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1929 New York Yankees Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1928 / 1930)
88-66, Finished 2nd in American League
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Scored 899 runs, Allowed 775 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-67
Manager: Miller Huggins (82-61) and Art Fletcher (6-5)
Ballpark: Yankee Stadium I (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 960,148 (1st of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 94, Pitching - 91;   one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 97

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1928 / 1930 Batting Statistics

Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Bill Dickey* 22 130 473 447 60 145 30 6 10 65 5 3 14 16 .324 .346 .485 .832 117 217 1 11
2 1B Lou Gehrig* 26 154 692 553 127 166 32 10 35 126 4 4 122 68 .300 .431 .584 1.015 166 323 5 12
3 2B Tony Lazzeri 25 147 635 545 101 193 37 11 18 106 9 10 68 45 .354 .429 .561 .991 160 306 4 18
4 SS Leo Durocher 23 106 385 341 53 84 4 5 0 32 3 1 34 33 .246 .320 .287 .607 62 98 3 7
5 3B Gene Robertson* 30 90 347 309 45 92 15 6 0 35 3 3 28 6 .298 .358 .385 .743 96 119 1 9
6 OF Bob Meusel 32 100 413 391 46 102 15 3 10 57 1 5 17 42 .261 .292 .391 .683 79 153 0 5
7 OF Earle Combs* 30 142 666 586 119 202 33 15 3 65 11 7 69 32 .345 .414 .468 .881 132 274 0 11
8 OF Babe Ruth* 34 135 587 499 121 172 26 6 46 154 5 3 72 60 .345 .430 .697 1.128 193 348 3 13
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 IF Mark Koenig# 24 116 400 373 44 109 27 5 3 41 1 1 23 17 .292 .335 .416 .751 97 155 1 3
10 3B Lyn Lary 23 80 268 236 48 73 9 2 5 26 4 1 24 15 .309 .380 .428 .808 113 101 3 5
11 OF Cedric Durst* 32 92 222 202 32 52 3 3 4 31 3 2 15 25 .257 .309 .361 .670 76 73 0 5
12 OF Sammy Byrd 22 62 202 170 32 53 12 0 5 28 1 4 28 18 .312 .409 .471 .880 132 80 0 4
13 OF Ben Paschal 33 42 81 72 13 15 3 0 2 11 1 1 6 3 .208 .269 .333 .603 58 24 0 3
14 C Johnny Grabowski 29 22 64 59 4 12 1 0 0 2 1 0 3 6 .203 .242 .220 .462 23 13 0 2
15 C Benny Bengough 30 23 62 62 5 12 2 1 0 7 0 0 0 2 .194 .194 .258 .452 18 16 0 0
16 C Art Jorgens 24 18 41 34 6 11 3 0 0 4 0 2 6 7 .324 .425 .412 .837 122 14 0 1
17 3B Julie Wera 27 5 14 12 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .417 .462 .417 .878 133 5 0 1
18 George Burns 36 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
19 Liz Funk* 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 P George Pipgras 29 39 93 84 6 12 2 0 0 5 0 0 5 19 .143 .191 .167 .358 -5 14 0 4
21 P Waite Hoyt 29 30 85 76 9 17 4 1 0 6 0 0 1 11 .224 .234 .303 .536 41 23 0 8
22 P Ed Wells* 29 31 84 74 8 17 0 0 0 7 0 0 6 8 .230 .296 .230 .526 41 17 1 3
23 P Herb Pennock# 35 27 61 51 4 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 6 .176 .236 .176 .413 11 9 0 6
24 P Roy Sherid 22 33 57 50 1 9 1 0 0 5 0 0 4 19 .180 .241 .200 .441 18 10 0 3
25 P Fred Heimach* 28 36 52 49 5 9 2 0 1 2 0 0 3 12 .184 .231 .286 .516 36 14 0 0
26 P Tom Zachary* 33 26 49 42 3 10 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 8 .238 .273 .262 .535 42 11 1 5
27 P Wilcy Moore 32 41 16 15 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .067 .067 .067 .133 -65 1 0 1
28 P Hank Johnson 23 13 16 14 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 .071 .071 .143 .214 -45 2 0 2
