1929 Brooklyn Robins season

The 1929 Brooklyn Robins finished the season in 6th place for the fifth straight season.

1929 Brooklyn Robins
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1890)
Location
Ebbets Field (since 1913) Brooklyn, New York (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Stephen McKeever
Manager(s)	Wilbert Robinson
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Offseason

• December 11, 1929: Jesse Petty and Harry Riconda were traded by the Robins to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Glenn Wright.[1]

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	98	54	0.645	—	52–25	46–29
Pittsburgh Pirates	88	65	0.575	10½	45–31	43–34
New York Giants	84	67	0.556	13½	39–37	45–30
St. Louis Cardinals	78	74	0.513	20	43–32	35–42
Philadelphia Phillies	71	82	0.464	27½	39–37	32–45
Brooklyn Robins	70	83	0.458	28½	42–35	28–48
Cincinnati Reds	66	88	0.429	33	38–39	28–49
Boston Braves	56	98	0.364	43	34–43	22–55

Record vs. opponents

1929 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	11–11	7–15	8–14	9–13	5–17	8–14	8–14
Brooklyn	11–11	—	6–16	11–11	14–7	9–13	9–13	10–12
Chicago	15–7	16–6	—	14–8–1	12–10–1	17–5–1	9–13	15–5–1
Cincinnati	14–8	11–11	8–14–1	—	10–12	11–11	9–13	3–19
New York	13–9	7–14	10–12–1	12–10	—	16–5	13–8	13–9
Philadelphia	17–5	13–9	5–17–1	11–11	5–16	—	11–11	9–13
Pittsburgh	14–8	13–9	13–9	13–9	8–13	11–11	—	16–6–1
St. Louis	14–8	12–10	5–15–1	19–3	9–13	13–9	6–16–1	—

Notable transactions

• April 18, 1929: Johnny Gooch and Rube Ehrhardt were traded by the Robins to the Cincinnati Reds for Val Picinich.[2]
• July 24, 1929: Lou Koupal was traded by the Robins to the Philadelphia Phillies for Luther Roy.[3]

Roster

1929 Brooklyn Robins
Roster
Pitchers Win Ballou Clarence Blethen Joe Bradshaw Watty Clark Clise Dudley Jumbo Elliott Alex Ferguson Kent Greenfield Lou Koupal Doug McWeeny Cy Moore Johnny Morrison Ray Moss Bobo Newsom Jimmy Pattison Luther Roy Dazzy Vance		Catchers Hank DeBerry Johnny Gooch Butch Henline Val Picinich Infielders Dave Bancroft Del Bissonette Jake Flowers Wally Gilbert Eddie Moore Billy Rhiel Jack Warner Glenn Wright		Outfielders Rube Bressler Max Carey Nick Cullop Johnny Frederick Harvey Hendrick Babe Herman Max West Other batters Johnny Gooch		Manager Wilbert Robinson Coaches Otto Miller

Player stats

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	Val Picinich	93	273	71	.260	4	31
1B	Del Bissonette	116	431	121	.281	12	75
2B	Eddie Moore	111	402	119	.296	0	48
3B	Wally Gilbert	143	569	173	.304	3	58
SS	Dave Bancroft	104	358	99	.277	1	44
OF	Johnny Frederick	148	628	206	.328	24	75
OF	Babe Herman	146	569	217	.381	21	113
OF	Rube Bressler	136	456	145	.318	9	77

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
Harvey Hendrick	110	384	136	.354	14	82
Hank DeBerry	68	210	55	.262	1	25
Billy Rhiel	76	205	57	.278	4	25
Jake Flowers	46	130	26	.200	1	16
Butch Henline	27	62	15	.242	1	7
Jack Warner	17	62	17	.274	0	4
Nick Cullop	13	41	8	.195	1	5
Glenn Wright	24	25	5	.200	1	6
Max Carey	19	23	7	.304	0	1
Max West	5	8	2	.250	0	1
Johnny Gooch	1	1	0	.000	0	0

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
Watty Clark	41	279	16	19	3.74	140
Dazzy Vance	31	231.1	14	13	3.89	126
Doug McWeeny	36	146	4	10	6.10	59
Alex Ferguson	3	2	0	1	22.50	1

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
Ray Moss	39	182	11	6	5.04	59
Clise Dudley	35	156.2	6	14	5.69	33
Johnny Morrison	39	136.2	13	7	4.48	57
Jumbo Elliott	6	19	1	2	6.63	7
Bobo Newsom	3	9.1	0	3	10.61	6

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
Cy Moore	32	3	3	2	5.56	17
Win Ballou	25	2	3	0	6.71	20
Lou Koupal	18	0	1	4	5.36	17
Kent Greenfield	6	0	0	0	8.31	1
Jimmy Pattison	6	0	1	0	4.63	5
Joe Bradshaw	2	0	0	0	4.50	1
Luther Roy	2	0	0	0	4.91	0
Clarence Blethen	2	0	0	0	9.00	0

Notes

1. Jesse Petty page at Baseball Reference
2. Johnny Gooch page at Baseball Reference
3. Lou Koupal page at Baseball Reference

References

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page

External links

• 1929 Brooklyn Robins uniform
• Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
• Acme Dodgers page
• Retrosheet