1929 Philadelphia Phillies season

1929  Philadelphia Phillies
League	National League
Ballpark	Baker Bowl
City	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Owners	William F. Baker
Managers	Burt Shotton
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The following lists the events of the 1929 Philadelphia Phillies season.

Offseason

• December 13, 1928: Heinie Sand and $10,000 were traded by the Phillies to the St. Louis Cardinals for Tommy Thevenow. ^[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 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers Ray Benge Phil Collins Sam Dailey Hal Elliott Alex Ferguson June Greene Jim Holloway Lou Koupal Bob McGraw Elmer Miller John Milligan Luther Roy Harry Smythe Les Sweetland Claude Willoughby		Catchers Spud Davis Walt Lerian George Susce Infielders Bernie Friberg Don Hurst Terry Lyons Tommy Thevenow Fresco Thompson Pinky Whitney		Outfielders Chuck Klein Lefty O'Doul Homer Peel Tripp Sigman Denny Sothern Cy Williams Other batters Joe O'Rourke		Manager Burt Shotton Coaches Fred Hunter

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	Walt Lerian	105	273	61	.223	6	25
1B	Don Hurst	154	589	179	.304	31	125
2B	Fresco Thompson	148	623	202	.324	4	53
SS	Tommy Thevenow	90	317	72	.227	0	35
3B	Pinky Whitney	154	612	200	.327	8	115
OF	Chuck Klein	149	616	219	.356	43	145
OF	Lefty O'Doul	154	638	254	.398	32	122
OF	Denny Sothern	76	294	90	.306	5	27

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
Bernie Friberg	128	455	137	.301	7	55
Spud Davis	98	263	90	.342	7	48
Homer Peel	53	156	42	.269	0	19
Cy Williams	66	65	19	.292	5	21
Elmer Miller	31	38	9	.237	1	4
Tripp Sigman	10	29	15	.517	2	9
George Susce	17	17	5	.294	1	1
Joe O'Rourke	3	3	0	.000	0	0
Terry Lyons	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
Claude Willoughby	49	243.1	15	14	4.99	50
Les Sweetland	43	204.1	13	11	5.11	47
Ray Benge	38	199.0	11	14	6.29	78
Lou Koupal	15	86.2	5	5	4.78	18

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
Phil Collins	43	153.1	9	7	5.75	61
Hal Elliott	40	114.1	3	7	6.06	32
Luther Roy	21	88.2	3	7	8.42	16
Harry Smythe	19	68.2	4	6	5.24	12
Sam Dailey	20	51.1	2	2	7.54	18
Alex Ferguson	5	12.2	1	2	12.08	3
Elmer Miller	8	11.1	0	1	11.12	1
John Milligan	8	9.2	0	1	16.76	2

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
Bob McGraw	41	5	5	4	5.73	22
June Greene	5	0	0	0	19.76	4
Jim Holloway	3	0	0	0	13.50	1

Notes

1. Tommy Thevenow page at Baseball Reference

References

• 1929 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference