1929 Cleveland Indians season

The 1929 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished third in the American League with a record of 81–71, 24 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics.

Offseason

January 5, 1929: Homer Summa was purchased from the Indians by the Philadelphia Athletics.^[1]

1929 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	11–11	9–13	8–14	5–17	4–18	11–11–1	10–12
Chicago	11–11	—	9–12	10–12	6–16	9–13	4–17	10–12
Cleveland	13–9	12–9	—	11–11	14–8	7–14	10–12	14–8
Detroit	14–8	12–10	11–11	—	9–13	4–18	10–12	10–12–1
New York	17–5	16–6	8–14	13–9	—	8–14	14–8	12–10
Philadelphia	18–4	13–9	14–7	18–4	14–8	—	11–10–1	16–4
St. Louis	11–11–1	17–4	12–10	12–10	8–14	10–11–1	—	9–13
Washington	12–10	12–10	8–14	12–10–1	10–12	4–16	13–9	—

1929 Cleveland Indians

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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	Luke Sewell	124	406	96	.236	1	39
1B	Lew Fonseca	148	566	209	.369	6	103
2B	Johnny Hodapp	90	294	96	.327	4	51
SS	Ray Gardner	82	256	67	.262	1	24
3B	Joe Sewell	152	578	182	.315	7	73
OF	Charlie Jamieson	102	364	106	.291	0	26
OF	Earl Averill	152	597	198	.332	18	96
OF	Bibb Falk	125	426	133	.312	13	93

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
Ed Morgan	93	318	101	.318	3	37
Jackie Tavener	92	250	53	.212	2	27
Carl Lind	66	225	54	.240	0	13
Dick Porter	71	192	63	.328	1	24
Glenn Myatt	59	129	30	.233	1	17
Joe Hauser	37	48	12	.250	3	9
Johnny Burnett	19	33	5	.152	0	2
Grover Hartley	24	33	9	.273	0	8
Dan Jessee	1	0	0	----	0	0

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Willis Hudlin	40	280.1	17	15	3.34	60
Jake Miller	29	206.0	14	12	3.58	58
Joe Shaute	26	162.0	8	8	4.28	43

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Wes Ferrell	43	242.2	21	10	3.60	100
Johnny Miljus	34	128.1	8	8	5.19	42
Ken Holloway	25	119.0	6	5	3.03	32
Jimmy Zinn	18	105.1	4	6	5.04	29
Milt Shoffner	11	44.2	2	3	5.04	15
Clint Brown	3	16.1	0	2	3.31	1

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
George Grant	12	0	2	0	10.50	5
Jim Moore	2	0	0	0	9.53	0

Level	Team	League	Manager
B	Terre Haute Tots	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Earl Wolgamot
D	Frederick Warriors	Blue Ridge League	Bob Wells

^ Homer Summa page at Baseball Reference
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007