1929 New York Giants (MLB) season
1929 New York Giants | ||
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Ballpark | Polo Grounds | |
City | New York City | |
Owners | Charles Stoneham | |
Managers | John McGraw | |
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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
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Chicago Cubs | 98 | 54 | .645 | — | 52–25 | 46–29 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 88 | 65 | .575 | 10½ | 45–31 | 43–34 |
New York Giants | 84 | 67 | .556 | 13½ | 39–37 | 45–30 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 78 | 74 | .513 | 20 | 43–32 | 35–42 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 71 | 82 | .464 | 27½ | 39–37 | 32–45 |
Brooklyn Robins | 70 | 83 | .458 | 28½ | 42–35 | 28–48 |
Cincinnati Reds | 66 | 88 | .429 | 33 | 38–39 | 28–49 |
Boston Braves | 56 | 98 | .364 | 43 | 34–43 | 22–55 |
Record vs. opponents
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 11–11 | 7–15 | 8–14 | 9–13 | 5–17 | 8–14 | 8–14 | |||||
Brooklyn | 11–11 | — | 6–16 | 11–11 | 14–7 | 9–13 | 9–13 | 10–12 | |||||
Chicago | 15–7 | 16–6 | — | 14–8–1 | 12–10–1 | 17–5–1 | 9–13 | 15–5–1 | |||||
Cincinnati | 14–8 | 11–11 | 8–14–1 | — | 10–12 | 11–11 | 9–13 | 3–19 | |||||
New York | 13–9 | 7–14 | 10–12–1 | 12–10 | — | 16–5 | 13–8 | 13–9 | |||||
Philadelphia | 17–5 | 13–9 | 5–17–1 | 11–11 | 5–16 | — | 11–11 | 9–13 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 14–8 | 13–9 | 13–9 | 13–9 | 8–13 | 11–11 | — | 16–6–1 | |||||
St. Louis | 14–8 | 12–10 | 5–15–1 | 19–3 | 9–13 | 13–9 | 6–16–1 | — |
Roster
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Pitchers | Catchers
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Outfielders | 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 | Shanty Hogan | 102 | 317 | 95 | .300 | 5 | 45 |
1B | Bill Terry | 150 | 607 | 226 | .372 | 14 | 117 |
2B | Andy Cohen | 101 | 347 | 102 | .294 | 5 | 47 |
SS | Travis Jackson | 149 | 551 | 162 | .294 | 21 | 94 |
3B | Freddie Lindstrom | 130 | 549 | 175 | .319 | 15 | 91 |
OF | Mel Ott | 150 | 545 | 179 | .328 | 42 | 151 |
OF | Edd Roush | 115 | 450 | 146 | .324 | 8 | 52 |
OF | Freddy Leach | 113 | 411 | 119 | .290 | 8 | 47 |
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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Chick Fullis | 86 | 274 | 79 | .288 | 7 | 29 |
Bob O'Farrell | 91 | 248 | 76 | .306 | 4 | 42 |
Andy Reese | 58 | 209 | 55 | .263 | 0 | 21 |
Doc Farrell | 63 | 178 | 38 | .213 | 0 | 16 |
Jimmy Welsh | 38 | 129 | 32 | .248 | 2 | 8 |
Pat Crawford | 65 | 57 | 17 | .298 | 3 | 24 |
Tony Kaufmann | 39 | 32 | 1 | .031 | 0 | 1 |
Doc Marshall | 5 | 15 | 6 | .400 | 0 | 2 |
Jack Cummings | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
Ray Schalk | 5 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Buck Jordan | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 0 |
Pat Veltman | 3 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Sam Leslie | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
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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Carl Hubbell | 39 | 268 | 18 | 11 | 3.69 | 106 |
Larry Benton | 39 | 237 | 11 | 17 | 4.14 | 63 |
Freddie Fitzsimmons | 37 | 221.2 | 15 | 11 | 4.10 | 55 |
Bill Walker | 29 | 177.2 | 14 | 7 | 3.09 | 65 |
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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Carl Mays | 37 | 123 | 6 | 2 | 4.32 | 32 |
Dutch Henry | 27 | 101.1 | 5 | 6 | 3.82 | 27 |
Jack Scott | 30 | 91.2 | 7 | 6 | 3.53 | 40 |
Joe Genewich | 21 | 85 | 3 | 7 | 6.78 | 19 |
Roy Parmelee | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |
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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Ralph Judd | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.66 | 21 |
Ray Lucas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 |
Jim Tennant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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A | Bridgeport Bears | Eastern League | Hans Lobert |
Notes
- ^ "Year In Review : 1929 National League". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
References