# 1929 Cleveland Indians season

The 1929 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished third in the American League with a record of 81–71, 24 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics.

## Offseason

* January 5, 1929: Homer Summa was purchased from the Indians by 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 | Luke Sewell | 124 | 406 | 96 | .236 | 1 | 39 |
| 1B | Lew Fonseca | 148 | 566 | 209 | .369 | 6 | 103 |
| 2B | Johnny Hodapp | 90 | 294 | 96 | .327 | 4 | 51 |
| SS | Ray Gardner | 82 | 256 | 67 | .262 | 1 | 24 |
| 3B | Joe Sewell | 152 | 578 | 182 | .315 | 7 | 73 |
| OF | Charlie Jamieson | 102 | 364 | 106 | .291 | 0 | 26 |
| OF | Earl Averill | 152 | 597 | 198 | .332 | 18 | 96 |
| OF | Bibb Falk | 125 | 426 | 133 | .312 | 13 | 93 |

#### 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 |
| Ed Morgan | 93 | 318 | 101 | .318 | 3 | 37 |
| Jackie Tavener | 92 | 250 | 53 | .212 | 2 | 27 |
| Carl Lind | 66 | 225 | 54 | .240 | 0 | 13 |
| Dick Porter | 71 | 192 | 63 | .328 | 1 | 24 |
| Glenn Myatt | 59 | 129 | 30 | .233 | 1 | 17 |
| Joe Hauser | 37 | 48 | 12 | .250 | 3 | 9 |
| Johnny Burnett | 19 | 33 | 5 | .152 | 0 | 2 |
| Grover Hartley | 24 | 33 | 9 | .273 | 0 | 8 |
| Dan Jessee | 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 |
| Willis Hudlin | 40 | 280.1 | 17 | 15 | 3.34 | 60 |
| Jake Miller | 29 | 206.0 | 14 | 12 | 3.58 | 58 |
| Joe Shaute | 26 | 162.0 | 8 | 8 | 4.28 | 43 |

#### 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 |
| Wes Ferrell | 43 | 242.2 | 21 | 10 | 3.60 | 100 |
| Johnny Miljus | 34 | 128.1 | 8 | 8 | 5.19 | 42 |
| Ken Holloway | 25 | 119.0 | 6 | 5 | 3.03 | 32 |
| Jimmy Zinn | 18 | 105.1 | 4 | 6 | 5.04 | 29 |
| Milt Shoffner | 11 | 44.2 | 2 | 3 | 5.04 | 15 |
| Clint Brown | 3 | 16.1 | 0 | 2 | 3.31 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| George Grant | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10.50 | 5 |
| Jim Moore | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.53 | 0 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| B | Terre Haute Tots | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | Earl Wolgamot |
| D | Frederick Warriors | Blue Ridge League | Bob Wells |