1929 Philadelphia Athletics Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 104-46
Finished 1st in the AL
Attendance: 839,176, Avg. 16,224
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Won World Series
World Series - Defeated Chicago Cubs 4-1
Manager: Connie Mack (104-46)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1929 Philadelphia Athletics Roster
1929 Philadelphia Athletics Results

The Philadelphia Athletics of the American League ended the 1929 season with a record of 104 wins and 46 losses, finishing first in the AL.

The Athletics paced the league with just 615 runs allowed. Philadelphia scored 901 runs. Al Simmons walloped 34 home runs for the squad, while Jimmie Foxx and Mule Haas swatted 20 or more also. Al Simmons drove in 157 runs and topped all regular hitters with a .365 average. George Earnshaw recorded 24 wins on the mound for the team, and Lefty Grove and Rube Walberg as well added 15 or more victories as well Lefty Grove recorded a 2.81 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Connie Mack coached the team. The 1929 Philadelphia Athletics won the World Series.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
George Earnshaw	24	8	.750	3.29	44	33	5	13	3	1	254.7	233	110	93	8	125	149	5	0	8	1115
Lefty Grove	20	6	.769	2.81	42	37	5	19	2	4	275.3	278	104	86	8	81	170	3	0	8	1168
Rube Walberg	18	11	.621	3.60	40	33	6	20	3	4	267.7	256	115	107	22	99	94	0	0	4	1139
Eddie Rommel	12	2	.857	2.85	32	6	16	4	0	4	113.7	135	52	36	10	34	25	1	1	1	503
Bill Shores	11	6	.647	3.60	39	13	19	5	1	7	152.7	150	71	61	9	59	49	3	0	1	653
Jack Quinn	11	9	.550	3.97	35	18	9	7	0	2	161.0	182	87	71	8	39	41	1	1	3	687
Howard Ehmke	7	2	.778	3.29	11	8	3	2	0	0	54.7	48	24	20	2	15	20	1	0	1	229
Carroll Yerkes	1	0	1.000	4.58	19	2	10	0	0	1	37.3	47	20	19	0	13	11	1	0	0	163
Bill Breckinridge	0	0		8.10	3	1	1	0	0	0	10.0	10	10	9	0	16	2	0	0	2	55
Ossie Orwoll	0	2	.000	4.80	12	0	7	0	0	1	30.0	32	23	16	6	6	12	0	0	0	125
Totals	104	46	.693	3.44	277	151	81	70	9	24	1357.0	1371	616	518	73	487	573	15	2	28	5837

