1929 Philadelphia Athletics Roster, Stats, and Awards

Record: 104–46 (.693), 1st place in American League
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Regular Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1929 Al Simmons 143 597 114 212 41 9 34 157 31 38 4 2 .355 .388 .625 1.013
1929 Bevo LeBourveau 12 17 1 5 0 1 0 2 5 1 0 1 .294 .455 .412 .866
1929 Bill Breckinridge 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1929 Bill Shores 39 46 5 5 0 0 0 0 6 16 0 0 .109 .212 .109 .320
1929 Bing Miller 147 569 84 184 32 16 8 93 40 25 24 9 .323 .372 .478 .850
1929 Bud Morse 8 27 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .074 .074 .074 .148
1929 Carroll Yerkes 19 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1929 Cloy Mattox 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .167 .286 .167 .452
1929 Cy Perkins 38 79 4 16 4 0 0 9 5 4 0 0 .203 .250 .253 .503
1929 Doc Cramer 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1929 Eddie Collins 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .222 .000 .222
1929 Eddie Rommel 32 43 2 8 1 0 0 4 2 7 0 0 .186 .222 .209 .432
1929 Eric McNair 4 8 2 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 .500 .500 .625 1.125
1929 George Earnshaw 44 97 6 15 2 0 1 10 2 21 0 0 .155 .180 .206 .386
1929 George Burns 29 50 5 13 5 0 1 11 2 3 1 0 .260 .288 .420 .708
1929 Homer Summa 37 85 12 22 4 0 0 10 2 1 1 1 .259 .284 .306 .590
1929 Howard Ehmke 11 19 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .105 .105 .158 .263
1929 Jack Quinn 35 64 2 8 2 0 0 3 0 20 0 0 .125 .125 .156 .281
1929 Jim Cronin 25 58 7 13 2 1 0 4 5 7 0 0 .224 .286 .293 .579
1929 Jimmie Foxx 149 533 123 183 23 9 33 118 103 70 9 7 .343 .451 .606 1.057
1929 Jimmy Dykes 119 418 76 131 34 6 13 79 51 25 8 3 .313 .397 .517 .914
1929 Joe Hassler 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1929 Joe Boley 91 310 36 76 17 6 2 47 24 16 1 0 .245 .304 .358 .662
1929 Lefty Grove 42 110 13 22 3 0 1 15 6 33 0 0 .200 .241 .255 .496
1929 Max Bishop 129 485 102 110 19 6 3 36 128 44 1 4 .227 .391 .309 .701
1929 Mickey Cochrane 135 535 113 170 37 8 7 95 69 8 7 6 .318 .398 .456 .854
1929 Mule Haas 139 618 115 181 41 9 16 82 34 38 0 4 .293 .334 .466 .800
1929 Ossie Orwoll 30 51 6 13 2 1 0 6 2 11 0 0 .255 .283 .333 .616
1929 Rube Walberg 40 109 11 23 2 0 1 11 3 17 0 0 .211 .232 .257 .489
1929 Rudy Miller 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 .250 .571 .250 .821
1929 Sammy Hale 101 402 51 105 14 3 1 40 12 18 6 2 .261 .286 .318 .604
1929 Walt French 45 47 7 12 1 0 1 9 2 3 0 0 .255 .286 .340 .626
– – 150 5,418 901 1,537 288 75 122 845 540 440 63 39 .284 .352 .432 .784

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1929 Bill Breckinridge 3 10.0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 9 16 0 2 1 0 0 0 8.10 2.60
1929 Bill Shores 39 152.2 11 6 7 0 0 150 71 61 59 3 49 13 0 5 1 3.60 1.37
1929 Carroll Yerkes 19 37.1 1 0 1 0 0 47 20 19 13 1 11 2 0 0 0 4.58 1.61
1929 Eddie Rommel 32 113.2 12 2 4 0 0 135 52 36 34 1 25 6 0 4 0 2.85 1.49
1929 George Earnshaw 44 254.2 24 8 1 0 0 233 110 93 125 5 149 33 0 13 3 3.29 1.41
1929 Howard Ehmke 11 54.2 7 2 0 0 0 48 24 20 15 1 20 8 0 2 0 3.29 1.15
1929 Jack Quinn 35 161.0 11 9 2 0 0 182 87 71 39 1 41 18 0 7 0 3.97 1.37
1929 Lefty Grove 42 275.1 20 6 4 0 0 278 104 86 81 3 170 37 0 19 2 2.81 1.30
1929 Ossie Orwoll 12 30.0 0 2 1 0 0 32 23 16 6 0 12 0 0 0 0 4.80 1.27
1929 Rube Walberg 40 267.2 18 11 4 0 0 256 115 107 99 0 94 33 0 20 3 3.60 1.33
– – 150 1,357.0 104 46 24 0 0 1,371 616 518 487 15 573 151 0 70 9 3.44 1.37

