The 1929 Boston Red Sox season was the 29th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished last in the eight-team American League (AL) with a record of 58 wins and 96 losses, 48 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics, who went on to win the 1929 World Series.

Prior to the season, both the Red Sox and the Boston Braves received permission from the City of Boston to play home games on Sundays. While the Red Sox normally played their home games at Fenway Park, Sunday home games were played at Braves Field, as Fenway was close to a house of worship. The first organized baseball game played in Boston on a Sunday was a preseason exhibition on April 14, 1929, with the Braves beating the Red Sox at Braves Field, 4–0. The first major league regular season game played in Boston on a Sunday was on April 28, 1929, with the Philadelphia Athletics defeating the Red Sox at Braves Field, 7–3. The Red Sox played a total of 17 home games at Braves Field during the 1929 season; 15 games on Sundays, and a doubleheader on September 2, Labor Day Monday. The first game of that doubleheader is notable for Joe Cronin hitting for the cycle.

Regular season Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup Jack Rothrock     CFHal Rhyne SSRuss Scarritt RFIra Flagstead LFBill Regan 2BBobby Reeves 3BPhil Todt 1BCharlie Berry C Red Ruffing P

Roster 1929 Boston Red Sox Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats = Indicates team leader

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 Charlie Berry 77 207 50 .242 1 21 1B Phil Todt 153 534 140 .262 4 64 2B Bill Regan 104 371 107 .288 1 54 SS 120 346 87 .251 0 38 3B Bobby Reeves 140 460 114 .248 2 28 OF 143 473 142 .300 6 59 OF Russ Scarritt 151 540 159 .294 1 71 OF Bill Barrett 111 370 100 .270 3 35

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 Bill Narleski 96 260 72 .277 0 25 Elliot Bigelow 100 211 60 .284 1 26 Johnnie Heving 76 188 60 .319 0 23 Ken Williams 74 139 48 .345 3 21 Bob Barrett 68 126 34 .270 0 19 Alex Gaston 55 116 26 .224 2 9 Wally Gerber 61 91 15 .165 0 5 Grant Gillis 28 73 18 .247 0 11 Doug Taitt 26 65 18 .277 0 6 Ira Flagstead 14 36 11 .306 0 3 Joe Cicero 10 32 10 .313 0 4 Casper Asbjornson 17 29 3 .103 0 0 Jerry Standaert 19 18 3 .167 0 4 Ed Connolly 5 8 0 .000 0 0 Jack Ryan 2 3 0 .000 0 0

Pitching = Indicates league leader

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 Red Ruffing 35 244.1 9 22 4.86 109 Milt Gaston 39 243.2 12 19 3.73 83 Jack Russell 35 227.1 6 18 3.92 37 Danny MacFayden 32 221.0 10 18 3.62 61 Ed Morris 33 208.1 14 14 4.45 73

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 27 84.1 5 5 6.72 26

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 Ed Carroll 24 1 0 1 5.61 13 Ed Durham 14 1 0 0 9.27 6 Ray Dobens 11 0 0 0 3.81 4 Hod Lisenbee 5 0 0 0 5.19 2 Herb Bradley 3 0 0 0 6.75 0 Pat Simmons 2 0 0 1 0.00 2

References

External links 1929 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference 1929 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com