1929 New York Yankees season

1929 New York Yankees
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901)
Location
Yankee Stadium (Since 1923) New York City, New York (Since 1903)
1929 Information
Owner(s)	Jacob Ruppert
Manager(s)	Miller Huggins and Art Fletcher
Local television	none
Local radio	none
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The 1929 New York Yankees season was the team's 27th season in New York and its 29th overall. 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 championships from 1926 to 1928. 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.

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
Philadelphia Athletics	104	46	.693	--
New York Yankees	88	66	.571	18
Cleveland Indians	81	71	.533	24
St. Louis Browns	79	73	.520	26
Washington Senators	71	81	.467	34
Detroit Tigers	70	84	.455	36
Chicago White Sox	59	93	.388	46
Boston Red Sox	58	96	.377	48

Roster

1929 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers 17 Fred Heimach 12 Waite Hoyt 15 Hank Johnson 18 Wilcy Moore 30 Bots Nekola 11 Herb Pennock 14 George Pipgras 21,30 Gordon Rhodes 31 Roy Sherid 20 Myles Thomas 19 Ed Wells 16 Tom Zachary		Catchers  9 Benny Bengough 10 Bill Dickey  8 Johnny Grabowski 15,32 Art Jorgens Infielders  7 Leo Durocher  4 Lou Gehrig  2 Mark Koenig 24 Lyn Lary  6 Tony Lazzeri 22 Gene Robertson 20 Julie Wera		Outfielders 27 Sammy Byrd  1 Earle Combs 26 Cedric Durst  5 Bob Meusel 25 Ben Paschal  3 Babe Ruth Other batters 21 George Burns 28 Liz Funk		Manager 34 Art Fletcher -- Miller Huggins Coaches 34 Art Fletcher -- Harry Mathews 33 Charley O'Leary 29 Bob Shawkey

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
C	Dickey, BillBill Dickey	130	447	145	.324	10	65
1B	Gehrig, LouLou Gehrig	154	553	166	.300	35	126
2B	Lazzeri, TonyTony Lazzeri	147	545	193	.354	18	106
3B	Robertson, GeneGene Robertson	90	309	92	.298	0	35
SS	Durocher, LeoLeo Durocher	100	341	84	.246	0	32
LF	Combs, EarleEarle Combs	142	586	202	.345	3	65
CF	Meusel, BobBob Meusel	100	391	102	.261	10	57
RF	Ruth, BabeBabe 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
Burns, GeorgeGeorge Burns	9	9	0	.000	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
Pipgras, GeorgeGeorge Pipgras	39	225.1	18	12	4.23	125
Hoyt, WaiteWaite Hoyt	30	201.2	10	9	4.24	57

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
Heimach, FredFred Heimach	35	134.2	11	6	4.01	26

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

Awards and honors

League top ten finishers

Lou Gehrig

• #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)

Tony Lazzeri

• #4 in AL in on-base percentage (.429)

George Pipgras

• #3 in AL in strikeouts (125)

Babe Ruth

• 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

See also: Minor league baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
D	Chambersburg Young Yanks	Blue Ridge League	Tommy Clarke

References

• 1929 New York Yankees
• 1929 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com