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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.
April 16 – On opening day, Hall of Famer Earl Averill makes his major league debut in the Cleveland Indians' 5–4 eleven inning victory over the Detroit Tigers. The St. Louis Browns defeat the Chicago White Sox, 3–1; the Pittsburgh Pirates defeat the Chicago Cubs, 4–3, and the St. Louis Cardinals defeat the Cincinnati Reds 5–2.
On Opening Day in major league baseball, Earl Averill made his major league baseball debut with the Cleveland Indians, going 1-for-4 with a home run to help defeat the Detroit Tigers 5–4 in 11 innings. [23]
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The 1929 New York Yankees season was the team's 27th season. The team finished with a record of 88–66, finishing in second place, 18 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics. This ended a streak of three straight World Series appearances for the club.
Following the fallout from the 1919 Black Sox Scandal, in November 1920, the National Baseball Commission was replaced by the Commissioner of Baseball, who acts as the chief executive officer of major and minor leagues. [3] [4] The Dayton Marcos departed the NNL as an independent team. A new Columbus Buckeyes joined the NNL.
1929 World Series at WorldSeries.com via MLB.com; 1929 World Series at Baseball Almanac; 1929 World Series at Baseball-Reference.com; The 1929 Post-Season Games (box scores and play-by-play) at Retrosheet; History of the World Series - 1929 at The Sporting News. Archived from the original in May 2006. Amateur film footage from the series
José Roque (1909 – death date unknown) was a Cuban professional baseball right fielder who played in the Negro leagues in 1929. A native of Havana, Cuba , Roque played 43 games for the Cuban Stars (West) in 1929.