1929 Brooklyn Robins season

The 1929 Brooklyn Robins finished the season in sixth place for the fifth straight season.

1929 Brooklyn Robins
LeagueNational League
BallparkEbbets Field
CityBrooklyn, New York
OwnersStephen McKeever, Brooklyn Trust Company
PresidentWilbert Robinson
ManagersWilbert Robinson
← 1928
1930 →

Offseason

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Regular season

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Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 98 54 .645 52‍–‍25 46‍–‍29
Pittsburgh Pirates 88 65 .575 10½ 45‍–‍31 43‍–‍34
New York Giants 84 67 .556 13½ 39‍–‍37 45‍–‍30
St. Louis Cardinals 78 74 .513 20 43‍–‍32 35‍–‍42
Philadelphia Phillies 71 82 .464 27½ 39‍–‍37 32‍–‍45
Brooklyn Robins 70 83 .458 28½ 42‍–‍35 28‍–‍48
Cincinnati Reds 66 88 .429 33 38‍–‍39 28‍–‍49
Boston Braves 56 98 .364 43 34‍–‍43 22‍–‍55

Record vs. opponents

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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


Notable transactions

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Roster

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1929 Brooklyn Robins
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

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Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Val Picinich 93 273 71 .260 4 31
1B Del Bissonette 116 431 121 .281 12 75
2B Eddie Moore 111 402 119 .296 0 48
3B Wally Gilbert 143 569 173 .304 3 58
SS Dave Bancroft 104 358 99 .277 1 44
OF Johnny Frederick 148 628 206 .328 24 75
OF Babe Herman 146 569 217 .381 21 113
OF Rube Bressler 136 456 145 .318 9 77

Other batters

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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
Harvey Hendrick 110 384 136 .354 14 82
Hank DeBerry 68 210 55 .262 1 25
Billy Rhiel 76 205 57 .278 4 25
Jake Flowers 46 130 26 .200 1 16
Butch Henline 27 62 15 .242 1 7
Jack Warner 17 62 17 .274 0 4
Nick Cullop 13 41 8 .195 1 5
Glenn Wright 24 25 5 .200 1 6
Max Carey 19 23 7 .304 0 1
Max West 5 8 2 .250 0 1
Johnny Gooch 1 1 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Watty Clark 41 279.0 16 19 3.74 140
Dazzy Vance 31 231.1 14 13 3.89 126
Doug McWeeny 36 146.0 4 10 6.10 59
Alex Ferguson 3 2.0 0 1 22.50 1

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ray Moss 39 182.0 11 6 5.04 59
Clise Dudley 35 156.2 6 14 5.69 33
Johnny Morrison 39 136.2 13 7 4.48 57
Jumbo Elliott 6 19.0 1 2 6.63 7
Bobo Newsom 3 9.1 0 3 10.61 6

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Cy Moore 32 3 3 2 5.56 17
Win Ballou 25 2 3 0 6.71 20
Lou Koupal 18 0 1 4 5.36 17
Kent Greenfield 6 0 0 0 8.31 1
Jimmy Pattison 6 0 1 0 4.63 5
Joe Bradshaw 2 0 0 0 4.50 1
Luther Roy 2 0 0 0 4.91 0
Clarence Blethen 2 0 0 0 9.00 0

Notes

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References

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