1929 Boston Braves season

The 1929 Boston Braves season was the 59th season of the franchise.

1929 Boston Braves
LeagueNational League
BallparkBraves Field
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record56–98 (.364)
League place8th
OwnersEmil Fuchs
ManagersEmil Fuchs
RadioWNAC
(Fred Hoey)
← 1928
1930 →

Offseason

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Regular season

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Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 98 54 .645 52‍–‍25 46‍–‍29
Pittsburgh Pirates 88 65 .575 10½ 45‍–‍31 43‍–‍34
New York Giants 84 67 .556 13½ 39‍–‍37 45‍–‍30
St. Louis Cardinals 78 74 .513 20 43‍–‍32 35‍–‍42
Philadelphia Phillies 71 82 .464 27½ 39‍–‍37 32‍–‍45
Brooklyn Robins 70 83 .458 28½ 42‍–‍35 28‍–‍48
Cincinnati Reds 66 88 .429 33 38‍–‍39 28‍–‍49
Boston Braves 56 98 .364 43 34‍–‍43 22‍–‍55

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston 11–11 7–15 8–14 9–13 5–17 8–14 8–14
Brooklyn 11–11 6–16 11–11 14–7 9–13 9–13 10–12
Chicago 15–7 16–6 14–8–1 12–10–1 17–5–1 9–13 15–5–1
Cincinnati 14–8 11–11 8–14–1 10–12 11–11 9–13 3–19
New York 13–9 7–14 10–12–1 12–10 16–5 13–8 13–9
Philadelphia 17–5 13–9 5–17–1 11–11 5–16 11–11 9–13
Pittsburgh 14–8 13–9 13–9 13–9 8–13 11–11 16–6–1
St. Louis 14–8 12–10 5–15–1 19–3 9–13 13–9 6–16–1


Roster

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1929 Boston Braves
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

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Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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
C Al Spohrer 114 342 93 .272 2 48
1B George Sisler 154 629 205 .326 2 79
2B Freddie Maguire 138 496 125 .252 0 41
SS Rabbit Maranville 146 560 159 .284 0 55
3B Les Bell 139 483 144 .298 9 72
OF Lance Richbourg 139 557 170 .305 3 56
OF George Harper 136 457 133 .291 10 68
OF Earl Clark 84 279 88 .315 1 30

Other batters

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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
Jimmy Welsh 53 186 54 .290 2 16
Joe Dugan 60 125 38 .304 0 15
Zack Taylor 34 101 25 .248 0 10
Bernie James 46 101 31 .307 0 9
Heinie Mueller 46 93 19 .204 0 11
Lou Legett 39 81 13 .160 0 6
Johnny Cooney 41 72 23 .319 0 6
Phil Voyles 20 68 16 .235 0 14
Buzz Boyle 17 57 15 .263 1 2
Bill Dunlap 10 29 12 .414 1 4
Gene Robertson 8 28 8 .286 0 6
Red Barron 10 21 4 .190 0 1
Jack Smith 19 20 5 .250 0 2
Hank Gowdy 10 16 7 .438 0 3
Henry Peploski 6 10 2 .200 0 1
Bill Cronin 6 9 1 .111 0 0
Doc Farrell 5 8 1 .125 0 2
Jack Cummings 3 6 1 .167 0 1
Pat Collins 7 5 0 .000 0 2
Al Weston 3 3 0 .000 0 0
Johnny Evers 1 0 0 ---- 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bob Smith 34 231.0 11 17 4.68 65
Socks Seibold 33 205.2 12 17 4.73 54
Ed Brandt 26 167.2 8 13 5.53 50
Ben Cantwell 27 157.0 4 13 4.47 25

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Percy Jones 35 188.1 7 15 4.64 69
Dixie Leverett 24 97.2 3 7 6.36 28
Bruce Cunningham 17 91.2 4 6 4.52 22
Art Delaney 20 75.0 3 5 6.12 17
Red Peery 9 44.0 0 1 5.11 3
Bunny Hearn 10 18.1 2 0 4.42 12
Kent Greenfield 6 15.2 0 0 10.91 7
Bill Clarkson 2 7.0 0 1 10.29 0

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Johnny Cooney 14 2 3 3 5.00 11
Johnny Werts 4 0 0 1 10.50 2
Clay Touchstone 1 0 0 0 16.88 1

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
A Providence Grays Eastern League King Bader

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References

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  1. ^ Rogers Hornsby page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997
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