1929 IN BASEBALL

Contents

Champions

Awards and honors

Statistical Leaders

Major League Baseball final standings

American League final standings

National League final standings

Negro League Baseball final standings

Negro National League final standings

American Negro League final standings

Events

Births

Deaths

Champions

★ World Series: Philadelphia Athletics over Chicago Cubs (4-1)

Awards and honors

★ League Award

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★ Rogers Hornsby, Chicago Cubs, 2B

Statistical Leaders

	' American League '		' National League'
AVG	Lew Fonseca CLE	.369	Lefty O'Doul PHI	.398
HR	Babe Ruth NYY	46	Chuck Klein PHI	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

Major League Baseball final standings

American League final standings

'American League'
'Club'	'Wins'	'Losses'	'Win %'	'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

National League final standings

'National League'
'Club'	'Wins'	'Losses'	'Win %'	'GB'
Chicago Cubs	98	54	.645	--
Pittsburgh Pirates	88	65	.575	10.5
New York Giants	84	67	.556	13.5
St. Louis Cardinals	78	74	.513	20
Philadelphia Phillies	71	82	.464	27.5
Brooklyn Robins	70	83	.458	28.5
Cincinnati Reds	66	88	.429	33
Boston Braves	56	98	.364	43

Negro League Baseball final standings

Negro National League final standings

'Negro National League (West)'
'Club'	'Wins'	'Losses'	'Win %'	'GB'
Kansas City Monarchs	66	14	.825
St. Louis Stars	60	28	.682
Chicago American Giants	44	25	.638
Detroit Stars	38	39	.494
Cuban Stars	15	34	.306
Birmingham Black Barons	24	41	.369
Memphis Red Sox	10	38	.250
----Nashville Elite Giants†	5	14	.263

† Nashville was not in the league but their games counted in the standings.

American Negro League final standings

'American Negro League (East)'
'Club'	'Wins'	'Losses'	'Win %'	'GB'
New York Lincoln Giants	38	18	.679
Baltimore Black Sox	53	29	.646
Homestead Grays	37	21	.627
Hilldale	42	36	.538
Atlantic City Bacharach Giants	16	30	.391
Cuban Stars	16	26	.381

★ Baltimore was awarded the Pennant as they reportedly won both halves of the season.

Events

★ August 11 - [[Babe Ruth hit his 500th career home run in the second inning off Willis Hudlin at Cleveland's League Park. The homer was Ruth's 30th of the year, but it wasn't enough as the Indians beat the Yankees 6-5.

Births

★ January 11 - Don Mossi

★ February 23 - Elston Howard

★ May 7 - Dick Williams

★ May 19 - Curt Simmons

★ June 11 - Frank Thomas

★ July 4 - Chuck Tanner

★ July 9 - Wally Post

★ July 17 - Roy McMillan

★ August 7 - Don Larsen

★ August 14 - Jim Pisoni

★ August 16 - Curt Roberts

★ September 24 - Jim Mangan

★ November 14 - Jimmy Piersall

★ December 1 - Nino Escalera

Deaths

★ January 2 - Denny Lyons, 62, third baseman who batted .310 lifetime, set record with 255 putouts in 1887; led American Association in slugging in 1890

★ March 13 - Sherry Magee, 44, left fielder for the Phillies who led NL in RBI four times and in hits, runs and doubles once each; 1910 batting champion, his 441 stolen bases included 23 thefts of home plate; NL umpire in 1928

★ May 13 - George Stallings, 61, manager who led "Miracle Braves" to 1914 title; also managed Phillies, Tigers and Highlanders

★ September 25 - Miller Huggins, 50, manager of the Yankees since 1918 who led the team to its first six pennants and three World Series titles, including the legendary 1927 "Murderer's Row" squad; as second baseman, led NL in walks four times, batted .304 for 1912 Cardinals

★ October 1 - Lee Richmond, 72, pitcher whose 32 victories for 1880 Worcesters included the major leagues' first perfect game

★ November 14 - Joe McGinnity, 58, pitcher whose 246 victories included eight 20-win seasons; led NL in wins five times, innings four times and games six times; 31 wins for 1903 Giants included three complete August doubleheaders; also won over 200 games in minor leagues

★ November 15 - Billy Nash, 64, third baseman for Boston who scored 100 runs four times; led league in putouts, double plays and fielding four times each