1929 Major League Baseball season

1929 MLB season
LeagueAmerican League (AL)
National League (NL)
SportBaseball
DurationRegular season:
  • April 16 – October 6, 1929
World Series:
  • October 8–14, 1929
Number of games154
Number of teams16 (8 per league)
Regular Season
Season MVPNL: Rogers Hornsby (CHC)
AL championsPhiladelphia Athletics
  AL runners-upNew York Yankees
NL championsChicago Cubs
  NL runners-upPittsburgh Pirates
World Series
ChampionsPhiladelphia Athletics
  Runners-upChicago Cubs
Locations of teams for the 1923–1931 American League seasons
American League

The 1929 major league baseball season began on April 16, 1929. The regular season ended on October 6, with the Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Athletics as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 26th World Series on October 8 and ended with Game 5 on October 14. The Athletics defeated the Cubs, four games to one.

Babe Ruth hit his 500th career home run this season on August 11 at Cleveland. Game 4 of the World Series featured a historic 10-run rally by the Athletics, nicknamed "The Mack Attack," after the team's manager, Connie Mack.[1]

This was the last of eight seasons that "League Awards", a precursor to the Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award (introduced in 1931), were issued. Only a National League award was given in 1929.

  1. ^ "The 1929 Mack Attack | Society for American Baseball Research". sabr.org. Retrieved March 4, 2020.

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