1929 American League

The 1929 season of the American League was the twenty-ninth season of the league.

Season summary[edit]

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	Philadelphia Athletics	151	104	46	1	.689	-.-	901 (5.97)	615 (4.07)	0.296	0.362	0.451	3.44	0.975
2	New York Yankees	154	88	66	0	.571	18.0	899 (5.84)	775 (5.03)	0.295	0.361	0.450	4.19	0.970
3	Cleveland Indians	152	81	71	0	.533	24.0	717 (4.72)	736 (4.84)	0.294	0.351	0.417	4.05	0.968
4	St. Louis Browns	154	79	73	2	.513	26.0	733 (4.76)	713 (4.63)	0.276	0.350	0.381	4.08	0.975
5	Washington Senators	153	71	81	1	.464	34.0	730 (4.77)	776 (5.07)	0.276	0.345	0.375	4.34	0.969
6	Detroit Tigers	155	70	84	1	.452	36.0	926 (5.97)	928 (5.99)	0.299	0.359	0.453	4.96	0.961
7	Chicago White Sox	152	59	93	0	.388	46.0	627 (4.13)	792 (5.21)	0.268	0.323	0.363	4.41	0.969
8	Boston Red Sox	155	58	96	1	.374	48.0	605 (3.90)	803 (5.18)	0.267	0.321	0.365	4.43	0.965

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Dale Alexander Charlie Gehringer	Detroit Tigers Detroit Tigers	155
At Bats	Roy Johnson	Detroit Tigers	640
Runs Scored	Charlie Gehringer	Detroit Tigers	131
Hits	Dale Alexander Charlie Gehringer	Detroit Tigers Detroit Tigers	215
Doubles	Charlie Gehringer Roy Johnson Heinie Manush	Detroit Tigers Detroit Tigers St. Louis Browns	45
Triples	Charlie Gehringer	Detroit Tigers	19
Home Runs	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	46
Total Bases	Al Simmons	Philadelphia Athletics	373
Runs Batted In	Al Simmons	Philadelphia Athletics	157
Stolen Bases	Charlie Gehringer	Detroit Tigers	27
Caught Stealing	Bill Cissell	Chicago White Sox	17
Walks	Max Bishop	Philadelphia Athletics	128
Hit by Pitch	Jimmie Dykes Lew Fonseca Bobby Reeves Wally Schang	Philadelphia Athletics Cleveland Indians Boston Red Sox St. Louis Browns	7
Strikeouts	Jimmie Foxx	Philadelphia Athletics	70
Sacrifice Hits	Joe Sewell	Cleveland Indians	41
Batting Average	Lew Fonseca	Cleveland Indians	0.369
On-Base Percentage	Jimmie Foxx	Philadelphia Athletics	0.463
Slugging Percentage	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	0.697
On-Base plus Slugging	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	1.127
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	194

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	George Earnshaw	Philadelphia Athletics	24
Losses	Red Ruffing	Boston Red Sox	22
Win-Loss Percentage	Eddie Rommel	Philadelphia Athletics	0.857
Appearances	Firpo Marberry	Washington Senators	49
Games Started	Dolly Gray Lefty Grove	St. Louis Browns Philadelphia Athletics	37
Complete Games	Tommy Thomas	Chicago White Sox	24
Shutouts	George Blaeholder Alvin Crowder Dolly Gray Danny MacFayden	St. Louis Browns St. Louis Browns St. Louis Browns Boston Red Sox	4
Games Finished	Wilcy Moore	New York Yankees	27
Saves	Firpo Marberry	Washington Senators	11
Innings Pitched	Dolly Gray	St. Louis Browns	305.0
Batters Faced	Dolly Gray	St. Louis Browns	1310
Hits Allowed	Dolly Gray	St. Louis Browns	336
Home Runs Allowed	Alvin Crowder Rube Walberg	St. Louis Browns Philadelphia Athletics	22
Base-on-Balls Allowed	George Earnshaw	Philadelphia Athletics	125
Hit Batsmen	Hal McKain	Chicago White Sox	10
Strikeouts	Lefty Grove	Philadelphia Athletics	170
Wild Pitches	Milt Gaston	Boston Red Sox	17
Balks	Wes Ferrell	Cleveland Indians	3
Runs Allowed	Red Ruffing	Boston Red Sox	162
Earned Runs Allowed	Red Ruffing	Boston Red Sox	132
Earned Run Average	Lefty Grove	Philadelphia Athletics	2.81
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Firpo Marberry	Washington Senators	1.206

In the World Series, the American League champion Philadelphia Athletics defeated the National League's Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 1.

There was no League Award, for Most Valuable Player, given out in the American League in this year.

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