The 1929 Washington Senators won 71 games, lost 81, and finished in fifth place in the American League. They were managed by Walter Johnson and played home games at Griffith Stadium.
1929 Washington Senators | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Griffith Stadium | |
City | Washington, D.C. | |
Owners | Clark Griffith and William Richardson | |
Managers | Walter Johnson | |
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Regular season edit
Season standings edit
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Philadelphia Athletics | 104 | 46 | 0.693 | — | 57–16 | 47–30 |
New York Yankees | 88 | 66 | 0.571 | 18 | 49–28 | 39–38 |
Cleveland Indians | 81 | 71 | 0.533 | 24 | 44–32 | 37–39 |
St. Louis Browns | 79 | 73 | 0.520 | 26 | 41–36 | 38–37 |
Washington Senators | 71 | 81 | 0.467 | 34 | 37–40 | 34–41 |
Detroit Tigers | 70 | 84 | 0.455 | 36 | 38–39 | 32–45 |
Chicago White Sox | 59 | 93 | 0.388 | 46 | 35–41 | 24–52 |
Boston Red Sox | 58 | 96 | 0.377 | 48 | 32–45 | 26–51 |
Record vs. opponents edit
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | 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
1929 Washington Senators | |||||||||
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Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders
Other batters |
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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C | Bennie Tate | 81 | 265 | 78 | .294 | 0 | 30 |
1B | Joe Judge | 143 | 543 | 171 | .315 | 6 | 71 |
2B | Buddy Myer | 141 | 563 | 169 | .300 | 3 | 82 |
SS | Joe Cronin | 145 | 494 | 139 | .281 | 8 | 61 |
3B | Jackie Hayes | 123 | 424 | 117 | .276 | 2 | 57 |
OF | Goose Goslin | 145 | 553 | 159 | .288 | 18 | 91 |
OF | Sam West | 142 | 510 | 136 | .267 | 3 | 75 |
OF | Sam Rice | 150 | 616 | 199 | .323 | 1 | 62 |
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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Ossie Bluege | 64 | 220 | 65 | .295 | 5 | 31 |
Muddy Ruel | 69 | 188 | 46 | .245 | 0 | 20 |
Red Barnes | 72 | 130 | 26 | .200 | 1 | 15 |
Roy Spencer | 50 | 116 | 18 | .155 | 1 | 9 |
Harley Boss | 28 | 66 | 18 | .273 | 0 | 6 |
Charlie Gooch | 39 | 57 | 16 | .281 | 0 | 5 |
Ira Flagstead | 18 | 39 | 7 | .179 | 0 | 9 |
Spence Harris | 6 | 14 | 3 | .214 | 0 | 1 |
Stuffy Stewart | 22 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Doc Land | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Patsy Gharrity | 3 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Nick Altrock | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 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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Firpo Marberry | 49 | 250.1 | 19 | 12 | 3.06 | 121 |
Bump Hadley | 37 | 195.1 | 6 | 16 | 5.62 | 98 |
Sad Sam Jones | 24 | 153.2 | 9 | 9 | 3.92 | 36 |
Myles Thomas | 22 | 125.1 | 7 | 8 | 3.52 | 33 |
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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Garland Braxton | 37 | 182.0 | 12 | 10 | 4.85 | 59 |
Lloyd Brown | 40 | 168.0 | 8 | 7 | 4.18 | 48 |
Bobby Burke | 37 | 141.0 | 6 | 8 | 4.79 | 51 |
Ad Liska | 24 | 94.1 | 3 | 9 | 4.77 | 33 |
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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Paul Hopkins | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.20 | 5 |
Archie Campbell | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15.75 | 1 |
Paul McCullough | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.59 | 3 |
Walter Beall | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 3 |
Don Savidge | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 |
Ed Wineapple | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 |