1929 St. Louis Browns season

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1929  St. Louis Browns
League American League
Ballpark Sportsman's Park
City St. Louis, Missouri
Record79–73 (.520)
League place4th
Owners Phil Ball
Managers Dan Howley
Radio KMOX
(France Laux)
  1928 Seasons 1930  

The 1929 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 4th in the American League with a record of 79 wins and 73 losses. This would be the last time the franchise would finish above .500 in a peacetime season until 1960, when they were the Baltimore Orioles.

Contents

Regular season

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Athletics 10446.69357164730
New York Yankees 8866.5711849283938
Cleveland Indians 8171.5332444323739
St. Louis Browns 7973.5202641363837
Washington Senators 7181.4673437403441
Detroit Tigers 7084.4553638393245
Chicago White Sox 5993.3884635412452
Boston Red Sox 5896.3774832452651

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBOSCWSCLEDETNYYPHASLBWSH
Boston 11–119–138–145–174–1811–11–110–12
Chicago 11–119–1210–126–169–134–1710–12
Cleveland 13–912–911–1114–87–1410–1214–8
Detroit 14–812–1011–119–134–1810–1210–12–1
New York 17–516–68–1413–98–1414–812–10
Philadelphia 18–413–914–718–414–811–10–116–4
St. Louis 11–11–117–412–1012–108–1410–11–19–13
Washington 12–1012–108–1412–10–110–124–1613–9

Roster

1929 St. Louis Browns
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Wally Schang 9424959.237536
1B Lu Blue 151573168.293661
2B Ski Melillo 141494146.296567
SS Red Kress 147557170.3059107
3B Frank O'Rourke 154585147.251262
OF Fred Schulte 121446137.307371
OF Beauty McGowan 125441112.254251
OF Heinie Manush 142574204.355681

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Earl McNeely 6923056.243118
Red Badgro 5414842.284118
Rick Ferrell 6414433.229020
Clyde Manion 3511127.243011
Otis Brannan 235115.29418
Ed Roetz 164511.24405
Len Dondero 19316.19418
Tom Jenkins 21224.18200
Jimmy Austin 110.00000

Pitching

= Indicates league leader

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Sam Gray 43305.018153.72109
General Crowder 40266.217153.9279
Rip Collins 26155.11164.0047
Lefty Stewart 23149.2963.2547
Fred Stiely 19.0100.002

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
George Blaeholder 42222.014154.8272
Jack Ogden 34131.1484.9332

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Dick Coffman 271115.9811
Chad Kimsey 243615.0413
Ed Strelecki 71104.912
Paul Hopkins 20000.001
Oscar Estrada 10000.000
Herb Cobb 100036.000