1929 in baseball

The following are the baseball events of the year 1929 throughout the world.

Champions

Awards and honors

Statistical leaders

American League National League
AVG Lew Fonseca CLE .369 Lefty O'Doul PHI .398
HR Babe Ruth NYY 46 Chuck Klein PHI 43
RBI Al Simmons PHA 157 Hack Wilson CHC 159
Wins George Earnshaw PHA 24 Pat Malone CHC 22
ERA Lefty Grove PHA 2.81 Bill Walker NYG 3.09
Ks Lefty Grove PHA 170 Pat Malone CHC 166

Major league baseball final standings

American League final standings

American League
Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
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

National League final standings

National League
Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
Chicago Cubs 98 54 .645 --
Pittsburgh Pirates 88 65 .575 10.5
New York Giants 84 67 .556 13.5
St. Louis Cardinals 78 74 .513 20
Philadelphia Phillies 71 82 .464 27.5
Brooklyn Robins 70 83 .458 28.5
Cincinnati Reds 66 88 .429 33
Boston Braves 56 98 .364 43

Negro League Baseball final standings

Negro National League final standings

Negro National League (West)
Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
Kansas City Monarchs 66 14 .825
St. Louis Stars 60 28 .682
Chicago American Giants 44 25 .638
Detroit Stars 38 39 .494
Cuban Stars 15 34 .306
Birmingham Black Barons 24 41 .369
Memphis Red Sox 10 38 .250

Nashville Elite Giants

5 14 .263

† Nashville was not in the league but their games counted in the standings.

American Negro League final standings

American Negro League (East)
Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
New York Lincoln Giants 38 18 .679
Baltimore Black Sox 53 29 .646
Homestead Grays 37 21 .627
Hilldale 42 36 .538
Atlantic City Bacharach Giants 16 30 .391
Cuban Stars 16 26 .381

Events

January–April

May–August

September–December

Births

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Deaths

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, March 30, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.