# 1929 New York Yankees season

The 1929 New York Yankees season was the team's 27th season. The team finished with a record of 88–66, finishing in second place, 18 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics. This ended a streak of three straight World Series appearances for the club. New York was managed by Miller Huggins until his death on September 25. They played at Yankee Stadium.

## Regular season

* April 16, 1929: The New York Yankees took to the field with uniform numbers for the first time on the backs on their uniforms, the first team to make them permanent.

### 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

Beginning from that year onward the Yankees put the players' jersey numbers on the backs of their white home and grey road uniforms, making them the first MLB team to put player numbers in their uniforms on a permanent basis.

## 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 | Bill Dickey | 130 | 447 | 145 | .324 | 10 | 65 |
| 1B | Lou Gehrig | 154 | 553 | 166 | .300 | 35 | 126 |
| 2B | Tony Lazzeri | 147 | 545 | 193 | .354 | 18 | 106 |
| 3B | Gene Robertson | 90 | 309 | 92 | .298 | 0 | 35 |
| SS | Leo Durocher | 100 | 341 | 84 | .246 | 0 | 32 |
| LF | Earle Combs | 142 | 586 | 202 | .345 | 3 | 65 |
| CF | Bob Meusel | 100 | 391 | 102 | .261 | 10 | 57 |
| RF | Babe Ruth | 135 | 499 | 172 | .345 | 46 | 154 |

#### 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 |
| Mark Koenig | 116 | 373 | 109 | .292 | 3 | 41 |
| Lyn Lary | 80 | 236 | 73 | .309 | 5 | 26 |
| Cedric Durst | 92 | 202 | 52 | .257 | 4 | 31 |
| Samuel Byrd | 62 | 170 | 53 | .312 | 5 | 28 |
| Ben Paschal | 42 | 72 | 15 | .208 | 2 | 11 |
| Benny Bengough | 23 | 62 | 12 | .194 | 0 | 7 |
| Johnny Grabowski | 22 | 59 | 12 | .203 | 0 | 2 |
| Arndt Jorgens | 18 | 34 | 11 | .324 | 0 | 4 |
| Julie Wera | 5 | 12 | 5 | .417 | 0 | 2 |
| George Burns | 9 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Liz Funk | 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 |
| George Pipgras | 39 | 225.1 | 18 | 12 | 4.23 | 125 |
| Waite Hoyt | 30 | 201.2 | 10 | 9 | 4.24 | 57 |
| Ed Wells | 31 | 193.1 | 13 | 9 | 4.33 | 78 |
| Herb Pennock | 27 | 157.1 | 9 | 11 | 4.92 | 49 |

#### 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 |
| Roy Sherid | 33 | 154.2 | 6 | 6 | 3.61 | 51 |
| Fred Heimach | 35 | 134.2 | 11 | 6 | 4.01 | 26 |
| Tom Zachary | 26 | 119.2 | 12 | 0 | 2.48 | 35 |
| Hank Johnson | 12 | 42.2 | 3 | 3 | 5.06 | 24 |
| Gordon Rhodes | 10 | 42.2 | 0 | 4 | 4.85 | 13 |
| Myles Thomas | 5 | 15.0 | 0 | 2 | 10.80 | 3 |

#### 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 |
| Wilcy Moore | 41 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 4.13 | 21 |
| Bots Nekola | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.34 | 2 |

## Awards and honors
### League top ten finishers

Lou Gehrig
* #2 in AL in home runs (35)
* #2 in AL in on-base percentage (.431)
* #3 in AL in runs scored (127)
* #3 in AL in walks (122)
* #4 in AL in RBI (126)
* #4 in AL in slugging percentage (.584)
Tony Lazzeri
* #4 in AL in on-base percentage (.429)
George Pipgras
* #3 in AL in strikeouts (125)
Babe Ruth
* MLB leader in home runs (46)
* MLB leader in slugging percentage (.697)
* #2 in AL in RBI (154)
* #3 in AL in on-base percentage (.430)

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| D | Chambersburg Young Yanks | Blue Ridge League | Tommy Clarke |