1929 STANDINGS National League Chicago Cubs 98 54 .645 — Pittsburgh Pirates 88 65 .575 10.5 New York Giants 84 67 .556 13.5 St. Louis Cardinals 78 74 .513 20 Philadelphia Phillies 71 82 .464 27.5 Brooklyn Robins 70 83 .458 28.5 Cincinnati Reds 66 88 .429 33 Boston Braves 56 98 .364 43 American…
The Giants file a $200,000 damage suit against Francis X. McQuade for seeking to “wreck and destroy” the club. The team’s long-time club treasurer countersues, and the NY Supreme Court will eventually rule that he is entitled to back pay, but not his job.
1929 – Alva Warren “Al” Cicotte is born in Melvindale, MI. Related to infamous Black Sox pitcher Ed Cicotte, this righthander would appear in five games for the 1962 Colt .45s, earning no record in 4-2/3rds innings. He would die on November 29th, 1982, in Westland, MI at age 52.
1929 – Bill Carrigan has had enough of managing the Red Sox. He quits, and Heinie Wagner signs on for a year.
The Cards send Grover Alexander, 42, back to the Phillies with C Harry McCurdy for OF Homer Peel and P Bob McGraw.
The Browns trade C Wally Schang back to the Athletics for 3B Sammy Hale.
1929 – Former pitching star Joe McGinnity dies at the age of 58. McGinnity, nicknamed “Iron Man”, posted 246 wins in only 10 major league seasons. He will enter the Hall of Fame in 1946.
The Cardinals name their coach Gabby Street as the team’s field boss to replace Bill McKechnie, who left to manage the Boston Braves. In his first two seasons, the new Redbirds’ manager will lead the club to two National League pennants and a World Series championship.
In Baltimore, Phillies’ starting catcher Walt Lerian dies from injuries sustained when a runaway truck pins him against a brick wall for hours before his extraction. Minutes before the collision, the 24 year-old backstop, known as Peck, had attended mass at St. Martin’s Catholic church.
1929 – The Philadelphia Athletics rally for three runs in the 9th inning to beat the Chicago Cubs, 3 – 2, and take the World Series in five games. A two-run home run by Mule Haas ties the game and Bing Miller hits a RBI double to get the victory. There won’t be another winning rally by a team down two runs in the 9th inning of a Series final game in the 20th century. The Arizona Diamondbacks, in 2001, will do it next.