1929 Detroit Tigers season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Detroit Tigers 1929 American League Navin Field Detroit, Michigan 70 84 y 6th Frank Navin Bucky Harris WWJ (AM)(Ty Tyson) The 1929 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished sixth in the American League with a record of 70–84, 36 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics. Regular season Season standings Detroit Tigers Record vs. opponents DET Roster 1929 Detroit Tigers Roster Pitchers Frank Barnes Josh Billings Ownie Carroll Skinny Graham Art Herring Elon Hogsett Phil Page Augie Prudhomme George Smith Vic Sorrell Lil Stoner George Uhle Elam Vangilder Earl Whitehill Whit Wyatt Emil Yde Catchers Pinky Hargrave Ray Hayworth Eddie Phillips Merv Shea Infielders Bill Akers Dale Alexander Charlie Gehringer Bucky Harris Marty McManus Nolen Richardson Heinie Schuble Frank Sigafoos Yats Wuestling Outfielders Bob Fothergill Harry Heilmann Roy Johnson Harry Rice John Stone Other batters Larry Woodall Manager Bucky Harris Coaches George McBride Benny Meyer 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 Eddie Phillips Eddie Phillips (catcher) 68 221 52 .235 2 21 1B Dale Alexander 155 626 215 .343 25 137 2B Charlie Gehringer 155 634 215 .339 13 106 SS Heinie Schuble 92 258 60 .233 2 28 3B Marty McManus 154 599 168 .280 18 90 OF Harry Heilmann 125 453 156 .344 15 120 OF Harry Rice 130 536 163 .304 6 69 OF Roy Johnson 148 640 201 .314 10 69 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 Bob Fothergill 115 277 98 .354 6 62 Pinky Hargrave 76 185 61 .330 3 26 Merv Shea 50 162 47 .290 3 24 Yats Wuestling 54 150 30 .200 0 16 John Stone 51 150 39 .260 2 15 Bill Akers 24 83 22 .265 1 9 Ray Hayworth 14 43 11 .256 0 4 Frank Sigafoos 14 23 4 .174 0 2 Nolen Richardson 13 21 4 .190 0 2 Bucky Harris 7 11 1 .091 0 0 Larry Woodall 1 1 0 .000 0 0 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 George Uhle 32 249.0 15 11 4.08 100 Earl Whitehill 38 245.1 14 15 4.62 103 Vic Sorrell 36 226.0 14 15 5.18 81 Ownie Carroll 34 202.0 9 17 4.63 54 Art Herring 4 32.0 2 1 4.78 15 Elon Hogsett 4 28.2 1 2 2.83 9 Whit Wyatt 4 25.1 0 1 6.75 14 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 Augie Prudhomme 34 94.0 1 6 6.22 26 Emil Yde 29 86.2 7 3 5.30 23 Skinny Graham 13 51.2 1 3 5.57 7 George Smith 14 35.2 3 2 5.80 13 Phil Page 10 25.1 0 2 8.17 6 Frank Barnes Frank Barnes (left-handed pitcher) 4 5.0 0 1 7.20 0 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 Lil Stoner 24 3 3 4 5.26 12 Josh Billings 8 0 1 0 5.12 1 Elam Vangilder 6 0 1 0 6.35 3 Farm system Minor League Baseball A Fort Worth Panthers Texas League Jake Atz and Frank Snyder B Evansville Hubs Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Bob Coleman C Wheeling Stogies Middle Atlantic League Raymond Haley C Fort Smith Twins Western Association John Cimpi D Hanover Raiders Blue Ridge League Bobby Prysock LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fort SmithJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 Notes External links Baseball 1929 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference Category:Detroit Tigers seasons Detroit Tigers season Detroit Tigers Category:1929 in Detroit