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This article is about the 1929 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see
1929 in baseball .
Sports season
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
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
American League
National League
Postseason
Bracket
Managers
American League
National League
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
Babe Ruth: On August 11, Babe Ruth became the first player to hit 500 home runs.
Philadelphia Athletics and Chicago Cubs: First season since 1912 that both pennant winners won by more than 10 games.[18]
Philadelphia Athletics: On October 12, during Game 4 of the World Series, the Philadelphia Athletics scored ten runs in the seventh inning to come back from an 8–0 deficit. This was soon dubbed "The Mack Attack," after long-time manager Connie Mack. He commented that it was "The greatest thrill [he] had in 29 years of managing."[19] At the time, this was a record.
Deaths
Miller Huggins, the Yankees manager, died of blood poisoning on September 25.[20]
References
^ "The 1929 Mack Attack | Society for American Baseball Research" . sabr.org . Retrieved March 4, 2020 .
^ "Chicago Cubs Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020 .
^ "New York Yankees Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020 .
^ "Detroit Tigers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020 .
^ "San Francisco Giants Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020 .
^ "Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020 .
^ "Los Angeles Dodgers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020 .
^ "Cleveland Indians Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020 .
^ "Pittsburgh Pirates Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020 .
^ "Chicago White Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020 .
^ "St. Louis Cardinals Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020 .
^ "Boston Red Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020 .
^ "Atlanta Braves Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020 .
^ "Minnesota Twins Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020 .
^ "Cincinnati Reds Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020 .
^ "Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020 .
^ "Baltimore Orioles Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors" . Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 8, 2020 .
^ Koppet, Leonard (1998). Koppet's Concise History of Major League Baseball . Philadelphia: Temple University Press. p. 178. ISBN 1-56639-638-7 .
^ Baumgartner, Stan (October 13, 1929). "Connie Calls Game "Greatest Thrill, Hugs Fans of Field". Philadelphia Inquirer .
^ "1929 Baseball Season" . HowStuffWorks . August 24, 2007. Archived from the original on November 4, 2007. Retrieved March 5, 2020 .
External links
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See also