1928 Brooklyn Robins season

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1928  Brooklyn Robins
Mel Ott, Safe or Out%3F, May 23, 1928.jpg
Photograph from the May 23, 1928 doubleheader between the Brooklyn Robins and the New York Giants.
League National League
Ballpark Ebbets Field
City Brooklyn, New York
Owners Stephen McKeever, Brooklyn Trust Company
President Wilbert Robinson
Managers Wilbert Robinson
  1927
1929  

The 1928 Brooklyn Robins finished in sixth place, despite pitcher Dazzy Vance leading the league in strikeouts for a seventh straight season as well as posting a career best 2.09 ERA.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 9559.61742355324
New York Giants 9361.604251264235
Chicago Cubs 9163.591452253938
Pittsburgh Pirates 8567.559947303837
Cincinnati Reds 7874.5131644333441
Brooklyn Robins 7776.50317½41353641
Boston Braves 50103.32744½25512552
Philadelphia Phillies 43109.2835126491760

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBOSBRCHCCINNYGPHIPITSTL
Boston 7–155–1710–126–1613–95–164–18
Brooklyn 15–710–1210–12–19–13–115–79–129–13
Chicago 17–512–1013–914–813–911–1111–11
Cincinnati 12–1012–10–19–138–1413–712–1012–10
New York 16–613–9–18–1414–817–511–1114–8
Philadelphia 9–137–159–137–135–174–182–20
Pittsburgh 16–512–911–1110–1211–1118–47–15
St. Louis 18–413–911–1110–128–1420–215–7

Notable transactions

Roster

1928 Brooklyn Robins
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

PosPlayerGABRHAvg.HRRBISB
C Hank DeBerry 822581965.2520233
1B Del Bissonette 15558790188.320251065
2B Jake Flowers 1033395193.27424410
3B Harvey Hendrick 12642583135.318115916
SS Dave Bancroft 14951547127.2470517
OF Babe Herman 13448664165.34012911
OF Rube Bressler 14550178148.2954702
OF Max Carey 1082964173.24721918

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

PlayerGABRHAvg.HRRBISB
Harry Riconda 922812263.2243356
Ty Tyson 592102557.2711213
Jigger Statz 771712840.2340163
Wally Gilbert 391532631.203032
Butch Henline 551321228.212282
Johnny Gooch 42101932.3170120
Joe Harris 5589821.236180
Jay Partridge 37731818.2470122
Charlie Hargreaves 2061312.197051
Howard Freigau 173467.206030
Overton Tremper 103116.194010
Max West 72146.286010
Al López 31200.000000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; CG = Complete games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGGSCGIPWLERABBSO
Dazzy Vance 383224280.122102.0972200
Doug McWeeny 423212244.014143.1711479
Jesse Petty 403115234.015154.045674

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; CG = Complete games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGGSCGIPWLERABBSO
Watty Clark 401910194.21292.685085
Jumbo Elliott 41217192.09143.896474
Bill Doak 2812499.1383.263512
Ray Moss 225160.1034.92355

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLSVERABBSO
Rube Ehrhardt 2854.01324.672712
Lou Koupal 1737.11012.411510

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Del Bissonette

Watty Clark

Dazzy Vance

Notes

  1. Johnny Butler page at Baseball Reference
  2. Charlie Hargreaves page at Baseball Reference
  3. Howard Freigau page at Baseball Reference

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