# 1929 Philadelphia Phillies season

The following lists the events of the 1929 Philadelphia Phillies season.

## Offseason

* December 13, 1928: Heinie Sand and $10,000 were traded by the Phillies to the St. Louis Cardinals for Tommy Thevenow.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational 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

1929 National League recordvte Sources: :
| 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 | — |

### 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 | Walt Lerian | 105 | 273 | 61 | .223 | 6 | 25 |
| 1B | Don Hurst | 154 | 589 | 179 | .304 | 31 | 125 |
| 2B | Fresco Thompson | 148 | 623 | 202 | .324 | 4 | 53 |
| SS | Tommy Thevenow | 90 | 317 | 72 | .227 | 0 | 35 |
| 3B | Pinky Whitney | 154 | 612 | 200 | .327 | 8 | 115 |
| OF | Chuck Klein | 149 | 616 | 219 | .356 | 43 | 145 |
| OF | Lefty O'Doul | 154 | 638 | 254 | .398 | 32 | 122 |
| OF | Denny Sothern | 76 | 294 | 90 | .306 | 5 | 27 |

#### 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 |
| Bernie Friberg | 128 | 455 | 137 | .301 | 7 | 55 |
| Spud Davis | 98 | 263 | 90 | .342 | 7 | 48 |
| Homer Peel | 53 | 156 | 42 | .269 | 0 | 19 |
| Cy Williams | 66 | 65 | 19 | .292 | 5 | 21 |
| Elmer Miller | 31 | 38 | 9 | .237 | 1 | 4 |
| Tripp Sigman | 10 | 29 | 15 | .517 | 2 | 9 |
| George Susce | 17 | 17 | 5 | .294 | 1 | 1 |
| Joe O'Rourke | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Lyons | 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 |
| Claude Willoughby | 49 | 243.1 | 15 | 14 | 4.99 | 50 |
| Les Sweetland | 43 | 204.1 | 13 | 11 | 5.11 | 47 |
| Ray Benge | 38 | 199.0 | 11 | 14 | 6.29 | 78 |
| Lou Koupal | 15 | 86.2 | 5 | 5 | 4.78 | 18 |

#### 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 |
| Phil Collins | 43 | 153.1 | 9 | 7 | 5.75 | 61 |
| Hal Elliott | 40 | 114.1 | 3 | 7 | 6.06 | 32 |
| Luther Roy | 21 | 88.2 | 3 | 7 | 8.42 | 16 |
| Harry Smythe | 19 | 68.2 | 4 | 6 | 5.24 | 12 |
| Sam Dailey | 20 | 51.1 | 2 | 2 | 7.54 | 18 |
| Alex Ferguson | 5 | 12.2 | 1 | 2 | 12.08 | 3 |
| Elmer Miller | 8 | 11.1 | 0 | 1 | 11.12 | 1 |
| John Milligan | 8 | 9.2 | 0 | 1 | 16.76 | 2 |

#### 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 |
| Bob McGraw | 41 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5.73 | 22 |
| June Greene | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.76 | 4 |
| Jim Holloway | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 |