1929 New York Giants
LeagueNational League
BallparkPolo Grounds
CityNew York City
OwnersCharles Stoneham
ManagersJohn McGraw
Seasons

The 1929 New York Giants season was the franchise's 47th season. The team finished in third place in the National League with an 84–67 record, 13½ games behind the Chicago Cubs. In a home game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on July 5 at the Polo Grounds, the Giants used the first public address system to be used in a major league ballpark.[1]

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 9854 0.645 — 52–25 46–29
Pittsburgh Pirates 8865 0.575 10½ 45–31 43–34
New York Giants 8467 0.556 13½ 39–37 45–30
St. Louis Cardinals 7874 0.513 20 43–32 35–42
Philadelphia Phillies 7182 0.464 27½ 39–37 32–45
Brooklyn Robins 7083 0.458 28½ 42–35 28–48
Cincinnati Reds 6688 0.429 33 38–39 28–49
Boston Braves 5698 0.364 43 34–43 22–55

Record vs. opponents

1929 National League record

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —11–117–158–149–135–178–148–14
Brooklyn 11–11—6–1611–1114–79–139–1310–12
Chicago 15–716–6—14–8–112–10–117–5–19–1315–5–1
Cincinnati 14–811–118–14–1—10–1211–119–133–19
New York 13–97–1410–12–112–10—16–513–813–9
Philadelphia 17–513–95–17–111–115–16—11–119–13
Pittsburgh 14–813–913–913–98–1311–11—16–6–1
St. Louis 14–812–105–15–119–39–1313–96–16–1—

Roster

1929 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
CShanty Hogan10231795.300545
1BBill Terry150607226.37214117
2BAndy Cohen101347102.294547
SSTravis Jackson149551162.2942194
3BFreddie Lindstrom130549175.3191591
OFMel Ott150545179.32842151
OFEdd Roush115450146.324852
OFFreddy Leach113411119.290847

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
Chick Fullis8627479.288729
Bob O'Farrell9124876.306442
Andy Reese5820955.263021
Doc Farrell6317838.213016
Jimmy Welsh3812932.24828
Pat Crawford655717.298324
Tony Kaufmann39321.03101
Doc Marshall5156.40002
Jack Cummings331.33300
Ray Schalk520.00000
Buck Jordan221.50000
Pat Veltman310.00000
Sam Leslie110.00001

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
Carl Hubbell39268.018113.69106
Larry Benton39237.011174.1463
Freddie Fitzsimmons37221.215114.1055
Bill Walker29177.21473.0965

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
Carl Mays37123.0624.3232
Dutch Henry27101.1563.8227
Jack Scott3091.2763.5340
Joe Genewich2185.0376.7819
Roy Parmelee27.0109.001

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
Ralph Judd183002.6621
Ray Lucas30010.001
Jim Tennant10000.001

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
A Bridgeport Bears Eastern League Hans Lobert

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Notes

  1. ↑ "Year In Review : 1929 National League". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
  2. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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