1928 St. Louis Browns season

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

1928 St. Louis Browns
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record82–72 (.532)
League place3rd
Other information
Owner(s)Phil Ball
Manager(s)Dan Howley
Local radioKMOX
WIL (AM)
KWK
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Offseason

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—

Notable transactions

Roster
1928 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

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
CWally Schang9124570.286339
1BLu Blue154549154.2811480
2BOtis Brannan135483118.2441066
SSRed Kress150560153.273381
3BFrank O'Rourke99391103.263162
OFFred Schulte146556159.286785
OFHeinie Manush154638241.37813108
OFEarl McNeely127496117.236044

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
Clyde Manion7624355.226231
Beauty McGowan4716861.363218
Larry Bettencourt6715945.283424
Ski Melillo5113225.18909
Guy Sturdy544510.22218
Steve O'Neill10247.29206
Billy Mullen15187.38902
Wally Gerber6185.27800
Ollie Sax16173.17600
Fred Bennett782.25000
Ike Danning263.50001
Frank Wilson650.00000

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
Sam Gray35262.220123.19102
General Crowder412442153.6999
Jack Ogden38242.215164.1567
George Blaeholder38214.110154.3787

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
Lefty Stewart29142.2794.6725
Dick Coffman2985.2456.0925
Hal Wiltse2672255.2523
Boom-Boom Beck1649234.4117

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
Ed Strelecki220214.298
Ernie Nevers61003.001
Jim Wright200013.502

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

References


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