1929 St. Louis Browns season

The 1929 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 4th in the American League with a record of 79 wins and 73 losses.

1929 St. Louis Browns
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record79–73 (.520)
League place4th
Other information
Owner(s)Phil Ball
Manager(s)Dan Howley
Local radioKMOX
(France Laux)
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Regular season

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Athletics 10446 0.693 — 57–16 47–30
New York Yankees 8866 0.571 18 49–28 39–38
Cleveland Indians 8171 0.533 24 44–32 37–39
St. Louis Browns 7973 0.520 26 41–36 38–37
Washington Senators 7181 0.467 34 37–40 34–41
Detroit Tigers 7084 0.455 36 38–39 32–45
Chicago White Sox 5993 0.388 46 35–41 24–52
Boston Red Sox 5896 0.377 48 32–45 26–51

This would be the last time the franchise would finish about .500 in a peacetime season until 1960.

Record vs. opponents
1929 American League Records

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

Roster
1929 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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
CWally Schang9424959.237536
1BLu Blue151573168.293661
2BSki Melillo141494146.296567
SSRed Kress147557170.3059107
3BFrank O'Rourke154585147.251262
OFFred Schulte121446137.307371
OFBeauty McGowan125441112.254251
OFHeinie Manush142574204.355681

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
Earl McNeely6923056.243118
Red Badgro5414842.284118
Rick Ferrell6414433.229020
Clyde Manion3511127.243011
Otis Brannan235115.29418
Ed Roetz164511.24405
Len Dondero19316.19418
Tom Jenkins21224.18200
Jimmy Austin110.00000

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
Sam Gray4330518153.72109
General Crowder40266.217153.9279
Rip Collins26155.11164.0047
Lefty Stewart23149.2963.2547
Fred Stiely19100.002

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
George Blaeholder4222214154.8272
Jack Ogden34131.1484.9332

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
Dick Coffman271115.9811
Chad Kimsey243615.0413
Ed Strelecki71104.912
Paul Hopkins20000.001
Oscar Estrada10000.000
Herb Cobb100036.000


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