1929 New York Giants (MLB) season

1929 New York Giants
Major League affiliations
Location
  • New York City (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s) Charles Stoneham
Manager(s) John McGraw
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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 W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 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

1929 National League Records

Sources:

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

1929 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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

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
Marshall, DocDoc Marshall 5 15 6 .400 0 2

Pitching

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
Benton, LarryLarry Benton 39 237 11 17 4.14 63
Fitzsimmons, FreddieFreddie Fitzsimmons 37 221.2 15 11 4.10 55

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

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

Farm system

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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