1928 St. Louis Cardinals season

The 1928 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 47th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 37th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 95–59 during the season and finished first in the National League. In the World Series, they were swept by the New York Yankees.

1928 St. Louis Cardinals
1928 National League Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record95–59 (.617)
League place1st
Other information
Owner(s)Sam Breadon
General manager(s)Branch Rickey
Manager(s)Bill McKechnie
Local radioKMOX
(Garnett Marks)
KWK
(Thomas Patrick)
WIL
(William Elsworth)
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Offseason

Regular season

First baseman Jim Bottomley won the MVP Award this year, batting .325, with 31 home runs and 136 RBIs.

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 9559 0.617 42–35 53–24
New York Giants 9361 0.604 2 51–26 42–35
Chicago Cubs 9163 0.591 4 52–25 39–38
Pittsburgh Pirates 8567 0.559 9 47–30 38–37
Cincinnati Reds 7874 0.513 16 44–33 34–41
Brooklyn Robins 7776 0.503 17½ 41–35 36–41
Boston Braves 50103 0.327 44½ 25–51 25–52
Philadelphia Phillies 43109 0.283 51 26–49 17–60

Record vs. opponents

1928 National League Records

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
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

Roster

1928 St. Louis Cardinals
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
CJimmie Wilson120411106.258250
1BJim Bottomley149576187.32531136
2BFrankie Frisch141547164.3001086
SSRabbit Maranville11236688.240134
3BWattie Holm102386107.277347
OFGeorge Harper9927283.3051758
OFChick Hafey138520175.33727111
OFTaylor Douthit154648191.295343

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
Andy High111368105.285637
Wally Roettger6826189.341644
Tommy Thevenow6917135.205013
Ray Blades518520.235119
Ernie Orsatti276921.304315
Bob O'Farrell165211.21204
Earl Smith245813.22407
Gus Mancuso40387.18403
Pepper Martin39134.30800
Specs Toporcer8140.00000
Howie Williamson1092.22200
Spud Davis251.20001

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
Bill Sherdel38248.221102.8672
Pete Alexander34243.21693.3659
Jesse Haines33240.12083.1877
Flint Rhem28169.21184.1447

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
Clarence Mitchell19150893.3031
Syl Johnson34120843.9066
Fred Frankhouse2184323.9629
Art Reinhart2375.1462.8712
Tony Kaufmann44.2009.642

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
Hal Haid272252.3021
Carlisle Littlejohn122103.666

1928 World Series

Game Date Visitor Score Home Score Record

(NYY-STL)

Attendance
1 October 4 St. Louis Cardinals 1 New York Yankees 4 1–0 61,425
2 October 5 St. Louis Cardinals 3 New York Yankees 9 2–0 60,714
3 October 7 New York Yankees 7 St. Louis Cardinals 3 3–0 39,602
4 October 9 New York Yankees 7 St. Louis Cardinals 3 4–0 37,331
New York Yankees win 4–0

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AA Rochester Red Wings International League Billy Southworth
A Houston Buffaloes Texas League Frank Snyder
B Danville Veterans Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Joe Schultz, Sr.
C Topeka Jayhawks Western Association Eddie Dyer
D Laurel Cardinals Cotton States League John Ganzel and Bobby Schang

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Rochester, Houston[2]

References

  1. Frank Gibson page at Baseball Reference
  2. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007


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