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1929 MLB season
League Major League Baseball
Sport Baseball
DurationApril 16 – October 14, 1929
Number of games154
Number of teams16
Regular Season
Season MVP NL: Rogers Hornsby ( CHC)
AL champions Philadelphia Athletics
  AL runners-up New York Yankees
NL champions Chicago Cubs
  NL runners-up Pittsburgh Pirates
World Series
Champions Philadelphia Athletics
  Runners-up Chicago Cubs
MLB seasons
Locations of AL teams for the 1923–1931 MLB seasons
American League
Locations of NL teams for the 1923–1931 MLB seasons
National League

The 1929 Major League Baseball season began on April 16, 1929. The regular season ended on October 6, with the Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Athletics as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 26th World Series on October 8 and ended with Game 5 on October 14. The Athletics defeated the Cubs, four games to one.

Babe Ruth hit his 500th career home run this season on August 11 at Cleveland. Game 4 of the World Series featured a historic 10-run rally by the Athletics, nicknamed "The Mack Attack," after the team's manager, Connie Mack. [1]

This was the last of eight seasons that "League Awards", a precursor to the Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award (introduced in 1931), were issued. Only a National League award was given in 1929.

Teams

League Team City Stadium Capacity
American League Boston Red Sox Boston, Massachusetts Fenway Park 35,000
Chicago White Sox Chicago, Illinois Comiskey Park 52,000
Cleveland Indians Cleveland, Ohio Dunn Field 21,414
Detroit Tigers Detroit, Michigan Navin Field 30,000
New York Yankees New York, New York Yankee Stadium 62,000
Philadelphia Athletics Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Shibe Park 30,000
St. Louis Browns St. Louis, Missouri Sportsman's Park 24,040
Washington Senators Washington, D.C. Griffith Stadium 27,000
National League Boston Braves Boston, Massachusetts Braves Field 46,500
Brooklyn Robins New York, New York Ebbets Field 28,000
Chicago Cubs Chicago, Illinois Wrigley Field 40,000
Cincinnati Reds Cincinnati, Ohio Redland Field 26,060
New York Giants New York, New York Polo Grounds 55,000
Philadelphia Phillies Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Baker Bowl 20,000
Pittsburgh Pirates Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Forbes Field 41,000
St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis, Missouri Sportsman's Park 34,023

Schedule

See also: Major League Baseball schedule

The 1929 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place since the 1904 season (except for 1919) and would be used until 1961 in the American League and 1962 in the National League.

Opening Day took place on April 16 and saw eight teams across both leagues play. The final day of the regular season was on October 6. The World Series took place between October 8 and October 14.

Rule changes

The 1929 season saw the following rule changes:

  • For all ballparks, foul poles must be constructed to be at least 25 feet above the outer barrier, to aid umpires in calling balls fair or foul. The poles were to be constructed either on top of the grandstand roof, or the outer fence of the ballpark. This was coupled with the home run rule, the interpretation of which follows the early- 1920 rule, which states that balls are to be called based on where the ball crosses the outfield fence. This rule now accounts for all balls which leave the ballpark, including those which completely leave the ballpark. The American League would implement this home run rule in 1931. [2]
  • The American League implements the ground rule double rule, which states that balls that bounce over the fence entitle the batter to two bases. The rule would be implemented by the National League in 1931. [3] [4]

Standings

Postseason

Bracket

World Series
   
AL Philadelphia Athletics 4
NL Chicago Cubs 1

Managers

League leaders

American League

National League

Awards and honors

Home field attendance

Team name Wins %± Home attendance %± Per game
Chicago Cubs [5] 98 7.7% 1,485,166 29.9% 19,041
New York Yankees [6] 88 -12.9% 960,148 -10.4% 12,469
Detroit Tigers [7] 70 2.9% 869,318 83.3% 11,290
New York Giants [8] 84 -9.7% 868,806 -5.2% 11,283
Philadelphia Athletics [9] 104 6.1% 839,176 21.7% 11,340
Brooklyn Robins [10] 70 -9.1% 731,886 10.1% 9,505
Cleveland Indians [11] 81 30.6% 536,210 42.6% 7,055
Pittsburgh Pirates [12] 88 3.5% 491,377 -0.7% 6,465
Chicago White Sox [13] 59 -18.1% 426,795 -13.6% 5,616
St. Louis Cardinals [14] 78 -17.9% 399,887 -47.5% 5,193
Boston Red Sox [15] 58 1.8% 394,620 -0.6% 5,059
Boston Braves [16] 56 12.0% 372,351 64.0% 4,836
Washington Senators [17] 71 -5.3% 355,506 -6.1% 4,558
Cincinnati Reds [18] 66 -15.4% 295,040 -39.8% 3,783
Philadelphia Phillies [19] 71 65.1% 281,200 54.4% 3,700
St. Louis Browns [20] 79 -3.7% 280,697 -17.3% 3,645

Key events

  • Babe Ruth: On August 11, Babe Ruth became the first player to hit 500 home runs.
  • Philadelphia Athletics and Chicago Cubs: First season since 1912 that both pennant winners won by more than 10 games. [21]
  • Philadelphia Athletics: On October 12, during Game 4 of the World Series, the Philadelphia Athletics scored ten runs in the seventh inning to come back from an 8–0 deficit. This was soon dubbed "The Mack Attack," after long-time manager Connie Mack. He commented that it was "The greatest thrill [he] had in 29 years of managing." [22] At the time, this was a record.

Deaths

  • Miller Huggins, the Yankees manager, died of blood poisoning on September 25. [23]

References

  1. ^ "The 1929 Mack Attack | Society for American Baseball Research". sabr.org. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
  2. ^ sabr. "How Rules Changes in 1920 Affected Home Runs – Society for American Baseball Research". Retrieved April 22, 2024.
  3. ^ O'Gara, Connor. "Future Hall of Famer Al López Hits the Last 'Bounce' Home Run in Big League History". Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
  4. ^ "Changes are Made in the Baseball Playing Rules by Joint Rules Committee". Santa Cruz Evening News. Santa Cruz, California. December 17, 1930. p. 8. Retrieved April 16, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Chicago Cubs Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  6. ^ "New York Yankees Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  7. ^ "Detroit Tigers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  8. ^ "San Francisco Giants Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  9. ^ "Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  10. ^ "Los Angeles Dodgers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  11. ^ "Cleveland Indians Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  12. ^ "Pittsburgh Pirates Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  13. ^ "Chicago White Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  14. ^ "St. Louis Cardinals Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  15. ^ "Boston Red Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  16. ^ "Atlanta Braves Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  17. ^ "Minnesota Twins Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  18. ^ "Cincinnati Reds Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  19. ^ "Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  20. ^ "Baltimore Orioles Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  21. ^ Koppet, Leonard (1998). Koppet's Concise History of Major League Baseball. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. p. 178. ISBN  1-56639-638-7.
  22. ^ Baumgartner, Stan (October 13, 1929). "Connie Calls Game "Greatest Thrill, Hugs Fans of Field". Philadelphia Inquirer.
  23. ^ "1929 Baseball Season". HowStuffWorks. August 24, 2007. Archived from the original on November 4, 2007. Retrieved March 5, 2020.

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