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1929 Major League Team Statistics

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World Series Champion: Philadelphia Athletics

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Negro League teams are presented with both league-only and overall records against top Black clubs. Player stats include league games, interleague games (against major Negro League competition), and games against select top-level independent Black clubs. Player stats do not include the extensive amount of exhibitions and barnstorming games Negro League teams often played. Negro League data is not complete. Research is still ongoing and we’ll continue to publish updates as more information becomes available. Negro Leagues Data: Frequently Asked Questions

Major League Detailed Standings

Explanation of Simple Rating System (SRS)

Major League Detailed Standings
Rk	Tm	W	L	Ties	W-L%	R	RA	Rdiff	SOS	SRS	pythWL	Luck	Home	Road	ExInn	1Run	vRHP	vLHP	≥.500	<.500
1	Kansas City Monarchs	62	17	0	.785	6.7	3.7	3.0					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
2	Baltimore Black Sox	49	21	0	.700	6.6	4.8	1.9					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
3	Philadelphia Athletics	104	46	1	.693	6.0	4.1	1.9	-0.2	1.7	100-50	4	57-16	47-30	9-4	24-14	88-41	16-5	39-25	65-21
4	Chicago Cubs	98	54	4	.645	6.3	4.9	1.4	-0.2	1.3	94-58	4	52-25	46-29	5-5	21-20	72-42	26-12	36-28	62-26
5	St. Louis Stars	56	31	1	.644	6.8	4.7	2.2					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
6	New York Lincoln Giants	40	26	2	.606	7.7	6.3	1.3					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
7	Pittsburgh Pirates	88	65	1	.575	5.9	5.1	0.8	-0.1	0.7	87-66	1	45-31	43-34	6-3	24-18	52-43	36-22	37-28	51-37
8	New York Yankees	88	66	0	.571	5.8	5.0	0.8	-0.1	0.7	87-67	1	49-28	39-38	8-2	22-14	64-43	24-23	30-36	58-30
9	Chicago American Giants	48	38	0	.558	4.4	4.5	-0.1					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
10	New York Giants	84	67	1	.556	5.9	4.7	1.2	-0.1	1.1	92-59	-8	39-37	45-30	8-10	15-28	62-48	22-19	36-29	48-38
11	Hilldale Club	40	35	3	.533	6.1	5.5	0.7					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
12	Cleveland Indians	81	71	0	.533	4.7	4.8	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	74-78	7	44-32	37-39	5-8	25-21	51-51	30-20	31-34	50-37
13	Homestead Grays	34	29	3	.540	5.6	5.8	-0.1					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
14	St. Louis Browns	79	73	2	.520	4.8	4.6	0.1	0.0	0.1	78-74	1	41-36	38-37	3-5	21-23	58-53	21-20	30-35	49-38
15	St. Louis Cardinals	78	74	2	.513	5.4	5.2	0.2	0.0	0.1	78-74	0	43-32	35-42	9-1	21-18	57-50	21-24	20-44	58-30
16	Detroit Stars	32	37	0	.464	6.3	6.4	-0.1					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
17	Washington Nationals	71	81	1	.467	4.8	5.1	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	72-80	-1	37-40	34-41	6-6	25-26	54-44	17-37	35-51	36-30
18	Philadelphia Phillies	71	82	1	.464	5.8	6.7	-0.9	0.1	-0.8	67-86	4	39-37	32-45	4-8	20-18	40-56	31-26	30-57	41-25
19	Cuban Stars West	13	33	0	.283	3.9	5.6	-1.6					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
20	Cuban Stars East	15	41	2	.268	5.3	7.4	-2.1					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
21	Brooklyn Robins	70	83	0	.458	4.9	5.8	-0.9	0.1	-0.8	65-88	5	42-35	28-48	8-5	26-17	41-49	29-34	39-48	31-35
22	Detroit Tigers	70	84	1	.455	6.0	6.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	77-77	-7	38-39	32-45	7-10	23-29	60-63	10-21	34-54	36-30
23	Birmingham Black Barons	32	57	0	.360	4.7	6.0	-1.4					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
24	Atlantic City Bacharach Giants	19	45	2	.297	5.6	8.0	-2.4					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
25	Cincinnati Reds	66	88	1	.429	4.4	4.9	-0.5	0.1	-0.4	70-84	-4	38-39	28-49	4-8	21-24	58-78	8-10	30-58	36-30
26	Chicago White Sox	59	93	0	.388	4.1	5.2	-1.1	0.1	-0.9	60-92	-1	35-41	24-52	7-8	20-26	41-65	18-28	28-58	31-35
27	Memphis Red Sox	21	51	1	.292	3.8	5.5	-1.7					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
28	Boston Red Sox	58	96	1	.377	3.9	5.2	-1.3	0.2	-1.1	57-97	1	32-45	26-51	5-7	21-28	47-69	11-27	29-59	29-37
29	Boston Braves	56	98	0	.364	4.3	5.7	-1.4	0.2	-1.2	57-97	-1	34-43	22-55	5-9	23-28	37-74	19-24	32-56	24-42
	Average	58	58	1	.500	5.4	5.4				57-58		22-19	19-22	3-3	12-12	30-29	11-12	17-24	24-17

In this table, Negro League team records are for league games only. Runs scored and allowed are for all games against top Black clubs for which a box score has been discovered.

