1929 Philadelphia Phillies season

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National League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	98	54	.645	—	52‍–‍25	46‍–‍29
Pittsburgh Pirates	88	65	.575	10½	45‍–‍31	43‍–‍34
New York Giants	84	67	.556	13½	39‍–‍37	45‍–‍30
St. Louis Cardinals	78	74	.513	20	43‍–‍32	35‍–‍42
Philadelphia Phillies	71	82	.464	27½	39‍–‍37	32‍–‍45
Brooklyn Robins	70	83	.458	28½	42‍–‍35	28‍–‍48
Cincinnati Reds	66	88	.429	33	38‍–‍39	28‍–‍49
Boston Braves	56	98	.364	43	34‍–‍43	22‍–‍55

Record vs. opponents

1929 National League record v t e Sources:
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

1929 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers Ray Benge Phil Collins Sam Dailey Hal Elliott Alex Ferguson June Greene Jim Holloway Lou Koupal Bob McGraw Elmer Miller John Milligan Luther Roy Harry Smythe Les Sweetland Claude Willoughby		Catchers Spud Davis Walt Lerian George Susce Infielders Bernie Friberg Don Hurst Terry Lyons Tommy Thevenow Fresco Thompson Pinky Whitney		Outfielders Chuck Klein Lefty O'Doul Homer Peel Tripp Sigman Denny Sothern Cy Williams Other batters Joe O'Rourke		Manager Burt Shotton Coaches Fred Hunter

1929 Philadelphia Phillies

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Joe O'Rourke

Manager

Burt Shotton

Coaches

Fred Hunter

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	Walt Lerian	105	273	61	.223	6	25
1B	Don Hurst	154	589	179	.304	31	125
2B	Fresco Thompson	148	623	202	.324	4	53
SS	Tommy Thevenow	90	317	72	.227	0	35
3B	Pinky Whitney	154	612	200	.327	8	115
OF	Chuck Klein	149	616	219	.356	43	145
OF	Lefty O'Doul	154	638	254	.398	32	122
OF	Denny Sothern	76	294	90	.306	5	27

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
Bernie Friberg	128	455	137	.301	7	55
Spud Davis	98	263	90	.342	7	48
Homer Peel	53	156	42	.269	0	19
Cy Williams	66	65	19	.292	5	21
Elmer Miller	31	38	9	.237	1	4
Tripp Sigman	10	29	15	.517	2	9
George Susce	17	17	5	.294	1	1
Joe O'Rourke	3	3	0	.000	0	0
Terry Lyons	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
Claude Willoughby	49	243.1	15	14	4.99	50
Les Sweetland	43	204.1	13	11	5.11	47
Ray Benge	38	199.0	11	14	6.29	78
Lou Koupal	15	86.2	5	5	4.78	18

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
Phil Collins	43	153.1	9	7	5.75	61
Hal Elliott	40	114.1	3	7	6.06	32
Luther Roy	21	88.2	3	7	8.42	16
Harry Smythe	19	68.2	4	6	5.24	12
Sam Dailey	20	51.1	2	2	7.54	18
Alex Ferguson	5	12.2	1	2	12.08	3
Elmer Miller	8	11.1	0	1	11.12	1
John Milligan	8	9.2	0	1	16.76	2

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
Bob McGraw	41	5	5	4	5.73	22
June Greene	5	0	0	0	19.76	4
Jim Holloway	3	0	0	0	13.50	1

Notes

Tommy Thevenow page at Baseball Reference

References

1929 Philadelphia Phillies 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

Philadelphia Phillies

Established in 1883
Formerly the Philadelphia Quakers and the Philadelphia Blue Jays
Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Cape May Athletic Park; The Ballpark (Gainesville); Latta Park Baseball Field; Broad Street Park; Bolton Street Park; Southern Pines Country Club; Rickwood Field; Fogel Field; Sunset Ball Park; Coffee Pot Park; Wearn Field; Fleming Field; Cooke Field; Ninth Street Park; Denison Field; Biloxi Stadium; Landa Park; Flamingo Field; Wilmington Park; Clearwater Athletic Field; Jack Russell Stadium; Carpenter Complex/BayCare Ballpark

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Retired numbers

Key personnel

Owner: Limited partnership (John S. Middleton, Jim & Pete Buck, Stanley Middleman, Estate of David Montgomery, & Pat Gillick)
President: David Dombrowski
General Manager: Preston Mattingly
Manager: Rob Thomson

World Series
championships (2)

1980
2008

NL pennants (8)

Division
championships (12)

Wild Card titles (2)

2022
2023

Minor league
affiliates

Triple-A: Lehigh Valley IronPigs
Double-A: Reading Fightin Phils
High-A: Jersey Shore BlueClaws
Single-A: Clearwater Threshers
Rookie: FCL Phillies; DSL Phillies Red; DSL Phillies White
Rosters: Minor league rosters

Broadcasting

Television	NBC Sports Philadelphia WCAU
Radio	94 WIP (English flagship station) El Pasaporte (Spanish flagship station) Phillies radio network affiliates
Broadcasters	Tom McCarthy John Kruk Ben Davis Mike Schmidt Rubén Amaro Jr. Scott Franzke Larry Andersen Kevin Stocker

Seasons (143)
1880s	1880 · 1881 · 1882 · 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889
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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