1929 New York Yankees Roster

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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.

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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
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
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
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
21 George Burns 6-01½ 180 Right Right 1893-01-31
28 Liz Funk 5-08½ 160 Left Left 1904-10-28
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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:

1929 New York Yankees
Opening Day Starters

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1929 New York Yankees
Most Games by Position

C Bill Dickey (127)
1B Lou Gehrig (154)
2B Tony Lazzeri (147)
3B Gene Robertson (77)
SS Leo Durocher (93)
LF Bob Meusel (56)
CF Earle Combs (141)
RF Babe Ruth (78)
  
SP Waite Hoyt
SP Herb Pennock
SP George Pipgras
SP Roy Sherid
SP Ed Wells
  
CL Wilcy Moore

1929 New York Yankees
Salaries

Babe Ruth $70,000.00
Lou Gehrig $25,000.00
Herb Pennock $17,500.00
Waite Hoyt $16,000.00
Earle Combs $13,500.00
Bob Meusel $13,000.00
Tony Lazzeri $12,500.00
George Pipgras $12,000.00
Mark Koenig $10,000.00
Tom Zachary $10,000.00
George Burns $9,000.00
Benny Bengough $8,000.00
Wilcy Moore $8,000.00
Hank Johnson $7,500.00
Lyn Lary $7,000.00
Ben Paschal $7,000.00
Myles Thomas $6,500.00
Fred Heimach $6,000.00
Ed Wells $6,000.00
Cedric Durst $5,000.00
Gene Robertson $4,500.00
Leo Durocher $4,000.00
Bots Nekola $3,900.00
Liz Funk $3,600.00
Gordon Rhodes $3,600.00
Roy Sherid $3,600.00
Julie Wera $3,600.00
Sammy Byrd $3,000.00
Bill Dickey $3,000.00
Art Jorgens $2,000.00

1929 New York Yankees
Uniform Numbers

#1 Earle Combs
#2 Mark Koenig
#3 Babe Ruth
#4 Lou Gehrig
#5 Bob Meusel
#6 Tony Lazzeri
#7 Leo Durocher
#8 Johnny Grabowski
#9 Benny Bengough
#10 Bill Dickey
#11 Herb Pennock
#12 Waite Hoyt
#14 George Pipgras
#15 Hank Johnson
#15 Art Jorgens
#16 Tom Zachary
#17 Fred Heimach
#18 Wilcy Moore
#19 Ed Wells
#20 Myles Thomas
#20 Julie Wera
#21 George Burns
#21 Gordon Rhodes
#22 Gene Robertson
#24 Lyn Lary
#25 Ben Paschal
#26 Cedric Durst
#27 Sammy Byrd
#28 Liz Funk
#30 Bots Nekola
#30 Gordon Rhodes
#31 Roy Sherid
#32 Art Jorgens

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)?