# 1929 Detroit Tigers season

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

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 104 | 46 | .693 | — | 57‍–‍16 | 47‍–‍30 |
| New York Yankees | 88 | 66 | .571 | 18 | 49‍–‍28 | 39‍–‍38 |
| Cleveland Indians | 81 | 71 | .533 | 24 | 44‍–‍32 | 37‍–‍39 |
| St. Louis Browns | 79 | 73 | .520 | 26 | 41‍–‍36 | 38‍–‍37 |
| Washington Senators | 71 | 81 | .467 | 34 | 37‍–‍40 | 34‍–‍41 |
| Detroit Tigers | 70 | 84 | .455 | 36 | 38‍–‍39 | 32‍–‍45 |
| Chicago White Sox | 59 | 93 | .388 | 46 | 35‍–‍41 | 24‍–‍52 |
| Boston Red Sox | 58 | 96 | .377 | 48 | 32‍–‍45 | 26‍–‍51 |

### Record vs. opponents

1929 American League recordvte Sources: :
| 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
## 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 | 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

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 |
| Bucky Harris | 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 |
| Frank Barnes | 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

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| 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