1929 Philadelphia Athletics Game-by-Game Results
American League (AL)
Team Record: 104-46
Finished 1st in the AL
Attendance: 1,087,000, Avg. 16,224
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Won World Series
World Series - Defeated Chicago Cubs 4-1
Manager: Connie Mack (104-46)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1929 Philadelphia Athletics StatisticsTeam Record: 104-46
Finished 1st in the AL
Attendance: 1,087,000, Avg. 16,224
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Won World Series
World Series - Defeated Chicago Cubs 4-1
Manager: Connie Mack (104-46)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1929 Philadelphia Athletics Roster
The Philadelphia Athletics of the American League ended the 1929 season with a record of 104 wins and 46 losses, finishing first in the AL.
The Athletics paced the league with just 615 runs allowed. Philadelphia scored 901 runs. Al Simmons walloped 34 home runs for the squad, while Jimmie Foxx and Mule Haas swatted 20 or more also. Al Simmons drove in 157 runs and topped all regular hitters with a .365 average. George Earnshaw recorded 24 wins on the mound for the team, and Lefty Grove and Rube Walberg as well added 15 or more victories as well Lefty Grove recorded a 2.81 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Connie Mack coached the team. The 1929 Philadelphia Athletics won the World Series.
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Regular Season Runs For: 884
Regular Season Runs Against: 599
| Date | Game | Res | Home | Road | Record | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 17, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 13 at Washington Senators 4 | W | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | ||
| April 18, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 8 at Washington Senators 2 | W | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | ||
| April 19, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 1 at New York Yankees 2 | L | 0-0 | 2-1 | 2-1 | ||
| April 21, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 7 at New York Yankees 4 | W | 0-0 | 3-1 | 3-1 | ||
| April 23, 1929 | Washington Senators 4 at Philadelphia Athletics 3 | L | 0-1 | 3-1 | 3-2 | ||
| April 24, 1929 | Washington Senators 4 at Philadelphia Athletics 9 | W | 1-1 | 3-1 | 4-2 | ||
| April 25, 1929 | New York Yankees 2 at Philadelphia Athletics 5 | W | 2-1 | 3-1 | 5-2 | ||
| April 27, 1929 | New York Yankees 9 at Philadelphia Athletics 7 | L | 2-2 | 3-1 | 5-3 | ||
| April 28, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 7 at Boston Red Sox 3 | W | 2-2 | 4-1 | 6-3 | ||
| April 29, 1929 | New York Yankees 1 at Philadelphia Athletics 10 | W | 3-2 | 4-1 | 7-3 | ||
| April 30, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 1 at Boston Red Sox 4 | L | 3-2 | 4-2 | 7-4 | ||
| May 1, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 24 at Boston Red Sox 6 | W | 3-2 | 5-2 | 8-4 | ||
| May 2, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 5 at Boston Red Sox 1 | W | 3-2 | 6-2 | 9-4 | ||
| May 5, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 2 at St. Louis Browns 0 | W | 3-2 | 7-2 | 10-4 | ||
| May 7, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 2 at Chicago White Sox 4 | L | 3-2 | 7-3 | 10-5 | ||
| May 8, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 5 at Chicago White Sox 4 | W | 3-2 | 8-3 | 11-5 | ||
| May 9, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 9 at Chicago White Sox 2 | W | 3-2 | 9-3 | 12-5 | ||
| May 10, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 0 at Cleveland Indians 9 | L | 3-2 | 9-4 | 12-6 | ||
