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
MLB seasons
1929 Major League Baseball season is located in the United States
Red Sox
White Sox
Indians
Tigers
Athletics
Browns
Yankees
Senators
Locations of AL teams for the 1923–1931 Major League Baseball seasons
American League
1929 Major League Baseball season is located in the United States
Braves
Robins
Cubs
Reds
Giants
Phillies
Pirates
Cardinals
Locations of NL teams for the 1923–1931 Major League Baseball seasons
National League

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.

Babe Ruth hit his 500th career home run this season on August 11 at Cleveland. 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 League National League
Type Name Stat Name Stat
AVG Lew Fonseca, CLE .369 Lefty O'Doul, PHP .398
HR Babe Ruth, NYY 46 Chuck Klein, PHP 43
RBI Al Simmons, PHA 157 Hack Wilson, CHC 159
Wins George Earnshaw, PHA 24 Pat Malone, CHC 22
ERA Lefty Grove, PHA 2.81 Bill Walker, NYG 3.09
Ks Lefty Grove, PHA 170 Pat Malone, CHC 166

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 Finished 3rd
Detroit Tigers Bucky Harris
New York Yankees Miller Huggins
Art Fletcher 		Finished 2nd
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 John McGraw Finished 3rd
Philadelphia Phillies Burt Shotton
Pittsburgh Pirates Jewel Ens Finished 2nd
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

Deaths

References

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  2. ^ "Chicago Cubs Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
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  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.
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  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.
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  17. ^ "Baltimore Orioles Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
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  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. Archived from the original on November 4, 2007. Retrieved March 5, 2020.

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