29 P Gordon Rhodes 21 10 14 10 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .300 .364 .300 .664 77 3 0 3
30 P Myles Thomas 31 5 7 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 -24 1 0 0
31 P Bots Nekola* 22 9 5 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .750 1.250 226 3 0 1
Team Totals 27.5 154 6100 5376 899 1589 264 74 142 828 52 47 555 502 .296 .364 .451 .815 114 2427 23 146
Rank in 8 AL teams 2 3 2 6 4 1 8 7 3 1 3 2 3 3 2
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
Benny Bengough 30 62 50 3 1.6 107 .200 .194 .284 .194 .350 .258 .410 .452 .760 18 .112 -7.7 -0.7 .320 .065 .065 2
George Burns 36 9 9 0 0.0 107 .000 .000 .284 .000 .350 .000 .410 .000 .760 -100 .000 -2.6 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
Sammy Byrd 22 202 125 31 6.6 107 .327 .312 .284 .409 .350 .471 .410 .880 .760 132 .629 9.6 0.9 .868 .306 .159 1.7 O
*Earle Combs 30 666 402 113 7.5 107 .361 .345 .284 .414 .350 .468 .410 .881 .760 132 .681 30.6 2.9 .887 .247 .123 4.7 *O
*Bill Dickey 22 473 316 74 6.2 107 .321 .324 .284 .346 .350 .485 .410 .832 .760 117 .604 9.6 0.9 .767 .197 .161 6.7 *2
Leo Durocher 23 385 265 31 3.1 107 .273 .246 .284 .320 .350 .287 .410 .607 .760 62 .300 -18.6 -1.8 .531 .147 .041 .0 64
*Cedric Durst 32 222 157 22 3.7 107 .277 .257 .284 .309 .350 .361 .410 .670 .760 76 .374 -7.7 -0.7 .586 .183 .104 3.4 O/3
*Liz Funk 24 0 0 0.0 0.0
*Lou Gehrig 26 692 403 137 9.1 107 .291 .300 .284 .431 .350 .584 .410 1.015 .760 166 .752 58.8 5.5 1.151 .505 .284 7.2 *3
Johnny Grabowski 29 64 49 3 1.6 107 .226 .203 .284 .242 .350 .220 .410 .462 .760 23 .115 -6.7 -0.6 .362 .085 .017 .0 2
*Fred Heimach 28 52 40 3 2.0 107 .222 .184 .284 .231 .350 .286 .410 .516 .760 36 .160 -4.8 -0.4 .425 .163 .102 .0 1
Waite Hoyt 29 85 67 5 2.0 107 .262 .224 .284 .234 .350 .303 .410 .536 .760 41 .158 -6.8 -0.6 .407 .092 .079 1
Hank Johnson 23 16 15 0 0.0 107 .100 .071 .284 .071 .350 .143 .410 .214 .760 -45 .000 -3.0 -0.3 .154 .071 .071 1
Art Jorgens 24 41 26 5 5.1 107 .407 .324 .284 .425 .350 .412 .410 .837 .760 122 .516 1.7 0.2 .720 .206 .088 2
#Mark Koenig 24 400 268 51 5.1 107 .300 .292 .284 .335 .350 .416 .410 .751 .760 97 .511 -1.6 -0.2 .675 .185 .123 1.5 65/4
Lyn Lary 23 268 169 38 6.0 107 .315 .309 .284 .380 .350 .428 .410 .808 .760 113 .586 5.3 0.5 .799 .233 .119 4.4 56/4
Tony Lazzeri 25 635 380 127 8.9 107 .363 .354 .284 .429 .350 .561 .410 .991 .760 160 .745 50.0 4.7 1.041 .330 .207 12.0 *4
Bob Meusel 32 413 299 43 3.8 107 .271 .261 .284 .292 .350 .391 .410 .683 .760 79 .385 -13.8 -1.3 .565 .164 .130 1.8 O
Wilcy Moore 32 16 15 0 0.0 107 .143 .067 .284 .067 .350 .067 .410 .133 .760 -65 .000 -3.6 -0.4 .071 .000 .000 1
*Bots Nekola 22 5 3 2 17.8 107 .667 .500 .284 .500 .350 .750 .410 1.250 .760 226 .912 0.8 0.1 1.500 .250 .250 /1
Ben Paschal 33 81 61 6 2.6 107 .194 .208 .284 .269 .350 .333 .410 .603 .760 58 .238 -4.6 -0.4 .517 .208 .125 1.3 O
#Herb Pennock 35 61 48 2 1.1 107 .200 .176 .284 .236 .350 .176 .410 .413 .760 11 .061 -6.7 -0.6 .310 .078 .000 1
George Pipgras 29 93 76 3 1.0 107 .185 .143 .284 .191 .350 .167 .410 .358 .760 -5 .055 -13.0 -1.2 .264 .083 .024 1
Gordon Rhodes 21 14 10 1 2.7 107 .600 .300 .284 .364 .350 .300 .410 .664 .760 77 .244 -0.3 -0.0 .571 .100 .000 1
