1929 Cleveland Indians season

March 2026 November 2013 Cleveland Indians 1929 American League League Park Cleveland, Ohio Alva Bradley Billy Evans Roger Peckinpaugh WTAM(Tom Manning) The 1929 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished third in the American League with a record of 81–71, 24 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics. Offseason January 5, 1929: Homer Summa was purchased from the Indians by the Philadelphia Athletics.Homer Summa page at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents CLE Notable transactions Roster 1929 Cleveland Indians Roster Pitchers -- Clint Brown 22 Wes Ferrell -- George Grant 49 Mel Harder 17 Ken Holloway 15 Willis Hudlin 18 Johnny Miljus 14 Jake Miller -- Jim Moore 12 Joe Shaute 23 Milt Shoffner 21 Jimmy Zinn Catchers 11 Grover Hartley  9 Glenn Myatt  8 Luke Sewell Infielders -- Johnny Burnett  6 Lew Fonseca 34 Ray Gardner 57 Joe Hauser 71 Johnny Hodapp  2 Carl Lind  4 Joe Sewell  1 Jackie Tavener Outfielders  5 Earl Averill 51 Bibb Falk  7 Charlie Jamieson 61 Ed Morgan  3 Dick Porter Other batters -- Dan Jessee Manager Roger Peckinpaugh Coaches 11 Grover Hartley 10 Howie Shanks 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 Luke Sewell 124 406 96 .236 1 39 1B Lew Fonseca 148 566 209 .369 6 103 2B Johnny Hodapp 90 294 96 .327 4 51 SS Ray Gardner Ray Gardner (baseball) 82 256 67 .262 1 24 3B Joe Sewell 152 578 182 .315 7 73 OF Charlie Jamieson 102 364 106 .291 0 26 OF Earl Averill 152 597 198 .332 18 96 OF Bibb Falk 125 426 133 .312 13 93 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 Ed Morgan Ed Morgan (baseball) 93 318 101 .318 3 37 Jackie Tavener 92 250 53 .212 2 27 Carl Lind Carl Lind (baseball) 66 225 54 .240 0 13 Dick Porter 71 192 63 .328 1 24 Glenn Myatt 59 129 30 .233 1 17 Joe Hauser 37 48 12 .250 3 9 Johnny Burnett Johnny Burnett (baseball) 19 33 5 .152 0 2 Grover Hartley 24 33 9 .273 0 8 Dan Jessee 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 Willis Hudlin 40 280.1 17 15 3.34 60 Jake Miller Jake Miller (pitcher) 29 206.0 14 12 3.58 58 Joe Shaute 26 162.0 8 8 4.28 43 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 Wes Ferrell 43 242.2 21 10 3.60 100 Johnny Miljus 34 128.1 8 8 5.19 42 Ken Holloway 25 119.0 6 5 3.03 32 Jimmy Zinn 18 105.1 4 6 5.04 29 Milt Shoffner 11 44.2 2 3 5.04 15 Clint Brown Clint Brown (baseball) 3 16.1 0 2 3.31 1 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 George Grant George Grant (baseball) 12 0 2 0 10.50 5 Jim Moore Jim Moore (baseball) 2 0 0 0 9.53 0 Farm system Minor League Baseball B Terre Haute Tots Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Earl Wolgamot D Frederick Warriors Blue Ridge League Bob WellsJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 Notes 2 References 1929 Cleveland Indians season at Baseball Reference Category:Cleveland Guardians seasons Cleveland Indians season Cleveland Indians