The 1929 Boston Braves season was the 59th season of the franchise. Offseason November 7, 1928: Rogers Hornsby was traded by the Braves to the Chicago Cubs for Socks Seibold, Percy Jones, Lou Legett, Freddie Maguire, Bruce Cunningham, and $200,000.Rogers Hornsby page at Baseball Reference

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster 1929 Boston Braves Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

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 Al Spohrer 114 342 93 .272 2 48 1B George Sisler 154 629 205 .326 2 79 2B 138 496 125 .252 0 41 SS Rabbit Maranville 146 560 159 .284 0 55 3B Les Bell 139 483 144 .298 9 72 OF Lance Richbourg 139 557 170 .305 3 56 OF 136 457 133 .291 10 68 OF Earl Clark 84 279 88 .315 1 30

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 Jimmy Welsh 53 186 54 .290 2 16 Joe Dugan 60 125 38 .304 0 15 Zack Taylor 34 101 25 .248 0 10 Bernie James 46 101 31 .307 0 9 46 93 19 .204 0 11 39 81 13 .160 0 6 Johnny Cooney 41 72 23 .319 0 6 Phil Voyles 20 68 16 .235 0 14 Buzz Boyle 17 57 15 .263 1 2 Bill Dunlap 10 29 12 .414 1 4 8 28 8 .286 0 6 Red Barron 10 21 4 .190 0 1 Jack Smith 19 20 5 .250 0 2 Hank Gowdy 10 16 7 .438 0 3 Henry Peploski 6 10 2 .200 0 1 Bill Cronin 6 9 1 .111 0 0 Doc Farrell 5 8 1 .125 0 2 Jack Cummings 3 6 1 .167 0 1 Pat Collins 7 5 0 .000 0 2 Al Weston 3 3 0 .000 0 0 Johnny Evers 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 34 231.0 11 17 4.68 65 33 205.2 12 17 4.73 54 26 167.2 8 13 5.53 50 27 157.0 4 13 4.47 25

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 35 188.1 7 15 4.64 69 Dixie Leverett 24 97.2 3 7 6.36 28 17 91.2 4 6 4.52 22 Art Delaney 20 75.0 3 5 6.12 17 Red Peery 9 44.0 0 1 5.11 3 Bunny Hearn 10 18.1 2 0 4.42 12 Kent Greenfield 6 15.2 0 0 10.91 7 2 7.0 0 1 10.29 0

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 Johnny Cooney 14 2 3 3 5.00 11 Johnny Werts 4 0 0 1 10.50 2 Clay Touchstone 1 0 0 0 16.88 1

Farm system

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997

References

External links 1929 Boston Braves season at Baseball Reference