1929 Detroit Tigers season

The 1929 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished sixth in the American League with a record of 70–84, 36 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics.

Regular season

1929 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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	—

1929 Detroit Tigers

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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	Eddie Phillips	68	221	52	.235	2	21
1B	Dale Alexander	155	626	215	.343	25	137
2B	Charlie Gehringer	155	634	215	.339	13	106
SS	Heinie Schuble	92	258	60	.233	2	28
3B	Marty McManus	154	599	168	.280	18	90
OF	Harry Heilmann	125	453	156	.344	15	120
OF	Harry Rice	130	536	163	.304	6	69
OF	Roy Johnson	148	640	201	.314	10	69

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
Bob Fothergill	115	277	98	.354	6	62
Pinky Hargrave	76	185	61	.330	3	26
Merv Shea	50	162	47	.290	3	24
Yats Wuestling	54	150	30	.200	0	16
John Stone	51	150	39	.260	2	15
Bill Akers	24	83	22	.265	1	9
Ray Hayworth	14	43	11	.256	0	4
Frank Sigafoos	14	23	4	.174	0	2
Nolen Richardson	13	21	4	.190	0	2
Bucky Harris	7	11	1	.091	0	0
Larry Woodall	1	1	0	.000	0	0

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
George Uhle	32	249.0	15	11	4.08	100
Earl Whitehill	38	245.1	14	15	4.62	103
Vic Sorrell	36	226.0	14	15	5.18	81
Ownie Carroll	34	202.0	9	17	4.63	54
Art Herring	4	32.0	2	1	4.78	15
Elon Hogsett	4	28.2	1	2	2.83	9
Whit Wyatt	4	25.1	0	1	6.75	14

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Augie Prudhomme	34	94.0	1	6	6.22	26
Emil Yde	29	86.2	7	3	5.30	23
Skinny Graham	13	51.2	1	3	5.57	7
George Smith	14	35.2	3	2	5.80	13
Phil Page	10	25.1	0	2	8.17	6
Frank Barnes	4	5.0	0	1	7.20	0

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Lil Stoner	24	3	3	4	5.26	12
Josh Billings	8	0	1	0	5.12	1
Elam Vangilder	6	0	1	0	6.35	3

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	Fort Worth Panthers	Texas League	Jake Atz and Frank Snyder
B	Evansville Hubs	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Bob Coleman
C	Wheeling Stogies	Middle Atlantic League	Raymond Haley
C	Fort Smith Twins	Western Association	John Cimpi
D	Hanover Raiders	Blue Ridge League	Bobby Prysock

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fort Smith^[1]

^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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