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1929 Washington Senators | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Griffith Stadium | |
City | Washington, D.C. | |
Owners | Clark Griffith and William Richardson | |
Managers | Walter Johnson | |
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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.
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Philadelphia Athletics | 104 | 46 | 0.693 | — | 57–16 | 47–30 |
New York Yankees | 88 | 66 | 0.571 | 18 | 49–28 | 39–38 |
Cleveland Indians | 81 | 71 | 0.533 | 24 | 44–32 | 37–39 |
St. Louis Browns | 79 | 73 | 0.520 | 26 | 41–36 | 38–37 |
Washington Senators | 71 | 81 | 0.467 | 34 | 37–40 | 34–41 |
Detroit Tigers | 70 | 84 | 0.455 | 36 | 38–39 | 32–45 |
Chicago White Sox | 59 | 93 | 0.388 | 46 | 35–41 | 24–52 |
Boston Red Sox | 58 | 96 | 0.377 | 48 | 32–45 | 26–51 |
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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 | — |
1929 Washington Senators | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders
Other batters |
Manager |
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 |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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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 |