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.

Offseason

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

Regular season

Season standings

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American League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Athletics	104	46	.693	—	57‍–‍16	47‍–‍30
New York Yankees	88	66	.571	18	49‍–‍28	39‍–‍38
Cleveland Indians	81	71	.533	24	44‍–‍32	37‍–‍39
St. Louis Browns	79	73	.520	26	41‍–‍36	38‍–‍37
Washington Senators	71	81	.467	34	37‍–‍40	34‍–‍41
Detroit Tigers	70	84	.455	36	38‍–‍39	32‍–‍45
Chicago White Sox	59	93	.388	46	35‍–‍41	24‍–‍52
Boston Red Sox	58	96	.377	48	32‍–‍45	26‍–‍51

Record vs. opponents

1929 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	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	—

Notable transactions

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

1929 Cleveland Indians

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

-- Dan Jessee

Manager

Roger Peckinpaugh

Coaches

11 Grover Hartley
10 Howie Shanks

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	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

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
Willis Hudlin	40	280.1	17	15	3.34	60
Jake Miller	29	206.0	14	12	3.58	58
Joe Shaute	26	162.0	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	119.0	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

Notes

Homer Summa page at Baseball Reference
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

1929 MLB season by team

Major League Baseball

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

Negro National League

American Negro League

1929 World Series

Cleveland Guardians

Established in 1894
Former names (all in Cleveland unless noted) - Grand Rapids Rustlers, Lake Shores, Bluebirds, Bronchos, Naps, Indians
Based in Cleveland, Ohio

Franchise

Ballparks

Culture and lore

Rivalries

Ohio Cup
- Cincinnati Reds

Key personnel

Owner: Larry Dolan
Chairman/CEO: Paul Dolan
President: Chris Antonetti
General manager: Mike Chernoff
Manager: Stephen Vogt

Postseason appearances (17)

Division championships (12)

American League pennants (6)

World Series championships (2)

1920
1948

Hall of Famers

Minors

Triple-A: Columbus Clippers
Double-A: Akron RubberDucks
High-A: Lake County Captains
Single-A: Lynchburg Hillcats
Rookie: Arizona Complex League Guardians
Dominican Summer League Guardians Goryl
Dominican Summer League Guardians Mendoza

Seasons (131)
1890s	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899
1900s	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909
1910s	1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
1920s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
2020s	2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

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