| May 11, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 4 at Cleveland Indians 2 | W | 3-2 | 10-4 | 13-6 | ||
| May 13, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 3 at Detroit Tigers 5 | L | 3-2 | 10-5 | 13-7 | ||
| May 14, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 10 at Detroit Tigers 8 | W | 3-2 | 11-5 | 14-7 | ||
| May 15, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 5 at Detroit Tigers 6 | L | 3-2 | 11-6 | 14-8 | ||
| May 17, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 4 at Washington Senators 1 | W | 3-2 | 12-6 | 15-8 | ||
| May 18, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 5 at Washington Senators 4 | W | 3-2 | 13-6 | 16-8 | ||
| May 18, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 7 at Washington Senators 5 | W | 3-2 | 14-6 | 17-8 | ||
| May 19, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 7 at Washington Senators 0 | W | 3-2 | 15-6 | 18-8 | ||
| May 20, 1929 | Boston Red Sox 1 at Philadelphia Athletics 5 | W | 4-2 | 15-6 | 19-8 | ||
| May 22, 1929 | Boston Red Sox 2 at Philadelphia Athletics 16 | W | 5-2 | 15-6 | 20-8 | ||
| May 23, 1929 | Washington Senators 8 at Philadelphia Athletics 9 | W | 6-2 | 15-6 | 21-8 | ||
| May 24, 1929 | Washington Senators 3 at Philadelphia Athletics 10 | W | 7-2 | 15-6 | 22-8 | ||
| May 25, 1929 | Washington Senators 4 at Philadelphia Athletics 5 | W | 8-2 | 15-6 | 23-8 | ||
| May 26, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 4 at Washington Senators 3 | W | 8-2 | 16-6 | 24-8 | ||
| May 28, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 4 at Boston Red Sox 5 | L | 8-2 | 16-7 | 24-9 | ||
| May 29, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 7 at Boston Red Sox 1 | W | 8-2 | 17-7 | 25-9 | ||
| May 30, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 9 at Boston Red Sox 3 | W | 8-2 | 18-7 | 26-9 | ||
| May 30, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 9 at Boston Red Sox 2 | W | 8-2 | 19-7 | 27-9 | ||
| May 31, 1929 | Detroit Tigers 6 at Philadelphia Athletics 9 | W | 9-2 | 19-7 | 28-9 | ||
| June 1, 1929 | Detroit Tigers 2 at Philadelphia Athletics 11 | W | 10-2 | 19-7 | 29-9 | ||
| June 3, 1929 | Detroit Tigers 2 at Philadelphia Athletics 3 | W | 11-2 | 19-7 | 30-9 | ||
| June 4, 1929 | Detroit Tigers 8 at Philadelphia Athletics 4 | L | 11-3 | 19-7 | 30-10 | ||
| June 5, 1929 | St. Louis Browns 2 at Philadelphia Athletics 5 | W | 12-3 | 19-7 | 31-10 | ||
| June 6, 1929 | St. Louis Browns 4 at Philadelphia Athletics 15 | W | 13-3 | 19-7 | 32-10 | ||
| June 7, 1929 | St. Louis Browns 15 at Philadelphia Athletics 6 | L | 13-4 | 19-7 | 32-11 | ||
| June 10, 1929 | Chicago White Sox 1 at Philadelphia Athletics 3 | W | 14-4 | 19-7 | 33-11 | ||
| June 11, 1929 | Chicago White Sox 3 at Philadelphia Athletics 14 | W | 15-4 | 19-7 | 34-11 | ||
| June 12, 1929 | Chicago White Sox 3 at Philadelphia Athletics 7 | W | 16-4 | 19-7 | 35-11 | ||
| June 13, 1929 | Cleveland Indians 3 at Philadelphia Athletics 10 | W | 17-4 | 19-7 | 36-11 | ||
| June 14, 1929 | Cleveland Indians 0 at Philadelphia Athletics 9 | W | 18-4 | 19-7 | 37-11 | ||
| June 15, 1929 | Cleveland Indians 0 at Philadelphia Athletics 1 | W | 19-4 | 19-7 | 38-11 | ||
| June 16, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 9 at Cleveland Indians 10 | L | 19-4 | 19-8 | 38-12 | ||
| June 17, 1929 | Chicago White Sox 6 at Philadelphia Athletics 4 | L | 19-5 | 19-8 | 38-13 | ||
| June 18, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 7 at Washington Senators 6 | W | 19-5 | 20-8 | 39-13 | ||
| June 21, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 11 at New York Yankees 1 | W | 19-5 | 21-8 | 40-13 | ||
| June 21, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 3 at New York Yankees 8 | L | 19-5 | 21-9 | 40-14 | ||
