Champions World Series: Philadelphia Athletics over Chicago Cubs (4–1)
Awards and honors League Award Rogers Hornsby, Chicago Cubs, 2B
Statistical leaders American League National League American Negro League Negro National League Stat Player Total Player Total Player Total Player Total AVG Lew Fonseca (CLE) .369 Lefty O'Doul (PHI) .398 Chino Smith (NYL) .451 Turkey Stearnes (DTS) .390 HR Babe Ruth (NYY) 46 Chuck Klein (PHI) 43 Chino Smith (NYL) 22 Willie Wells (CAG/SLS) 26 RBI Al Simmons (PHA) 157 Hack Wilson (CHC) 159 Rap Dixon (BBS) 92 Willie Wells (CAG/SLS) 128 W George Earnshaw (PHA) 24 Pat Malone (CHC) 22 Connie Rector (NYL) 18 John Williams (SLS) 19 ERA Lefty Grove (PHA) 2.81 Bill Walker (NYG) 3.09 Joe Strong (HIL) 2.71 Chet Brewer (KCM) 1.93 K Lefty Grove (PHA) 170 Pat Malone (CHC) 166 Laymon Yokely (BBS) 97 Satchel Paige (BBB) 189
Major league baseball final standings American League final standings
National League final standings
Negro leagues final standings All Negro leagues standings below are per MLB and Seamheads.
American Negro League final standings Baltimore was awarded the Pennant as they reportedly won both halves of the season.
Negro National League final standings This was the fifth split-season, in which a playoff was intended to be held to determine the pennant, for which the first half leader would be matched against the second half winner. Kansas City won both halves of the season, so were automatically awarded their fourth pennant.
Independent teams final standings A loose confederation of teams existed that were not part of either established leagues. vs. All Teams Independent Clubs W L T Pct. GBNNL All Stars210—Stars of Cuba210—Brooklyn Royal Giants3401Nashville Elite Giants142345Danny McClellan's All Stars0201½
Events January–April January 22 – The New York Yankees announce they will put numbers on the backs of their uniforms, becoming the first baseball team to start continuous use of the numbers. The first numbers are based on positions in the batting order; thus, Babe Ruth will wear number 3 and Lou Gehrig number 4. In a few weeks, the Cleveland Indians announce that they, too, will put numbers on the uniforms. By , all American League teams will use them. It will be before all National League players are numbered. January 29 – James R. Price, secretary of the Boston Red Sox, commits suicide at Fenway Park. February 28 – The Chicago White Sox trade Bibb Falk to the Cleveland Indians for Chick Autry. April 16: On opening day, Hall of Famer Earl Averill makes his major league debut in the Cleveland Indians' 5–4 eleven inning victory over the Detroit Tigers. The St. Louis Browns defeat the Chicago White Sox, 3–1; the Pittsburgh Pirates defeat the Chicago Cubs, 4–3, and the St. Louis Cardinals defeat the Cincinnati Reds 5–2. Charlie Gelbert makes his MLB debut for the St. Louis Cardinals. April 17 – The Detroit Tigers rout the Cleveland Indians 15–3. Tigers outfielder Harry Heilmann drove in five runs. April 18: The Cincinnati Reds trade Val Picinich to the Brooklyn Robins for Rube Ehrhardt and Johnny Gooch. Roy Johnson makes his MLB debut for the Detroit Tigers. Johnson lead the league in doubles with 45 in his rookie season. April 19 – Hall of famer Rick Ferrell makes his major league debut in the St. Louis Browns' 5–4 loss to the Chicago White Sox. April 27 – Brooklyn Robins relief pitcher Clise Dudley is the first player ever to hit a home run off the first pitch he sees. Regardless of the achievement, Brooklyn loses 8–3 to the Philadelphia Phillies.
