1929 Boston Braves season

March 2026 November 2013 Boston Braves 1929 National League Braves Field Boston, Massachusetts 56–98 (.364) 8th Emil Fuchs Emil Fuchs WNAC(Fred Hoey) The 1929 Boston Braves season was the 59th season of the franchise. Offseason November 7, 1928: Rogers Hornsby was traded by the Braves to the Chicago Cubs for Socks Seibold, Percy Jones, Lou Legett, Freddie Maguire, Bruce Cunningham, and $200,000.Rogers Hornsby page at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents BSN Roster 1929 Boston Braves Roster Pitchers Ed Brandt Ben Cantwell Bill Clarkson Bruce Cunningham Art Delaney Kent Greenfield Bunny Hearn Bonnie Hollingsworth Percy Jones Dixie Leverett Red Peery Socks Seibold Bob Smith Clay Touchstone Johnny Werts Catchers Pat Collins Bill Cronin Jack Cummings Hank Gowdy Lou Legett Al Spohrer Zack Taylor Infielders Les Bell Joe Dugan Johnny Evers Doc Farrell Bernie James Freddie Maguire Rabbit Maranville Henry Peploski Gene Robertson George Sisler Outfielders Red Barron Buzz Boyle Earl Clark Johnny Cooney Bill Dunlap George Harper Heinie Mueller Lance Richbourg Jack Smith Phil Voyles Jimmy Welsh Other batters Al Weston Manager Emil Fuchs 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 C Al Spohrer 114 342 93 .272 2 48 1B George Sisler 154 629 205 .326 2 79 2B Freddie Maguire 138 496 125 .252 0 41 SS Rabbit Maranville 146 560 159 .284 0 55 3B Les Bell 139 483 144 .298 9 72 OF Lance Richbourg 139 557 170 .305 3 56 OF George Harper George Harper (outfielder) 136 457 133 .291 10 68 OF Earl Clark 84 279 88 .315 1 30 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 Jimmy Welsh 53 186 54 .290 2 16 Joe Dugan 60 125 38 .304 0 15 Zack Taylor 34 101 25 .248 0 10 Bernie James 46 101 31 .307 0 9 Heinie Mueller Heinie Mueller (outfielder) 46 93 19 .204 0 11 Lou Legett 39 81 13 .160 0 6 Johnny Cooney 41 72 23 .319 0 6 Phil Voyles 20 68 16 .235 0 14 Buzz Boyle 17 57 15 .263 1 2 Bill Dunlap 10 29 12 .414 1 4 Gene Robertson 8 28 8 .286 0 6 Red Barron 10 21 4 .190 0 1 Jack Smith 19 20 5 .250 0 2 Hank Gowdy 10 16 7 .438 0 3 Henry Peploski 6 10 2 .200 0 1 Bill Cronin 6 9 1 .111 0 0 Doc Farrell 5 8 1 .125 0 2 Jack Cummings 3 6 1 .167 0 1 Pat Collins 7 5 0 .000 0 2 Al Weston 3 3 0 .000 0 0 Johnny Evers 1 0 0 ---- 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 Bob Smith Bob Smith (pitcher, born 1895) 34 231.0 11 17 4.68 65 Socks Seibold 33 205.2 12 17 4.73 54 Ed Brandt 26 167.2 8 13 5.53 50 Ben Cantwell 27 157.0 4 13 4.47 25 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 Percy Jones Percy Jones (baseball) 35 188.1 7 15 4.64 69 Dixie Leverett 24 97.2 3 7 6.36 28 Bruce Cunningham 17 91.2 4 6 4.52 22 Art Delaney 20 75.0 3 5 6.12 17 Red Peery 9 44.0 0 1 5.11 3 Bunny Hearn 10 18.1 2 0 4.42 12 Kent Greenfield 6 15.2 0 0 10.91 7 Bill Clarkson 2 7.0 0 1 10.29 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 Johnny Cooney 14 2 3 3 5.00 11 Johnny Werts 4 0 0 1 10.50 2 Clay Touchstone 1 0 0 0 16.88 1 Farm system Minor league baseball A Providence Grays Eastern League King BaderJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 References 2 External links 1929 Boston Braves season at Baseball Reference Category:Boston Braves seasons Boston Braves Boston Braves Category:1920s in Boston