1929 Chicago Cubs season

March 2026 November 2013 Chicago Cubs 1929 National League champions 1920 cub logo.svg National League Wrigley Field Chicago 98 54 y 1st William Wrigley Jr. Joe McCarthy WBBM(Pat Flanagan)WCFL(Johnny O'Hara)WGN(Bob Elson, Quin Ryan)WMAQ(Hal Totten) The 1929 Chicago Cubs season was the 58th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 54th in the National League and the 14th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished first in the National League with a record of 98–54, 10.5 games ahead of the second place Pittsburgh Pirates. The team was defeated four games to one by the Philadelphia Athletics in the 1929 World Series. Offseason October 3, 1928: Mike Cvengros was drafted by the Cubs from the Wichita Falls Spudders in the 1928 rule 5 draft.Mike Cvengros page at Baseball Reference November 7, 1928: Socks Seibold, Percy Jones, Lou Legett, Freddie Maguire, Bruce Cunningham, and $200,000 were traded by the Cubs to the Boston Braves for Rogers Hornsby.Rogers Hornsby page at Baseball Reference Regular season Rogers Hornsby, who was acquired from the Boston Braves in an offseason deal, had a career year, hitting .380. In the process, he hit 39 home runs with 149 RBIs and led the league with a .679 slugging percentage. The 156 runs scored by Hornsby in 1929 were the most by a right-handed batter in the National League during the 20th century. Hornsby collected his second Most Valuable Player award that year, and for the second time he won a National League pennant. Season standings Chicago Cubs Record vs. opponents CHC Roster 1929 Chicago Cubs Roster Pitchers Sheriff Blake Guy Bush Hal Carlson Mike Cvengros Hank Grampp Trader Horne Claude Jonnard Pat Malone Art Nehf Bob Osborn Ken Penner Charlie Root Catchers Tom Angley Mike González Earl Grace Gabby Hartnett Johnny Schulte Zack Taylor Infielders Clyde Beck Footsie Blair Woody English Charlie Grimm Rogers Hornsby Norm McMillan Chick Tolson Outfielders Kiki Cuyler Cliff Heathcote Johnny Moore Riggs Stephenson Danny Taylor Hack Wilson Manager Joe McCarthy Coaches Jimmy Burke Mickey Doolan Grover Land Player stats = 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 Zack Taylor Zack Taylor (baseball) 64 215 59 .274 1 31 1B Charlie Grimm 120 463 138 .298 10 91 2B Rogers Hornsby 156 602 229 .380 39 149 SS Woody English 144 608 168 .276 1 52 3B Norm McMillan 124 495 134 .271 5 55 OF Riggs Stephenson 136 495 179 .362 17 110 OF Kiki Cuyler 139 509 183 .360 15 102 OF Hack Wilson 150 574 198 .345 39 159 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 Cliff Heathcote 82 224 70 .313 2 31 Clyde Beck 54 190 40 .211 0 9 Mike González Mike González (catcher) 60 167 40 .240 0 18 Chick Tolson 32 109 28 .257 1 19 Earl Grace 27 80 20 .250 2 17 Footsie Blair 26 72 23 .319 1 8 Johnny Schulte 31 69 18 .261 0 9 Johnny Moore Johnny Moore (baseball) 37 63 18 .286 2 8 Gabby Hartnett 25 22 6 .273 1 9 Tom Angley 5 16 4 .250 0 6 Danny Taylor Danny Taylor (baseball) 2 3 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 Charlie Root 43 272.0 19 6 3.47 124 Pat Malone 40 267.0 22 10 3.57 166 Sheriff Blake 35 218.1 14 13 4.29 70 Hank Grampp 1 2.0 0 1 27.00 0 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 Guy Bush 50 270.2 18 7 3.66 82 Art Nehf 32 120.2 8 5 5.59 27 Hal Carlson 31 111.2 11 5 5.16 35 Bob Osborn 3 9.0 0 0 3.00 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 Mike Cvengros 32 5 4 2 4.64 23 Claude Jonnard 12 0 1 0 7.48 11 Trader Horne Trader Horne (baseball) 11 1 1 0 5.59 3 Ken Penner 5 0 1 0 2.84 3 1929 World Series 1929 World Series AL Philadelphia Athletics (4) vs. NL Chicago Cubs (1) GameScoreDateLocationAttendance1 Philadelphia Athletics – 3, Chicago Cubs – 1 October 8Wrigley Field 50,7402 Philadelphia Athletics – 9, Chicago Cubs – 3 October 9Wrigley Field 49,9873 Chicago Cubs – 3, Philadelphia Athletics – 1 October 11Shibe Park 29,9214 Chicago Cubs – 8, Philadelphia Athletics – 10 October 12Shibe Park 29,9215 Chicago Cubs – 2, Philadelphia Athletics – 3 October 14Shibe Park 29,921 Awards and honors Records Rogers Hornsby, National League record, Most runs by a second baseman, (156).Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.91, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, 978-0-451-22363-0 Farm system Minor League Baseball AA Los Angeles Angels Pacific Coast League Marty Krug and Jack Lelivelt References External links 1929 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference Category:Chicago Cubs seasons Chicago Cubs season Category:National League champion seasons Chicago Cubs Category:1929 in Chicago