May–August May 1 The Philadelphia Athletics defeat the Boston Red Sox 24–6 at Fenway Park. The 24 runs matches a franchise record, and the 29 hits set another franchise mark. Both games in the National League (the Chicago Cubs in Cincinnati and the Pittsburgh Pirates in St. Louis) are called 4–4 ties after thirteen innings. May 4 – The Chicago Cubs faced the Philadelphia Phillies in a double header. The Cubs swept the double header by a combined score of 25–7. Cubs beat the Phillies 16–0 in the first game, and beat them 9–7 in the nightcap. Neither starter Alex Ferguson, game one or Claude Willoughby, game two, made it to the third inning. May 8: Carl Hubbell pitches a no-hitter for the New York Giants in an 11–0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. In an 8–1 victory over the St. Louis Browns, Lou Gehrig, Leo Durocher and Tony Lazzeri combined for a double play. Both Gehrig and Lazzeri would be part of another double play in that game, this time with pitcher Waite Hoyt. May 13 – At League Park, the Cleveland Indians defeat the New York Yankees, 4–3, in the first game played in Major League history in which players from both teams wear uniform numbers on the back of their jerseys. May 24 – The Detroit Tigers defeat the Chicago White Sox 6–5 in 21 innings. Winning pitcher George Uhle pitches twenty innings to earn his eighth win of the season with no losses. The losing pitcher is Ted Lyons, who pitched all 21 innings for Chicago. June 20 – Red Badgro, who had been playing professional football since , makes his major league debut as an outfielder with the St. Louis Browns. Despite modest baseball stats (two home runs, 45 runs batted in and a .257 batting average over two seasons with the Browns), Badgro has a nine-year football career that lands him in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in . June 29 - The Brooklyn Robins claimed pitcher Kent Greenfield off waivers from the Boston Braves. July 3 – Nine double plays are turned in the Chicago Cubs' 7–5 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. The Pittsburgh Pirates released pitcher Lee Meadows. July 6 – After losing 10–6 in the opener of a double header against the Philadelphia Phillies, the St. Louis Cardinals score ten runs in the first inning on their way to a 28–6 victory in the second game. The two teams combine to collect a record 73 hits in a double header. July 7 Brooklyn Robins starting pitcher Clise Dudley surrenders seven runs in 1.1 innings in a 17–6 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates. July 24 – With a win over the New York Giants and a 6–4 loss by the Pittsburgh Pirates at the hands of the Brooklyn Robins, the Cubs claim sole possession of first place in the National League by half a game. They hold first place the remainder of the season. August 11 – Babe Ruth hit his 500th career home run in the second inning off Willis Hudlin at Cleveland's League Park. The homer was Ruth's 30th of the year, but it wasn't enough as the Indians beat the Yankees, 6–5. August 17 – The New York Yankees purchase Lefty Gomez's contract from San Francisco of the Pacific Coast League.
September–December September 1 – The Detroit Tigers signed Hank Greenberg as a free agent. Exact date the team signed him is unknown. September 21 – Connie Mack's Philadelphia Athletics win their 100th game of the season, 10–7, over the Detroit Tigers. October 5 – The Philadelphia Phillies' Lefty O'Doul goes six-for-nine in a double header with the New York Giants on the last day of the season for the Phillies, ending the season with a .398 batting average. October 6 - Johnny Evers appears in his final game as a defensive replacement for the Boston Braves in their 9–4 loss to the New York Giants. Evers replaces Freddie Maguire who shifted from second to shortstop to replace Gene Robertson. October 7 – The Brooklyn Robins select pitcher Sloppy Thurston from San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League as part of the rule 5 draft. October 8 – Howard Ehmke, who was in the twilight of his career, and had made only eleven appearances for the Philadelphia Athletics during the regular season, is handed the ball for the first game of the 1929 World Series. He gives up just one unearned run in the ninth inning to lead the A's to a 3–1 victory over the Chicago Cubs. October 9 – Jimmie Foxx has a pair of home runs to lead the A's to a 9–3 victory in game two of the World Series. October 10 – Hall of fame outfielder Max Carey retires after he is released by the Brooklyn Robins. October 11 – Philadelphia Athletics game two starting pitcher George Earnshaw is the starter in game three of the World Series as well, and pitches all nine innings. The Cubs win their only game of the World Series, 3–1. October 12 – Behind 8–0, the Philadelphia Athletics explode for ten runs in the seventh inning to win game four of the World Series, 10–8. Mule Haas has a three-run inside-the-park home run during the inning. October 14 – Down 2–0 with one out in the ninth inning, the A's score three runs to claim their first World Championship since . Bing Miller delivers the World Series winning hit. October 18 – The Cincinnati Reds purchase the contract of outfielder Bob Meusel from the New York Yankees. October 22 - Walt Lerian, the starting catcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, is leaving mass at St. Martin's Catholic Church in Baltimore, Maryland, when he is struck and pinned against a wall by a runaway truck. It takes several hours to free Lerian, and he dies from his injuries. December 11 – The St. Louis Browns trade Wally Schang to the Philadelphia Athletics for Sammy Hale.
