1929 New York Yankees Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 88-66
Finished 2nd in the AL
Attendance: 960,148, Avg. 20,855
Ballpark: Yankee Stadium I
Manager: Miller Huggins (82-61)
Manager: Art Fletcher (6-5)
Location: New York, New York

1929 New York Yankees Roster
1929 New York Yankees Results

The New York Yankees of the American League ended the 1929 season with a record of 88 wins and 66 losses, finishing second in the AL.

The Yankees tallied 899 runs and yielded 775 runs. Babe Ruth walloped 46 home runs for New York, while Tony Lazzeri and Lou Gehrig added 20 or more also. Babe Ruth recorded 154 runs batted in. Tony Lazzeri led all regular hitters by hitting .354. George Pipgras topped the team with 18 wins, and Roy Sherid recorded a 3.61 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Miller Huggins and Art Fletcher coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
George Pipgras	18	12	.600	4.23	39	33	3	13	3	0	225.3	229	132	106	16	95	125	5	0	4	987
Ed Wells	13	9	.591	4.33	31	23	5	10	3	0	193.3	179	102	93	19	81	78	1	1	2	830
Tom Zachary	12	0	1.000	2.48	26	11	9	7	2	2	119.7	131	43	33	5	30	35	2	0	1	512
Fred Heimach	11	6	.647	4.01	35	10	15	3	3	4	134.7	141	72	60	4	29	26	3	0	3	565
Waite Hoyt	10	9	.526	4.24	30	25	3	12	0	1	201.7	219	115	95	9	69	57	3	0	2	884
Herb Pennock	9	11	.450	4.92	27	23	2	8	1	1	157.3	205	101	86	11	28	49	3	2	2	701
Wilcy Moore	6	4	.600	4.13	41	0	27	0	0	8	61.0	64	36	28	4	19	21	0	1	1	261
Roy Sherid	6	6	.500	3.61	33	15	14	9	0	1	154.7	165	81	62	6	55	51	5	0	2	668
Hank Johnson	3	3	.500	5.06	12	8	1	2	0	0	42.7	37	28	24	5	39	24	0	0	1	202
Bots Nekola	0	0		4.34	9	1	7	0	0	0	18.7	21	10	9	0	15	2	0	0	0	88
Myles Thomas	0	2	.000	10.80	5	1	1	0	0	0	15.0	27	21	18	1	9	3	0	0	1	79
Gordon Rhodes	0	4	.000	4.85	10	4	4	0	0	0	42.7	57	32	23	3	16	13	2	2	1	195
Totals	88	66	.571	4.19	298	154	91	64	12	17	1366.7	1475	773	637	83	485	484	24	6	20	5972

