1928 Boston Red Sox season

The 1928 Boston Red Sox season was the 28th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished last in the eight-team American League (AL) with a record of 57 wins and 96 losses, ​43 1⁄2 games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the 1928 World Series.

1928 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record57–96 (.373)
League place8th (​43 1⁄2 GB)
Other information
Owner(s)J. A. Robert Quinn
Manager(s)Bill Carrigan
Local radioWNAC
(Fred Hoey)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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Regular season

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10153 0.656 — 52–25 49–28
Philadelphia Athletics 9855 0.641 2½ 52–25 46–30
St. Louis Browns 8272 0.532 19 43–34 39–38
Washington Senators 7579 0.487 26 37–43 38–36
Chicago White Sox 7282 0.468 29 37–40 35–42
Detroit Tigers 6886 0.442 33 36–41 32–45
Cleveland Indians 6292 0.403 39 28–49 34–43
Boston Red Sox 5796 0.373 43½ 26–47 31–49

Record vs. opponents
1928 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston —10–129–137–156–163–189–1313–9–1
Chicago 12–10—12–10–113–99–136–1610–1210–12
Cleveland 13–910–12–1—10–126–166–167–1510–12
Detroit 15–79–1312–10—7–158–149–138–14
New York 16–613–916–615–7—16–612–1013–9
Philadelphia 18–316–616–614–86–16—16–612–10
St. Louis 13–912–1015–713–910–126–16—13–9
Washington 9–13–112–1012–1014–89–1310–129–13—

Opening Day lineup
All Star Buddy Myer
Jack RothrockSS
Phil Todt1B
Ira FlagsteadCF
Ken WilliamsLF
Buddy Myer3B
Bill Regan2B
Doug TaittRF
Fred HofmannC
Danny MacFaydenP

Notable transactions

Roster
1928 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Starters by position

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CFred Hofmann7819945.226016
1BPhil Todt144539136.2521273
2BBill Regan138511135.264775
OFKen Williams133462140.303867
OFDoug Taitt143482144.299361
OFIra Flagstead140510148.290139

Other batters

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

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Jack Rothrock11734492.267322

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Herb Bradley1547.1037.2314

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
John Wilson20009.001
Jack Rothrock10000.000
Frank Bennett10000.000
Doug Taitt100027.001

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
B Salem Witches New England League Stuffy McInnis

[2]

Notes
  1. Wally Gerber page at Baseball Reference
  2. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References


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