1928 in baseball

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The following are the baseball events of the year 1928 throughout the world.  

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Early Years

1869 • 1845-1868

See also

Baseball Major League Baseball Minor league baseball Negro league baseball Nippon Professional Baseball 1928 in sports

Sources

Baseball Hall of Fame Baseball Almanac Baseball Library Baseball Reference National Pastime The Deadball Era

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Contents 1 Champions 2 Awards and honors 3 Statistical Leaders 4 Major League Baseball final standings 4.1 American League final standings 4.2 National League final standings 5 Events 6 Births 7 Deaths

[edit] Champions

• World Series: New York Yankees over St Louis Cardinals

[edit] Awards and honors

• League Award
  • Mickey Cochrane, Philadelphia Athletics, C
  • Jim Bottomley, St. Louis Cardinals, 1B

[edit] Statistical Leaders

	American League		National League
AVG	Goose Goslin WSH	.379	Rogers Hornsby BSN	.387
HR	Babe Ruth NYY	54	Jim Bottomley STL & Hack Wilson CHC	31
RBI	Babe Ruth NYY & Lou Gehrig NYY	142	Jim Bottomley STL	136
Wins	Lefty Grove PHA & George Pipgras NYY	24	Larry Benton NYG & Burleigh Grimes PIT	25
ERA	Garland Braxton WSH	2.51	Dazzy Vance BRO	2.09
Ks	Lefty Grove PHA	183	Dazzy Vance BRO	200

[edit] Major League Baseball final standings

[edit] American League final standings

American League
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
New York Yankees	101	53	.656	--
Philadelphia Athletics	98	55	.641	2.5
St. Louis Browns	82	72	.532	19
Washington Senators	75	79	.487	26
Chicago White Sox	72	82	.468	29
Detroit Tigers	68	86	.442	33
Cleveland Indians	62	92	.403	39
Boston Red Sox	57	96	.373	43.5

[edit] National League final standings

National League
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
St. Louis Cardinals	95	59	.617	--
New York Giants	93	61	.604	2
Chicago Cubs	91	63	.591	4
Pittsburgh Pirates	85	67	.559	9
Cincinnati Reds	78	74	.513	16
Brooklyn Robins	77	76	.503	17.5
Boston Braves	50	103	.327	44.5
Philadelphia Phillies	43	109	.283	51

[edit] Events

[edit] Births

• January 23 - Chico Carrasquel
• January 28 - Pete Runnels
• February 5 - Don Hoak
• February 20 - Roy Face
• May 16 - Billy Martin
• May 19 - Gil McDougald
• July 30 - Joe Nuxhall
• October 1 - Hal Naragon
• October 17 - Jim Gilliam
• October 21 - Whitey Ford
• November 15 - Gus Bell

[edit] Deaths

• January 14 - Al Reach, 87, pioneer who as second baseman was the sport's first professional player in 1865; batted .353 for 1871 champion Athletics in first season of National Association; co-founder of the Phillies, serving as team president from 1883-1902, later part owner of Athletics; publisher of annual baseball guides beginning in 1883
• February 1 - Hughie Jennings, 58, shortstop, most notably for the Baltimore Orioles, who batted .311 lifetime but had career shortened by numerous beanings; team captain was runnerup in 1896 batting race with .401 mark; managed Tigers to consecutive pennants from 1907 to 1909, later coach with Giants
• June 23 - Malachi Kittridge, 58, a catcher for the Louisville Colonels, Boston Beaneaters, Washington Senators and Cleveland Naps between 1890 and 1906
• July 18 - Ed Killian, 51, pitcher who clinched 1907 pennant for Tigers with two wins in doubleheader; allowed 9 home runs in 1600 career innings, none from 1903-07
• September 9 - Urban Shocker, 38, pitcher who had 20-win seasons for the Browns from 1920-1923, was 18-6 for 1927 Yankees before retiring; led AL in strikeouts in 1922
• October 22 - Jack Dunn, 56, owner and manager of minor league Baltimore Orioles since 1907 who developed stars including Babe Ruth and Lefty Grove; won seven consecutive pennants from 1919-25, was second winningest manager in history of minors with 2107 victories; won 23 games as pitcher for 1899 NL champion Brooklyn
• October 31 - José Méndez, 41, star Cuban pitcher of the Negro Leagues, primarily with the All Nations team and the Kansas City Monarchs; managed Monarchs from 1920-26, winning 1924 title in first Negro League World Series
• November 11 - Oyster Burns, 64, right fielder, mainly for Brooklyn, who batted .300 lifetime and led NL in home runs and RBI in 1890