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH
Al Simmons	143	629	581	114	212	41	9	34	157	4	2	31	38	.365	.398	.642	1.040	373	1	16
Bing Miller	147	613	556	84	184	32	16	8	93	24	9	40	25	.331	.380	.489	.869	272	4	13
Jimmie Foxx	149	638	517	123	183	23	9	33	118	9	7	103	70	.354	.463	.625	1.088	323	2	16
Mule Haas	139	656	578	115	181	41	9	16	82	0	4	34	38	.313	.356	.498	.854	288	4	40
Mickey Cochrane	135	606	514	113	170	37	8	7	95	7	6	69	8	.331	.412	.475	.887	244	2	21
Jimmy Dykes	119	476	401	76	131	34	6	13	79	8	3	51	25	.327	.412	.539	.950	216	7	17
Max Bishop	129	616	475	102	110	19	6	3	36	1	4	128	44	.232	.398	.316	.713	150	3	10
Sammy Hale	101	416	379	51	105	14	3	1	40	6	2	12	18	.277	.303	.338	.641	128	2	23
Joe Boley	91	336	303	36	76	17	6	2	47	1	0	24	16	.251	.310	.366	.676	111	2	7
Rube Walberg	40	112	103	11	23	2	0	1	11	0	0	3	17	.223	.245	.272	.517	28	0	6
Homer Summa	37	88	81	12	22	4	0	0	10	1	1	2	1	.272	.298	.321	.619	26	1	4
Lefty Grove	42	116	102	13	22	3	0	1	15	0	0	6	33	.216	.259	.275	.534	28	0	8
Cy Perkins	38	84	76	4	16	4	0	0	9	0	0	5	4	.211	.259	.263	.522	20	0	3
George Earnshaw	44	100	87	6	15	2	0	1	10	0	0	2	21	.172	.200	.230	.430	20	1	10
George Burns	29	52	49	5	13	5	0	1	11	1	0	2	3	.265	.294	.429	.723	21	0	1
Ossie Orwoll	30	53	51	6	13	2	1	0	6	0	0	2	11	.255	.283	.333	.616	17	0	0
Jim Cronin	25	63	56	7	13	2	1	0	4	0	0	5	7	.232	.295	.304	.599	17	0	2
Walt French	45	49	45	7	12	1	0	1	9	0	0	2	3	.267	.298	.356	.653	16	0	2
Eddie Rommel	32	45	39	2	8	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	7	.205	.244	.231	.475	9	0	4
Jack Quinn	35	64	60	2	8	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	20	.133	.133	.167	.300	10	0	4
Bevo LeBourveau	12	22	16	1	5	0	1	0	2	0	1	5	1	.313	.476	.438	.914	7	0	1
Bill Shores	39	52	40	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	16	.125	.239	.125	.364	5	0	6
Eric McNair	4	8	8	2	4	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	.500	.500	.625	1.125	5	0	0
Howard Ehmke	11	19	19	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.105	.105	.158	.263	3	0	0
Bud Morse	8	27	27	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.074	.074	.074	.148	2	0	0
Rudy Miller	2	7	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	.250	.571	.250	.821	1	0	0
Cloy Mattox	3	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.167	.286	.167	.452	1	0	0
Joe Hassler	4	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Doc Cramer	2	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Eddie Collins	9	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.222	.000	.222	0	0	0
Bill Breckinridge	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Carroll Yerkes	19	10	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Totals	1666	5987	5204	901	1537	288	75	122	845	63	39	540	440	.295	.365	.450	.815	2341	29	214

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Jimmie Foxx	1B	142	1226	74	6	98	.995	9.155	0
George Burns	1B	19	99	5	0	9	1.000	5.474	0
Bud Morse	2B	8	17	22	1	3	.975	4.875	0
Sammy Hale	2B	1	4	1	0	1	1.000	5.000	0
Jimmy Dykes	2B	12	24	43	1	4	.985	5.583	0
Jim Cronin	2B	10	18	38	2	7	.966	5.600	0
Max Bishop	2B	129	301	371	21	58	.970	5.209	0
Rudy Miller	3B	2	3	3	2	0	.750	3.000	0
Sammy Hale	3B	99	90	171	12	13	.956	2.636	0
Jimmie Foxx	3B	8	7	17	1	2	.960	3.000	0
Jimmy Dykes	3B	48	60	79	11	9	.927	2.896	0
Jim Cronin	3B	4	2	3	0	0	1.000	1.250	0
Joe Boley	3B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Cy Perkins	C	38	85	15	1	1	.990	2.632	1
Cloy Mattox	C	3	5	2	1	0	.875	2.333	0
Mickey Cochrane	C	135	659	77	13	9	.983	5.452	9
Homer Summa	OF	24	48	1	1	0	.980	2.042	0
Al Simmons	OF	142	349	19	4	2	.989	2.592	0
Ossie Orwoll	OF	9	18	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Bing Miller	OF	145	311	10	10	4	.970	2.214	0
Bevo LeBourveau	OF	3	8	0	0	0	1.000	2.667	0
Mule Haas	OF	139	373	10	7	2	.982	2.755	0
Walt French	OF	10	8	0	0	0	1.000	.800	0
Doc Cramer	OF	1	6	0	0	0	1.000	6.000	0
Carroll Yerkes	P	19	3	18	0	3	1.000	1.105	0
Rube Walberg	P	40	11	49	0	1	1.000	1.500	0
Bill Shores	P	39	7	28	3	2	.921	.897	0
Eddie Rommel	P	32	9	26	1	3	.972	1.094	0
Jack Quinn	P	35	3	38	1	1	.976	1.171	0
Ossie Orwoll	P	12	0	6	0	1	1.000	.500	0
Lefty Grove	P	42	3	41	2	0	.957	1.048	0
Howard Ehmke	P	11	7	10	1	0	.944	1.545	0
George Earnshaw	P	44	12	38	6	1	.893	1.136	0
Bill Breckinridge	P	3	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Eric McNair	SS	4	6	5	0	0	1.000	2.750	0
Joe Hassler	SS	2	1	2	2	0	.600	1.500	0
Jimmy Dykes	SS	60	119	151	21	27	.928	4.500	0
Jim Cronin	SS	9	9	12	2	4	.913	2.333	0
Joe Boley	SS	88	161	229	15	50	.963	4.432	0
Totals		1572	4073	1614	148	315	.975	3.618	10

Postseason - Pitching:

Player	Rnd	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BF
Rube Walberg	WS	1	0	1.000	0.00	2	0	1	0	0	6.3	3	1	0	0	0	8	22
Howard Ehmke	WS	1	0	1.000	1.42	2	2	0	1	0	12.7	14	3	2	0	3	13	53
Eddie Rommel	WS	1	0	1.000	9.00	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	5
George Earnshaw	WS	1	1	.500	2.63	2	2	0	1	0	13.7	14	6	4	0	6	17	62
Lefty Grove	WS	0	0		0.00	2	0	2	0	2	6.3	3	0	0	0	1	10	22
Jack Quinn	WS	0	0		9.00	1	1	0	0	0	5.0	7	6	5	1	2	2	24
Totals		4	1	.800	2.40	10	5	3	2	2	45.0	43	17	12	1	13	50	188

Postseason - Batting:

Player	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Jimmy Dykes	WS	5	20	19	2	8	1	0	4	0	1	1	.421	.450	.474	.924	9	0	0	0	0	0
Bing Miller	WS	5	21	19	1	7	1	0	4	2	0	2	.368	.400	.421	.821	8	0	1	1	0	0
Jimmie Foxx	WS	5	21	20	5	7	1	2	5	0	1	1	.350	.381	.700	1.081	14	1	0	0	0	1
Mickey Cochrane	WS	5	22	15	5	6	1	0	0	0	7	0	.400	.591	.467	1.058	7	1	0	0	0	0
Al Simmons	WS	5	22	20	6	6	1	2	5	0	1	4	.300	.318	.650	.968	13	0	0	0	1	0
Mule Haas	WS	5	23	21	3	5	0	2	6	0	1	3	.238	.273	.524	.797	11	0	0	1	0	0
Joe Boley	WS	5	20	17	1	4	0	0	1	0	0	3	.235	.235	.235	.471	4	1	0	3	0	0
Max Bishop	WS	5	23	21	2	4	0	0	1	0	2	3	.190	.261	.190	.451	4	0	0	0	0	0
Howard Ehmke	WS	2	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0	0
George Burns	WS	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
George Earnshaw	WS	2	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Walt French	WS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lefty Grove	WS	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Quinn	WS	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Homer Summa	WS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rube Walberg	WS	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eddie Rommel	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		53	192	171	26	48	5	6	26	2	13	27	.281	.333	.415	.749	71	3	1	6	1	1

Postseason - Fielding:

Player	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
Jimmie Foxx	WS	1B	5	5	45.0	38	1	0	2	1.000	7.800	7.800
Max Bishop	WS	2B	5	5	45.0	9	13	0	2	1.000	4.400	4.400
Jimmy Dykes	WS	3B	5	5	45.0	3	4	2	1	.778	1.400	1.400
Mickey Cochrane	WS	C	5	5	45.0	59	2	0	0	1.000	12.200	12.200
Mule Haas	WS	CF	5	5	45.0	5	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000
Al Simmons	WS	LF	5	5	45.0	4	0	0	0	1.000	.800	.800
George Earnshaw	WS	P	2	2	13.7	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.317	1.000
Howard Ehmke	WS	P	2	2	12.7	0	4	0	0	1.000	2.842	2.000
Rube Walberg	WS	P	2	0	6.3	0	1	1	0	.500	1.421	.500
Lefty Grove	WS	P	2	0	6.3	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.421	.500
Jack Quinn	WS	P	1	1	5.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Eddie Rommel	WS	P	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Bing Miller	WS	RF	5	5	45.0	13	0	1	0	.929	2.600	2.600
Joe Boley	WS	SS	5	5	45.0	4	12	0	1	1.000	3.200	3.200
Totals			50	45	405.0	135	40	4	6	.978	3.889	3.500

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