1929 Boston Braves season

1929  Boston Braves
League	National League
Ballpark	Braves Field
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Record	56–98 (.364)
League place	8th
Owners	Emil Fuchs
Managers	Emil Fuchs
Radio	WNAC (Fred Hoey)
←  1928 1930  →

The 1929 Boston Braves season was the 59th season of the franchise.

Offseason

• November 7, 1928: Rogers Hornsby was traded by the Braves to the Chicago Cubs for Socks Seibold, Percy Jones, Lou Legett, Freddie Maguire, Bruce Cunningham, and $200,000. ^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	98	54	0.645	—	52–25	46–29
Pittsburgh Pirates	88	65	0.575	10½	45–31	43–34
New York Giants	84	67	0.556	13½	39–37	45–30
St. Louis Cardinals	78	74	0.513	20	43–32	35–42
Philadelphia Phillies	71	82	0.464	27½	39–37	32–45
Brooklyn Robins	70	83	0.458	28½	42–35	28–48
Cincinnati Reds	66	88	0.429	33	38–39	28–49
Boston Braves	56	98	0.364	43	34–43	22–55

Record vs. opponents

1929 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	11–11	7–15	8–14	9–13	5–17	8–14	8–14
Brooklyn	11–11	—	6–16	11–11	14–7	9–13	9–13	10–12
Chicago	15–7	16–6	—	14–8–1	12–10–1	17–5–1	9–13	15–5–1
Cincinnati	14–8	11–11	8–14–1	—	10–12	11–11	9–13	3–19
New York	13–9	7–14	10–12–1	12–10	—	16–5	13–8	13–9
Philadelphia	17–5	13–9	5–17–1	11–11	5–16	—	11–11	9–13
Pittsburgh	14–8	13–9	13–9	13–9	8–13	11–11	—	16–6–1
St. Louis	14–8	12–10	5–15–1	19–3	9–13	13–9	6–16–1	—

Roster

1929 Boston Braves
Roster
Pitchers Ed Brandt Ben Cantwell Bill Clarkson Bruce Cunningham Art Delaney Kent Greenfield Bunny Hearn Bonnie Hollingsworth Percy Jones Dixie Leverett Red Peery Socks Seibold Bob Smith Clay Touchstone Johnny Werts		Catchers Pat Collins Bill Cronin Jack Cummings Hank Gowdy Lou Legett Al Spohrer Zack Taylor Infielders Les Bell Joe Dugan Johnny Evers Doc Farrell Bernie James Freddie Maguire Rabbit Maranville Henry Peploski Gene Robertson George Sisler		Outfielders Red Barron Buzz Boyle Earl Clark Johnny Cooney Bill Dunlap George Harper Heinie Mueller Lance Richbourg Jack Smith Phil Voyles Jimmy Welsh Other batters Al Weston		Manager Emil Fuchs

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	Al Spohrer	114	342	93	.272	2	48
1B	George Sisler	154	629	205	.326	2	79
2B	Freddie Maguire	138	496	125	.252	0	41
SS	Rabbit Maranville	146	560	159	.284	0	55
3B	Les Bell	139	483	144	.298	9	72
OF	Lance Richbourg	139	557	170	.305	3	56
OF	George Harper	136	457	133	.291	10	68
OF	Earl Clark	84	279	88	.315	1	30

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
Jimmy Welsh	53	186	54	.290	2	16
Joe Dugan	60	125	38	.304	0	15
Zack Taylor	34	101	25	.248	0	10
Bernie James	46	101	31	.307	0	9
Heinie Mueller	46	93	19	.204	0	11
Lou Legett	39	81	13	.160	0	6
Johnny Cooney	41	72	23	.319	0	6
Phil Voyles	20	68	16	.235	0	14
Buzz Boyle	17	57	15	.263	1	2
Bill Dunlap	10	29	12	.414	1	4
Gene Robertson	8	28	8	.286	0	6
Red Barron	10	21	4	.190	0	1
Jack Smith	19	20	5	.250	0	2
Hank Gowdy	10	16	7	.438	0	3
Henry Peploski	6	10	2	.200	0	1
Bill Cronin	6	9	1	.111	0	0
Doc Farrell	5	8	1	.125	0	2
Jack Cummings	3	6	1	.167	0	1
Pat Collins	7	5	0	.000	0	2
Al Weston	3	3	0	.000	0	0
Johnny Evers	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
Bob Smith	34	231.0	11	17	4.68	65
Socks Seibold	33	205.2	12	17	4.73	54
Ed Brandt	26	167.2	8	13	5.53	50
Ben Cantwell	27	157.0	4	13	4.47	25

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
Percy Jones	35	188.1	7	15	4.64	69
Dixie Leverett	24	97.2	3	7	6.36	28
Bruce Cunningham	17	91.2	4	6	4.52	22
Art Delaney	20	75.0	3	5	6.12	17
Red Peery	9	44.0	0	1	5.11	3
Bunny Hearn	10	18.1	2	0	4.42	12
Kent Greenfield	6	15.2	0	0	10.91	7
Bill Clarkson	2	7.0	0	1	10.29	0

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
Johnny Cooney	14	2	3	3	5.00	11
Johnny Werts	4	0	0	1	10.50	2
Clay Touchstone	1	0	0	0	16.88	1

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	Providence Grays	Eastern League	King Bader

^[2]

References

1. Rogers Hornsby page at Baseball Reference
2. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997

External links

• 1929 Boston Braves season at Baseball Reference