1928 Boston Braves season
Boston, Massachusetts | |
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Record | 50–103 (.327) |
League place | 7th |
Owners | Emil Fuchs |
Managers | Jack Slattery, Rogers Hornsby |
Radio | WNAC (Fred Hoey) |
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The 1928
In the offseason,
The Braves played 9 consecutive doubleheaders between September 4 and September 15, totaling 18 games in just 12 days.[1]
Offseason
- December 14, 1927: Frank Gibson was purchased from the Braves by the St. Louis Cardinals.[2]
- January 10, 1928: New York Giants for Rogers Hornsby.[3]
Regular season
Season standings
National League | W
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L
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Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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St. Louis Cardinals | 95 | 59 | 0.617 | — | 42–35 | 53–24 |
New York Giants | 93 | 61 | 0.604 | 2 | 51–26 | 42–35 |
Chicago Cubs | 91 | 63 | 0.591 | 4 | 52–25 | 39–38 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 85 | 67 | 0.559 | 9 | 47–30 | 38–37 |
Cincinnati Reds | 78 | 74 | 0.513 | 16 | 44–33 | 34–41 |
Brooklyn Robins | 77 | 76 | 0.503 | 17½ | 41–35 | 36–41 |
Boston Braves | 50 | 103 | 0.327 | 44½ | 25–51 | 25–52 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 43 | 109 | 0.283 | 51 | 26–49 | 17–60 |
Record vs. opponents
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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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
- August 14, 1928: Emilio Palmero was purchased by the Braves from the Toledo Mud Hens.[4]
Roster
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Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders
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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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C | Zack Taylor | 125 | 399 | 100 | .251 | 2 | 30 |
1B | George Sisler | 118 | 491 | 167 | .340 | 4 | 68 |
2B | Rogers Hornsby | 140 | 486 | 188 | .387 | 21 | 94 |
SS | Doc Farrell | 134 | 483 | 104 | .215 | 3 | 43 |
3B | Les Bell | 153 | 591 | 164 | .277 | 10 | 91 |
OF | Jack Smith | 96 | 254 | 71 | .280 | 1 | 32 |
OF | Eddie Brown | 142 | 523 | 140 | .268 | 2 | 59 |
OF | Lance Richbourg | 148 | 612 | 206 | .337 | 2 | 52 |
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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Eddie Moore | 68 | 215 | 51 | .237 | 2 | 18 |
Heinie Mueller | 42 | 151 | 34 | .225 | 0 | 19 |
Dick Burrus | 64 | 137 | 37 | .270 | 3 | 13 |
Al Spohrer | 51 | 124 | 27 | .218 | 0 | 9 |
Earl Clark | 28 | 112 | 34 | .304 | 0 | 10 |
Howard Freigau | 52 | 109 | 28 | .257 | 1 | 17 |
Jimmy Cooney | 18 | 51 | 7 | .137 | 0 | 3 |
Johnny Cooney | 33 | 41 | 7 | .171 | 0 | 2 |
Doc Gautreau | 23 | 18 | 5 | .278 | 0 | 1 |
Dave Harris | 7 | 17 | 2 | .118 | 0 | 0 |
Luke Urban | 15 | 17 | 3 | .176 | 0 | 2 |
Charlie Fitzberger | 7 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 0 |
Dinny McNamara | 9 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Cronin | 3 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Earl Williams | 3 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 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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Bob Smith | 38 | 244.1 | 13 | 17 | 3.87 | 59 |
Ed Brandt | 38 | 225.1 | 9 | 21 | 5.07 | 84 |
Joe Genewich | 13 | 80.2 | 3 | 7 | 4.13 | 15 |
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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Art Delaney | 39 | 192.1 | 9 | 17 | 3.79 | 45 |
Kent Greenfield | 32 | 143.2 | 3 | 11 | 5.32 | 30 |
Ben Cantwell | 22 | 90.0 | 3 | 3 | 5.10 | 18 |
Johnny Cooney | 24 | 89.2 | 3 | 7 | 4.32 | 18 |
Virgil Barnes | 16 | 60.1 | 2 | 7 | 5.82 | 7 |
Charlie Robertson | 13 | 59.1 | 2 | 5 | 5.31 | 17 |
Bonnie Hollingsworth | 7 | 22.1 | 0 | 2 | 5.24 | 10 |
Johnny Werts | 10 | 18.1 | 0 | 2 | 10.31 | 5 |
Emilio Palmero | 3 | 6.2 | 0 | 1 | 5.40 | 0 |
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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Foster Edwards | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5.66 | 17 |
Bill Clarkson | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.75 | 8 |
Bunny Hearn | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.30 | 8 |
Clay Touchstone | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 |
Hal Goldsmith | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.24 | 1 |
Art Mills | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.91 | 0 |
Ray Boggs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 0 |
Guy Morrison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 0 |
George Sisler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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A | Providence Grays | Eastern League
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King Bader
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Notes
- ^ Karpinski, David. "Another Episode of How the Game Has Changed". baseballroundtable.com. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
- ^ Frank Gibson page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Rogers Hornsby page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Emilio Palmero page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
References