1928 Brooklyn Robins season

1928 Brooklyn Robins
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Brooklyn, New York (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s) Stephen McKeever
Manager(s) Wilbert Robinson
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The 1928 Brooklyn Robins finished in 6th 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.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

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

Notable transactions

Roster

1928 Brooklyn Robins
Roster
Pitchers Catchers
  • Al Lopez

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

  • Otto Miller

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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 DeBerry, HankHank DeBerry 82 258 19 65 .252 0 23 3
1B Bissonette, DelDel Bissonette 155 587 90 188 .320 25 106 5
2B Flowers, JakeJake Flowers 103 339 51 93 .274 2 44 10
3B Hendrick, HarveyHarvey Hendrick 126 425 83 135 .318 11 59 16
SS Bancroft, DaveDave Bancroft
OF Herman, BabeBabe Herman
OF Bressler, RubeRube Bressler
OF Carey, MaxMax Carey

Other batters

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
Riconda, HarryHarry Riconda
Tyson, TyTy Tyson
Statz, JiggerJigger Statz
Gilbert, WallyWally Gilbert 39 153 26 31 .203 0 3 2
Henline, ButchButch Henline
Gooch, JohnnyJohnny Gooch
Harris, JoeJoe Harris 55 89 8 21 .236 1 8 0
Partridge, JayJay Partridge
Hargreaves, CharlieCharlie Hargreaves 20 61 3 12 .197 0 5 1
Freigau, HowardHoward Freigau
Tremper, OvertonOverton Tremper
West, MaxMax West 7 21 4 6 .286 0 1 0
Lopez, AlAl Lopez

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player G GS CG IP W L ERA BB SO
Vance, DazzyDazzy Vance 38 32 24 280.1 22 10 2.09 72 200
McWeeny, DougDoug McWeeny
Petty, JesseJesse Petty

Other pitchers

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

Player G GS CG IP W L ERA BB SO
Elliott, JumboJumbo Elliott
Clark, WattyWatty Clark 40 19 10 194.2 12 9 2.68 50 85
Doak, BillBill Doak 28 12 4 99.1 3 8 3.26 35 12
Moss, RayRay Moss

Relief pitchers

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
Ehrhardt, RubeRube Ehrhardt 28 54 1 3 2 4.67 27 12
Koupal, LouLou Koupal

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Del Bissonette

Watty Clark

Dazzy Vance

Notes

References

External links