1929 Major League Baseball season

The 1929 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 16 to October 14, 1929. The Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Athletics were the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The Athletics then defeated the Cubs in the World Series, four games to one.

This article is about the 1929 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1929 in baseball.
1929 MLB season
LeagueMajor League Baseball
SportBaseball
DurationApril 16 – October 14, 1929
Number of games154
Number of teams16
Regular Season
Season MVPNL: Rogers Hornsby (CHC)
AL championsPhiladelphia Athletics
  AL runners-upNew York Yankees
NL championsChicago Cubs
  NL runners-upPittsburgh Pirates
World Series
ChampionsPhiladelphia Athletics
  Runners-upChicago Cubs

Babe Ruth hit his 500th career home run this season. 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
See also: Major League Baseball schedule

Each team played 154 regular season games, which were all played within the team's respective league. With this schedule, 22 games were played with each team of the same league. This format had started in the 1920 season and lasted until 1961 (1962 in the National league).

Awards and honors

Statistical leaders
 American LeagueNational League
TypeNameStatNameStat
AVGLew Fonseca, CLE.369Lefty O'Doul, PHP.398
HRBabe Ruth, NYY46Chuck Klein, PHP43
RBIAl Simmons, PHA157Hack Wilson, CHC159
WinsGeorge Earnshaw, PHA24Pat Malone, CHC22
ERALefty Grove, PHA2.81Bill Walker, NYG3.09
KsLefty Grove, PHA170Pat Malone, CHC166

Standings

Postseason

Bracket

  World Series
       
  AL Philadelphia Athletics 4
  NL Chicago Cubs 1

Managers

American League
Team Manager Comments
Boston Red Sox Bill Carrigan
Chicago White Sox Lena Blackburne
Cleveland Indians Roger Peckinpaugh
Detroit Tigers Bucky Harris
New York Yankees Miller Huggins
Art Fletcher
Philadelphia Athletics Connie Mack World Series Champions
St. Louis Browns Dan Howley
Washington Senators Walter Johnson

National League
Team Manager Comments
Boston Braves Emil Fuchs
Brooklyn Robins Wilbert Robinson
Chicago Cubs Joe McCarthy NL pennant winners
Cincinnati Reds Jack Hendricks
New York Giants Billy Southworth, Gabby Street and Bill McKechnie
Philadelphia Phillies Burt Shotton
Pittsburgh Pirates Jewel Ens
St. Louis Cardinals Billy Southworth, Gabby Street and Bill McKechnie

Home Field Attendance
Team Name Wins %± Home attendance %± Per Game
Chicago Cubs[2] 98 7.7% 1,485,166 29.9% 19,041
New York Yankees[3] 88 -12.9% 960,148 -10.4% 12,469
Detroit Tigers[4] 70 2.9% 869,318 83.3% 11,290
New York Giants[5] 84 -9.7% 868,806 -5.2% 11,283
Philadelphia Athletics[6] 104 6.1% 839,176 21.7% 11,340
Brooklyn Robins[7] 70 -9.1% 731,886 10.1% 9,505
Cleveland Indians[8] 81 30.6% 536,210 42.6% 7,055
Pittsburgh Pirates[9] 88 3.5% 491,377 -0.7% 6,465
Chicago White Sox[10] 59 -18.1% 426,795 -13.6% 5,616
St. Louis Cardinals[11] 78 -17.9% 399,887 -47.5% 5,193
Boston Red Sox[12] 58 1.8% 394,620 -0.6% 5,059
Boston Braves[13] 56 12.0% 372,351 64.0% 4,836
Washington Senators[14] 71 -5.3% 355,506 -6.1% 4,558
Cincinnati Reds[15] 66 -15.4% 295,040 -39.8% 3,783
Philadelphia Phillies[16] 71 65.1% 281,200 54.4% 3,700
St. Louis Browns[17] 79 -3.7% 280,697 -17.3% 3,645

Key events
  • Babe Ruth: On August 11, Babe Ruth became the first player to hit 500 home runs.
  • Philadelphia Athletics and Chicago Cubs: First season since 1912 that both pennant winners won by more than 10 games.[18]
  • Philadelphia Athletics: On October 12, during Game 4 of the World Series, the Philadelphia Athletics scored ten runs in the seventh inning to come back from an 8–0 deficit. This was soon dubbed "The Mack Attack," after long-time manager Connie Mack. He commented that it was "The greatest thrill [he] had in 29 years of managing."[19] At the time, this was a record.

Deaths
  • Miller Huggins, the Yankees manager, died of blood poisoning on September 25.[20]

References
  1. "The 1929 Mack Attack | Society for American Baseball Research". sabr.org. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
  2. "Chicago Cubs Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  3. "New York Yankees Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  4. "Detroit Tigers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  5. "San Francisco Giants Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  6. "Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  7. "Los Angeles Dodgers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  8. "Cleveland Indians Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  9. "Pittsburgh Pirates Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  10. "Chicago White Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  11. "St. Louis Cardinals Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  12. "Boston Red Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  13. "Atlanta Braves Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  14. "Minnesota Twins Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  15. "Cincinnati Reds Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  16. "Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  17. "Baltimore Orioles Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  18. Koppet, Leonard (1998). Koppet's Concise History of Major League Baseball. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. p. 178. ISBN 1-56639-638-7.
  19. Baumgartner, Stan (October 13, 1929). "Connie Calls Game "Greatest Thrill, Hugs Fans of Field". Philadelphia Inquirer.
  20. "1929 Baseball Season". HowStuffWorks. August 24, 2007. Retrieved March 5, 2020.


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