1928 Boston Braves season explained

Boston Braves
Season:	1928
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Braves Field
City:	Boston, Massachusetts
Record:	50–103 (.327)
League Place:	7th
Owners:	Emil Fuchs
Managers:	Jack Slattery, Rogers Hornsby
Radio:	WNAC (Fred Hoey)

The 1928 Boston Braves season was the 58th season of the franchise. The team finished seventh in the National League with a record of 50–103, 44½ games behind the St. Louis Cardinals.

In the offseason, Rogers Hornsby was traded to the Braves. It was the second trade in as many seasons for Hornsby, who had been traded to the New York Giants during the previous offseason. Hornsby managed to be the league's most productive hitter. He won his seventh batting title in 1928 with a .387 average, and led the league in on-base percentage (.498, a figure that only Hornsby himself topped among National Leaguers in the 20th century), slugging percentage (.632), and walks (107).

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: Shanty Hogan and Jimmy Welsh were traded by the Braves to the New York Giants for Rogers Hornsby.^[3]

Regular season

Notable transactions

• August 14, 1928: Emilio Palmero was purchased by the Braves from the Toledo Mud Hens.^[4]

Roster

1928 Boston Braves
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		Manager

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
C		125	399	100	.251	2	30
1B		118	491	167	.340	4	68
2B		140	486	188	.387	21	94
SS		134	483	104	.215	3	43
3B		153	591	164	.277	10	91
OF		96	254	71	.280	1	32
OF		142	523	140	.268	2	59
OF		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
	68	215	51	.237	2	18
	42	151	34	.225	0	19
	64	137	37	.270	3	13
	51	124	27	.218	0	9
	28	112	34	.304	0	10
	52	109	28	.257	1	17
	18	51	7	.137	0	3
	33	41	7	.171	0	2
	23	18	5	.278	0	1
	7	17	2	.118	0	0
	15	17	3	.176	0	2
	7	7	2	.286	0	0
	9	4	1	.250	0	0
	3	2	0	.000	0	0
	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
	38	244.1	13	17	3.87	59
	38	225.1	9	21	5.07	84
	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
	39	192.1	9	17	3.79	45
	32	143.2	3	11	5.32	30
	22	90.0	3	3	5.10	18
	24	89.2	3	7	4.32	18
	16	60.1	2	7	5.82	7
	13	59.1	2	5	5.31	17
	7	22.1	0	2	5.24	10
	10	18.1	0	2	10.31	5
	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
	21	2	1	0	5.66	17
	19	0	2	0	6.75	8
	7	1	0	0	6.30	8
	5	0	0	0	4.50	1
	4	0	0	0	3.24	1
	4	0	0	0	12.91	0
	4	0	0	0	5.40	0
	1	0	0	0	12.00	0
	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

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References

• 1928 Boston Braves season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. Web site: Karpinski. David. Another Episode of How the Game Has Changed. baseballroundtable.com. 24 September 2017.
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gibsofr01.shtml Frank Gibson page at Baseball Reference
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hogansh01.shtml Rogers Hornsby page at Baseball Reference
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/palmeem01.shtml Emilio Palmero page at Baseball Reference
5. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997