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1929 World Series (4-1): Philadelphia Athletics (104-46) over Chicago Cubs (98-54)

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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 8, 1929 at Wrigley Fld (Chicago Cubs)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Philadelphia Athletics       0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  2     3  6  1
    Chicago Cubs                 0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1     1  8  2

    PITCHERS: PHA - Ehmke
              CHC - Root, Bush (8)

               WP - Howard Ehmke
	       LP - Charley Root
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: PHA - Foxx
              CHC - none

  ATTENDANCE: 50,740

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 9, 1929 at Wrigley Fld (Chicago Cubs)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Philadelphia Athletics       0  0  3    3  0  0    1  2  0     9 12  0
    Chicago Cubs                 0  0  0    0  3  0    0  0  0     3 11  1

    PITCHERS: PHA - Earnshaw, Grove (5)
              CHC - Malone, Blake (4), Carlson (6), Nehf (9)

               WP - George Earnshaw
	       LP - Pat Malone
             SAVE - Lefty Grove

   HOME RUNS: PHA - Foxx, Simmons
              CHC - none

  ATTENDANCE: 49,987

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 11, 1929 at Shibe Pk (Philadelphia Athletics)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Chicago Cubs                 0  0  0    0  0  3    0  0  0     3  6  1
    Philadelphia Athletics       0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0     1  9  1

    PITCHERS: CHC - Bush
              PHA - Earnshaw

               WP - Guy Bush
	       LP - George Earnshaw
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CHC - none
              PHA - none

  ATTENDANCE: 29,921

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 12, 1929 at Shibe Pk (Philadelphia Athletics)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Chicago Cubs                 0  0  0    2  0  5    1  0  0     8 10  2
    Philadelphia Athletics       0  0  0    0  0  0   10  0  x    10 15  2

    PITCHERS: CHC - Root, Nehf (7), Blake (7), Malone (7), Carlson (8)
              PHA - Quinn, Walberg (6), Rommel (7), Grove (8)

               WP - Eddie Rommel
	       LP - Sheriff Blake
             SAVE - Lefty Grove

   HOME RUNS: CHC - Grimm
              PHA - Haas, Simmons

  ATTENDANCE: 29,921

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 14, 1929 at Shibe Pk (Philadelphia Athletics)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Chicago Cubs                 0  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  0     2  8  1
    Philadelphia Athletics       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  3     3  6  0

    PITCHERS: CHC - Malone
              PHA - Ehmke, Walberg (4)

               WP - Rube Walberg
	       LP - Pat Malone
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CHC - none
              PHA - Haas

  ATTENDANCE: 29,921

Series Batting Stats

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Philadelphia Athletics

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
*Max Bishop          5  21  2  4  0  0  0   1  2  3  .190  .261  .190  0 | 475 110  3  .232  .714   1
 Joe Boley           5  17  1  4  0  0  0   1  0  3  .235  .235  .235  0 | 303  76  2  .251  .676   1
 George Burns        1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |+ 58  13  1  .224  .612   1
*Mickey Cochrane     5  15  5  6  1  0  0   0  7  0  .400  .591  .467  0 | 514 170  7  .331  .887   7
 Jimmie Dykes        5  19  2  8  1  0  0   4  1  1  .421  .450  .474  0 | 401 131 13  .327  .951   8
 George Earnshaw     2   5  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  4  .000  .000  .000  0 |  87  15  1  .172  .430   0
 Howard Ehmke        2   5  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  .200  .200  .200  0 |  19   2  0  .105  .263   0
 Jimmie Foxx         5  20  5  7  1  0  2   5  1  1  .350  .381  .700  0 | 517 183 33  .354 1.088   9
*Walter French       1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  45  12  1  .267  .654   0
*Lefty Grove         2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 102  22  1  .216  .534   0
*Mule Haas           5  21  3  5  0  0  2   6  1  3  .238  .273  .524  0 | 578 181 16  .313  .854   0
 Bing Miller         5  19  1  7  1  0  0   4  0  2  .368  .400  .421  0 | 556 184  8  .331  .869  24
 Jack Quinn          1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |  60   8  0  .133  .300   0
 Eddie Rommel        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  39   8  0  .205  .475   0
 Al Simmons          5  20  6  6  1  0  2   5  1  4  .300  .318  .650  0 | 581 212 34  .365 1.040   4
*Homer Summa         1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  81  22  0  .272  .619   1
*Rube Walberg        2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 103  23  1  .223  .517   0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               5 171 26 48  5  0  6  26 13 27  .281  .333  .415  0 |        122  .296  .813  61

