1929_Major_League_Baseball_season
1929 Major League Baseball season
Sports season
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.
1929 MLB season | |
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League | Major League Baseball |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | April 16 – October 14, 1929 |
Number of games | 154 |
Number of teams | 16 |
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 | |
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.
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.
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]
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National League
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Bracket
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AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 4 | ||
NL | Chicago Cubs | 1 |
American League
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National League
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National League
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Team name | Wins | %± | Home attendance | %± | Per game |
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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 |
- 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.
- Miller Huggins, the Yankees manager, died of blood poisoning on September 25.[23]
- "The 1929 Mack Attack | Society for American Baseball Research". sabr.org. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
- sabr. "How Rules Changes in 1920 Affected Home Runs – Society for American Baseball Research". Retrieved April 22, 2024.
- 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.
- "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.
- "Chicago Cubs Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
- "New York Yankees Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
- "Detroit Tigers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
- "San Francisco Giants Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
- "Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
- "Los Angeles Dodgers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
- "Cleveland Indians Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
- "Pittsburgh Pirates Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
- "Chicago White Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
- "St. Louis Cardinals Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
- "Boston Red Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
- "Atlanta Braves Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
- "Minnesota Twins Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
- "Cincinnati Reds Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
- "Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
- "Baltimore Orioles Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
- Koppet, Leonard (1998). Koppet's Concise History of Major League Baseball. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. p. 178. ISBN 1-56639-638-7.
- Baumgartner, Stan (October 13, 1929). "Connie Calls Game "Greatest Thrill, Hugs Fans of Field". Philadelphia Inquirer.
- "1929 Baseball Season". HowStuffWorks. August 24, 2007. Archived from the original on November 4, 2007. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
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