1929_Boston_Braves_season Knowpia

1929 Boston Braves
1929 Boston Braves
League	National League
Ballpark	Braves Field
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Record	56–98 (.364)
League place	8th
Owners	Emil Fuchs
Managers	Emil Fuchs
Radio	WNAC; (Fred Hoey)
	← 1928 1930 →

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

Offseason edit

November 7, 1928: Rogers Hornsby was traded by the Braves to the Chicago Cubs for Socks Seibold, Percy Jones, Lou Legett, Freddie Maguire, Bruce Cunningham, and $200,000.^[1]

Regular season edit

Season standings edit

National League

W

L

GB

98

54

0.645

—

52–25

46–29

Pittsburgh Pirates

88

65

0.575

10½

45–31

43–34

New York Giants

84

67

0.556

13½

39–37

45–30

St. Louis Cardinals

78

74

0.513

20

43–32

35–42

Philadelphia Phillies

71

82

0.464

27½

39–37

32–45

Brooklyn Robins

70

83

0.458

28½

42–35

28–48

Cincinnati Reds

66

88

0.429

33

38–39

28–49

Boston Braves 56 98 0.364 43 34–43 22–55 Record vs. opponents edit

1929 National League record v t e 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 edit

1929 Boston Braves

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Al Weston

Manager

Emil Fuchs

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
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 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
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 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
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 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
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 edit

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 edit

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	Providence Grays	Eastern League	King Bader

^[2]

References edit

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