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Chicago Cubs

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
*Footsie Blair       1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  72  23  1  .319  .778   1
#Sheriff Blake       2   1  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0 1.000 1.000 1.000  0 |  81  14  0  .173  .410   0
 Guy Bush            2   3  1  0  0  0  0   0  1  3  .000  .250  .000  0 |  91  15  0  .165  .356   1
 Hal Carlson         2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  39   9  0  .231  .550   0
 Kiki Cuyler         5  20  4  6  1  0  0   4  1  7  .300  .333  .350  0 | 509 183 15  .360  .970  43
 Woody English       5  21  1  4  2  0  0   0  1  6  .190  .227  .286  0 | 608 168  1  .276  .691  13
 Mike Gonzalez       2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 167  40  0  .240  .574   1
*Charlie Grimm       5  18  2  7  0  0  1   4  1  2  .389  .421  .556  0 | 463 138 10  .298  .794   3
 Gabby Hartnett      3   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  3  .000  .000  .000  0 |  22   6  1  .273  .998   1
*Cliff Heathcote     2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 224  70  2  .313  .799   9
 Rogers Hornsby      5  21  4  5  1  1  0   1  1  8  .238  .273  .381  0 | 602 229 39  .380 1.138   2
*Pat Malone          3   4  0  1  1  0  0   0  0  2  .250  .250  .500  0 | 105  22  2  .210  .534   0
 Norm McMillan       5  20  0  2  0  0  0   0  2  6  .100  .182  .100  1 | 495 134  5  .271  .716  13
*Art Nehf            2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  45  13  0  .289  .716   0
 Charley Root        2   5  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  3  .000  .000  .000  0 |  96  15  1  .156  .492   0
 Riggs Stephenson    5  19  3  6  1  0  0   3  2  2  .316  .381  .368  0 | 495 179 17  .362 1.007  10
 Zack Taylor         5  17  0  3  0  0  0   3  0  3  .176  .167  .176  0 |+316  84  1  .266  .693   0
 Chick Tolson        1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 109  28  1  .257  .655   0
 Hack Wilson         5  17  2  8  0  1  0   0  4  3  .471  .571  .588  0 | 574 198 39  .345 1.043   3
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               5 173 17 43  6  2  1  15 13 50  .249  .299  .324  1 |        139  .303  .822 103

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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Philadelphia Athletics

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 George Earnshaw     2   2.63 1-1  0  1 13.7 14  4  6 17 | 24-8  255  3.29  1.41 149  1
 Howard Ehmke        2   1.42 1-0  0  1 12.7 14  2  3 13 |  7-2   55  3.29  1.15  20   
*Lefty Grove         2   0.00 0-0  2  0  6.3  3  0  1 10 | 20-6  275  2.81  1.30 170  4
*Rube Walberg        2   0.00 1-0  0  0  6.3  3  0  0  8 | 18-11 268  3.60  1.33  94  4
 Jack Quinn          1   9.00 0-0  0  0  5.0  7  5  2  2 | 11-9  161  3.97  1.37  41  2
 Eddie Rommel        1   9.00 1-0  0  0  1.0  2  1  1  0 | 12-2  114  2.85  1.49  25  4
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   2.40 4-1  2  2 45.0 43 12 13 50 |            3.44 1.370   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Chicago Cubs

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Charley Root        2   4.72 0-1  0  0 13.3 12  7  2  8 | 19-6  272  3.47  1.36 124  5
 Pat Malone          3   4.15 0-2  0  1 13.0 12  6  7 11 | 22-10 267  3.57  1.44 166  2
 Guy Bush            2   0.82 1-0  0  1 11.0 12  1  2  4 | 18-7  271  3.66  1.42  82  8
 Hal Carlson         2   6.75 0-0  0  0  4.0  7  3  1  3 | 11-5  112  5.16  1.45  35  2
 Sheriff Blake       2  13.50 0-1  0  0  1.3  4  2  0  1 | 14-13 218  4.29  1.59  70  1
*Art Nehf            2  18.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  1  2  1  0 |  8-5  121  5.59  1.55  27  1
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   4.33 1-4  0  2 43.7 48 21 13 27 |            4.16 1.490   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

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