1929 Philadelphia Athletics season
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| 1929 Philadelphia Athletics 1929 AL Champions 1929 World Series Champions |
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| Owner(s) | Connie Mack |
| Manager(s) | Connie Mack |
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The Philadelphia Athletics' 1929 season involved the A's finishing 1st in the American League with a record of 104 wins and 46 losses. After finishing in second place to the New York Yankees in 1927 and 1928, the club won the 1929 pennant by a large 18-game margin.
Led by longtime owner-manager Connie Mack, the Athletics dominated during the regular season. Mack had purchased quite a few players from the Baltimore Orioles minor league club, and many of them would contribute to the A's 1929-31 dynasty.[citation needed]
The most famous of these players was ace Lefty Grove. In 1929, Grove led the American League in ERA and strikeouts, on his way to a 20-6 record. Big George Earnshaw was the number two pitcher on the squad. He led the league in wins (24) and was second in strikeouts. Led by these two, Philadelphia allowed the fewest runs of any AL team.
On the offensive side, the A's boasted Hall of Famers Mickey Cochrane, Jimmie Foxx, and Al Simmons. Simmons beat out Babe Ruth for the RBI crown in 1929.
This club won the World Series over the NL champion Chicago Cubs, four games to one.
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Offseason
- January 5, 1929: Homer Summa was purchased by the Athletics from the Cleveland Indians.[1]
Regular season
Season standings
| American League | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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| Philadelphia Athletics | 104 | 46 | .693 | -- |
| New York Yankees | 88 | 66 | .571 | 18 |
| Cleveland Indians | 81 | 71 | .533 | 24 |
| St. Louis Browns | 79 | 73 | .520 | 26 |
| Washington Senators | 71 | 81 | .467 | 34 |
| Detroit Tigers | 70 | 84 | .455 | 36 |
| Chicago White Sox | 59 | 93 | .388 | 46 |
| Boston Red Sox | 58 | 96 | .377 | 48 |
Roster
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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| Lefty Grove | 42 | 275.1 | 20 | 6 | 2.81 | 170 |
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 |
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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 |
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World series
AL Philadelphia Athletics (4) vs. NL Chicago Cubs (1)
| Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
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| 1 | Athletics – 3, Cubs – 1 | October 8 | Wrigley Field | 50,740 |
| 2 | Athletics – 9, Cubs – 3 | October 9 | Wrigley Field | 49,987 |
| 3 | Cubs – 3, Athletics – 1 | October 11 | Shibe Park | 29,921 |
| 4 | Cubs – 8, Athletics – 10 | October 12 | Shibe Park | 29,921 |
| 5 | Cubs – 2, Athletics – 3 | October 14 | Shibe Park | 29,921 |
Farm system
| Level | Team | League | Manager |
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| AA | Baltimore Orioles | International League | Fritz Maisel |
| D | Martinsburg Blue Sox | Blue Ridge League | Dan O'Leary |
More recent honors
Al Simmons and the 1929-1931 Athletics were the subject of an August 19, 1996 cover-story in Sports Illustrated with the teaser, "The Team that Time Forgot". Author William Nack wrote, "according to most old-timers who played in that era, the 1927 and '28 Yankees and the 1929 and '30 Athletics matched up so closely that they were nearly equal, with the A's given the nod in fielding and pitching and the Yankees in hitting."[3]
On August 16, 2009, the Oakland Athletics celebrated the 80th anniversary of the 1929 team by wearing 1929 home uniforms against the Chicago White Sox. First pitches were thrown out by Kathleen Kelly, the granddaughter of Connie Mack, and Jim Conlin, the grandson of Jimmie Foxx.[4]. The A's won the game on a walk-off home run by Mark Ellis.[5]
Notes
- ^ Homer Summa page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
- ^ Nack, William (1996-08-19). "Lost in History". Sports Illustrated. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1008586/index.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-17.
- ^ "A's celebrate 80th anniversary of 1929 season with Turn-Back-the-Clock Day". MLB.com. 2009-08-11. http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20090811&content_id=6372290&vkey=pr_oak&fext=.jsp&c_id=oak. Retrieved 2009-08-17.
- ^ Loberstein, Adam (2009-08-16). "Ellis' homer gives A's walk-off victory". MLB.com. http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090816&content_id=6453316&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=oak. Retrieved 2009-08-17.
References
- 1929 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
- 1929 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
External links
| Preceded by New York Yankees 1928 |
American League Champions Philadelphia Athletics 1929 |
Succeeded by Philadelphia Athletics 1930 |
| Preceded by New York Yankees 1928 |
World Series Champions Philadelphia Athletics 1929 |
Succeeded by Philadelphia Athletics 1930 |
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