# 1929 St. Louis Browns season

The 1929 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 4th in the American League with a record of 79 wins and 73 losses. This would be the last time the franchise would finish above .500 in a peacetime season until 1960, when they were the Baltimore Orioles.

## 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 | Wally Schang | 94 | 249 | 59 | .237 | 5 | 36 |
| 1B | Lu Blue | 151 | 573 | 168 | .293 | 6 | 61 |
| 2B | Ski Melillo | 141 | 494 | 146 | .296 | 5 | 67 |
| SS | Red Kress | 147 | 557 | 170 | .305 | 9 | 107 |
| 3B | Frank O'Rourke | 154 | 585 | 147 | .251 | 2 | 62 |
| OF | Fred Schulte | 121 | 446 | 137 | .307 | 3 | 71 |
| OF | Beauty McGowan | 125 | 441 | 112 | .254 | 2 | 51 |
| OF | Heinie Manush | 142 | 574 | 204 | .355 | 6 | 81 |

#### 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 |
| Earl McNeely | 69 | 230 | 56 | .243 | 1 | 18 |
| Red Badgro | 54 | 148 | 42 | .284 | 1 | 18 |
| Rick Ferrell | 64 | 144 | 33 | .229 | 0 | 20 |
| Clyde Manion | 35 | 111 | 27 | .243 | 0 | 11 |
| Otis Brannan | 23 | 51 | 15 | .294 | 1 | 8 |
| Ed Roetz | 16 | 45 | 11 | .244 | 0 | 5 |
| Len Dondero | 19 | 31 | 6 | .194 | 1 | 8 |
| Tom Jenkins | 21 | 22 | 4 | .182 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Austin | 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 |
| Sam Gray | 43 | 305.0 | 18 | 15 | 3.72 | 109 |
| General Crowder | 40 | 266.2 | 17 | 15 | 3.92 | 79 |
| Rip Collins | 26 | 155.1 | 11 | 6 | 4.00 | 47 |
| Lefty Stewart | 23 | 149.2 | 9 | 6 | 3.25 | 47 |
| Fred Stiely | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 |

#### 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 |
| George Blaeholder | 42 | 222.0 | 14 | 15 | 4.82 | 72 |
| Jack Ogden | 34 | 131.1 | 4 | 8 | 4.93 | 32 |

#### 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 |
| Dick Coffman | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.98 | 11 |
| Chad Kimsey | 24 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 5.04 | 13 |
| Ed Strelecki | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.91 | 2 |
| Paul Hopkins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Oscar Estrada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Herb Cobb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 0 |