The New York Yankees

New York Yankees

The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the The Bronx, New York. They compete in Major League Baseball in the American League's East Division...

 season was the team's 27th season in New York and its 29th overall. The team finished with a record of 88-66, finishing in second place, 18 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics

1929 Philadelphia Athletics season

The Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing 1st in the American League with a record of 104 wins and 46 losses. After finishing in second place to the New York Yankees in and , the club won the 1929 pennant by a large 18-game margin...

. This ended a streak of three straight championships from 1926 to 1928. New York was managed by Miller Huggins

Miller Huggins

Miller James Huggins , nicknamed "Mighty Mite", was a baseball player and manager. He managed the powerhouse New York Yankee teams of the 1920s and won six American League pennants and three World Series championships....

 until his death on September 25. They played at Yankee Stadium

Yankee Stadium

Yankee Stadium was a stadium located in The Bronx in New York City, New York. It was the home ballpark of the New York Yankees from 1923 to 1973 and from 1976 to 2008. The stadium hosted 6,581 Yankees regular season home games during its 85-year history. It was also the former home of the New York...

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Regular season

• April 16, 1929: The New York Yankees took to the field with uniform numbers for the first time.

Roster

1929 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders Other batters		Manager Coaches

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		130	447	145	.324	10	65
1B		154	553	166	.300	35	126
2B		147	545	193	.354	18	106
3B		90	309	92	.298	0	35
SS		100	341	84	.246	0	32
LF		142	586	202	.345	3	65
CF		100	391	102	.261	10	57
RF		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
	9	9	0	.000	0	0

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
	39	225.1	18	12	4.23	125
	30	201.2	10	9	4.24	57

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
	35	134.2	11	6	4.01	26

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

League top ten finishers

Lou Gehrig

Lou Gehrig

Henry Louis "Lou" Gehrig , nicknamed "The Iron Horse" for his durability, was an American Major League Baseball first baseman. He played his entire 17-year baseball career for the New York Yankees . Gehrig set several major league records. He holds the record for most career grand slams...

• #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

Tony Lazzeri

Anthony Michael "Tony" Lazzeri was an American Major League Baseball player during the 1920s and 1930s, predominantly with the New York Yankees. He was part of the famed "Murderers' Row" Yankee batting lineup of the late 1920s , along with Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Bob Meusel...

• #4 in AL in on-base percentage (.429)

George Pipgras

George Pipgras

George William Pipgras was an American right-handed starting pitcher and umpire in Major League Baseball. Known as "The Danish Viking," he spent most of his playing career with the New York Yankees, breaking in as a rookie in 1923...

• #3 in AL in strikeouts (125)

Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth

George Herman Ruth, Jr. , best known as "Babe" Ruth and nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Sultan of Swat", was an American Major League baseball player from 1914–1935...

• 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