The 1929 Washington Senators won 71 games, lost 81, and finished in fifth place in the American League. They were managed by Walter Johnson and played home games at Griffith Stadium.
1929 Washington Senators | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Griffith Stadium | |
City | Washington, D.C. | |
Owners | Clark Griffith and William Richardson | |
Managers | Walter Johnson | |
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Regular season
editSeason standings
editAmerican 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
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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 | — |
Roster
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Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders
Other batters |
Manager |
Player stats
editBatting
editStarters by position
editNote: 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 | Bennie Tate | 81 | 265 | 78 | .294 | 0 | 30 |
1B | Joe Judge | 143 | 543 | 171 | .315 | 6 | 71 |
2B | Buddy Myer | 141 | 563 | 169 | .300 | 3 | 82 |
SS | Joe Cronin | 145 | 494 | 139 | .281 | 8 | 61 |
3B | Jackie Hayes | 123 | 424 | 117 | .276 | 2 | 57 |
OF | Goose Goslin | 145 | 553 | 159 | .288 | 18 | 91 |
OF | Sam West | 142 | 510 | 136 | .267 | 3 | 75 |
OF | Sam Rice | 150 | 616 | 199 | .323 | 1 | 62 |
Other batters
editNote: 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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Ossie Bluege | 64 | 220 | 65 | .295 | 5 | 31 |
Muddy Ruel | 69 | 188 | 46 | .245 | 0 | 20 |
Red Barnes | 72 | 130 | 26 | .200 | 1 | 15 |
Roy Spencer | 50 | 116 | 18 | .155 | 1 | 9 |
Harley Boss | 28 | 66 | 18 | .273 | 0 | 6 |
Charlie Gooch | 39 | 57 | 16 | .281 | 0 | 5 |
Ira Flagstead | 18 | 39 | 7 | .179 | 0 | 9 |
Spence Harris | 6 | 14 | 3 | .214 | 0 | 1 |
Stuffy Stewart | 22 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Doc Land | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Patsy Gharrity | 3 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Nick Altrock | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
editStarting pitchers
editNote: 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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Firpo Marberry | 49 | 250.1 | 19 | 12 | 3.06 | 121 |
Bump Hadley | 37 | 195.1 | 6 | 16 | 5.62 | 98 |
Sad Sam Jones | 24 | 153.2 | 9 | 9 | 3.92 | 36 |
Myles Thomas | 22 | 125.1 | 7 | 8 | 3.52 | 33 |
Other pitchers
editNote: 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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Garland Braxton | 37 | 182.0 | 12 | 10 | 4.85 | 59 |
Lloyd Brown | 40 | 168.0 | 8 | 7 | 4.18 | 48 |
Bobby Burke | 37 | 141.0 | 6 | 8 | 4.79 | 51 |
Ad Liska | 24 | 94.1 | 3 | 9 | 4.77 | 33 |
Relief pitchers
editNote: 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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Paul Hopkins | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.20 | 5 |
Archie Campbell | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15.75 | 1 |
Paul McCullough | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.59 | 3 |
Walter Beall | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 3 |
Don Savidge | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 |
Ed Wineapple | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 |