# 1929 Boston Braves season

The 1929 Boston Braves season was the 59th season of the franchise.

## Offseason

* November 7, 1928: Rogers Hornsby was traded by the Braves to the Chicago Cubs for Socks Seibold, Percy Jones, Lou Legett, Freddie Maguire, Bruce Cunningham, and $200,000.

## 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 | Al Spohrer | 114 | 342 | 93 | .272 | 2 | 48 |
| 1B | George Sisler | 154 | 629 | 205 | .326 | 2 | 79 |
| 2B | Freddie Maguire | 138 | 496 | 125 | .252 | 0 | 41 |
| SS | Rabbit Maranville | 146 | 560 | 159 | .284 | 0 | 55 |
| 3B | Les Bell | 139 | 483 | 144 | .298 | 9 | 72 |
| OF | Lance Richbourg | 139 | 557 | 170 | .305 | 3 | 56 |
| OF | George Harper | 136 | 457 | 133 | .291 | 10 | 68 |
| OF | Earl Clark | 84 | 279 | 88 | .315 | 1 | 30 |

#### 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 |
| Jimmy Welsh | 53 | 186 | 54 | .290 | 2 | 16 |
| Joe Dugan | 60 | 125 | 38 | .304 | 0 | 15 |
| Zack Taylor | 34 | 101 | 25 | .248 | 0 | 10 |
| Bernie James | 46 | 101 | 31 | .307 | 0 | 9 |
| Heinie Mueller | 46 | 93 | 19 | .204 | 0 | 11 |
| Lou Legett | 39 | 81 | 13 | .160 | 0 | 6 |
| Johnny Cooney | 41 | 72 | 23 | .319 | 0 | 6 |
| Phil Voyles | 20 | 68 | 16 | .235 | 0 | 14 |
| Buzz Boyle | 17 | 57 | 15 | .263 | 1 | 2 |
| Bill Dunlap | 10 | 29 | 12 | .414 | 1 | 4 |
| Gene Robertson | 8 | 28 | 8 | .286 | 0 | 6 |
| Red Barron | 10 | 21 | 4 | .190 | 0 | 1 |
| Jack Smith | 19 | 20 | 5 | .250 | 0 | 2 |
| Hank Gowdy | 10 | 16 | 7 | .438 | 0 | 3 |
| Henry Peploski | 6 | 10 | 2 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
| Bill Cronin | 6 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 0 |
| Doc Farrell | 5 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 2 |
| Jack Cummings | 3 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 1 |
| Pat Collins | 7 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 2 |
| Al Weston | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Evers | 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 |
| Bob Smith | 34 | 231.0 | 11 | 17 | 4.68 | 65 |
| Socks Seibold | 33 | 205.2 | 12 | 17 | 4.73 | 54 |
| Ed Brandt | 26 | 167.2 | 8 | 13 | 5.53 | 50 |
| Ben Cantwell | 27 | 157.0 | 4 | 13 | 4.47 | 25 |

#### 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 |
| Percy Jones | 35 | 188.1 | 7 | 15 | 4.64 | 69 |
| Dixie Leverett | 24 | 97.2 | 3 | 7 | 6.36 | 28 |
| Bruce Cunningham | 17 | 91.2 | 4 | 6 | 4.52 | 22 |
| Art Delaney | 20 | 75.0 | 3 | 5 | 6.12 | 17 |
| Red Peery | 9 | 44.0 | 0 | 1 | 5.11 | 3 |
| Bunny Hearn | 10 | 18.1 | 2 | 0 | 4.42 | 12 |
| Kent Greenfield | 6 | 15.2 | 0 | 0 | 10.91 | 7 |
| Bill Clarkson | 2 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 10.29 | 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 |
| Johnny Cooney | 14 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5.00 | 11 |
| Johnny Werts | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10.50 | 2 |
| Clay Touchstone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.88 | 1 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| A | Providence Grays | Eastern League | King Bader |