1929 Cleveland Indians season

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.

1929 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
League Park (since 1901) Cleveland, Ohio (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Alva Bradley
General manager(s)	Billy Evans
Manager(s)	Roger Peckinpaugh
Local radio	WTAM (Tom Manning)
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Offseason

• January 5, 1929: Homer Summa was purchased from the Indians by the Philadelphia Athletics.[1]

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

Record vs. opponents

1929 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	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	—

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

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	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	93	318	101	.318	3	37
Jackie Tavener	92	250	53	.212	2	27
Carl Lind	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	19	33	5	.152	0	2
Grover Hartley	24	33	9	.273	0	8
Dan Jessee	1	0	0	---	0	0

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	29	206	14	12	3.58	58
Joe Shaute	26	162	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	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	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	12	0	2	0	10.50	5
Jim Moore	2	0	0	0	9.53	0

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
B	Terre Haute Tots	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Earl Wolgamot
D	Frederick Warriors	Blue Ridge League	Bob Wells

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Notes

1. Homer Summa page at Baseball Reference
2. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

• 1929 Cleveland Indians season at Baseball Reference