1928 Boston Red Sox season
1928 Boston Red Sox | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Fenway Park | |
City | Boston, Massachusetts | |
Record | 57–96 (.373) | |
League place | 8th (43+1⁄2 GB) | |
Owners | J. A. Robert Quinn | |
Managers | Bill Carrigan | |
Radio | WNAC (Fred Hoey) | |
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference | |
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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.
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 101 | 53 | .656 | — | 52–25 | 49–28 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 98 | 55 | .641 | 2½ | 52–25 | 46–30 |
St. Louis Browns | 82 | 72 | .532 | 19 | 43–34 | 39–38 |
Washington Senators | 75 | 79 | .487 | 26 | 37–43 | 38–36 |
Chicago White Sox | 72 | 82 | .468 | 29 | 37–40 | 35–42 |
Detroit Tigers | 68 | 86 | .442 | 33 | 36–41 | 32–45 |
Cleveland Indians | 62 | 92 | .403 | 39 | 28–49 | 34–43 |
Boston Red Sox | 57 | 96 | .373 | 43½ | 26–47 | 31–49 |
Record vs. opponents
[edit]Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 10–12 | 9–13 | 7–15 | 6–16 | 3–18 | 9–13 | 13–9–1 | |||||
Chicago | 12–10 | — | 12–10–1 | 13–9 | 9–13 | 6–16 | 10–12 | 10–12 | |||||
Cleveland | 13–9 | 10–12–1 | — | 10–12 | 6–16 | 6–16 | 7–15 | 10–12 | |||||
Detroit | 15–7 | 9–13 | 12–10 | — | 7–15 | 8–14 | 9–13 | 8–14 | |||||
New York | 16–6 | 13–9 | 16–6 | 15–7 | — | 16–6 | 12–10 | 13–9 | |||||
Philadelphia | 18–3 | 16–6 | 16–6 | 14–8 | 6–16 | — | 16–6 | 12–10 | |||||
St. Louis | 13–9 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 13–9 | 10–12 | 6–16 | — | 13–9 | |||||
Washington | 9–13–1 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 14–8 | 9–13 | 10–12 | 9–13 | — |
Opening Day lineup
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Jack Rothrock | SS |
Phil Todt | 1B |
Ira Flagstead | CF |
Ken Williams | LF |
Buddy Myer | 3B |
Bill Regan | 2B |
Doug Taitt | RF |
Fred Hofmann | C |
Danny MacFayden | P |
Notable transactions
[edit]- April 25, 1928: Hal Wiltse was traded by the Red Sox to the St. Louis Browns for Wally Gerber.[1]
Roster
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Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders
Other batters |
Manager
Coaches |
Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]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 |
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C | Fred Hofmann | 78 | 199 | 45 | .226 | 0 | 16 |
1B | Phil Todt | 144 | 539 | 136 | .252 | 12 | 73 |
2B | Bill Regan | 138 | 511 | 135 | .264 | 7 | 75 |
SS | Wally Gerber | 104 | 300 | 64 | .213 | 0 | 28 |
3B | Buddy Myer | 147 | 536 | 168 | .313 | 1 | 44 |
OF | Ken Williams | 133 | 462 | 140 | .303 | 8 | 67 |
OF | Doug Taitt | 143 | 482 | 144 | .299 | 3 | 61 |
OF | Ira Flagstead | 140 | 510 | 148 | .290 | 1 | 39 |
Other batters
[edit]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 |
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Jack Rothrock | 117 | 344 | 92 | .267 | 3 | 22 |
Billy Rogell | 102 | 296 | 69 | .233 | 0 | 29 |
Charlie Berry | 80 | 177 | 46 | .260 | 1 | 19 |
Johnnie Heving | 82 | 158 | 41 | .259 | 0 | 11 |
George Loepp | 15 | 51 | 9 | .176 | 0 | 3 |
Red Rollings | 50 | 48 | 11 | .229 | 0 | 9 |
Carl Sumner | 16 | 29 | 8 | .276 | 0 | 3 |
Denny Williams | 16 | 18 | 4 | .222 | 0 | 1 |
Arlie Tarbert | 6 | 17 | 3 | .176 | 0 | 2 |
Casper Asbjornson | 6 | 16 | 3 | .188 | 0 | 1 |
Freddie Moncewicz | 3 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Paul Hinson | 3 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Red Ruffing | 42 | 289.1 | 10 | 25 | 3.89 | 118 |
Ed Morris | 47 | 257.2 | 19 | 15 | 3.53 | 104 |
Jack Russell | 32 | 201.1 | 11 | 14 | 3.84 | 27 |
Danny MacFayden | 33 | 195.0 | 9 | 15 | 4.75 | 61 |
Hal Wiltse | 2 | 12.0 | 0 | 2 | 9.00 | 5 |
Other pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Slim Harriss | 27 | 128.1 | 8 | 11 | 4.63 | 37 |
Merle Settlemire | 30 | 82.1 | 0 | 6 | 5.47 | 12 |
Herb Bradley | 15 | 47.1 | 0 | 3 | 7.23 | 14 |
Marty Griffin | 11 | 37.2 | 0 | 3 | 5.02 | 9 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Pat Simmons | 31 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4.04 | 16 |
Cliff Garrison | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.88 | 0 |
Steve Slayton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 2 |
John Wilson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |
Jack Rothrock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Frank Bennett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
John Shea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 0 |
Doug Taitt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 |
Farm system
[edit]Level | Team | League | Manager |
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B | Salem Witches | New England League | Stuffy McInnis |
Source:[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Wally Gerber page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
External links
[edit]- 1928 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
- 1928 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com