1929 St. Louis Cardinals season explained

St. Louis Cardinals
Season:1929
League:National League
Ballpark:Sportsman's Park
City:St. Louis, Missouri
Record:78–74 (.513)
League Place:4th
Owners:Sam Breadon
General Managers:Branch Rickey
Managers:Billy Southworth, Gabby Street, Bill McKechnie
Radio:KMOX
(France Laux)
KWK
(Thomas Patrick)

The 1929 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 48th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 38th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 78–74 during the season and finished fourth in the National League.

Offseason

Regular season

Roster

1929 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
PitchersCatchersInfieldersOutfieldersManagerCoaches

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C 120 394 128 .325 4 71
1B 146 560 176 .314 29 137
2B 138 527 176 .334 5 74
SS 146 512 134 .262 3 65
3B 146 603 178 .295 10 63
OF 134 517 175 .338 29 125
OF 150 613 206 .336 9 62
OF 113 346 115 .332 3 39

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
79 269 68 .253 3 42
64 176 41 .233 0 14
57 145 50 .345 1 22
17 55 9 .164 0 5
25 51 12 .235 0 7
22 40 6 .150 0 3
19 32 6 .188 0 3
18 31 3 .097 0 2
10 26 3 .115 0 2

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
33 195.2 10 15 5.93 69
28 179.2 13 10 5.71 59
25 173.0 8 11 4.27 39
22 132.0 9 8 3.89 38
6 50.0 3 2 2.52 22
2 16.1 1 1 5.51 8

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
42 182.1 13 7 3.60 80
38 154.2 9 9 4.07 41
30 133.1 7 2 4.12 37
20 93.2 4 4 4.42 52
3 9.0 1 2 12.00 3
3 8.2 0 0 8.31 1

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
8 0 1 0 9.42 5
7 0 2 0 6.92 4
2 0 0 0 6.75 0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Rochester[2]

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/theveto01.shtml Tommy Thevenow
  2. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007