1929 New York Yankees season explained

New York Yankees
Season:	1929
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Yankee Stadium
City:	New York City, New York
Owners:	Jacob Ruppert
General Managers:	Ed Barrow
Managers:	Miller Huggins, Art Fletcher

The 1929 New York Yankees season was the team's 27th season. The team finished with a record of 88–66, finishing in second place, 18 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics. This ended a streak of three straight World Series appearances for the club. New York was managed by Miller Huggins until his death on September 25. They played at Yankee Stadium.

Regular season

April 16, 1929: The New York Yankees took to the field with uniform numbers for the first time on the backs on their uniforms, the first team to make them permanent.^[1]

Roster

Beginning from that year onward the Yankees put the players' jersey numbers on the backs of their white home and grey road uniforms, making them the first MLB team to put player numbers in their uniforms on a permanent basis.

1929 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	130	447	145	.324	10	65
1B	154	553	166	.300	35	126
2B	147	545	193	.354	18	106
3B	90	309	92	.298	0	35
SS	100	341	84	.246	0	32
LF	142	586	202	.345	3	65
CF	100	391	102	.261	10	57
RF	135	499	172	.345	46	154

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
116	373	109	.292	3	41
80	236	73	.309	5	26
92	202	52	.257	4	31
62	170	53	.312	5	28
42	72	15	.208	2	11
23	62	12	.194	0	7
22	59	12	.203	0	2
18	34	11	.324	0	4
5	12	5	.417	0	2
9	9	0	.000	0	0
1	0	0	----	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
39	225.1	18	12	4.23	125
30	201.2	10	9	4.24	57
31	193.1	13	9	4.33	78
27	157.1	9	11	4.92	49

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
33	154.2	6	6	3.61	51
35	134.2	11	6	4.01	26
26	119.2	12	0	2.48	35
12	42.2	3	3	5.06	24
10	42.2	0	4	4.85	13
5	15.0	0	2	10.80	3

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	41	6	4	9	4.13	21
	9	0	0	0	4.34	2

Awards and honors

League top ten finishers

Lou Gehrig

#2 in AL in home runs (35)
#2 in AL in on-base percentage (.431)
#3 in AL in runs scored (127)
#3 in AL in walks (122)
#4 in AL in RBI (126)
#4 in AL in slugging percentage (.584)

Tony Lazzeri

#4 in AL in on-base percentage (.429)

George Pipgras

#3 in AL in strikeouts (125)

Babe Ruth

MLB leader in home runs (46)
MLB leader in slugging percentage (.697)
#2 in AL in RBI (154)
#3 in AL in on-base percentage (.430)

Farm system

References

Notes and References

Book: Numbelievable! . 89 . Michael X. . Ferraro . John . Veneziano . Triumph Books . Chicago . 2007 . 978-1-57243-990-0.
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007