1929 Major League Baseball season
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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.
1929 MLB season | |
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League | Major League Baseball |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | April 16 – October 14, 1929 |
Number of games | 154 |
Number of teams | 16 |
Regular Season | |
Season MVP | NL: Rogers Hornsby (CHC) |
AL champions | Philadelphia Athletics |
AL runners-up | New York Yankees |
NL champions | Chicago Cubs |
NL runners-up | Pittsburgh Pirates |
World Series | |
Champions | Philadelphia Athletics |
Runners-up | Chicago Cubs |
MLB seasons | |
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.