1929 Philadelphia Athletics season

March 2026 November 2013 Philadelphia Athletics 1929 World Series championsAmerican League champions Philadelphia Athletics Jersey Logo (1928 to 1949).svg American League Shibe Park Philadelphia 104 46 y 1st Connie Mack, Tom Shibe and John Shibe Connie Mack The 1929 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing first 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. The club won the World Series over the National League champion Chicago Cubs, four games to one. Offseason January 5, 1929: Homer Summa was purchased by the Athletics from the Cleveland Indians.Homer Summa Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/summaho01.shtml 2025-03-22 Baseball-Reference.com en Regular season 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.September 2009 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 future Hall of Famers Mickey Cochrane, Jimmie Foxx, and Al Simmons. Simmons beat out Babe Ruth for the RBI crown in 1929. Season standings Philadelphia Athletics Record vs. opponents PHA Roster 1929 Philadelphia Athletics Roster Pitchers Bill Breckinridge George Earnshaw Howard Ehmke Lefty Grove Ossie Orwoll Jack Quinn Eddie Rommel Bill Shores Rube Walberg Carroll Yerkes Catchers Mickey Cochrane Cloy Mattox Cy Perkins Infielders Max Bishop Jim Cronin Joe Boley George Burns Jimmy Dykes Jimmie Foxx Sammy Hale Joe Hassler Eric McNair Rudy Miller Bud Morse Outfielders Doc Cramer Walter French Mule Haas Bevo LeBourveau Bing Miller Al Simmons Homer Summa Other batters Eddie Collins Manager Connie Mack Player stats = Indicates team leader = Indicates league leader 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 C Mickey Cochrane 135 514 170 .331 7 95 1B Jimmie Foxx 149 517 183 .354 33 118 2B Max Bishop 129 475 110 .232 3 36 3B Sammy Hale 101 379 105 .277 1 40 SS Joe Boley 91 303 76 .251 2 47 LF Al Simmons 143 581 212 .365 34 157 CF Mule Haas 139 578 181 .313 16 82 RF Bing Miller 147 556 184 .331 8 93 Other batters 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 INF Jimmy Dykes 119 401 131 .327 13 79 OF Homer Summa 37 81 22 .272 0 10 C Cy Perkins 38 76 16 .211 0 9 INF Joe Cronin 25 56 13 .232 0 4 OF Ossie Orwoll 30 51 13 .255 0 6 IB George Burns George Burns (first baseman) 29 49 13 .265 1 11 OF Walter French Walter French (baseball) 45 45 12 .267 1 9 2B Bud Morse 8 27 2 .074 0 0 OF Bevo LeBourveau 12 16 5 .313 0 2 SS Eric McNair 4 8 4 .500 0 3 PH Eddie Collins 9 7 0 .000 0 0 C Cloy Mattox 3 6 1 .167 0 0 OF Doc Cramer 2 6 0 .000 0 0 3B Rudy Miller 2 4 1 .250 0 1 SS Joe Hassler 4 4 0 .000 0 0 Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G GS IP W L ERA SO Lefty Grove 42 37 275.1 20 6 2.81 170 Rube Walberg 40 33 267.2 18 11 3.60 94 George Earnshaw 44 33 254.2 24 8 3.29 149 Jack Quinn Jack Quinn (baseball) 35 18 161.0 11 9 3.97 41 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 Bill Shores 39 152.2 11 6 3.60 49 Eddie Rommel 32 113.2 12 2 2.85 25 Howard Ehmke 11 54.2 7 2 3.29 20 Bill Breckinridge 3 10.0 0 0 8.10 2 Note: Bill Shores was team leader in saves with 7. 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 Carroll Yerkes 19 1 0 1 4.58 11 Ossie Orwoll 12 0 2 1 4.80 12 1929 World Series 1929 World Series AL Philadelphia Athletics (4) vs. NL Chicago Cubs (1) GameScoreDateLocationAttendance1 Athletics – 3, Cubs – 1 October 8Wrigley Field 50,7402 Athletics – 9, Cubs – 3 October 9Wrigley Field 49,9873 Cubs – 3, Athletics – 1 October 11Shibe Park 29,9214 Cubs – 8, Athletics – 10 October 12Shibe Park 29,9215 Cubs – 2, Athletics – 3 October 14Shibe Park 29,921 Farm system Minor League Baseball AA Baltimore Orioles International League Fritz Maisel D Martinsburg Blue Sox Blue Ridge League Dan O'LearyJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 Awards and honors League leaders Lefty Grove, American League leader, strikeoutsBaseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p. 51, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, 978-1-55365-507-7 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."William Nack Lost in History https://vault.si.com/vault/1996/08/19/lost-in-history-from-1929-to-1931-the-philadelphia-as-were-the-best-team-in-baseball-with-four-future-hall-of-famers-and-a-lineup-that-dominated-babe-ruths-legendary-yankees-so-why-hasnt-anyone-heard-of-them https://web.archive.org/web/20200726154022/https://vault.si.com/vault/1996/08/19/lost-in-history-from-1929-to-1931-the-philadelphia-as-were-the-best-team-in-baseball-with-four-future-hall-of-famers-and-a-lineup-that-dominated-babe-ruths-legendary-yankees-so-why-hasnt-anyone-heard-of-them dead July 26, 2020 Sports Illustrated August 19, 1996 April 10, 2022 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.A's celebrate 80th anniversary of 1929 season with Turn-Back-the-Clock Day http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20090811&content_id=6372290&vkey=pr_oak&fext=.jsp&c_id=oak https://web.archive.org/web/20120304021116/http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20090811&content_id=6372290&vkey=pr_oak&fext=.jsp&c_id=oak dead March 4, 2012 MLB.com August 11, 2009 August 17, 2009 The A's won the game on a walk-off home run by Mark Ellis.Adam Loberstein Ellis' homer gives A's walk-off victory http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090816&content_id=6453316&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=oak https://web.archive.org/web/20090820183123/http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090816&content_id=6453316&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=oak dead August 20, 2009 MLB.com August 16, 2009 August 17, 2009 References 2 External links 1929 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference 1929 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com MLB.com: Photo Gallery of Oakland Athletics wearing 1929 uniforms on August 16, 2009 Lost In History: 1929 Philadelphia Athletics, Sports Illustrated August 19, 1996 Category:Philadelphia Athletics seasons Philadelphia Athletics season Category:American League champion seasons Category:World Series champion seasons Oakland Category:1929 in Philadelphia