Postseason

Team Standard Batting

Team Standard Batting Table
Tm	#Bat	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	LOB
Atlantic City Bacharach Giants	33	30.7	5.60	68	2547	2297	381	640	96	30	28	329	38		235		.279	.349	.383	.733	78	880		15
Birmingham Black Barons	25	28.2	4.66	85	3032	2842	396	783	98	38	38	354	59		176		.276	.321	.377	.698	81	1071		14
Baltimore Black Sox	21	29.1	6.65	79	2896	2597	525	812	130	45	46	466	82		273		.313	.384	.451	.834	103	1170		26
Boston Red Sox	35	28.2	3.90	155	5786	5158	605	1377	287	69	28	561	87	80	415	494	.267	.325	.366	.691	80	1886		29	178		17	1035
Brooklyn Robins	36	30.0	4.93	153	5955	5273	755	1535	282	69	99	705	80	73	504	454	.291	.355	.427	.782	95	2252		22	155		23	1113
Boston Braves	43	30.6	4.27	154	5926	5291	657	1481	252	77	33	598	65	50	408	432	.280	.335	.375	.710	79	1986		27	198		18	1145
Chicago American Giants	34	30.1	4.38	76	2644	2461	333	667	88	38	13	306	64		172		.271	.321	.354	.675	76	870		11
Chicago Cubs	31	29.9	6.29	156	6256	5471	982	1655	310	46	139	933	103	47	589	567	.303	.373	.452	.825	104	2474		29	163		27	1144
Chicago White Sox	32	26.8	4.12	152	5856	5246	626	1406	241	74	37	568	109	61	421	420	.268	.325	.363	.688	78	1906		21	157		17	1106
Cincinnati Reds	31	29.6	4.43	155	5883	5269	686	1478	258	79	34	618	134	89	412	347	.281	.336	.379	.715	80	1996		26	175		19	1063
Cleveland Indians	29	28.6	4.72	152	5881	5191	717	1521	290	79	62	682	75	86	447	348	.293	.352	.415	.767	94	2155		26	209		13	1120
Cuban Stars East	21	27.4	5.29	59	2244	2047	312	590	103	21	9	272	20		176		.288	.351	.372	.723	76	762		21
Cuban Stars West	15	23.5	3.93	43	1515	1393	169	352	54	15	15	155	33		106		.253	.313	.345	.658	71	481		16
Detroit Tigers	35	27.6	5.97	155	6260	5593	926	1672	337	96	110	851	95	77	515	493	.299	.360	.453	.813	108	2531		20	124		15	1150
Detroit Stars	19	27.4	6.30	69	2593	2362	435	728	99	34	76	418	46		197		.308	.370	.475	.845	118	1123		34
Homestead Grays	30	29.4	5.64	69	2510	2306	389	675	104	40	26	346	31		193		.293	.350	.406	.757	84	937		11
Hilldale Club	27	30.1	6.12	82	3082	2751	502	820	140	42	46	450	64		316		.298	.373	.430	.803	95	1182		15
Kansas City Monarchs	15	28.2	6.69	74	2694	2416	495	751	122	63	32	445	151		247		.311	.382	.453	.835	117	1095		31
Memphis Red Sox	28	25.6	3.84	75	2636	2402	288	580	67	15	17	257	49		212		.241	.309	.303	.612	60	728		22
New York Lincoln Giants	22	31.7	7.70	66	2585	2274	508	728	155	32	58	460	88		287		.320	.402	.493	.895	117	1121		24
New York Giants	33	27.1	5.90	152	6066	5388	897	1594	251	47	136	829	85	80	482	405	.296	.358	.436	.793	96	2347		36	155		31	1077
New York Yankees	31	27.4	5.84	154	6115	5376	899	1589	264	74	142	827	53	48	555	502	.296	.364	.451	.815	114	2427		23	147		23	1141
Philadelphia Athletics	32	28.8	5.97	151	5991	5204	901	1537	288	75	122	845	63	42	540	440	.295	.365	.450	.815	105	2341		29	214		22	1096
Philadelphia Phillies	31	26.6	5.82	154	6220	5484	897	1693	305	51	153	841	59	57	573	470	.309	.377	.467	.843	103	2559		24	135		25	1259
Pittsburgh Pirates	35	27.3	5.87	154	6203	5490	904	1663	285	116	60	828	94	49	503	335	.303	.364	.430	.794	94	2360		29	176		26	1183
St. Louis Browns	30	29.5	4.76	154	5988	5175	733	1427	278	64	46	672	70	48	584	423	.276	.352	.381	.733	86	1971		25	190		20	1162
St. Louis Stars	19	27.4	6.83	95	3544	3213	649	965	178	49	95	603	115		308		.300	.366	.475	.841	117	1526		23
St. Louis Cardinals	32	28.4	5.40	154	6034	5364	831	1569	310	84	100	779	72	53	490	455	.293	.354	.438	.792	93	2347		22	154		21	1115
Washington Nationals	34	28.2	4.78	153	6006	5237	732	1445	244	66	48	656	90	63	554	397	.276	.347	.375	.723	85	1965		19	187		16	1188
League Average	18	28.4	3.75	117	3325	2938	440	850	155	40	47	407	46	35	276	241	.289	.353	.417	.770	94	1224		14	94		11	624
	510	28.4	3.75	3398	96426	85210	12748	24642	4482	1166	1349	11793	1334	1003	7992	6982	.289	.353	.417	.770	94	35503		407	2717		333	18097
Tm	#Bat	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	LOB