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
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster 1929 Detroit Tigers Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Coaches
Player stats = Indicates team leader = Indicates league leader 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 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 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 7 11 1 .091 0 0 Larry Woodall 1 1 0 .000 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 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 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 4 5.0 0 1 7.20 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 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
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fort SmithJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
Notes
External links
1929 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference