01411.5606.0881
George Hollerson45247.01313.5004.4167
Walt Kinney41203.01212.5004.2681
Joe Marticorena45145.099.5005.7787
Dick McCabe1962.014.2005.8120

[5][4]

References

  1. "1929 Standings". The San Francisco Examiner. December 8, 1929. p. 13 via Newspapers.com.
  2. Bob Ray (October 14, 1929). "Hollywood Stars Win Coast League Pennant: Sheikhs Rally in Eighth to Upset Missions, 8-3". Los Angeles Times. p. Sports 1.
  3. "1929 Pacific Coast League Leaders". Stats Crew. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
  4. "Gomez, Baecht Top Pitchers". Los Angeles Times. December 15, 1929. p. VI-4 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "1929 Hollywood Stars". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
  6. "Coast League Batting Records, 1929". The San Francisco Examiner. December 8, 1929. p. 13 via Newspapers.com.

Further reading

  • "The Greatest Minor League: A History of the Pacific Coast League, 1903-1957", by Dennis Snelling (McFarland 2011)
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