# 1929 New York Giants (MLB) season

The 1929 New York Giants season was the franchise's 47th season. The team finished in third place in the National League with an 84–67 record, 13½ games behind the Chicago Cubs. In a home game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on July 5 at the Polo Grounds, the Giants used the first public address system to be used in a major league ballpark.

## Regular season
### Season standings

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| 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 | Shanty Hogan | 102 | 317 | 95 | .300 | 5 | 45 |
| 1B | Bill Terry | 150 | 607 | 226 | .372 | 14 | 117 |
| 2B | Andy Cohen | 101 | 347 | 102 | .294 | 5 | 47 |
| SS | Travis Jackson | 149 | 551 | 162 | .294 | 21 | 94 |
| 3B | Freddie Lindstrom | 130 | 549 | 175 | .319 | 15 | 91 |
| OF | Mel Ott | 150 | 545 | 179 | .328 | 42 | 151 |
| OF | Edd Roush | 115 | 450 | 146 | .324 | 8 | 52 |
| OF | Freddy Leach | 113 | 411 | 119 | .290 | 8 | 47 |

#### 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 |
| Chick Fullis | 86 | 274 | 79 | .288 | 7 | 29 |
| Bob O'Farrell | 91 | 248 | 76 | .306 | 4 | 42 |
| Andy Reese | 58 | 209 | 55 | .263 | 0 | 21 |
| Doc Farrell | 63 | 178 | 38 | .213 | 0 | 16 |
| Jimmy Welsh | 38 | 129 | 32 | .248 | 2 | 8 |
| Pat Crawford | 65 | 57 | 17 | .298 | 3 | 24 |
| Tony Kaufmann | 39 | 32 | 1 | .031 | 0 | 1 |
| Doc Marshall | 5 | 15 | 6 | .400 | 0 | 2 |
| Jack Cummings | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Schalk | 5 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Buck Jordan | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Veltman | 3 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Leslie | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |

### 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 |
| Carl Hubbell | 39 | 268.0 | 18 | 11 | 3.69 | 106 |
| Larry Benton | 39 | 237.0 | 11 | 17 | 4.14 | 63 |
| Freddie Fitzsimmons | 37 | 221.2 | 15 | 11 | 4.10 | 55 |
| Bill Walker | 29 | 177.2 | 14 | 7 | 3.09 | 65 |

#### 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 |
| Carl Mays | 37 | 123.0 | 6 | 2 | 4.32 | 32 |
| Dutch Henry | 27 | 101.1 | 5 | 6 | 3.82 | 27 |
| Jack Scott | 30 | 91.2 | 7 | 6 | 3.53 | 40 |
| Joe Genewich | 21 | 85.0 | 3 | 7 | 6.78 | 19 |
| Roy Parmelee | 2 | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 9.00 | 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 |
| Ralph Judd | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.66 | 21 |
| Ray Lucas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Jim Tennant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| A | Bridgeport Bears | Eastern League | Hans Lobert |