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1929 Chicago Cubs | ||
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National League Champions | ||
League | National League | |
Ballpark | Wrigley Field | |
City | Chicago | |
Owners | William Wrigley, Jr. | |
Managers | Joe McCarthy | |
Radio | WBBM (Pat Flanagan) WCFL (Johnny O'Hara) WGN (Bob Elson, Quin Ryan) WMAQ (Hal Totten) | |
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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.[1]
- 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.[2]
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
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Chicago Cubs | 98 | 54 | 0.645 | — | 52–25 | 46–29 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 88 | 65 | 0.575 | 10½ | 45–31 | 43–34 |
New York Giants | 84 | 67 | 0.556 | 13½ | 39–37 | 45–30 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 78 | 74 | 0.513 | 20 | 43–32 | 35–42 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 71 | 82 | 0.464 | 27½ | 39–37 | 32–45 |
Brooklyn Robins | 70 | 83 | 0.458 | 28½ | 42–35 | 28–48 |
Cincinnati Reds | 66 | 88 | 0.429 | 33 | 38–39 | 28–49 |
Boston Braves | 56 | 98 | 0.364 | 43 | 34–43 | 22–55 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 11–11 | 7–15 | 8–14 | 9–13 | 5–17 | 8–14 | 8–14 | |||||
Brooklyn | 11–11 | — | 6–16 | 11–11 | 14–7 | 9–13 | 9–13 | 10–12 | |||||
Chicago | 15–7 | 16–6 | — | 14–8–1 | 12–10–1 | 17–5–1 | 9–13 | 15–5–1 | |||||
Cincinnati | 14–8 | 11–11 | 8–14–1 | — | 10–12 | 11–11 | 9–13 | 3–19 | |||||
New York | 13–9 | 7–14 | 10–12–1 | 12–10 | — | 16–5 | 13–8 | 13–9 | |||||
Philadelphia | 17–5 | 13–9 | 5–17–1 | 11–11 | 5–16 | — | 11–11 | 9–13 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 14–8 | 13–9 | 13–9 | 13–9 | 8–13 | 11–11 | — | 16–6–1 | |||||
St. Louis | 14–8 | 12–10 | 5–15–1 | 19–3 | 9–13 | 13–9 | 6–16–1 | — |
Roster
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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 |
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C | Zack Taylor | 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 |
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Cliff Heathcote | 82 | 224 | 70 | .313 | 2 | 31 |
Clyde Beck | 54 | 190 | 40 | .211 | 0 | 9 |
Mike González | 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 | 37 | 63 | 18 | .286 | 2 | 8 |
Gabby Hartnett | 25 | 22 | 6 | .273 | 1 | 9 |
Tom Angley | 5 | 16 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 6 |
Danny Taylor | 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 |
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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