1929 Detroit Tigers season

Major League Baseball season

1929 Detroit Tigers

Major League affiliations

* American League (since 1901)

Location

* Navin Field (since 1912)
* Detroit, Michigan (since 1901)

Other information
Owner(s)| Frank Navin
Manager(s)| Bucky Harris
Local television| none
Local radio| WWJ (AM)
(Ty Tyson)
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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.

## Contents

* 1 Regular season
* 1.1 Season standings
* 1.2 Record vs. opponents
* 1.3 Roster
* 2 Player stats
* 2.1 Batting
* 2.1.1 Starters by position
* 2.1.2 Other batters
* 2.2 Pitching
* 2.2.1 Starting pitchers
* 2.2.2 Other pitchers
* 2.2.3 Relief pitchers
* 3 Farm system
* 4 Notes
* 5 External links

## Regular season[edit]

### Season standings[edit]

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American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road

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Philadelphia Athletics | 104 | 46  | 0.693  | —  | 57–16  | 47–30
New York Yankees | 88 | 66  | 0.571  | 18  | 49–28  | 39–38
Cleveland Indians | 81 | 71  | 0.533  | 24  | 44–32  | 37–39
St. Louis Browns | 79 | 73  | 0.520  | 26  | 41–36  | 38–37
Washington Senators | 71 | 81  | 0.467  | 34  | 37–40  | 34–41
Detroit Tigers | 70 | 84  | 0.455  | 36  | 38–39  | 32–45
Chicago White Sox | 59 | 93  | 0.388  | 46  | 35–41  | 24–52
Boston Red Sox | 58 | 96  | 0.377  | 48  | 32–45  | 26–51

### Record vs. opponents[edit]

1929 American League Records

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Team  | BOS  | CWS  | CLE  | DET  | NYY  | PHI  | STL  | 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 | —

### Roster[edit]

1929 Detroit Tigers

Roster
Pitchers

* Frank Barnes
* Josh Billings
* Ownie Carroll
* Skinny Graham
* Art Herring
* Elon Hogsett
* Phil Page
* Augie Prudhomme
* George Smith
* Vic Sorrell
* Lil Stoner
* George Uhle
* Elam Vangilder
* Earl Whitehill
* Whit Wyatt
* Emil Yde

|  | Catchers

* Pinky Hargrave
* Ray Hayworth
* Eddie Phillips
* Merv Shea

Infielders

* Bill Akers
* Dale Alexander
* Charlie Gehringer
* Bucky Harris
* Marty McManus
* Nolen Richardson
* Heinie Schuble
* Frank Sigafoos
* Yats Wuestling

|  | Outfielders

* Bob Fothergill
* Harry Heilmann
* Roy Johnson
* Harry Rice
* John Stone

Other batters

* Larry Woodall

|  | Manager

* Bucky Harris

Coaches

* George McBride
* Benny Meyer

## Player stats[edit]

### Batting[edit]

#### Starters by position[edit]

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

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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

#### Other batters[edit]

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

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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

### Pitching[edit]

#### Starting pitchers[edit]

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

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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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

#### Other pitchers[edit]

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

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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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

#### Relief pitchers[edit]

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

Player  | G  | W  | L  | SV  | ERA  | SO

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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

## Farm system[edit]

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level  | Team  | League  | Manager

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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]

## Notes[edit]

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

## External links[edit]

* Baseball portal

* 1929 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference

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1929 MLB season by team

American League|

* Boston
* Chicago
* Cleveland
* Detroit
* New York
* Philadelphia
* St. Louis
* Washington

National League|

* Boston
* Brooklyn
* Chicago
* Cincinnati
* New York
* Philadelphia
* Pittsburgh
* St. Louis

1929 World Series

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Detroit Tigers

* Established in 1901
* Based in Detroit, Michigan

Franchise|

* History
* Seasons
* Records
* No-hitters
* Award winners and league leaders
* Players
* First-round draft picks
* Managers
* Coaches
* Owners and executives
* Opening Day starting pitchers

Ballparks|

* Bennett Park
* Tiger Stadium
* Comerica Park

* Spring training: Whittington Park
* Plant Field
* Bosse Field
* Henley Field
* Joker Marchant Stadium

Culture|

* Paws
* "Detroit Rock City"
* "The Bird"
* The Bird: The Life and Legacy of Mark Fidrych
* One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story
* Magnum, P.I. (reboot)
* Tiger Town
* Cobb
* For Love of the Game
* Bless You Boys
* "The Singing Hot Dog Man"
* "Roar (song)"

Lore|

* 1910 Chalmers Award
* Disco Demolition Night
* 2009 AL Central tie-breaker game
* 28-out perfect game

Rivalries|

* Chicago White Sox
* Cleveland Guardians
* Kansas City Royals
* Minnesota Twins

Important figures|

| Hall of Fame members|

* Sparky Anderson
* Ty Cobb
* Mickey Cochrane
* Sam Crawford
* Charlie Gehringer
* Hank Greenberg
* Harry Heilmann
* Hughie Jennings
* Al Kaline
* George Kell
* Heinie Manush
* Jack Morris
* Hal Newhouser
* Alan Trammell

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Ford C. Frick Award recipient|

* Ernie Harwell

BBWAA Career Excellence Award recipients|

* Joe Falls
* Tom Gage
* H. G. Salsinger

Minor league affiliates|

* Player overview
* Triple-A: Toledo Mud Hens
* Double-A: Erie SeaWolves
* High-A: West Michigan Whitecaps
* Single-A: Lakeland Flying Tigers
* Rookie: FCL Tigers
* DSL Tigers 1
* DSL Tigers 2

Key personnel|

* Owner: Christopher Ilitch
* President of baseball operations: Scott Harris
* General Manager: Vacant
* Manager: A. J. Hinch

World Series
championships (4)|

* 1935
* 1945
* 1968
* 1984

American League pennants (11)|

* American League: 1907
* 1908
* 1909
* 1934
* 1935
* 1940
* 1945
* 1968
* 1984
* 2006
* 2012

Division titles (7)|

* East: 1972
* 1984
* 1987
* Central: 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014

Wild card berths (1)|

* 2006

Broadcasters|

* TV: Bally Sports Detroit
* Matt Shepard
* Kirk Gibson
* Jack Morris
* Radio: Detroit Tigers Radio Network
* WXYT-FM
* Dan Dickerson
* Jim Price
* History: List of Detroit Tigers broadcasters

Seasons (122)

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

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