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH
Earle Combs	142	666	586	119	202	33	15	3	65	11	7	69	32	.345	.414	.468	.881	274	0	11
Tony Lazzeri	147	635	545	101	193	37	11	18	106	9	10	68	45	.354	.429	.561	.991	306	4	18
Babe Ruth	135	587	499	121	172	26	6	46	154	5	3	72	60	.345	.430	.697	1.128	348	3	13
Lou Gehrig	154	692	553	127	166	32	10	35	126	4	4	122	68	.300	.431	.584	1.015	323	5	12
Bill Dickey	130	473	447	60	145	30	6	10	65	5	3	14	16	.324	.346	.485	.832	217	1	11
Mark Koenig	116	400	373	44	109	27	5	3	41	1	1	23	17	.292	.335	.416	.751	155	1	3
Bob Meusel	100	413	391	46	102	15	3	10	57	1	5	17	42	.261	.292	.391	.683	153	0	5
Gene Robertson	90	347	309	45	92	15	6	0	35	3	3	28	6	.298	.358	.385	.743	119	1	9
Leo Durocher	106	385	341	53	84	4	5	0	32	3	1	34	33	.246	.320	.287	.607	98	3	7
Lyn Lary	80	268	236	48	73	9	2	5	26	4	1	24	15	.309	.380	.428	.808	101	3	5
Samuel Byrd	62	202	170	32	53	12	0	5	28	1	4	28	18	.312	.409	.471	.880	80	0	4
Cedric Durst	92	222	202	32	52	3	3	4	31	3	2	15	25	.257	.309	.361	.670	73	0	5
Ed Wells	31	84	74	8	17	0	0	0	7	0	0	6	8	.230	.296	.230	.526	17	1	3
Waite Hoyt	30	85	76	9	17	4	1	0	6	0	0	1	11	.224	.234	.303	.536	23	0	8
Ben Paschal	42	81	72	13	15	3	0	2	11	1	1	6	3	.208	.269	.333	.603	24	0	3
Johnny Grabowski	22	64	59	4	12	1	0	0	2	1	0	3	6	.203	.242	.220	.462	13	0	2
Benny Bengough	23	62	62	5	12	2	1	0	7	0	0	0	2	.194	.194	.258	.452	16	0	0
George Pipgras	39	93	84	6	12	2	0	0	5	0	0	5	19	.143	.191	.167	.358	14	0	4
Arndt Jorgens	18	41	34	6	11	3	0	0	4	0	2	6	7	.324	.425	.412	.837	14	0	1
Tom Zachary	26	49	42	3	10	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	8	.238	.273	.262	.535	11	1	5
Fred Heimach	36	52	49	5	9	2	0	1	2	0	0	3	12	.184	.231	.286	.516	14	0	0
Roy Sherid	33	57	50	1	9	1	0	0	5	0	0	4	19	.180	.241	.200	.441	10	0	3
Herb Pennock	27	61	51	4	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	6	.176	.236	.176	.413	9	0	6
Julie Wera	5	14	12	1	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.417	.462	.417	.878	5	0	1
Gordon Rhodes	10	14	10	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.300	.364	.300	.664	3	0	3
Bots Nekola	9	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.750	1.250	3	0	1
Myles Thomas	5	7	7	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	0	0
Hank Johnson	13	16	14	2	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	.071	.071	.143	.214	2	0	2
Wilcy Moore	41	16	15	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.067	.067	.067	.133	1	0	1
George Burns	9	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Liz Funk	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
Totals	1774	6100	5376	899	1589	264	74	142	828	52	47	555	502	.296	.364	.451	.815	2427	23	146

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Lou Gehrig	1B	154	1458	82	9	135	.994	1.000	0
Cedric Durst	1B	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Tony Lazzeri	2B	147	368	467	27	102	.969	5.680	0
Lyn Lary	2B	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Mark Koenig	2B	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Leo Durocher	2B	12	32	28	1	7	.984	5.000	0
Julie Wera	3B	4	0	5	0	0	1.000	1.250	0
Gene Robertson	3B	77	80	116	7	6	.966	2.545	0
Lyn Lary	3B	55	38	95	8	10	.943	2.418	0
Mark Koenig	3B	37	26	61	8	7	.916	2.351	0
Arndt Jorgens	C	15	41	6	1	1	.979	3.133	1
Johnny Grabowski	C	22	70	12	5	1	.943	3.727	1
Bill Dickey	C	127	476	95	12	13	.979	4.496	4
Benny Bengough	C	23	47	8	1	1	.982	2.391	1
Babe Ruth	OF	133	240	5	4	2	.984	1.842	0
Ben Paschal	OF	20	37	2	2	0	.951	1.950	0
Bob Meusel	OF	96	206	9	7	2	.968	2.240	0
Cedric Durst	OF	72	151	5	2	1	.987	2.167	0
Earle Combs	OF	141	358	10	13	5	.966	2.610	0
Samuel Byrd	OF	54	108	6	6	2	.950	2.111	0
Tom Zachary	P	26	2	15	2	1	.895	.654	0
Ed Wells	P	31	5	21	2	2	.929	.839	0
Myles Thomas	P	5	0	6	0	0	1.000	1.200	0
Roy Sherid	P	33	8	29	3	3	.925	1.121	0
Gordon Rhodes	P	10	2	7	2	1	.818	.900	0
George Pipgras	P	39	4	30	1	2	.971	.872	0
Herb Pennock	P	27	4	31	0	2	1.000	1.296	0
Bots Nekola	P	9	1	8	0	1	1.000	1.000	0
Wilcy Moore	P	41	1	25	2	0	.929	.634	0
Hank Johnson	P	12	1	5	1	0	.857	.500	0
Waite Hoyt	P	30	8	37	2	1	.957	1.500	0
Fred Heimach	P	35	6	37	0	1	1.000	1.229	0
Lyn Lary	SS	14	26	51	3	9	.963	5.500	0
Mark Koenig	SS	61	107	160	26	31	.911	4.377	0
Leo Durocher	SS	93	197	299	22	59	.958	5.333	0
Totals		1659	4111	1773	179	408	.970	3.547	7

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