1928 St. Louis Browns season explained

St. Louis Browns
Season:1928
League:American League
Ballpark:Sportsman's Park
City:St. Louis, Missouri
Record:82–72 (.532)
League Place:3rd
Owners:Phil Ball
Managers:Dan Howley
Radio:KMOX
WIL (AM)
KWK

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

Regular season

Notable transactions

Roster

1928 St. Louis Browns
Roster
PitchersCatchersInfieldersOutfieldersManager

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C 91 245 70 .286 3 39
1B 154 549 154 .281 14 80
2B 135 483 118 .244 10 66
SS 150 560 153 .273 3 81
3B 99 391 103 .263 1 62
OF 146 556 159 .286 7 85
OF 154 638 241 .378 13 108
OF 127 496 117 .236 0 44

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
76 243 55 .226 2 31
47 168 61 .363 2 18
67 159 45 .283 4 24
51 132 25 .189 0 9
54 45 10 .222 1 8
10 24 7 .292 0 6
15 18 7 .389 0 2
6 18 5 .278 0 0
16 17 3 .176 0 0
7 8 2 .250 0 0
2 6 3 .500 0 1
6 5 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
35 262.2 20 12 3.19 102
41 244.0 21 5 3.69 99
38 242.2 15 16 4.15 67
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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
29 142.2 7 9 4.67 25
29 85.2 4 5 6.09 25
26 72.0 2 5 5.25 23
16 49.0 2 3 4.41 17

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
22 0 2 1 4.29 8
6 1 0 0 3.00 1
2 0 0 0 13.50 2

References

Notes and References

  1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/riceha01.shtml Harry Rice page at Baseball Reference
  2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gerbewa01.shtml Wally Gerber page at Baseball Reference