1929 Kansas City Blues Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 111-56
Finished 1st in the AA
Manager: Dutch Zwilling (111-56)
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 281,376, Avg. 3,370

1929 Kansas City Blues Roster

The Kansas City Blues of the American Association ended the 1929 season with a record of 111 wins and 56 losses, finishing first in the AA.

Dutch Zwilling served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Max Thomas	18	11	.621	3.12	50						231.0	210	101	80		88
Robert Murray	17	8	.680	4.62	41						218.0	258	127	112		87
Tom Sheehan	16	11	.593	3.78	37						243.0	257	124	102		59
Lynn Nelson	15	6	.714	2.98	38						190.0	184	82	63		77
Cy Warmoth	14	4	.778	3.38	27						176.0	164	83	66		79
Pea Ridge Day	12	5	.706	2.98	36						178.0	162	84	59		33
Dixie Davis	8	5	.615	4.07	21						84.0	84	45	38		35
Lou Fette	7	3	.700	4.32	46						154.0	171	91	74		71
Johnny Morrison	3	2	.600	4.18	6						28.0	25	14	13		14
Dennis Burns	1	1	.500	0.00	3						16.0	23				5
Totals	111	56	.665	3.60	305	0	0	0	0	0	1518.0	1538	751	607	0	548	0	0	0	0	0	0

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Joe Kuhel	161	649	649		211	27	26	6						.325	.325	.475	.800	308
Denver Grigsby	140	499	499		172	29	10	4						.345	.345	.467	.812	233
Ollie Tucker	129	447	447		150	31	4	20						.336	.336	.557	.893	249
George Knothe	142	544	544		137	12	5	2						.252	.252	.303	.555	165
George Gerken	135	461	461		129	18	12	11						.280	.280	.443	.722	204
Freddy Spurgeon	127	492	492		129	20	3	3						.262	.262	.333	.596	164
John Peters	129	375	375		120	20	7	2						.320	.320	.427	.747	160
Bob Seeds	100	322	322		110	21	3	4						.342	.342	.463	.804	149
Harry Riconda	79	331	331		106	24	7	3						.320	.320	.462	.782	153
Bill Wambsganss	103	359	359		106	15	5	0						.295	.295	.365	.660	131
Ralph Michaels	101	327	327		89	10	3	1						.272	.272	.330	.602	108
Fred Nicholson	98	241	241		83	9	7	4						.344	.344	.490	.834	118
Tom Angley	76	208	208		81	15	6	6						.389	.389	.606	.995	126
Tom Sheehan	39	91	91		31	4	1	0						.341	.341	.407	.747	37
Robert Murray	42	85	85		24	6	1	3						.282	.282	.482	.765	41
Max Thomas	53	84	84		16	2	1	1						.190	.190	.274	.464	23
Lou Fette	47	60	60		13	1	2	0						.217	.217	.300	.517	18
Cy Warmoth	33	68	68		12	1	0	0						.176	.176	.191	.368	13
Pea Ridge Day	36	61	61		11	1	0	0						.180	.180	.197	.377	12
Lynn Nelson	39	69	69		11	5	1	1						.159	.159	.304	.464	21
Herb Pember	6	16	16		8	1	1	0						.500	.500	.688	1.188	11
Frank Snyder	5	10	10		4	1	0	0						.400	.400	.500	.900	5
Roy Grimes	7	13	13		4	1	0	0						.308	.308	.385	.692	5
Dixie Davis	21	29	29		4	0	0	0						.138	.138	.138	.276	4
Luther Harvel	3	5	5		2	1	0	0						.400	.400	.600	1.000	3
Frank Brozovich	6	10	10		2	1	0	0						.200	.200	.300	.500	3
Johnny Morrison	6	10	10		2	0	0	0						.200	.200	.200	.400	2
Ed Hendee	3	6	6		1	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Keith Clark	8	10	10		1	0	0	0						.100	.100	.100	.200	1
Totals	1874	5882	5882	0	1769	276	105	71	0	0	0	0	0	.301	.301	.420	.720	2468	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Joe Kuhel	1B	161	1508	73	22		.986	9.820
Freddy Spurgeon	2B	112	247	313	24		.959	5.000
Bill Wambsganss	2B	67	158	166	14		.959	4.836
Ralph Michaels	3B	91	109	177	10		.966	3.143
Harry Riconda	3B	59	70	101	7		.961	2.898
John Peters	C	126	405	96	11		.979	3.976
Tom Angley	C	64	200	51	15		.944	3.922
Denver Grigsby	OF	137	321	15	8		.977	2.453
George Gerken	OF	129	364	12	9		.977	2.915
Ollie Tucker	OF	124	232	10	6		.976	1.952
Bob Seeds	OF	90	236	3	7		.972	2.656
Fred Nicholson	OF	68	104	8	4		.966	1.647
George Knothe	SS	141	313	449	46		.943	5.404
Totals		1369	4267	1474	183	0	.969	4.194

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.

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