1929 St. Louis Browns
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkSportsman's Park
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record79–73 (.520)
League place4th
OwnersPhil Ball
ManagersDan Howley
RadioKMOX
(France Laux)
← 1928 Seasons 1930 →

The 1929 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 4th in the American League with a record of 79 wins and 73 losses. This would be the last time the franchise would finish above .500 in a peacetime season until 1960, when they were the Baltimore Orioles.

Regular season

Season standings

American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Athletics 104 46 0.693 — 57–16 47–30
New York Yankees 88 66 0.571 18 49–28 39–38
Cleveland Indians 81 71 0.533 24 44–32 37–39
St. Louis Browns 79 73 0.520 26 41–36 38–37
Washington Senators 71 81 0.467 34 37–40 34–41
Detroit Tigers 70 84 0.455 36 38–39 32–45
Chicago White Sox 59 93 0.388 46 35–41 24–52
Boston Red Sox 58 96 0.377 48 32–45 26–51

Record vs. opponents

1929 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston — 11–11 9–13 8–14 5–17 4–18 11–11–1 10–12
Chicago 11–11 — 9–12 10–12 6–16 9–13 4–17 10–12
Cleveland 13–9 12–9 — 11–11 14–8 7–14 10–12 14–8
Detroit 14–8 12–10 11–11 — 9–13 4–18 10–12 10–12–1
New York 17–5 16–6 8–14 13–9 — 8–14 14–8 12–10
Philadelphia 18–4 13–9 14–7 18–4 14–8 — 11–10–1 16–4
St. Louis 11–11–1 17–4 12–10 12–10 8–14 10–11–1 — 9–13
Washington 12–10 12–10 8–14 12–10–1 10–12 4–16 13–9 —


Roster

1929 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

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 Wally Schang 94 249 59 .237 5 36
1B Lu Blue 151 573 168 .293 6 61
2B Ski Melillo 141 494 146 .296 5 67
SS Red Kress 147 557 170 .305 9 107
3B Frank O'Rourke 154 585 147 .251 2 62
OF Fred Schulte 121 446 137 .307 3 71
OF Beauty McGowan 125 441 112 .254 2 51
OF Heinie Manush 142 574 204 .355 6 81

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 McNeely 69 230 56 .243 1 18
Red Badgro 54 148 42 .284 1 18
Rick Ferrell 64 144 33 .229 0 20
Clyde Manion 35 111 27 .243 0 11
Otis Brannan 23 51 15 .294 1 8
Ed Roetz 16 45 11 .244 0 5
Len Dondero 19 31 6 .194 1 8
Tom Jenkins 21 22 4 .182 0 0
Jimmy Austin 1 1 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
Sam Gray 43 305.0 18 15 3.72 109
General Crowder 40 266.2 17 15 3.92 79
Rip Collins 26 155.1 11 6 4.00 47
Lefty Stewart 23 149.2 9 6 3.25 47
Fred Stiely 1 9.0 1 0 0.00 2

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 Blaeholder 42 222.0 14 15 4.82 72
Jack Ogden 34 131.1 4 8 4.93 32

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 Coffman 27 1 1 1 5.98 11
Chad Kimsey 24 3 6 1 5.04 13
Ed Strelecki 7 1 1 0 4.91 2
Paul Hopkins 2 0 0 0 0.00 1
Oscar Estrada 1 0 0 0 0.00 0
Herb Cobb 1 0 0 0 36.00 0

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1929 MLB season by team
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