1928 Brooklyn Robins season

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.

1928 Brooklyn Robins
Photograph from the May 23, 1928 doubleheader between the Brooklyn Robins and the New York Giants.
Photograph from the May 23, 1928 doubleheader between the Brooklyn Robins and the New York Giants.
LeagueNational League
BallparkEbbets Field
CityBrooklyn, New York
OwnersStephen McKeever, Brooklyn Trust Company
PresidentWilbert Robinson
ManagersWilbert Robinson
← 1927
1929 →

Offseason

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Regular season

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Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 95 59 .617 42‍–‍35 53‍–‍24
New York Giants 93 61 .604 2 51‍–‍26 42‍–‍35
Chicago Cubs 91 63 .591 4 52‍–‍25 39‍–‍38
Pittsburgh Pirates 85 67 .559 9 47‍–‍30 38‍–‍37
Cincinnati Reds 78 74 .513 16 44‍–‍33 34‍–‍41
Brooklyn Robins 77 76 .503 17½ 41‍–‍35 36‍–‍41
Boston Braves 50 103 .327 44½ 25‍–‍51 25‍–‍52
Philadelphia Phillies 43 109 .283 51 26‍–‍49 17‍–‍60

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston 7–15 5–17 10–12 6–16 13–9 5–16 4–18
Brooklyn 15–7 10–12 10–12–1 9–13–1 15–7 9–12 9–13
Chicago 17–5 12–10 13–9 14–8 13–9 11–11 11–11
Cincinnati 12–10 12–10–1 9–13 8–14 13–7 12–10 12–10
New York 16–6 13–9–1 8–14 14–8 17–5 11–11 14–8
Philadelphia 9–13 7–15 9–13 7–13 5–17 4–18 2–20
Pittsburgh 16–5 12–9 11–11 10–12 11–11 18–4 7–15
St. Louis 18–4 13–9 11–11 10–12 8–14 20–2 15–7


Notable transactions

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Roster

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1928 Brooklyn Robins
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

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Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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

Pos Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
C Hank DeBerry 82 258 19 65 .252 0 23 3
1B Del Bissonette 155 587 90 188 .320 25 106 5
2B Jake Flowers 103 339 51 93 .274 2 44 10
3B Harvey Hendrick 126 425 83 135 .318 11 59 16
SS Dave Bancroft 149 515 47 127 .247 0 51 7
OF Babe Herman 134 486 64 165 .340 12 91 1
OF Rube Bressler 145 501 78 148 .295 4 70 2
OF Max Carey 108 296 41 73 .247 2 19 18

Other batters

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

Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
Harry Riconda 92 281 22 63 .224 3 35 6
Ty Tyson 59 210 25 57 .271 1 21 3
Jigger Statz 77 171 28 40 .234 0 16 3
Wally Gilbert 39 153 26 31 .203 0 3 2
Butch Henline 55 132 12 28 .212 2 8 2
Johnny Gooch 42 101 9 32 .317 0 12 0
Joe Harris 55 89 8 21 .236 1 8 0
Jay Partridge 37 73 18 18 .247 0 12 2
Charlie Hargreaves 20 61 3 12 .197 0 5 1
Howard Freigau 17 34 6 7 .206 0 3 0
Overton Tremper 10 31 1 6 .194 0 1 0
Max West 7 21 4 6 .286 0 1 0
Al López 3 12 0 0 .000 0 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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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

Player G GS CG IP W L ERA BB SO
Dazzy Vance 38 32 24 280.1 22 10 2.09 72 200
Doug McWeeny 42 32 12 244.0 14 14 3.17 114 79
Jesse Petty 40 31 15 234.0 15 15 4.04 56 74

Other pitchers

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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

Player G GS CG IP W L ERA BB SO
Watty Clark 40 19 10 194.2 12 9 2.68 50 85
Jumbo Elliott 41 21 7 192.0 9 14 3.89 64 74
Bill Doak 28 12 4 99.1 3 8 3.26 35 12
Ray Moss 22 5 1 60.1 0 3 4.92 35 5

Relief pitchers

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

Player G IP W L SV ERA BB SO
Rube Ehrhardt 28 54.0 1 3 2 4.67 27 12
Lou Koupal 17 37.1 1 0 1 2.41 15 10

Awards and honors

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League top five finishers

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Del Bissonette

  • #4 in NL in home runs (25)

Watty Clark

  • #4 in NL in ERA (2.68)

Dazzy Vance

  • MLB leader in ERA (2.09)
  • MLB leader in strikeouts (200)
  • #3 in NL in wins (22)

Notes

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References

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