1929 St. Louis Browns season
1929 St. Louis Browns | |
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Results | |
Record | 79–73 (.520) |
League place | 4th |
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Owner(s) | Phil Ball |
Manager(s) | Dan Howley |
Local radio | KMOX (France Laux) |
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The 1929 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 4th in the American League with a record of 79 wins and 73 losses.
Contents
Regular season[edit]
Season standings[edit]
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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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 |
This would be the last time the franchise would finish about .500 in a peacetime season until 1960.
Record vs. opponents[edit]
1929 American League Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHI | STL | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 11–11 | 9–13 | 8–14 | 5–17 | 4–18 | 11–11–1 | 10–12 | |||||
Chicago | 11–11 | — | 9–12 | 10–12 | 6–16 | 9–13 | 4–17 | 10–12 | |||||
Cleveland | 13–9 | 12–9 | — | 11–11 | 14–8 | 7–14 | 10–12 | 14–8 | |||||
Detroit | 14–8 | 12–10 | 11–11 | — | 9–13 | 4–18 | 10–12 | 10–12–1 | |||||
New York | 17–5 | 16–6 | 8–14 | 13–9 | — | 8–14 | 14–8 | 12–10 | |||||
Philadelphia | 18–4 | 13–9 | 14–7 | 18–4 | 14–8 | — | 11–10–1 | 16–4 | |||||
St. Louis | 11–11–1 | 17–4 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 8–14 | 10–11–1 | — | 9–13 | |||||
Washington | 12–10 | 12–10 | 8–14 | 12–10–1 | 10–12 | 4–16 | 13–9 | — |
Roster[edit]
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Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders | Manager |
Player stats[edit]
Batting[edit]
Starters by position[edit]
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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3B | Frank O'Rourke | 154 | 585 | 147 | .251 | 2 | 62 |
OF | Heinie Manush | 142 | 574 | 204 | .355 | 6 | 81 |
Other batters[edit]
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Tom Jenkins | 21 | 22 | 4 | .182 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching[edit]
Starting pitchers[edit]
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Sam Gray | 43 | 305 | 18 | 15 | 3.72 | 109 |
Rip Collins | 26 | 155.1 | 11 | 6 | 4.00 | 47 |
Other pitchers[edit]
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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George Blaeholder | 42 | 222 | 14 | 15 | 4.82 | 72 |
Relief pitchers[edit]
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Dick Coffman | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.98 | 11 |
Chad Kimsey | 24 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 5.04 | 13 |
Herb Cobb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 0 |
External links[edit]
- 1929 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
- 1929 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com
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