*Gene Robertson 30 347 229 42 4.9 107 .304 .298 .284 .358 .350 .385 .410 .743 .760 96 .494 -1.0 -0.1 .673 .178 .087 .0 5
*Babe Ruth 34 587 343 148 11.5 107 .321 .345 .284 .430 .350 .697 .410 1.128 .760 193 .824 67.4 6.2 1.288 .501 .353 9.0 *O
Roy Sherid 22 57 44 2 1.2 107 .290 .180 .284 .241 .350 .200 .410 .441 .760 18 .070 -6.0 -0.6 .341 .100 .020 1
Myles Thomas 31 7 6 0 0.0 107 .167 .143 .284 .143 .350 .143 .410 .286 .760 -24 .000 -1.3 -0.1 .167 .000 .000 /1
*Ed Wells 29 84 60 5 2.2 107 .258 .230 .284 .296 .350 .230 .410 .526 .760 41 .188 -6.3 -0.6 .421 .081 .000 1
Julie Wera 27 14 8 2 6.7 107 .455 .417 .284 .462 .350 .417 .410 .878 .760 133 .633 0.7 0.1 .857 .083 .000 /5
*Tom Zachary 33 49 37 3 2.2 107 .294 .238 .284 .273 .350 .262 .410 .535 .760 42 .180 -3.5 -0.3 .406 .048 .024 1
League Average 5.0 113 .298 .283 .292 .349 .359 .406 .422 .755 .781 93 .506 .700 .222 .123
Team Total 6100 3980 902 6.1 107 .306 .296 .284 .364 .350 .451 .410 .815 .760 114 .590 115.0 10.4 .785 .260 .156 76.1
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
Benny Bengough 30 24 66 66 5 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 3 23 23
George Burns 36 40 63 61 4 13 5 0 1 9 1 2 7 .213 .238 .344 .582 5 38 38
Sammy Byrd 22 66 203 176 31 52 12 0 5 27 1 27 19 .295 .389 .449 .838 31 62 62
*Earle Combs 30 150 682 612 118 205 33 15 3 65 11 70 34 .335 .403 .453 .856 112 142 142
*Bill Dickey 22 138 482 467 60 147 30 6 10 65 5 14 17 .315 .336 .469 .805 74 130 130
Leo Durocher 23 112 396 358 52 86 4 5 0 32 3 35 35 .240 .313 .279 .592 31 106 106
*Cedric Durst 32 97 227 212 32 53 3 3 4 31 3 15 26 .250 .300 .349 .649 22 92 92
*Lou Gehrig 26 163 708 579 127 169 33 10 36 126 4 124 72 .292 .421 .570 .991 137 154 154
Johnny Grabowski 29 23 65 62 4 12 1 0 0 2 1 3 6 .194 .231 .210 .440 3 22 22
*Fred Heimach 28 38 54 51 5 9 2 0 1 2 0 3 13 .176 .222 .275 .497 3 36 36
Waite Hoyt 29 32 80 79 9 17 4 1 0 6 0 1 12 .215 .225 .291 .516 5 30 30
Hank Johnson 23 14 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 13 13
Art Jorgens 24 19 39 34 6 10 3 0 0 4 0 5 7 .294 .385 .382 .767 5 18 18
#Mark Koenig 24 123 414 390 43 110 27 5 3 40 1 23 18 .282 .324 .400 .724 51 116 116
Lyn Lary 23 85 276 248 48 75 9 2 5 26 4 25 16 .302 .373 .415 .789 38 80 80
Tony Lazzeri 25 156 639 567 101 194 37 11 18 106 9 68 48 .342 .416 .541 .958 127 147 147
Bob Meusel 32 106 424 407 45 101 15 3 10 56 1 17 44 .248 .278 .373 .652 42 100 100
Wilcy Moore 32 43 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 41 41
*Bots Nekola 22 10 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 9 9
Ben Paschal 33 44 81 75 13 15 3 0 2 11 1 6 3 .200 .259 .320 .579 6 42 42
#Herb Pennock 35 29 57 53 4 9 0 0 0 1 0 4 6 .170 .228 .170 .398 2 27 27
George Pipgras 29 41 96 90 7 14 2 0 0 6 0 6 20 .156 .208 .178 .386 3 39 39
Gordon Rhodes 21 11 11 10 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .300 .364 .300 .664 1 10 10
*Gene Robertson 30 104 381 351 45 100 15 6 0 40 4 29 6 .285 .341 .362 .703 43 98 98
*Babe Ruth 34 143 596 520 120 174 26 6 47 153 5 73 64 .335 .419 .679 1.098 147 135 135
Roy Sherid 22 35 56 52 1 9 1 0 0 4 0 4 20 .173 .232 .192 .424 2 33 33
Myles Thomas 31 29 58 56 5 14 1 0 0 3 0 2 6 .250 .276 .268 .544 4 27 27
*Ed Wells 29 33 85 78 9 18 0 0 0 8 0 6 8 .231 .294 .231 .525 5 31 31