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1929 Bill Breckinridge P 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1929 Bill Shores P 39 7 28 3 38 2 .921 0.90
1929 Carroll Yerkes P 19 3 18 0 21 3 1.000 1.11
1929 Eddie Rommel P 32 9 26 1 36 3 .972 1.09
1929 George Earnshaw P 44 12 38 6 56 1 .893 1.14
1929 Howard Ehmke P 11 7 10 1 18 0 .944 1.55
1929 Jack Quinn P 35 3 38 1 42 1 .976 1.17
1929 Lefty Grove P 42 3 41 2 46 0 .957 1.05
1929 Ossie Orwoll P 12 0 6 0 6 1 1.000 0.50
1929 Rube Walberg P 40 11 49 0 60 1 1.000 1.50
1929 Cloy Mattox C 3 5 2 1 8 0 0 0 0.0% .875 2.33
1929 Cy Perkins C 38 85 15 1 101 1 0 0 0.0% .990 2.63
1929 Mickey Cochrane C 135 659 77 13 749 9 0 0 0.0% .983 5.45
1929 George Burns 1B 19 99 5 0 104 9 1.000 5.47
1929 Jimmie Foxx 1B 142 1,226 74 6 1,306 98 .995 9.15
1929 Bud Morse 2B 8 17 22 1 40 3 .975 4.87
1929 Jim Cronin 2B 10 18 38 2 58 7 .966 5.60
1929 Jimmy Dykes 2B 12 24 43 1 68 4 .985 5.58
1929 Max Bishop 2B 129 301 371 21 693 58 .970 5.21
1929 Sammy Hale 2B 1 4 1 0 5 1 1.000 5.00
1929 Jim Cronin 3B 4 2 3 0 5 0 1.000 1.25
1929 Jimmie Foxx 3B 8 7 17 1 25 2 .960 3.00
1929 Jimmy Dykes 3B 48 60 79 11 150 9 .927 2.90
1929 Joe Boley 3B 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1929 Rudy Miller 3B 2 3 3 2 8 0 .750 3.00
1929 Sammy Hale 3B 99 90 171 12 273 13 .956 2.64
1929 Eric McNair SS 4 6 5 0 11 0 1.000 2.75
1929 Jim Cronin SS 9 9 12 2 23 4 .913 2.33
1929 Jimmy Dykes SS 60 119 151 21 291 27 .928 4.50
1929 Joe Hassler SS 2 1 2 2 5 0 .600 1.50
1929 Joe Boley SS 88 161 229 15 405 50 .963 4.43
1929 Al Simmons LF 142 349 19 4 372 2 .989 2.59
1929 Doc Cramer LF 1 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 6.00
1929 Homer Summa LF 24 48 1 1 50 0 .980 2.04
1929 Walt French LF 10 8 0 0 8 0 1.000 0.80
1929 Bevo LeBourveau CF 3 8 0 0 8 0 1.000 2.67
1929 Mule Haas CF 139 373 10 7 390 2 .982 2.76
1929 Ossie Orwoll CF 9 18 0 0 18 0 1.000 2.00
1929 Bing Miller RF 145 311 10 10 331 4 .970 2.21
– – 150 4,073 1,614 148 5,835 315 0 0 .975 37.91

