1929 Detroit Tigers season

The 1929 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished sixth in the American League with a record of 70–84, 36 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics.

1929 Detroit Tigers
League	American League
Ballpark	Navin Field
City	Detroit, Michigan
Record	70–84 (.455)
League place	6th
Owners	Frank Navin
Managers	Bucky Harris
Radio	WWJ (AM) (Ty Tyson)
← 1928 Seasons 1930 →

Regular season

Season standings

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American 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 record v t e 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

1929 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Frank Barnes Josh Billings Ownie Carroll Skinny Graham Art Herring Elon Hogsett Phil Page Augie Prudhomme George Smith Vic Sorrell Lil Stoner George Uhle Elam Vangilder Earl Whitehill Whit Wyatt Emil Yde		Catchers Pinky Hargrave Ray Hayworth Eddie Phillips Merv Shea Infielders Bill Akers Dale Alexander Charlie Gehringer Bucky Harris Marty McManus Nolen Richardson Heinie Schuble Frank Sigafoos Yats Wuestling		Outfielders Bob Fothergill Harry Heilmann Roy Johnson Harry Rice John Stone Other batters Larry Woodall		Manager Bucky Harris Coaches George McBride Benny Meyer

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

= Indicates league leader

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	Eddie Phillips	68	221	52	.235	2	21
1B	Dale Alexander	155	626	215	.343	25	137
2B	Charlie Gehringer	155	634	215	.339	13	106
SS	Heinie Schuble	92	258	60	.233	2	28
3B	Marty McManus	154	599	168	.280	18	90
OF	Harry Heilmann	125	453	156	.344	15	120
OF	Harry Rice	130	536	163	.304	6	69
OF	Roy Johnson	148	640	201	.314	10	69

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
Bob Fothergill	115	277	98	.354	6	62
Pinky Hargrave	76	185	61	.330	3	26
Merv Shea	50	162	47	.290	3	24
Yats Wuestling	54	150	30	.200	0	16
John Stone	51	150	39	.260	2	15
Bill Akers	24	83	22	.265	1	9
Ray Hayworth	14	43	11	.256	0	4
Frank Sigafoos	14	23	4	.174	0	2
Nolen Richardson	13	21	4	.190	0	2
Bucky Harris	7	11	1	.091	0	0
Larry Woodall	1	1	0	.000	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 Uhle	32	249.0	15	11	4.08	100
Earl Whitehill	38	245.1	14	15	4.62	103
Vic Sorrell	36	226.0	14	15	5.18	81
Ownie Carroll	34	202.0	9	17	4.63	54
Art Herring	4	32.0	2	1	4.78	15
Elon Hogsett	4	28.2	1	2	2.83	9
Whit Wyatt	4	25.1	0	1	6.75	14

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
Augie Prudhomme	34	94.0	1	6	6.22	26
Emil Yde	29	86.2	7	3	5.30	23
Skinny Graham	13	51.2	1	3	5.57	7
George Smith	14	35.2	3	2	5.80	13
Phil Page	10	25.1	0	2	8.17	6
Frank Barnes	4	5.0	0	1	7.20	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
Lil Stoner	24	3	3	4	5.26	12
Josh Billings	8	0	1	0	5.12	1
Elam Vangilder	6	0	1	0	6.35	3

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	Fort Worth Panthers	Texas League	Jake Atz and Frank Snyder
B	Evansville Hubs	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Bob Coleman
C	Wheeling Stogies	Middle Atlantic League	Raymond Haley
C	Fort Smith Twins	Western Association	John Cimpi
D	Hanover Raiders	Blue Ridge League	Bobby Prysock

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fort Smith^[1]