Julie Wera 27 5 13 12 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 .417 .462 .417 .878 2 5 5
*Tom Zachary 33 28 47 45 3 11 1 0 0 6 0 1 8 .244 .277 .267 .543 3 26 26
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Benny Bengough 30 7 802 273 802 744 54 193 31 8 0 69 1 5 43 29 .259 .302 .323 .624 63 240 2 13
George Burns 36 16 7233 1866 7233 6573 901 2018 444 72 72 951 154 63 363 433 .307 .354 .429 .783 113 2822 110 187
Sammy Byrd 22 1 202 62 202 170 32 53 12 0 5 28 1 4 28 18 .312 .409 .471 .880 132 80 0 4
*Earle Combs 30 6 3481 762 3481 3094 614 1025 174 84 27 303 56 41 324 164 .331 .397 .468 .865 126 1448 11 52
*Bill Dickey 22 2 488 140 488 462 61 148 31 7 10 67 5 3 14 18 .320 .342 .483 .824 115 223 1 11
Leo Durocher 23 3 714 210 714 638 100 164 12 11 0 63 4 5 56 85 .257 .323 .310 .633 68 198 6 14
*Cedric Durst 32 6 870 371 870 782 117 192 19 12 14 93 4 10 58 75 .246 .298 .354 .653 70 277 1 29
*Liz Funk 24 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
*Lou Gehrig 26 7 3321 767 3321 2746 631 919 206 72 146 637 30 31 480 351 .335 .436 .622 1.058 175 1707 15 80
Johnny Grabowski 29 6 741 256 741 680 75 174 18 7 2 72 1 2 41 65 .256 .300 .312 .612 61 212 2 18
*Fred Heimach 28 9 445 269 445 412 46 104 13 4 2 39 2 0 20 72 .252 .287 .318 .605 57 131 0 13
Waite Hoyt 29 12 962 393 962 871 74 185 17 10 0 62 0 1 21 97 .212 .232 .255 .487 27 222 1 69
Hank Johnson 23 4 121 69 121 110 14 21 3 0 1 11 0 0 3 19 .191 .212 .245 .458 21 27 0 0 8 0 0
Art Jorgens 24 1 41 18 41 34 6 11 3 0 0 4 0 2 6 7 .324 .425 .412 .837 122 14 0 1
#Mark Koenig 24 5 2341 546 2341 2159 339 619 98 35 15 232 11 12 128 98 .287 .328 .385 .714 87 832 6 48
Lyn Lary 23 1 268 80 268 236 48 73 9 2 5 26 4 1 24 15 .309 .380 .428 .808 113 101 3 5
Tony Lazzeri 25 4 2423 571 2423 2108 334 665 124 44 64 404 62 36 234 273 .315 .386 .507 .893 134 1069 7 74
Bob Meusel 32 10 5544 1294 5544 5032 764 1565 338 87 146 1006 133 102 349 556 .311 .358 .500 .858 121 2515 20 143
Wilcy Moore 32 3 119 126 119 104 7 9 0 0 1 2 0 0 5 56 .087 .128 .115 .244 -35 12 0 10
*Bots Nekola 22 1 5 9 5 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .750 1.250 226 3 0 1
Ben Paschal 33 8 884 364 884 787 143 243 47 11 24 138 24 18 72 93 .309 .369 .488 .857 123 384 3 22
#Herb Pennock 35 17 1172 495 1172 1000 89 195 29 4 3 85 1 0 74 134 .195 .255 .241 .496 34 241 7 91
George Pipgras 29 5 303 131 303 278 17 47 7 1 1 16 0 0 12 69 .169 .206 .212 .418 11 59 1 12
Gordon Rhodes 21 1 14 10 14 10 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .300 .364 .300 .664 77 3 0 3
*Gene Robertson 30 8 2420 635 2420 2141 304 604 99 23 20 242 29 22 200 76 .282 .346 .378 .724 85 809 10 69
*Babe Ruth 34 16 7550 1790 7550 5993 1567 2076 396 112 516 1565 101 93 1430 979 .346 .475 .708 1.183 212 4244 35 92
Roy Sherid 22 1 57 33 57 50 1 9 1 0 0 5 0 0 4 19 .180 .241 .200 .441 18 10 0 3
Myles Thomas 31 4 148 94 148 135 13 33 1 0 0 8 0 0 3 15 .244 .266 .252 .518 36 34 1 9
*Ed Wells 29 6 247 146 247 231 25 53 6 3 0 23 1 1 9 42 .229 .261 .281 .543 41 65 1 6
Julie Wera 27 2 58 43 58 54 8 15 3 0 1 10 0 0 2 6 .278 .316 .389 .705 84 21 1 1
*Tom Zachary 33 12 827 362 827 750 52 182 17 10 4 80 0 1 38 181 .243 .281 .308 .589 55 231 2 37
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1928 / 1930 Batting Statistics