Births January January 2 – Ed Wolfe January 4 – Corky Valentine January 9 – Lottie Beck January 11 – Don Mossi January 13 – Moe Savransky January 17 – Eilaine Roth January 20 – Gale Wade January 27: Bobby Kline Samuel Taylor January 30 – Bill Abernathie January 31 – Duke Maas
February February 5 – Al Worthington February 11 – Ralph Beard February 16 – Fred Hahn February 18 – Cal Neeman February 22: Ryne Duren Charlie Peete February 23 – Elston Howard February 26 – Dorice Reid February 28 – Ed Albrecht
March March 7 – Red Wilson March 10 – Bud Thomas March 21 – Pidge Browne March 27 – Milt Smith March 28 – Bill Macdonald
April April 1 – Mary Ellen Kimball April 3 – Art Ditmar April 4 – Tookie Gilbert April 6 – Don Elston April 9 – Hank Morgenweck April 12 – Mel Held April 16 – Ed Winceniak April 18 – Steve Kraly April 20 – Harry Agganis April 21 – Charles 'Buzz' Bowers April 26 – Walt Kellner April 29: Mickey McDermott Steve Ridzik
May May 3 – Helen Walulik May 7 – Dick Williams May 18 – Jack Sanford May 19 – Curt Simmons May 23 – Spider Wilhelm May 27 – George O'Donnell May 29: Velma Abbott Roberto Vargas
June June 2: Louise Erickson René Valdés June 8 – Jerry Dahlke June 10 – Hank Foiles June 11 – Frank Thomas June 13 – Bud Swartz June 14 – Lillian Shadic June 18 – Bill Upton June 19 – Don Ferrarese June 20 – Wally Burnette June 26 – Dick Tettelbach June 27 – Dick Marlowe
July July 2 – Chuck Stobbs July 4: Bill Tremel Bill Tuttle July 6 – Angelo LiPetri July 7 – John Romonosky July 8 – John Powers July 9: Héctor López Wally Post July 14: Bob Purkey Pat Scott July 17 – Roy McMillan July 19 – Alice Pollitt July 20 – Mike Ilitch July 21 – Jerry Snyder July 28 – Ted Lepcio
August August 4 – Joe Pignatano August 7 – Don Larsen August 9 – Bernice Metesch August 14 – Jim Pisoni August 16 – Curt Roberts August 26 – Tom Poholsky
September September 1 – Mava Lee Thomas September 11 – Luis García September 12 – Tom Herrin September 15 – Lee Wheat September 18 – Mary Lou Beschorner September 19 – Ray Shearer September 22 – Harry Bright September 24 – Jim Mangan September 30 – Marv Blaylock
October October 1 – Jaynie Krick October 3 – Nancy Mudge October 8 – Bob Mabe October 10 – Bobby Tiefenauer October 11 – Skeeter Kell October 12 – Cartha Doyle October 17 – Hardy Peterson October 23 – Bruce Barmes October 24 – Jim Brosnan October 26 – Roland Hemond October 27 – Ange Armato
November November 9 – Don Plarski November 11 – Ike Delock November 14 – Jimmy Piersall November 17 – Norm Zauchin November 20 – Lou Berberet November 23: John Anderson Shirley Palesh November 30 – Leo Kiely
December December 1 – Nino Escalera December 13 – Billy Loes December 14: Carl Linhart Pete Whisenant December 15 – Ray Herbert December 18 – Gino Cimoli December 23 – Al Cicotte December 28 – Jean Marlowe December 30 – Bill Taylor
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