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29 teams in AL, ANL, NL, NNL · 1229 regular-season games · 1929-04-16 to 1929-10-06 · attendance 9,588,183

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World Series champion

Philadelphia Athletics

MVP

Rogers Hornsby

Postseason

Round	Result	Games
World Series	Philadelphia Athletics 4–1 Chicago Cubs	5

Standings

AL

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Philadelphia Athletics	104	46	.693	—	615	839,176	Connie Mack	World Series
2	New York Yankees	88	66	.571	18	775	960,148	Miller Huggins, Art Fletcher
3	Cleveland Indians	81	71	.533	24	736	536,210	Roger Peckinpaugh
4	St. Louis Browns	79	73	.520	26	713	280,697	Dan Howley
5	Washington Senators	71	81	.467	34	776	355,506	Walter Johnson
6	Detroit Tigers	70	84	.455	36	928	869,318	Bucky Harris
7	Chicago White Sox	59	93	.388	46	792	426,795	Lena Blackburne
8	Boston Red Sox	58	96	.377	48	803	394,620	Bill Carrigan

NL

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Chicago Cubs	98	54	.645	—	758	1,485,166	Joe McCarthy	Pennant
2	Pittsburgh Pirates	88	65	.575	10.5	780	491,377	Donie Bush, Jewel Ens
3	New York Giants	84	67	.556	13.5	709	868,806	John McGraw
4	St. Louis Cardinals	78	74	.513	20	806	399,887	Billy Southworth, Gabby Street, Bill McKechnie
5	Philadelphia Phillies	71	82	.464	27.5	1032	281,200	Burt Shotton
6	Brooklyn Robins	70	83	.458	28.5	888	731,886	Wilbert Robinson
7	Cincinnati Reds	66	88	.429	33	760	295,040	Jack Hendricks
8	Boston Braves	56	98	.364	43	876	372,351	Judge Fuchs

American Negro League

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Manager
1	Baltimore Black Sox	49	21	.700	—	377	Frank Warfield	Pennant
2	New York Lincoln Giants	40	26	.606	7	419	John Henry Lloyd
3	Hilldale Club	40	35	.533	11.5	448	Oscar Charleston, Phil Cockrell
4	Homestead Grays	34	29	.540	11.5	398	Cum Posey
5	Atlantic City Bacharach Giants	19	45	.297	27	546	Ben Taylor
6	Cuban Stars East	15	41	.268	27	436	José María Fernández

Negro National League (I)

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Manager
1	Kansas City Monarchs	62	17	.785	—	273	Bullet Rogan	Pennant
2	St. Louis Stars	56	31	.644	10	443	Candy Jim Taylor
3	Chicago American Giants	48	38	.558	17.5	340	Jim Brown
4	Detroit Stars	32	37	.464	25	442	Bingo DeMoss
5	Birmingham Black Barons	32	57	.360	35	512	Charles Wesley, Clarence Smith
6	Memphis Red Sox	21	51	.292	37.5	415	Carl Glass, Harry Kenyon
7	Cuban Stars West	13	33	.283	32.5	239	Tinti Molina

Leaders

AL

RBI

AVG

ERA

NL

RBI

AVG

ERA

No-hitters

Carl Hubbell, New York Giants vs. Pittsburgh Pirates, 1929-05-08

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