1929 Washington Senators season

1929 Washington Senators
League	American League
Ballpark	Griffith Stadium
City	Washington, D.C.
Owners	Clark Griffith and William Richardson
Managers	Walter Johnson
Seasons

The 1929 Washington Senators won 71 games, lost 81, and finished in fifth place in the American League. They were managed by Walter Johnson and played home games at Griffith Stadium.

Regular season

Season standings

American League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Athletics	104	46	.693	—	57‍–‍16	47‍–‍30
New York Yankees	88	66	.571	18	49‍–‍28	39‍–‍38
Cleveland Indians	81	71	.533	24	44‍–‍32	37‍–‍39
St. Louis Browns	79	73	.520	26	41‍–‍36	38‍–‍37
Washington Senators	71	81	.467	34	37‍–‍40	34‍–‍41
Detroit Tigers	70	84	.455	36	38‍–‍39	32‍–‍45
Chicago White Sox	59	93	.388	46	35‍–‍41	24‍–‍52
Boston Red Sox	58	96	.377	48	32‍–‍45	26‍–‍51

Record vs. opponents

1929 American League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	11–11	9–13	8–14	5–17	4–18	11–11–1	10–12
Chicago	11–11	—	9–12	10–12	6–16	9–13	4–17	10–12
Cleveland	13–9	12–9	—	11–11	14–8	7–14	10–12	14–8
Detroit	14–8	12–10	11–11	—	9–13	4–18	10–12	10–12–1
New York	17–5	16–6	8–14	13–9	—	8–14	14–8	12–10
Philadelphia	18–4	13–9	14–7	18–4	14–8	—	11–10–1	16–4
St. Louis	11–11–1	17–4	12–10	12–10	8–14	10–11–1	—	9–13
Washington	12–10	12–10	8–14	12–10–1	10–12	4–16	13–9	—

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	Bennie Tate	81	265	78	.294	0	30
1B	Joe Judge	143	543	171	.315	6	71
2B	Buddy Myer	141	563	169	.300	3	82
SS	Joe Cronin	145	494	139	.281	8	61
3B	Jackie Hayes	123	424	117	.276	2	57
OF	Goose Goslin	145	553	159	.288	18	91
OF	Sam West	142	510	136	.267	3	75
OF	Sam Rice	150	616	199	.323	1	62

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
Ossie Bluege	64	220	65	.295	5	31
Muddy Ruel	69	188	46	.245	0	20
Red Barnes	72	130	26	.200	1	15
Roy Spencer	50	116	18	.155	1	9
Harley Boss	28	66	18	.273	0	6
Charlie Gooch	39	57	16	.281	0	5
Ira Flagstead	18	39	7	.179	0	9
Spence Harris	6	14	3	.214	0	1
Stuffy Stewart	22	6	0	.000	0	0
Doc Land	1	3	0	.000	0	0
Patsy Gharrity	3	2	0	.000	0	0
Nick Altrock	1	1	1	1.000	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
Firpo Marberry	49	250.1	19	12	3.06	121
Bump Hadley	37	195.1	6	16	5.62	98
Sad Sam Jones	24	153.2	9	9	3.92	36
Myles Thomas	22	125.1	7	8	3.52	33

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
Garland Braxton	37	182.0	12	10	4.85	59
Lloyd Brown	40	168.0	8	7	4.18	48
Bobby Burke	37	141.0	6	8	4.79	51
Ad Liska	24	94.1	3	9	4.77	33

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
Paul Hopkins	7	0	1	0	2.20	5
Archie Campbell	4	0	1	0	15.75	1
Paul McCullough	3	0	0	0	8.59	3
Walter Beall	3	1	0	0	3.86	3
Don Savidge	3	0	0	0	9.00	2
Ed Wineapple	1	0	0	0	4.50	1

External links

• 1929 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference
• 1929 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com