| June 22, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 3 at New York Yankees 4 | L | 19-5 | 21-10 | 40-15 | ||
| June 22, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 7 at New York Yankees 3 | W | 19-5 | 22-10 | 41-15 | ||
| June 23, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 7 at New York Yankees 4 | W | 19-5 | 23-10 | 42-15 | ||
| June 24, 1929 | Boston Red Sox 4 at Philadelphia Athletics 5 | W | 20-5 | 23-10 | 43-15 | ||
| June 25, 1929 | Boston Red Sox 1 at Philadelphia Athletics 7 | W | 21-5 | 23-10 | 44-15 | ||
| June 25, 1929 | Boston Red Sox 2 at Philadelphia Athletics 8 | W | 22-5 | 23-10 | 45-15 | ||
| June 26, 1929 | Boston Red Sox 5 at Philadelphia Athletics 6 | W | 23-5 | 23-10 | 46-15 | ||
| June 27, 1929 | New York Yankees 3 at Philadelphia Athletics 6 | W | 24-5 | 23-10 | 47-15 | ||
| June 29, 1929 | New York Yankees 7 at Philadelphia Athletics 5 | L | 24-6 | 23-10 | 47-16 | ||
| June 30, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 2 at Washington Senators 12 | L | 24-6 | 23-11 | 47-17 | ||
| July 2, 1929 | Washington Senators 4 at Philadelphia Athletics 7 | W | 25-6 | 23-11 | 48-17 | ||
| July 2, 1929 | Washington Senators 1 at Philadelphia Athletics 4 | W | 26-6 | 23-11 | 49-17 | ||
| July 3, 1929 | Washington Senators 7 at Philadelphia Athletics 9 | W | 27-6 | 23-11 | 50-17 | ||
| July 4, 1929 | Boston Red Sox 1 at Philadelphia Athletics 8 | W | 28-6 | 23-11 | 51-17 | ||
| July 4, 1929 | Boston Red Sox 1 at Philadelphia Athletics 3 | W | 29-6 | 23-11 | 52-17 | ||
| July 6, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 4 at Chicago White Sox 5 | L | 29-6 | 23-12 | 52-18 | ||
| July 7, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 3 at Chicago White Sox 9 | L | 29-6 | 23-13 | 52-19 | ||
| July 8, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 8 at Chicago White Sox 2 | W | 29-6 | 24-13 | 53-19 | ||
| July 9, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 4 at Chicago White Sox 6 | L | 29-6 | 24-14 | 53-20 | ||
| July 10, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 4 at St. Louis Browns 1 | W | 29-6 | 25-14 | 54-20 | ||
| July 10, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 5 at St. Louis Browns 7 | L | 29-6 | 25-15 | 54-21 | ||
| July 12, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 8 at St. Louis Browns 2 | W | 29-6 | 26-15 | 55-21 | ||
| July 12, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 10 at St. Louis Browns 0 | W | 29-6 | 27-15 | 56-21 | ||
| July 13, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 1 at St. Louis Browns 3 | L | 29-6 | 27-16 | 56-22 | ||
| July 13, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 4 at St. Louis Browns 0 | W | 29-6 | 28-16 | 57-22 | ||
| July 14, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 5 at Cleveland Indians 3 | W | 29-6 | 29-16 | 58-22 | ||
| July 15, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 5 at Cleveland Indians 8 | L | 29-6 | 29-17 | 58-23 | ||
| July 15, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 4 at Cleveland Indians 0 | W | 29-6 | 30-17 | 59-23 | ||
| July 16, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 7 at Cleveland Indians 5 | W | 29-6 | 31-17 | 60-23 | ||
| July 17, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 2 at Cleveland Indians 5 | L | 29-6 | 31-18 | 60-24 | ||
| July 18, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 8 at Detroit Tigers 4 | W | 29-6 | 32-18 | 61-24 | ||
| July 19, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 4 at Detroit Tigers 2 | W | 29-6 | 33-18 | 62-24 | ||
| July 20, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 6 at Detroit Tigers 2 | W | 29-6 | 34-18 | 63-24 | ||
