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

Offseason

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

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
Chicago Cubs	98	54	--	.645
Pittsburgh Pirates	88	65	10.5	.575
New York Giants	84	67	13.5	.556
St. Louis Cardinals	78	74	20	.513
Philadelphia Phillies	71	82	27.5	.464
Brooklyn Robins	70	83	28.5	.458
Cincinnati Reds	66	88	33	.429
Boston Braves	56	98	43	.364

Record vs. opponents

1929 National League Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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.
• July 24, 1929: Lou Koupal was traded by the Robins to the Philadelphia Phillies for Luther Roy.

Player stats

Batting

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
OF	Johnny Frederick
OF	Babe Herman
OF	Rube Bressler

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
Hank DeBerry
Billy Rhiel
Jake Flowers
Butch Henline
Jack Warner
Nick Cullop
Glenn Wright	24	25	5	.200	1	6
Max Carey
Max West	5	8	2	.250	0	1
Johnny Gooch	1	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

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
Dazzy Vance
Doug McWeeny
Alex Ferguson

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
Clise Dudley
Ray Moss
Johnny Morrison
Jumbo Elliott
Bobo Newsom

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
Win Ballou	25	2	3	0	6.71	20
Lou Koupal	18	0	1	4	5.36	17
Kent Greenfield
Jimmy Pattison
Joe Bradshaw	2	0	0	0	4.50	1
Luther Roy
Clarence Blethen	2	0	0	0	9.00	0

References

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page

External links

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