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1929 American League

1929 > Class Major League > League History
Overall: 613 games, 8 teams, approx. 153 games in season
Attendance: 280,697 (457/game)
Other Years: 1928 / 1930
League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1928 / 1930

League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1928 / 1930

League Standings

Regular Season

154 games
Tm W L W-L% 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

League Batting

Tm Aff BatAge R/G G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Philadelphia Athletics PHA 28.8 5.97 151 5988 5204 901 1539 288 76 122 845 63 39 543 440 .296 .365 .451 .816 2345 28 213
Detroit Tigers DET 27.6 5.97 155 6253 5592 926 1671 339 97 110 851 95 75 521 496 .299 .360 .453 .814 2534 18 122
New York Yankees NYY 27.4 5.84 154 6103 5379 899 1587 262 74 142 828 52 50 554 518 .295 .364 .450 .814 2423 25 145
Washington Senators WSH 28.2 4.77 153 5995 5237 730 1445 244 66 48 656 89 63 556 400 .276 .347 .375 .723 1965 17 185
St. Louis Browns SLB 29.3 4.76 154 5976 5174 733 1426 277 64 46 672 70 47 589 431 .276 .352 .381 .733 1969 22 191
Cleveland Indians CLE 28.6 4.72 152 5868 5187 717 1525 294 79 62 684 75 87 453 363 .294 .354 .417 .771 2163 26 202
Chicago White Sox CHW 26.8 4.13 152 5849 5248 627 1406 240 74 37 558 109 65 425 436 .268 .325 .363 .688 1905 22 154
Boston Red Sox BOS 28.2 3.90 155 5778 5160 605 1377 285 69 28 561 86 82 413 494 .267 .325 .365 .690 1884 28 177
League Totals 28.1 5.01 1226 47810 42181 6138 11976 2229 599 595 5655 639 508 4054 3578 .284 .349 .407 .757 17188 186 1389

League Pitching

Tm Aff PitchAge R/G W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
Philadelphia Athletics PHA 31.3 4.07 104 46 .693 3.44 151 151 81 70 9 24 1357.0 1371 615 518 73 487 573 15 2 28 5837 1.369 9.1 0.5 3.2 3.8 1.18
St. Louis Browns SLB 28.8 4.63 79 73 .520 4.08 154 154 71 83 15 10 1371.0 1469 713 621 100 462 415 16 6 15 5905 1.408 9.6 0.7 3.0 2.7 0.90
Cleveland Indians CLE 27.5 4.84 81 71 .533 4.05 152 152 72 80 8 10 1352.0 1570 736 609 56 488 389 26 4 10 5998 1.522 10.5 0.4 3.2 2.6 0.80
New York Yankees NYY 28.9 5.03 88 66 .571 4.19 154 154 90 64 12 18 1366.2 1475 775 637 83 485 484 24 6 20 5972 1.434 9.7 0.5 3.2 3.2 1.00
Washington Senators WSH 27.5 5.07 71 81 .467 4.34 153 153 91 62 3 17 1354.2 1429 776 653 48 496 494 24 2 29 5866 1.421 9.5 0.3 3.3 3.3 1.00
Boston Red Sox BOS 26.3 5.18 58 96 .377 4.43 155 155 71 84 9 5 1366.2 1537 803 672 78 496 416 28 0 36 5993 1.488 10.1 0.5 3.3 2.7 0.84
Chicago White Sox CHW 29.1 5.21 59 93 .388 4.41 152 152 74 78 5 7 1357.2 1481 792 666 84 505 328 31 3 22 5943 1.463 9.8 0.6 3.3 2.2 0.65
Detroit Tigers DET 27.9 5.99 70 84 .455 4.96 155 155 73 82 5 9 1390.1 1641 928 766 73 646 467 28 3 31 6345 1.645 10.6 0.5 4.2 3.0 0.72
League Totals 28.4 5.01 610 610 .500 4.24 1226 1226 623 603 66 100 10916.0 11973 6138 5142 595 4065 3566 192 26 191 47859 1.469 9.9 0.5 3.4 2.9 0.88

League Fielding

Tm Aff G CG PO A E DP Fld% PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Attendance Managers
Philadelphia Athletics PHA 151 4068 1616 146 117 .975 10 89 44 33% Connie Mack
St. Louis Browns SLB 154 4109 1862 156 148 .975 7 59 61 51% 280,697 Dan Howley
New York Yankees NYY 154 4099 1768 178 153 .971 7 78 54 41% Art Fletcher and Miller Huggins
Chicago White Sox CHW 152 4065 1922 188 153 .970 11 75 61 45% Lena Blackburne
Washington Senators WSH 153 4061 1844 195 156 .968 9 66 74 53% Walter Johnson
Cleveland Indians CLE 152 4049 2012 198 162 .968 14 88 66 43% Roger Peckinpaugh
Boston Red Sox BOS 155 4092 1856 218 159 .965 8 74 77 51% Bill Carrigan
Detroit Tigers DET 155 4164 1820 242 149 .961 13 110 71 39% Bucky Harris
League Totals 1226 32707 14700 1521 1197 .969 79 639 508 44% 280,697