1929 New York Giants (MLB) season

1929 New York Giants
LeagueNational League
BallparkPolo Grounds
CityNew York City
OwnersCharles Stoneham
ManagersJohn McGraw
Seasons

The 1929 New York Giants season was the franchise's 47th season. The team finished in third place in the National League with an 84–67 record, 13½ games behind the Chicago Cubs. In a home game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on July 5 at the Polo Grounds, the Giants used the first public address system to be used in a major league ballpark.[1]

Regular season

Season standings

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
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

1929 National League record

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
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

1929 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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 Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Shanty Hogan 102 317 95 .300 5 45
1B Bill Terry 150 607 226 .372 14 117
2B Andy Cohen 101 347 102 .294 5 47
SS Travis Jackson 149 551 162 .294 21 94
3B Freddie Lindstrom 130 549 175 .319 15 91
OF Mel Ott 150 545 179 .328 42 151
OF Edd Roush 115 450 146 .324 8 52
OF Freddy Leach 113 411 119 .290 8 47

Other batters

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
Chick Fullis 86 274 79 .288 7 29
Bob O'Farrell 91 248 76 .306 4 42
Andy Reese 58 209 55 .263 0 21
Doc Farrell 63 178 38 .213 0 16
Jimmy Welsh 38 129 32 .248 2 8
Pat Crawford 65 57 17 .298 3 24
Tony Kaufmann 39 32 1 .031 0 1
Doc Marshall 5 15 6 .400 0 2
Jack Cummings 3 3 1 .333 0 0
Ray Schalk 5 2 0 .000 0 0
Buck Jordan 2 2 1 .500 0 0
Pat Veltman 3 1 0 .000 0 0
Sam Leslie 1 1 0 .000 0 1

Pitching

= Indicates league leader

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Carl Hubbell 39 268.0 18 11 3.69 106
Larry Benton 39 237.0 11 17 4.14 63
Freddie Fitzsimmons 37 221.2 15 11 4.10 55
Bill Walker 29 177.2 14 7 3.09 65

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Carl Mays 37 123.0 6 2 4.32 32
Dutch Henry 27 101.1 5 6 3.82 27
Jack Scott 30 91.2 7 6 3.53 40
Joe Genewich 21 85.0 3 7 6.78 19
Roy Parmelee 2 7.0 1 0 9.00 1

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
Ralph Judd 18 3 0 0 2.66 21
Ray Lucas 3 0 0 1 0.00 1
Jim Tennant 1 0 0 0 0.00 1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
A Bridgeport Bears Eastern League Hans Lobert

[2]

Notes

  1. ^ "Year In Review : 1929 National League". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
  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

References


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