| July 21, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 10 at Detroit Tigers 7 | W | 29-6 | 35-18 | 64-24 | ||
| July 23, 1929 | Cleveland Indians 9 at Philadelphia Athletics 3 | L | 29-7 | 35-18 | 64-25 | ||
| July 23, 1929 | Cleveland Indians 1 at Philadelphia Athletics 4 | W | 30-7 | 35-18 | 65-25 | ||
| July 24, 1929 | Cleveland Indians 3 at Philadelphia Athletics 5 | W | 31-7 | 35-18 | 66-25 | ||
| July 25, 1929 | Cleveland Indians 3 at Philadelphia Athletics 21 | W | 32-7 | 35-18 | 67-25 | ||
| July 26, 1929 | Chicago White Sox 1 at Philadelphia Athletics 3 | W | 33-7 | 35-18 | 68-25 | ||
| July 27, 1929 | Chicago White Sox 1 at Philadelphia Athletics 8 | W | 34-7 | 35-18 | 69-25 | ||
| July 29, 1929 | Chicago White Sox 8 at Philadelphia Athletics 6 | L | 34-8 | 35-18 | 69-26 | ||
| July 30, 1929 | Detroit Tigers 4 at Philadelphia Athletics 5 | W | 35-8 | 35-18 | 70-26 | ||
| July 31, 1929 | Detroit Tigers 1 at Philadelphia Athletics 10 | W | 36-8 | 35-18 | 71-26 | ||
| August 1, 1929 | Detroit Tigers 4 at Philadelphia Athletics 7 | W | 37-8 | 35-18 | 72-26 | ||
| August 2, 1929 | Detroit Tigers 10 at Philadelphia Athletics 11 | W | 38-8 | 35-18 | 73-26 | ||
| August 5, 1929 | St. Louis Browns 6 at Philadelphia Athletics 4 | L | 38-9 | 35-18 | 73-27 | ||
| August 5, 1929 | St. Louis Browns 7 at Philadelphia Athletics 8 | W | 39-9 | 35-18 | 74-27 | ||
| August 6, 1929 | St. Louis Browns 3 at Philadelphia Athletics 11 | W | 40-9 | 35-18 | 75-27 | ||
| August 6, 1929 | St. Louis Browns 8 at Philadelphia Athletics 3 | L | 40-10 | 35-18 | 75-28 | ||
| August 7, 1929 | New York Yankees 13 at Philadelphia Athletics 1 | L | 40-11 | 35-18 | 75-29 | ||
| August 7, 1929 | New York Yankees 2 at Philadelphia Athletics 4 | W | 41-11 | 35-18 | 76-29 | ||
| August 8, 1929 | New York Yankees 6 at Philadelphia Athletics 4 | L | 41-12 | 35-18 | 76-30 | ||
| August 10, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 6 at Detroit Tigers 5 | W | 41-12 | 36-18 | 77-30 | ||
| August 11, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 8 at Detroit Tigers 9 | L | 41-12 | 36-19 | 77-31 | ||
| August 12, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 6 at Detroit Tigers 0 | W | 41-12 | 37-19 | 78-31 | ||
| August 13, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 4 at Detroit Tigers 3 | W | 41-12 | 38-19 | 79-31 | ||
| August 14, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 5 at Cleveland Indians 3 | W | 41-12 | 39-19 | 80-31 | ||
| August 16, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 6 at Cleveland Indians 5 | W | 41-12 | 40-19 | 81-31 | ||
| August 17, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 1 at Cleveland Indians 2 | L | 41-12 | 40-20 | 81-32 | ||
| August 18, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 3 at St. Louis Browns 4 | L | 41-12 | 40-21 | 81-33 | ||
| August 19, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 8 at St. Louis Browns 2 | W | 41-12 | 41-21 | 82-33 | ||
| August 20, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 1 at St. Louis Browns 2 | L | 41-12 | 41-22 | 82-34 | ||
| August 21, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 5 at St. Louis Browns 7 | L | 41-12 | 41-23 | 82-35 | ||
| August 22, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 3 at Chicago White Sox 4 | L | 41-12 | 41-24 | 82-36 | ||
| August 23, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 1 at Chicago White Sox 3 | L | 41-12 | 41-25 | 82-37 | ||
| August 24, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 5 at Chicago White Sox 2 | W | 41-12 | 42-25 | 83-37 | ||
