1929 New York Yankees season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees March 2026 November 2013 New York Yankees 1929 American League Yankee Stadium New York City, New York 88 66 y 2nd Jacob Ruppert Ed Barrow Miller Huggins (12th season, 82–61, 82 61)Art Fletcher (1st season, 6–5, 6 5) The 1929 New York Yankees season was the team's 27th season. The team finished with a record of 88–66, finishing in second place, 18 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics. This ended a streak of three straight World Series appearances for the club. New York was managed by Miller Huggins until his death on September 25. They played at Yankee Stadium. Regular season April 16, 1929: The New York Yankees took to the field with uniform numbers for the first time on the backs on their uniforms, the first team to make them permanent.Numbelievable! 89 Michael X. Ferraro John Veneziano Triumph Books Chicago 2007 978-1-57243-990-0 Season standings New York Yankees Record vs. opponents NYY Roster Beginning from that year onward the Yankees put the players' jersey numbers on the backs of their white home and grey road uniforms, making them the first MLB team to put player numbers in their uniforms on a permanent basis. 1929 New York Yankees Roster Pitchers 17 Fred Heimach 12 Waite Hoyt 15 Hank Johnson 18 Wilcy Moore 30 Bots Nekola 11 Herb Pennock 14 George Pipgras 21,30 Gordon Rhodes 31 Roy Sherid 20 Myles Thomas 19 Ed Wells 16 Tom Zachary Catchers  9 Benny Bengough 10 Bill Dickey  8 Johnny Grabowski 15,32 Arndt Jorgens Infielders  7 Leo Durocher  4 Lou Gehrig  2 Mark Koenig 24 Lyn Lary  6 Tony Lazzeri 22 Gene Robertson 20 Julie Wera Outfielders 27 Sammy Byrd  1 Earle Combs 26 Cedric Durst  5 Bob Meusel 25 Ben Paschal  3 Babe Ruth Other batters 21 George Burns 28 Liz Funk Manager 34 Art Fletcher -- Miller Huggins Coaches 34 Art Fletcher -- Harry Mathews 33 Charley O'Leary 29 Bob Shawkey 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 Bill Dickey 130 447 145 .324 10 65 1B Lou Gehrig 154 553 166 .300 35 126 2B Tony Lazzeri 147 545 193 .354 18 106 3B Gene Robertson 90 309 92 .298 0 35 SS Leo Durocher 100 341 84 .246 0 32 LF Earle Combs 142 586 202 .345 3 65 CF Bob Meusel 100 391 102 .261 10 57 RF Babe Ruth 135 499 172 .345 46 154 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 Mark Koenig 116 373 109 .292 3 41 Lyn Lary 80 236 73 .309 5 26 Cedric Durst 92 202 52 .257 4 31 Samuel Byrd 62 170 53 .312 5 28 Ben Paschal 42 72 15 .208 2 11 Benny Bengough 23 62 12 .194 0 7 Johnny Grabowski 22 59 12 .203 0 2 Arndt Jorgens 18 34 11 .324 0 4 Julie Wera 5 12 5 .417 0 2 George Burns George Burns (first baseman) 9 9 0 .000 0 0 Liz Funk 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 George Pipgras 39 225.1 18 12 4.23 125 Waite Hoyt 30 201.2 10 9 4.24 57 Ed Wells Ed Wells (baseball) 31 193.1 13 9 4.33 78 Herb Pennock 27 157.1 9 11 4.92 49 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 Roy Sherid 33 154.2 6 6 3.61 51 Fred Heimach 35 134.2 11 6 4.01 26 Tom Zachary 26 119.2 12 0 2.48 35 Hank Johnson Hank Johnson (baseball) 12 42.2 3 3 5.06 24 Gordon Rhodes 10 42.2 0 4 4.85 13 Myles Thomas 5 15.0 0 2 10.80 3 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 Wilcy Moore 41 6 4 9 4.13 21 Bots Nekola 9 0 0 0 4.34 2 Awards and honors League top ten finishers Lou Gehrig #2 in AL in home runs (35) #2 in AL in on-base percentage (.431) #3 in AL in runs scored (127) #3 in AL in walks (122) #4 in AL in RBI (126) #4 in AL in slugging percentage (.584) Tony Lazzeri #4 in AL in on-base percentage (.429) George Pipgras #3 in AL in strikeouts (125) Babe Ruth MLB leader in home runs (46) MLB leader in slugging percentage (.697) #2 in AL in RBI (154) #3 in AL in on-base percentage (.430) Farm system Minor League Baseball D Chambersburg Young Yanks Blue Ridge League Tommy ClarkeJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 Notes 2 References 1929 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference 1929 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:New York Yankees seasons New York Yankees New York Yankees Category:1920s in the Bronx