1928 St. Louis Browns season
1928 St. Louis Browns | |
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Results | |
Record | 82–72 (.532) |
League place | 3rd |
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Owner(s) | Phil Ball |
Manager(s) | Dan Howley |
Local radio |
KMOX WIL (AM) KWK |
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The 1928 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 3rd in the American League with a record of 82 wins and 72 losses.
Offseason
- December 2, 1927: Harry Rice, Chick Galloway and Elam Vangilder were traded by the Browns to the Detroit Tigers for Heinie Manush and Lu Blue.[1]
Regular season
Season standings
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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New York Yankees | 101 | 53 | .656 | -- |
Philadelphia Athletics | 98 | 55 | .641 | 2½ |
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 | 43½ |
Record vs. opponents
1928 American League Records Sources: | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHI | STL | 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 | — |
Notable transactions
- April 25, 1928: Wally Gerber was traded by the Browns to the Boston Red Sox for Hal Wiltse.[2]
Roster
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Player stats
Batting
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 |
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1B | Blue, LuLu Blue | 154 | 549 | 154 | .281 | 14 | 80 |
OF | Manush, HeinieHeinie Manush | 154 | 638 | 241 | .378 | 13 | 108 |
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 |
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Gerber, WallyWally Gerber | 6 | 18 | 5 | .278 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
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 |
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Gray, SamSam Gray | 35 | 262.2 | 20 | 12 | 3.19 | 102 |
Blaeholder, GeorgeGeorge Blaeholder | 38 | 214.1 | 10 | 15 | 4.37 | 87 |
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 |
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Coffman, DickDick Coffman | 29 | 85.2 | 4 | 5 | 6.09 | 25 |
Beck, Boom-BoomBoom-Boom Beck | 16 | 49 | 2 | 3 | 4.41 | 17 |
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 |
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Wiltse, HalHal Wiltse | 26 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5.25 | 23 |
Notes
References
- 1928 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
- 1928 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com
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