1928 St. Louis Browns season

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1928  St. Louis Browns
League American League
Ballpark Sportsman's Park
City St. Louis, Missouri
Record82–72 (.532)
League place3rd
Owners Phil Ball
Managers Dan Howley
Radio KMOX
WIL (AM)
KWK
  1927 Seasons 1929  

The 1928 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 3rd in the American League with a record of 82 wins and 72 losses.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 101530.65652–2549–28
Philadelphia Athletics 98550.64152–2546–30
St. Louis Browns 82720.5321943–3439–38
Washington Senators 75790.4872637–4338–36
Chicago White Sox 72820.4682937–4035–42
Detroit Tigers 68860.4423336–4132–45
Cleveland Indians 62920.4033928–4934–43
Boston Red Sox 57960.37343½26–4731–49

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBOSCWSCLEDETNYYPHASLBWSH
Boston 10–129–137–156–163–189–1313–9–1
Chicago 12–1012–10–113–99–136–1610–1210–12
Cleveland 13–910–12–110–126–166–167–1510–12
Detroit 15–79–1312–107–158–149–138–14
New York 16–613–916–615–716–612–1013–9
Philadelphia 18–316–616–614–86–1616–612–10
St. Louis 13–912–1015–713–910–126–1613–9
Washington 9–13–112–1012–1014–89–1310–129–13

Notable transactions

Roster

1928 St. Louis Browns
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Wally Schang 9124570.286339
1B Lu Blue 154549154.2811480
2B Otis Brannan 135483118.2441066
SS Red Kress 150560153.273381
3B Frank O'Rourke 99391103.263162
OF Fred Schulte 146556159.286785
OF Heinie Manush 154638241.37813108
OF Earl McNeely 127496117.236044

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Clyde Manion 7624355.226231
Beauty McGowan 4716861.363218
Larry Bettencourt 6715945.283424
Ski Melillo 5113225.18909
Guy Sturdy 544510.22218
Steve O'Neill 10247.29206
Billy Mullen 15187.38902
Wally Gerber 6185.27800
Ollie Sax 16173.17600
Fred Bennett 782.25000
Ike Danning 263.50001
Frank Wilson 650.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Sam Gray 35262.220123.19102
General Crowder 41244.02153.6999
Jack Ogden 38242.215164.1567
George Blaeholder 38214.110154.3787

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Lefty Stewart 29142.2794.6725
Dick Coffman 2985.2456.0925
Hal Wiltse 2672.0255.2523
Boom-Boom Beck 1649.0234.4117

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Ed Strelecki 220214.298
Ernie Nevers 61003.001
Jim Wright 200013.502

Notes

  1. Harry Rice page at Baseball Reference
  2. Wally Gerber page at Baseball Reference

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