Offseason

• October 3, 1928: Mike Cvengros
  Mike Cvengros
  Michael John Cvengros was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played all or part of six seasons in the majors, between and , for the New York Giants, Chicago White Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Chicago Cubs. After his major league career, he played in the minor leagues until , mostly for the...
  
   was drafted by the Cubs from the Wichita Falls Spudders
  Wichita Falls Spudders
  The Wichita Falls Spudders were a minor league baseball team that formed in 1920 and played its last game in 1957. They were based in Wichita Falls, Texas....
  
   in the 1928 rule 5 draft
  Rule 5 draft
  The Rule 5 draft is a Major League Baseball player draft that occurs each year in December, at the annual Winter Meeting of general managers. The Rule 5 draft aims to prevent teams from stockpiling too many young players on their minor league affiliate teams when other teams would be willing to...
  
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• November 7, 1928: Socks Seibold
  Socks Seibold
  Harry "Socks" Seibold , was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He debuted in with the Philadelphia Athletics as a shortstop, but was converted to pitcher in...
  
  , Percy Jones, Lou Legett
  Lou Legett
  Louis Alfred Legett was a backup catcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Braves and Boston Red Sox . Listed at 5' 10", 166 lb., Legett batted and threw right-handed...
  
  , Freddie Maguire
  Freddie Maguire
  Frederick Edward Maguire was an American professional baseball player and scout.He played six years as a second baseman in Major League Baseball: 1922-23 with the New York Giants, 1928 with the Chicago Cubs, and 1929-31 with the Boston Braves,- New York Giants :A Roxbury, Massachusetts native,...
  
  , Bruce Cunningham
  Bruce Cunningham
  Bruce Lee Cunningham , was a Major League Baseball pitcher from - for the Boston Braves.-External links:...
  
  , and $200,000 were traded by the Cubs to the Boston Braves
  Atlanta Braves
  The Atlanta Braves are a professional baseball club based in Atlanta, Georgia. The Braves are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League. The Braves have played in Turner Field since 1997....
  
   for Rogers Hornsby
  Rogers Hornsby
  Rogers Hornsby, Sr. , nicknamed "The Rajah", was an American baseball infielder, manager, and coach who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball . He played for the St. Louis Cardinals , New York Giants , Boston Braves , Chicago Cubs , and St. Louis Browns...
  
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Regular season

Rogers Hornsby, who was acquired from the Boston Braves in an offseason deal, had a career year, hitting .380. In the process, he hit 39 home run

Home run

In baseball, a home run is scored when the ball is hit in such a way that the batter is able to reach home safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team in the process...

s and led the league with a .679 slugging percentage. The 156 runs scored by Hornsby in 1929 were the most by a right-handed batter in the National League

National League

The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League , is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball, and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league. Founded on February 2, 1876, to replace the National Association of Professional...

 during the 20th century. Hornsby collected his second Most Valuable Player

Most Valuable Player

In sports, a Most Valuable Player award is an honor typically bestowed upon the best performing player or players on a specific team, in an entire league, or for a particular contest or series of contests...

 award that year, and for the second time he won a National League pennant

Pennant (sports)

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Roster

1929 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders		Manager Coaches

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		64	215	59	.274	1	31
2B		156	602	229	.380	39	149
OF		136	495	179	.362	17	110

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
	60	167	40	.240	0	18
	27	80	20	.250	2	17
	37	63	18	.286	2	8

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
	35	218.1	14	13	4.29	70
	1	2	0	1	27.00	0

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
	50	270.2	18	7	3.66	82
	31	111.2	11	5	5.16	35

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
	32	5	4	2	4.64	23
	11	1	1	0	5.59	3

1929 World Series

AL Philadelphia Athletics

1929 Philadelphia Athletics season

The Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing 1st in the American League with a record of 104 wins and 46 losses. After finishing in second place to the New York Yankees in and , the club won the 1929 pennant by a large 18-game margin...

 (4) vs. NL Chicago Cubs (1)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Philadelphia Athletics – 3, Chicago Cubs – 1	October 8	Wrigley Field Wrigley Field Wrigley Field is a baseball stadium in Chicago, Illinois, United States that has served as the home ballpark of the Chicago Cubs since 1916. It was built in 1914 as Weeghman Park for the Chicago Federal League baseball team, the Chicago Whales...	50,740
2	Philadelphia Athletics – 9, Chicago Cubs – 3	October 9	Wrigley Field Wrigley Field Wrigley Field is a baseball stadium in Chicago, Illinois, United States that has served as the home ballpark of the Chicago Cubs since 1916. It was built in 1914 as Weeghman Park for the Chicago Federal League baseball team, the Chicago Whales...	49,987
3	Chicago Cubs – 3, Philadelphia Athletics – 1	October 11	Shibe Park	29,921
4	Chicago Cubs – 8, Philadelphia Athletics – 10	October 12	Shibe Park	29,921
5	Chicago Cubs – 2, Philadelphia Athletics – 3	October 14	Shibe Park	29,921

Farm system