1929 New York Yankees | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Yankee Stadium | |
City | New York City, New York | |
Owners | Jacob Ruppert | |
General managers | Ed Barrow | |
Managers | Miller Huggins, Art Fletcher | |
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The 1929 New York Yankees season was the team's 27th season. The team finished with a record of 88–66, finishing in second place, 18 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics. This ended a streak of three straight World Series appearances for the club. New York was managed by Miller Huggins until his death on September 25. They played at Yankee Stadium.
Regular season
- April 16, 1929: The New York Yankees took to the field with uniform numbers for the first time on the backs on their uniforms, the first team to make them permanent.[1]
Season standings
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Philadelphia Athletics | 104 | 46 | 0.693 | — | 57–16 | 47–30 |
New York Yankees | 88 | 66 | 0.571 | 18 | 49–28 | 39–38 |
Cleveland Indians | 81 | 71 | 0.533 | 24 | 44–32 | 37–39 |
St. Louis Browns | 79 | 73 | 0.520 | 26 | 41–36 | 38–37 |
Washington Senators | 71 | 81 | 0.467 | 34 | 37–40 | 34–41 |
Detroit Tigers | 70 | 84 | 0.455 | 36 | 38–39 | 32–45 |
Chicago White Sox | 59 | 93 | 0.388 | 46 | 35–41 | 24–52 |
Boston Red Sox | 58 | 96 | 0.377 | 48 | 32–45 | 26–51 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 11–11 | 9–13 | 8–14 | 5–17 | 4–18 | 11–11–1 | 10–12 | |||||
Chicago | 11–11 | — | 9–12 | 10–12 | 6–16 | 9–13 | 4–17 | 10–12 | |||||
Cleveland | 13–9 | 12–9 | — | 11–11 | 14–8 | 7–14 | 10–12 | 14–8 | |||||
Detroit | 14–8 | 12–10 | 11–11 | — | 9–13 | 4–18 | 10–12 | 10–12–1 | |||||
New York | 17–5 | 16–6 | 8–14 | 13–9 | — | 8–14 | 14–8 | 12–10 | |||||
Philadelphia | 18–4 | 13–9 | 14–7 | 18–4 | 14–8 | — | 11–10–1 | 16–4 | |||||
St. Louis | 11–11–1 | 17–4 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 8–14 | 10–11–1 | — | 9–13 | |||||
Washington | 12–10 | 12–10 | 8–14 | 12–10–1 | 10–12 | 4–16 | 13–9 | — |
Roster
Beginning from that year onward the Yankees put the players' jersey numbers on the backs of their white home and grey road uniforms, making them the first MLB team to put player numbers in their uniforms on a permanent basis.
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Pitchers
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Outfielders
Other batters
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Manager
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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 |
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C | Bill Dickey | 130 | 447 | 145 | .324 | 10 | 65 |
1B | Lou Gehrig | 154 | 553 | 166 | .300 | 35 | 126 |
2B | Tony Lazzeri | 147 | 545 | 193 | .354 | 18 | 106 |
3B | Gene Robertson | 90 | 309 | 92 | .298 | 0 | 35 |
SS | Leo Durocher | 100 | 341 | 84 | .246 | 0 | 32 |
LF | Earle Combs | 142 | 586 | 202 | .345 | 3 | 65 |
CF | Bob Meusel | 100 | 391 | 102 | .261 | 10 | 57 |
RF | Babe Ruth | 135 | 499 | 172 | .345 | 46 | 154 |
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 |
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Mark Koenig | 116 | 373 | 109 | .292 | 3 | 41 |
Lyn Lary | 80 | 236 | 73 | .309 | 5 | 26 |
Cedric Durst | 92 | 202 | 52 | .257 | 4 | 31 |
Samuel Byrd | 62 | 170 | 53 | .312 | 5 | 28 |
Ben Paschal | 42 | 72 | 15 | .208 | 2 | 11 |
Benny Bengough | 23 | 62 | 12 | .194 | 0 | 7 |
Johnny Grabowski | 22 | 59 | 12 | .203 | 0 | 2 |
Arndt Jorgens | 18 | 34 | 11 | .324 | 0 | 4 |
Julie Wera | 5 | 12 | 5 | .417 | 0 | 2 |
George Burns | 9 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Liz Funk | 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 |
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George Pipgras | 39 | 225.1 | 18 | 12 | 4.23 | 125 |
Waite Hoyt | 30 | 201.2 | 10 | 9 | 4.24 | 57 |
Ed Wells | 31 | 193.1 | 13 | 9 | 4.33 | 78 |
Herb Pennock | 27 | 157.1 | 9 | 11 | 4.92 | 49 |
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 |
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Roy Sherid | 33 | 154.2 | 6 | 6 | 3.61 | 51 |
Fred Heimach | 35 | 134.2 | 11 | 6 | 4.01 | 26 |
Tom Zachary | 26 | 119.2 | 12 | 0 | 2.48 | 35 |
Hank Johnson | 12 | 42.2 | 3 | 3 | 5.06 | 24 |
Gordon Rhodes | 10 | 42.2 | 0 | 4 | 4.85 | 13 |
Myles Thomas | 5 | 15.0 | 0 | 2 | 10.80 | 3 |
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 |
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Wilcy Moore | 41 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 4.13 | 21 |
Bots Nekola | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.34 | 2 |
Awards and honors
League top ten finishers
- #2 in AL in home runs (35)
- #2 in AL in on-base percentage (.431)
- #3 in AL in runs scored (127)
- #3 in AL in walks (122)
- #4 in AL in RBI (126)
- #4 in AL in slugging percentage (.584)
- #4 in AL in on-base percentage (.429)
- #3 in AL in strikeouts (125)
- MLB leader in home runs (46)
- MLB leader in slugging percentage (.697)
- #2 in AL in RBI (154)
- #3 in AL in on-base percentage (.430)
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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D | Chambersburg Young Yanks | Blue Ridge League | Tommy Clarke |