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1929 MLB Home Runs by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Home runs hit

The Philadelphia Phillies led all of MLB in home runs in 1929, with 153, 11 ahead of the New York Yankees. The average across 29 MLB teams is 63.7.

Led all of MLB in 1929 Philadelphia Phillies 154 games
153 Home Runs 11 clear of New York Yankees
# Team League G HR
1 Philadelphia Phillies NL 154 153
2 New York Yankees AL 154 142
3 Chicago Cubs NL 156 139
4 New York Giants NL 152 136
5 Philadelphia Athletics AL 151 122
6 Detroit Tigers AL 155 110
7 St. Louis Cardinals NL 154 100
8 Brooklyn Robins NL 153 99
9 St. Louis Stars NNL 88 95
10 Detroit Stars NNL 69 76
MLB average 63.7
11 Cleveland Indians AL 152 62
12 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 154 60
13 New York Lincoln Giants ANL 68 58
14 Washington Senators AL 153 48
15 Baltimore Black Sox ANL 70 46
15 Hilldale Club ANL 78 46
15 St. Louis Browns AL 154 46
18 Birmingham Black Barons NNL 89 38
19 Chicago White Sox AL 152 37
20 Cincinnati Reds NL 155 34
21 Boston Braves NL 154 33
22 Kansas City Monarchs NNL 79 32
23 Atlantic City Bacharach Giants ANL 66 28
23 Boston Red Sox AL 155 28
25 Homestead Grays ANL 66 26
26 Memphis Red Sox NNL 73 17
27 Cuban Stars West NNL 46 15
28 Chicago American Giants NNL 86 13
29 Cuban Stars East ANL 58 9

A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as ERA and batting average are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players.