1929 National League

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The 1929 season of the National League was the fifty-fourth season of the league.

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Standings

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	Chicago Cubs	156	98	54	4	.628	-.-	982 (6.29)	758 (4.86)	0.303	0.370	0.452	4.16	0.975
2	Pittsburgh Pirates	154	88	65	1	.571	10.5	904 (5.87)	780 (5.06)	0.303	0.361	0.430	4.36	0.970
3	New York Giants	152	84	67	1	.553	13.5	897 (5.90)	709 (4.66)	0.296	0.354	0.436	3.97	0.975
4	St. Louis Cardinals	154	78	74	2	.506	20.0	831 (5.40)	806 (5.23)	0.293	0.352	0.438	4.66	0.971
5	Philadelphia Phillies	154	71	82	1	.461	27.5	897 (5.82)	1032 (6.70)	0.309	0.374	0.467	6.13	0.969
6	Brooklyn Robins	153	70	83	0	.458	28.5	755 (4.93)	888 (5.80)	0.291	0.353	0.427	4.92	0.968
7	Cincinnati Reds	155	66	88	1	.426	33.0	686 (4.43)	760 (4.90)	0.281	0.333	0.379	4.41	0.974
8	Boston Braves	154	56	98	0	.364	43.0	657 (4.27)	876 (5.69)	0.280	0.331	0.375	5.12	0.967

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Rogers Hornsby	Chicago Cubs	156
At Bats	Lloyd Waner	Pittsburgh Pirates	662
Runs Scored	Rogers Hornsby	Chicago Cubs	156
Hits	Lefty O'Doul	Philadelphia Phillies	254
Doubles	Johnny Frederick	Brooklyn Robins	52
Triples	Lloyd Waner	Pittsburgh Pirates	20
Home Runs	Chuck Klein	Philadelphia Phillies	43
Total Bases	Rogers Hornsby	Chicago Cubs	409
Runs Batted In	Hack Wilson	Chicago Cubs	159
Stolen Bases	Kiki Cuyler	Chicago Cubs	43
Walks	Mel Ott	New York Giants	113
Hit by Pitch	Jimmy Welsh	New York Giants/Boston Braves	11
Strikeouts	Hack Wilson	Chicago Cubs	83
Sacrifice Hits	Freddie Maguire	Boston Braves	26
Batting Average	Lefty O'Doul	Philadelphia Phillies	0.398
On-Base Percentage	Lefty O'Doul	Philadelphia Phillies	0.465
Slugging Percentage	Rogers Hornsby	Chicago Cubs	0.679
On-Base plus Slugging	Rogers Hornsby	Chicago Cubs	1.138
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Rogers Hornsby	Chicago Cubs	178

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Pat Malone	Chicago Cubs	22
Losses	Watty Clark	Brooklyn Robins	19
Win-Loss Percentage	Charley Root	Chicago Cubs	0.760
Appearances	Guy Bush	Chicago Cubs	50
Games Started	Watty Clark	Brooklyn Robins	36
Complete Games	Red Lucas	Cincinnati Reds	28
Shutouts	Pat Malone	Chicago Cubs	5
Games Finished	Bob McGraw	Philadelphia Phillies	24
Saves	Guy Bush Johnny Morrison	Chicago Cubs Brooklyn Robins	8
Innings Pitched	Watty Clark	Brooklyn Robins	279.0
Batters Faced	Watty Clark	Brooklyn Robins	1189
Hits Allowed	Watty Clark	Brooklyn Robins	295
Home Runs Allowed	Ray Benge	Philadelphia Phillies	24
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Claude Willoughby	Philadelphia Phillies	108
Hit Batsmen	Clise Dudley	Brooklyn Robins	10
Strikeouts	Pat Malone	Chicago Cubs	166
Wild Pitches	Doug McWeeny	Brooklyn Robins	11
Balks	Phil Collins Fred Frankhouse	Philadelphia Phillies St. Louis Cardinals	2
Runs Allowed	Claude Willoughby	Philadelphia Phillies	156
Earned Runs Allowed	Ray Benge	Philadelphia Phillies	139
Earned Run Average	Bill Walker	New York Giants	3.09
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Red Lucas	Cincinnati Reds	1.204

Postseason

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

Award winners

The winner of the league's League Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Rogers Hornsby, a second baseman with the Chicago Cubs. In the award's voting, he had 60 out of a possible 80 points and 3 first place votes.

Umpires

• Bob Hart
• Lou Jorda
• Bill Klem
• George Magerkurth
• Barry McCormick
• Edward McLaughlin
• Charlie Moran
• Cy Pfirman
• Ernie Quigley
• Beans Reardon
• Cy Rigler
• Dolly Stark