1929 Chicago Cubs season

1929 Chicago Cubs
1929 National League Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
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

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 Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 98 54 0.645 52–25 46–29
Pittsburgh Pirates 88 65 0.575 10½ 45–31 43–34
New York Giants 84 67 0.556 13½ 39–37 45–30
St. Louis Cardinals 78 74 0.513 20 43–32 35–42
Philadelphia Phillies 71 82 0.464 27½ 39–37 32–45
Brooklyn Robins 70 83 0.458 28½ 42–35 28–48
Cincinnati Reds 66 88 0.429 33 38–39 28–49
Boston Braves 56 98 0.364 43 34–43 22–55

Record vs. opponents

1929 National League Records

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 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 Taylor, ZackZack Taylor 64 215 59 .274 1 31
2B Hornsby, RogersRogers Hornsby 156 602 229 .380 39 149
OF Stephenson, RiggsRiggs 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
González, MikeMike González 60 167 40 .240 0 18
Grace, EarlEarl Grace 27 80 20 .250 2 17
Moore, JohnnyJohnny 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
Blake, SheriffSheriff Blake 35 218.1 14 13 4.29 70
Grampp, HankHank 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
Bush, GuyGuy Bush 50 270.2 18 7 3.66 82
Carlson, HalHal 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
Cvengros, MikeMike Cvengros 32 5 4 2 4.64 23
Horne, TraderTrader 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)

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

Awards and honors

Records

Farm system

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

References

  1. Mike Cvengros page at Baseball Reference
  2. Rogers Hornsby page at Baseball Reference
  3. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.91, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0

External links


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