1928 Brooklyn Robins season explained

Brooklyn Robins
Season:	1928
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Ebbets Field
City:	Brooklyn, New York
Owners:	Stephen McKeever, Brooklyn Trust Company
President:	Wilbert Robinson
Managers:	Wilbert Robinson

The 1928 Brooklyn Robins finished in sixth 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

• December 12, 1928: Johnny Butler was purchased from the Robins by the Chicago Cubs.^[1]

Regular season

Notable transactions

• June 8, 1928: Charlie Hargreaves was traded by the Robins to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Joe Harris and Johnny Gooch.^[2]
• June 23, 1928: Howard Freigau was purchased from the Robins by the Boston Braves.^[3]

Roster

1928 Brooklyn Robins
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

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		82	258	19	65	.252	0	23	3
1B		155	587	90	188	.320	25	106	5
2B		103	339	51	93	.274	2	44	10
3B		126	425	83	135	.318	11	59	16
SS		149	515	47	127	.247	0	51	7
OF		134	486	64	165	.340	12	91	1
OF		145	501	78	148	.295	4	70	2
OF		108	296	41	73	.247	2	19	18

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
	92	281	22	63	.224	3	35	6
	59	210	25	57	.271	1	21	3
	77	171	28	40	.234	0	16	3
	39	153	26	31	.203	0	3	2
	55	132	12	28	.212	2	8	2
	42	101	9	32	.317	0	12	0
	55	89	8	21	.236	1	8	0
	37	73	18	18	.247	0	12	2
	20	61	3	12	.197	0	5	1
	17	34	6	7	.206	0	3	0
	10	31	1	6	.194	0	1	0
	7	21	4	6	.286	0	1	0
	3	12	0	0	.000	0	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	GS	CG	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO
	38	32	24	280.1	22	10	2.09	72	200
	42	32	12	244.0	14	14	3.17	114	79
	40	31	15	234.0	15	15	4.04	56	74

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	GS	CG	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO
	40	19	10	194.2	12	9	2.68	50	85
	41	21	7	192.0	9	14	3.89	64	74
	28	12	4	99.1	3	8	3.26	35	12
	22	5	1	60.1	0	3	4.92	35	5

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
	28	54.0	1	3	2	4.67	27	12
	17	37.1	1	0	1	2.41	15	10

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Del Bissonette

• #4 in NL in home runs (25)

Watty Clark

• #4 in NL in ERA (2.68)

Dazzy Vance

• MLB leader in ERA (2.09)
• MLB leader in strikeouts (200)
• #3 in NL in wins (22)

References

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page
• Retrosheet

External links

• 1928 Brooklyn Robins uniform
• Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
• Acme Dodgers page

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/butlejo02.shtml Johnny Butler page at Baseball Reference
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hargrch01.shtml Charlie Hargreaves page at Baseball Reference
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/freigho01.shtml Howard Freigau page at Baseball Reference