1929 Boston Red Sox

58-96 • .377 Win% • 8th in AL

📊 Season Record

58 Wins
96 Losses
.377 Win %
8th Rank
605 R 803 RA
Diff -198

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605 Runs Scored
803 Runs Allowed
-198 Run Diff
209K Attendance

📈 vs. 1929 AL Average

Batting Avg .266 6% below the 1929 league average (.283)
OBP .324 7% below the 1929 league average (.349)
SLG .365 10% below the 1929 league average (.407)
Team ERA 4.43 4% worse than the 1929 league average (4.24)
Runs Scored 605 21% below the 1929 league average (767 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumFenway Park I
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Home Games 17
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Total Attendance 209,500
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Avg per Game 12,323

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1929

Batting Avg

1 Ken Williams 0.345 2 Johnnie Heving 0.319 3 Red Ruffing 0.307 4 Jack Rothrock 0.300 5 Russ Scarritt 0.294

Home Runs

1 Jack Rothrock 6 2 Phil Todt 4 3 Bill Barrett 3 4 Ken Williams 3 5 Alex Gaston 2

RBI

1 Russ Scarritt 71 2 Phil Todt 64 3 Jack Rothrock 59 4 Bill Regan 54 5 Hal Rhyne 38
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Russ Scarritt 151 540 69 159 26 17 1 71 34 38 13 0.294
Phil Todt 153 534 49 140 38 10 4 64 31 28 6 0.262
Jack Rothrock 143 473 70 142 19 7 6 59 43 47 23 0.300
Bobby Reeves 140 460 66 114 19 2 2 28 60 57 7 0.248
Bill Regan 104 371 38 107 27 7 1 54 22 38 7 0.288
Bill Barrett 111 370 57 100 23 4 3 35 51 38 11 0.270
Hal Rhyne 120 346 41 87 24 5 0 38 25 14 4 0.251
Bill Narleski 96 260 30 72 16 1 0 25 21 22 4 0.277
Elliot Bigelow 100 211 23 60 16 0 1 26 23 18 1 0.284
Charlie Berry 77 207 19 50 11 4 1 21 15 29 2 0.242
Johnnie Heving 76 188 26 60 4 3 0 23 8 7 1 0.319
Ken Williams 74 139 21 48 14 2 3 21 15 7 1 0.345
Bob Barrett 68 126 15 34 10 0 0 19 10 6 3 0.270
Alex Gaston 55 116 14 26 5 2 2 9 6 8 1 0.224
Red Ruffing 60 114 9 35 9 0 2 17 2 13 0 0.307
Wally Gerber 61 91 6 15 3 1 0 5 8 12 1 0.165
Milt Gaston 39 78 3 15 3 0 1 5 6 19 0 0.192
Danny MacFayden 32 74 6 13 2 0 0 2 2 21 0 0.176
Grant Gillis 28 73 5 18 4 0 0 11 6 8 0 0.247
Jack Russell 37 70 5 9 0 0 0 2 5 22 0 0.129
Ed Morris 33 69 6 16 3 1 1 5 3 17 0 0.232
Doug Taitt 26 65 6 18 4 0 0 6 8 5 0 0.277
Ira Flagstead 14 36 9 11 2 0 0 3 5 1 1 0.306
Joe Cicero 10 32 6 10 2 2 0 4 0 2 0 0.312
Casper Asbjornson 17 29 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0.103
Bill Bayne 27 25 2 8 1 1 0 1 1 3 0 0.320
Jerry Standaert 19 18 1 3 2 0 0 4 3 2 0 0.167
Ed Carroll 24 16 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0.062
Ed Connolly 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Ray Dobens 11 8 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.375
Ed Durham 14 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Jack Ryan 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Horace Lisenbee 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Herb Bradley 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Pat Simmons 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1929

ERA

1 Danny MacFayden 3.62 2 Milt Gaston 3.73 3 Jack Russell 3.92 4 Ed Morris 4.45 5 Red Ruffing 4.86

Wins

1 Ed Morris 14 2 Milt Gaston 12 3 Danny MacFayden 10 4 Red Ruffing 9 5 Jack Russell 6

Strikeouts

1 Red Ruffing 109 2 Milt Gaston 83 3 Ed Morris 73 4 Danny MacFayden 61 5 Jack Russell 37
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Red Ruffing 9 22 4.86 35 30 1 244.1 280 132 118 109
Milt Gaston 12 19 3.73 39 29 2 243.2 265 101 81 83
Jack Russell 6 18 3.92 35 32 0 227.1 263 99 40 37
Danny MacFayden 10 18 3.62 32 26 0 221.0 225 89 81 61
Ed Morris 14 14 4.45 33 26 1 208.1 227 103 95 73
Bill Bayne 5 5 6.72 27 6 0 84.1 111 63 29 26
Ed Carroll 1 0 5.61 24 3 0 67.1 77 42 20 13
Ray Dobens 0 0 3.81 11 2 0 28.1 32 12 9 4
Ed Durham 1 0 9.27 14 1 0 22.1 34 23 14 6
Horace Lisenbee 0 0 5.19 5 0 0 8.2 10 5 4 2
Pat Simmons 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 7.0 6 0 3 2
Herb Bradley 0 0 6.75 3 0 0 4.0 7 3 2 0

👥 Roster (35)

Casper Asbjornson Bill Barrett Bob Barrett Bill Bayne Charlie Berry Elliot Bigelow Herb Bradley Ed Carroll Joe Cicero Ed Connolly Ray Dobens Ed Durham +23 more

35 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1929 Boston Red Sox

What was the 1929 Boston Red Sox record?
The 1929 Boston Red Sox finished 58-96 (.377 win pct).
Who led the 1929 Boston Red Sox in home runs?
Jack Rothrock led the 1929 Boston Red Sox with 6 home runs.
What was the 1929 Boston Red Sox team ERA?
The 1929 Boston Red Sox posted a team ERA of 4.43.
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