1929 Major League Baseball season

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1929 MLB season
League American League (AL)
National League (NL)
Sport Baseball
DurationRegular season:
  • April 16 – October 6, 1929
World Series:
  • October 8–14, 1929
Number of games154
Number of teams16 (8 per league)
Regular Season
Season MVP NL: Rogers Hornsby (CHC)
AL champions Philadelphia Athletics
  AL runners-up New York Yankees
NL champions Chicago Cubs
  NL runners-up Pittsburgh Pirates
World Series
Champions Philadelphia Athletics
  Runners-up Chicago Cubs
MLB seasons
Locations of teams for the 1923–1931 American League seasons
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Locations of teams for the 1920–1931 National League seasons
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The 1929 major league baseball season began on April 16, 1929. The regular season ended on October 6, with the Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Athletics as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 26th World Series on October 8 and ended with Game 5 on October 14. In the second iteration of this World Series matchup, the Athletics defeated the Cubs, four games to one, capturing their fourth championship in franchise history, since their previous in 1913.

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Babe Ruth hit his 500th career home run this season on August 11 at Cleveland. Game 4 of the World Series featured a historic 10-run rally by the Athletics, nicknamed "The Mack Attack," after the team's manager, Connie Mack. [1]

This was the last of eight seasons that "League Awards", a precursor to the Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award (introduced in 1931), were issued. Only a National League award was given in 1929.

Schedule

The 1929 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place since the 1904 season (except for 1919) and would be used until 1961 in the American League and 1962 in the National League.

Opening Day took place on April 16 and saw eight teams across both leagues play. The final day of the regular season was on October 6. The World Series took place between October 8 and October 14.

Rule changes

The 1929 season saw the following rule changes:

Teams

LeagueTeamCityStadiumCapacityManager
American League Boston Red Sox Boston, Massachusetts Fenway Park 35,000 Bill Carrigan
Chicago White Sox Chicago, Illinois Comiskey Park 52,000 Lena Blackburne
Cleveland Indians Cleveland, Ohio Dunn Field 21,414 Roger Peckinpaugh
Detroit Tigers Detroit, Michigan Navin Field 30,000 Bucky Harris
New York Yankees New York, New York Yankee Stadium 62,000 Miller Huggins,
Art Fletcher
Philadelphia Athletics Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Shibe Park 30,000 Connie Mack
St. Louis Browns St. Louis, Missouri Sportsman's Park 34,023 Dan Howley
Washington Senators Washington, D.C. Griffith Stadium 27,000 Walter Johnson
National League Boston Braves Boston, Massachusetts Braves Field 46,500 Emil Fuchs
Brooklyn Robins New York, New York Ebbets Field 28,000 Wilbert Robinson
Chicago Cubs Chicago, Illinois Wrigley Field 40,000 Joe McCarthy
Cincinnati Reds Cincinnati, Ohio Redland Field 26,060 Jack Hendricks
New York Giants New York, New York Polo Grounds 55,000 John McGraw
Philadelphia Phillies Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Baker Bowl 20,000 Burt Shotton
Pittsburgh Pirates Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Forbes Field 41,000 Donie Bush,
Jewel Ens
St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis, Missouri Sportsman's Park 34,023 Billy Southworth,
Gabby Street,
Bill McKechnie

Standings

American League

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Athletics 10446.693—57‍–‍1647‍–‍30
New York Yankees 8866.5711849‍–‍2839‍–‍38
Cleveland Indians 8171.5332444‍–‍3237‍–‍39
St. Louis Browns 7973.5202641‍–‍3638‍–‍37
Washington Senators 7181.4673437‍–‍4034‍–‍41
Detroit Tigers 7084.4553638‍–‍3932‍–‍45
Chicago White Sox 5993.3884635‍–‍4124‍–‍52
Boston Red Sox 5896.3774832‍–‍4526‍–‍51

National League

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 9854.645—52‍–‍2546‍–‍29
Pittsburgh Pirates 8865.57510½45‍–‍3143‍–‍34
New York Giants 8467.55613½39‍–‍3745‍–‍30
St. Louis Cardinals 7874.5132043‍–‍3235‍–‍42
Philadelphia Phillies 7182.46427½39‍–‍3732‍–‍45
Brooklyn Robins 7083.45828½42‍–‍3528‍–‍48
Cincinnati Reds 6688.4293338‍–‍3928‍–‍49
Boston Braves 5698.3644334‍–‍4322‍–‍55

Postseason

Bracket

World Series
       
AL Philadelphia Athletics 391 103*
NL Chicago Cubs 1 3 38 2

Managerial changes

Off-season

TeamFormer ManagerNew Manager
Boston Braves Rogers Hornsby Emil Fuchs
Detroit Tigers George Moriarty Bucky Harris
St. Louis Cardinals Bill McKechnie Billy Southworth
Washington Senators Bucky Harris Walter Johnson

In-season

TeamFormer ManagerNew Manager
New York Yankees Miller Huggins Art Fletcher
Pittsburgh Pirates Donie Bush Jewel Ens
St. Louis Cardinals Billy Southworth Gabby Street
St. Louis Cardinals Gabby Street Bill McKechnie

League leaders

American League

National League

Hitting leaders
StatPlayerTotal
AVG Lefty O'Doul (PHP).398
OPS Rogers Hornsby (CHC)1.139
HR Chuck Klein (PHP)43
RBI Hack Wilson (CHC)159
R Rogers Hornsby (CHC)156
H Lefty O'Doul (PHP)254
SB Kiki Cuyler (CHC)43
Pitching leaders
StatPlayerTotal
W Pat Malone (CHC)22
L Watson Clark (BKN)19
ERA Bill Walker (NYG)3.09
K Pat Malone (CHC)166
IP Watson Clark (BKN)279.0
SV Guy Bush (CHC)
Johnny Morrison (BKN)		8
WHIP Red Lucas (CIN)1.204

Awards and honors

Home field attendance

Team nameWins%±Home attendance%±Per game
Chicago Cubs [6] 987.7%1,485,16629.9%19,041
New York Yankees [7] 88−12.9%960,148−10.4%12,469
Detroit Tigers [8] 702.9%869,31883.3%11,290
New York Giants [9] 84−9.7%868,806−5.2%11,283
Philadelphia Athletics [10] 1046.1%839,17621.7%11,340
Brooklyn Robins [11] 70−9.1%731,88610.1%9,505
Cleveland Indians [12] 8130.6%536,21042.6%7,055
Pittsburgh Pirates [13] 883.5%491,377−0.7%6,465
Chicago White Sox [14] 59−18.1%426,795−13.6%5,616
St. Louis Cardinals [15] 78−17.9%399,887−47.5%5,193
Boston Red Sox [16] 581.8%394,620−0.6%5,059
Boston Braves [17] 5612.0%372,35164.0%4,836
Washington Senators [18] 71−5.3%355,506−6.1%4,558
Cincinnati Reds [19] 66−15.4%295,040−39.8%3,783
Philadelphia Phillies [20] 7165.1%281,20054.4%3,700
St. Louis Browns [21] 79−3.7%280,697−17.3%3,645

Key events

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