1929 New York Yankees season

The 1929 New York Yankees season was the team's 27th season. The team finished with a record of 88–66, finishing in second place, 18 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics. This ended a streak of three straight World Series appearances for the club. New York was managed by Miller Huggins until his death on September 25. They played at Yankee Stadium.

Regular season

April 16, 1929: The New York Yankees took to the field with uniform numbers for the first time on the backs on their uniforms, the first team to make them permanent.

Roster

Beginning from that year onward the Yankees put the players' jersey numbers on the backs of their white home and grey road uniforms, making them the first MLB team to put player numbers in their uniforms on a permanent basis.

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		130	447	145	.324	10	65
1B		154	553	166	.300	35	126
2B		147	545	193	.354	18	106
3B		90	309	92	.298	0	35
SS		100	341	84	.246	0	32
LF		142	586	202	.345	3	65
CF		100	391	102	.261	10	57
RF		135	499	172	.345	46	154

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
	116	373	109	.292	3	41
	80	236	73	.309	5	26
	92	202	52	.257	4	31
	62	170	53	.312	5	28
	42	72	15	.208	2	11
	23	62	12	.194	0	7
	22	59	12	.203	0	2
	18	34	11	.324	0	4
	5	12	5	.417	0	2
	9	9	0	.000	0	0
	1	0	0	----	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
	39	225.1	18	12	4.23	125
	30	201.2	10	9	4.24	57
	31	193.1	13	9	4.33	78
	27	157.1	9	11	4.92	49

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
	33	154.2	6	6	3.61	51
	35	134.2	11	6	4.01	26
	26	119.2	12	0	2.48	35
	12	42.2	3	3	5.06	24
	10	42.2	0	4	4.85	13
	5	15.0	0	2	10.80	3

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
	41	6	4	9	4.13	21
	9	0	0	0	4.34	2

Awards and honors

League top ten finishers

Lou Gehrig

#2 in AL in home runs
#2 in AL in on-base percentage
#3 in AL in runs scored
#3 in AL in walks
#4 in AL in RBI
#4 in AL in slugging percentage

Tony Lazzeri

#4 in AL in on-base percentage

George Pipgras

#3 in AL in strikeouts

Babe Ruth

MLB leader in home runs
MLB leader in slugging percentage
#2 in AL in RBI
#3 in AL in on-base percentage