Post-Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1929 Al Simmons 5 20 6 6 1 0 2 5 1 4 0 0 .300 .318 .650 .968
1929 Bing Miller 5 20 1 7 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 2 .350 .381 .400 .781
1929 Eddie Rommel 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1929 George Earnshaw 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1929 George Burns 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1929 Homer Summa 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1929 Howard Ehmke 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
1929 Jack Quinn 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1929 Jimmie Foxx 5 20 5 7 1 0 2 5 1 1 0 0 .350 .381 .700 1.081
1929 Jimmy Dykes 5 19 2 8 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 .421 .450 .474 .924
1929 Joe Boley 5 20 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
1929 Lefty Grove 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1929 Max Bishop 5 21 2 4 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 .190 .261 .190 .451
1929 Mickey Cochrane 5 15 5 6 1 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 .400 .591 .467 1.058
1929 Mule Haas 5 22 3 5 0 0 2 6 1 3 0 0 .227 .261 .500 .761
1929 Rube Walberg 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1929 Walt French 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
– – 5 177 26 48 5 0 6 26 13 27 0 2 .271 .323 .401 .724

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1929 Eddie Rommel 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 3.00
1929 George Earnshaw 2 13.2 1 1 0 0 0 14 6 4 6 0 17 2 0 1 0 2.63 1.46
1929 Howard Ehmke 2 12.2 1 0 0 0 0 14 3 2 3 0 13 2 0 1 0 1.42 1.34
1929 Jack Quinn 1 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 5 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 9.00 1.80
1929 Lefty Grove 2 6.1 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 10 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.63
1929 Rube Walberg 2 6.1 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.47
– – 8 45.0 4 1 2 0 0 43 17 12 13 0 50 5 0 2 0 2.40 1.24

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1929 Eddie Rommel P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1929 George Earnshaw P 2 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 1.00
1929 Howard Ehmke P 2 0 4 0 4 0 1.000 2.00
1929 Jack Quinn P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1929 Lefty Grove P 2 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0.50
1929 Rube Walberg P 2 0 1 1 2 0 .500 0.50
1929 Mickey Cochrane C 5 59 2 0 61 0 0 0 0.0% 1.000 12.20
1929 Jimmie Foxx 1B 5 38 1 0 39 2 1.000 7.80
1929 Max Bishop 2B 5 9 13 0 22 2 1.000 4.40
1929 Jimmy Dykes 3B 5 3 4 2 9 1 .778 1.40
1929 Joe Boley SS 5 4 12 0 16 1 1.000 3.20
1929 Al Simmons LF 5 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 0.80
1929 Mule Haas CF 5 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 1.00
1929 Bing Miller RF 5 13 0 1 14 0 .929 2.60
– – 5 135 40 4 179 6 0 0 .978 35.00

Frequently asked questions about the 1929 Oakland Athletics

Who had the most hits on the 1929 Oakland Athletics?

Al Simmons led the 1929 Oakland Athletics with 212 hits in 143 games.

Who had the highest batting average on the 1929 Oakland Athletics?

Al Simmons led the 1929 Oakland Athletics with a .355 batting average in 143 games.

Who had the most home runs on the 1929 Oakland Athletics?

Al Simmons led the 1929 Oakland Athletics with 34 home runs in 143 games.

Who had the highest on-base percentage (OBP) on the 1929 Oakland Athletics?

Jimmie Foxx led the 1929 Oakland Athletics with a .451 on-base percentage (OBP) in 149 games.

Who had the highest slugging percentage on the 1929 Oakland Athletics?

Al Simmons led the 1929 Oakland Athletics with a .625 slugging percentage in 143 games.

Who had the most stolen bases on the 1929 Oakland Athletics?

Bing Miller led the 1929 Oakland Athletics with 24 stolen bases in 147 games.

Who had the lowest earned run average (ERA) on the 1929 Oakland Athletics?

Lefty Grove had a 2.81 earned-run average (ERA) in 42 games, the lowest on the 1929 Oakland Athletics.

Who had the lowest WHIP (Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched) on the 1929 Oakland Athletics?

Lefty Grove had a 1.30 WHIP in 42 games, the lowest on the 1929 Oakland Athletics.

Who struck out the most batters on the 1929 Oakland Athletics?

Lefty Grove led the 1929 Oakland Athletics with 170 strikeouts in 42 games.

Who had the most wins on the 1929 Oakland Athletics?

George Earnshaw led the 1929 Oakland Athletics with 24 wins in 44 games.

Who had the most saves on the 1929 Oakland Athletics?

Bill Shores led the 1929 Oakland Athletics with 7 saves in 39 games.