1929 Chicago Cubs season

1929 Chicago Cubs
1929 National League Champions
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Location
Wrigley Field (since 1916)
Chicago (since 1870)
Other information
Owner(s)	William Wrigley, Jr.
Manager(s)	Joe McCarthy
Local television	none
Local radio	WCFL (John O'Hara, Pat Flanagan) WGN (Bob Elson)
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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.
• 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.

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 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	GB	Pct.
Chicago Cubs	98	54	--	.645
Pittsburgh Pirates	88	65	10.5	.575
New York Giants	84	67	13.5	.556
St. Louis Cardinals	78	74	20	.513
Philadelphia Phillies	71	82	27.5	.464
Brooklyn Robins	70	83	28.5	.458
Cincinnati Reds	66	88	33	.429
Boston Braves	56	98	43	.364

Record vs. opponents

1929 National League Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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	—

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	Zack Taylor	64	215	59	.274	1	31
2B	Rogers Hornsby	156	602	229	.380	39	149
OF	Riggs Stephenson	136	495	179	.362	17	110

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
Mike González	60	167	40	.240	0	18
Earl Grace	27	80	20	.250	2	17
Johnny Moore	37	63	18	.286	2	8

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
Sheriff Blake	35	218.1	14	13	4.29	70
Hank Grampp	1	2	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
Hal Carlson	31	111.2	11	5	5.16	35

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
Trader Horne	11	1	1	0	5.59	3

1929 World Series

Main article: 1929 World Series

AL Philadelphia Athletics (4) vs. NL Chicago Cubs (1)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Philadelphia Athletics – 3, Chicago Cubs – 1	October 8	Wrigley Field	50,740
2	Philadelphia Athletics – 9, Chicago Cubs – 3	October 9	Wrigley Field	49,987
3	Chicago Cubs – 3, Philadelphia Athletics – 1	October 11	Shibe Park	29,921
4	Chicago Cubs – 8, Philadelphia Athletics – 10	October 12	Shibe Park	29,921
5	Chicago Cubs – 2, Philadelphia Athletics – 3	October 14	Shibe Park	29,921

Awards and honors

Records

• Rogers Hornsby, National League record, Most runs by a second baseman, (156).

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Los Angeles Angels	Pacific Coast League	Marty Krug and Jack Lelivelt

External links

• 1929 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference