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

Record vs. opponents

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.

1929 New York Yankees Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches

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 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 116 373 109 .292 3 41 80 236 73 .309 5 26 92 202 52 .257 4 31 62 170 53 .312 5 28 42 72 15 .208 2 11 23 62 12 .194 0 7 22 59 12 .203 0 2 18 34 11 .324 0 4 5 12 5 .417 0 2 9 9 0 .000 0 0 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 39 225.1 18 12 4.23 125 30 201.2 10 9 4.24 57 31 193.1 13 9 4.33 78 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 33 154.2 6 6 3.61 51 35 134.2 11 6 4.01 26 26 119.2 12 0 2.48 35 12 42.2 3 3 5.06 24 10 42.2 0 4 4.85 13 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 41 6 4 9 4.13 21 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

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

Notes

References 1929 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference 1929 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com