| August 25, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 0 at Chicago White Sox 3 | L | 41-12 | 42-26 | 83-38 | ||
| August 27, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 0 at New York Yankees 2 | L | 41-12 | 42-27 | 83-39 | ||
| August 28, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 9 at New York Yankees 7 | W | 41-12 | 43-27 | 84-39 | ||
| August 29, 1929 | Boston Red Sox 6 at Philadelphia Athletics 7 | W | 42-12 | 43-27 | 85-39 | ||
| August 30, 1929 | Boston Red Sox 4 at Philadelphia Athletics 2 | L | 42-13 | 43-27 | 85-40 | ||
| August 31, 1929 | Boston Red Sox 4 at Philadelphia Athletics 9 | W | 43-13 | 43-27 | 86-40 | ||
| September 1, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 3 at Washington Senators 12 | L | 43-13 | 43-28 | 86-41 | ||
| September 2, 1929 | New York Yankees 3 at Philadelphia Athletics 10 | W | 44-13 | 43-28 | 87-41 | ||
| September 2, 1929 | New York Yankees 5 at Philadelphia Athletics 6 | W | 45-13 | 43-28 | 88-41 | ||
| September 3, 1929 | New York Yankees 2 at Philadelphia Athletics 10 | W | 46-13 | 43-28 | 89-41 | ||
| September 7, 1929 | Cleveland Indians 4 at Philadelphia Athletics 0 | L | 46-14 | 43-28 | 89-42 | ||
| September 7, 1929 | Cleveland Indians 1 at Philadelphia Athletics 5 | W | 47-14 | 43-28 | 90-42 | ||
| September 10, 1929 | Cleveland Indians 5 at Philadelphia Athletics 6 | W | 48-14 | 43-28 | 91-42 | ||
| September 11, 1929 | Chicago White Sox 4 at Philadelphia Athletics 7 | W | 49-14 | 43-28 | 92-42 | ||
| September 12, 1929 | Chicago White Sox 3 at Philadelphia Athletics 4 | W | 50-14 | 43-28 | 93-42 | ||
| September 13, 1929 | Chicago White Sox 2 at Philadelphia Athletics 5 | W | 51-14 | 43-28 | 94-42 | ||
| September 14, 1929 | Chicago White Sox 0 at Philadelphia Athletics 5 | W | 52-14 | 43-28 | 95-42 | ||
| September 16, 1929 | St. Louis Browns 3 at Philadelphia Athletics 2 | L | 52-15 | 43-28 | 95-43 | ||
| September 18, 1929 | St. Louis Browns 3 at Philadelphia Athletics 4 | W | 53-15 | 43-28 | 96-43 | ||
| September 18, 1929 | St. Louis Browns 6 at Philadelphia Athletics 2 | L | 53-16 | 43-28 | 96-44 | ||
| September 19, 1929 | Detroit Tigers 4 at Philadelphia Athletics 5 | W | 54-16 | 43-28 | 97-44 | ||
| September 20, 1929 | Detroit Tigers 1 at Philadelphia Athletics 2 | W | 55-16 | 43-28 | 98-44 | ||
| September 21, 1929 | Detroit Tigers 7 at Philadelphia Athletics 10 | W | 56-16 | 43-28 | 99-44 | ||
| September 22, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 6 at Washington Senators 7 | L | 56-16 | 43-29 | 99-45 | ||
| September 26, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 5 at Boston Red Sox 3 | W | 56-16 | 44-29 | 100-45 | ||
| September 28, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 6 at Boston Red Sox 3 | W | 56-16 | 45-29 | 101-45 | ||
| September 29, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 0 at Boston Red Sox 10 | L | 56-16 | 45-30 | 101-46 | ||
| October 5, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 8 at New York Yankees 4 | W | 56-16 | 46-30 | 102-46 | ||
| October 6, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 5 at New York Yankees 2 | W | 56-16 | 47-30 | 103-46 | ||
| October 8, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 3 at Chicago Cubs 1 | W | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | ||
| October 9, 1929 | Philadelphia Athletics 9 at Chicago Cubs 3 | W | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | ||
| October 11, 1929 | Chicago Cubs 3 at Philadelphia Athletics 1 | L | 0-1 | 2-0 | 2-1 | ||
| October 12, 1929 | Chicago Cubs 8 at Philadelphia Athletics 10 | W | 1-1 | 2-0 | 3-1 | ||
| October 14, 1929 | Chicago Cubs 2 at Philadelphia Athletics 3 | W | 2-1 | 2-0 | 4-1 |
