The 1929 New York Yankees team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1929 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.
Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1929 New York Yankees Opening Day starters list, a 1929 New York Yankees salary list, a 1929 New York Yankees uniform number breakdown and a 1929 New York Yankees primary starters list. Research by Baseball Almanac.
"The ballplayer who loses his head, who can't keep his cool, is worse than no ballplayer at all." - Lou Gehrig
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# | Pitchers | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
17 | Fred Heimach | 6-00 | 175 | Left | Left | 1901-01-27 |
12 | Waite Hoyt | 6-00 | 180 | Right | Right | 1899-09-09 |
15 | Hank Johnson | 5-11½ | 175 | Right | Right | 1906-05-21 |
18 | Wilcy Moore | 6-00 | 195 | Right | Right | 1897-05-20 |
30 | Bots Nekola | 5-11½ | 175 | Left | Left | 1906-12-10 |
11 | Herb Pennock | 6-00 | 160 | Left | Both | 1894-02-10 |
14 | George Pipgras | 6-01½ | 185 | Right | Right | 1899-12-20 |
30, 21 | Gordon Rhodes | 6-00 | 187 | Right | Right | 1907-08-11 |
31 | Roy Sherid | 6-02 | 185 | Right | Right | 1907-01-25 |
20 | Myles Thomas | 5-09½ | 170 | Right | Right | 1897-10-22 |
19 | Ed Wells | 6-01½ | 183 | Left | Left | 1900-06-07 |
16 | Tom Zachary | 6-01 | 187 | Left | Left | 1896-05-07 |
# | Catchers | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
9 | Benny Bengough | 5-07½ | 168 | Right | Right | 1898-07-27 |
10 | Bill Dickey | 6-02 | 185 | Right | Left | 1907-06-06 |
8 | Johnny Grabowski | 5-10 | 185 | Right | Right | 1900-01-07 |
15, 32 | Art Jorgens | 5-09 | 160 | Right | Right | 1905-05-18 |
# | Infielders | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
7 | Leo Durocher | 5-10 | 160 | Right | Right | 1905-07-27 |
4 | Lou Gehrig | 6-00 | 200 | Left | Left | 1903-06-19 |
2 | Mark Koenig | 6-00 | 180 | Right | Both | 1904-07-19 |
24 | Lyn Lary | 6-00 | 165 | Right | Right | 1906-01-28 |
6 | Tony Lazzeri | 5-11½ | 170 | Right | Right | 1903-12-06 |
22 | Gene Robertson | 5-07 | 152 | Right | Left | 1899-12-25 |
20 | Julie Wera | 5-08 | 164 | Right | Right | 1902-02-09 |
# | Outfielders | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
27 | Sammy Byrd | 5-11 | 175 | Right | Right | 1907-10-15 |
1 | Earle Combs | 6-00 | 185 | Right | Left | 1899-05-14 |
26 | Cedric Durst | 5-11 | 160 | Left | Left | 1896-08-23 |
5 | Bob Meusel | 6-03 | 190 | Right | Right | 1896-07-19 |
25 | Ben Paschal | 5-11 | 185 | Right | Right | 1895-10-13 |
3 | Babe Ruth | 6-02 | 215 | Left | Left | 1895-02-06 |
# | Other Positions | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
21 | George Burns | 6-01½ | 180 | Right | Right | 1893-01-31 |
28 | Liz Funk | 5-08½ | 160 | Left | Left | 1904-10-28 |
# | Pitchers | Height | Weight | Throws | Bats | Date Of Birth |
1929 New York Yankees Roster | Research by Baseball Almanac |
The 1929 New York Yankees played 154 games during the regular season, won 88 games, lost 66 games, and finished in second position. They played their home games at Yankee Stadium (Park Factors: 93/91) where 960,148 fans witnessed their 1929 Yankees finish the season with a .571 winning percentage.
Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1929 New York Yankees Opening Day starters list, a 1929 New York Yankees salary list, a 1929 New York Yankees uniform number breakdown and a 1929 New York Yankees primary starters list:
Did you know that a 1929 New York Yankees Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?