1928 NL

The 1928 season of the National League was the fifty-third season of the league.

[edit] Season summary

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	St. Louis Cardinals	154	95	59	0	.617	-.-	807 (5.24)	636 (4.13)	0.281	0.350	0.425	3.38	0.974
2	New York Giants	155	93	61	1	.600	2.0	807 (5.21)	653 (4.21)	0.293	0.346	0.430	3.67	0.972
3	Chicago Cubs	154	91	63	0	.591	4.0	714 (4.64)	615 (3.99)	0.278	0.341	0.402	3.40	0.975
4	Pittsburgh Pirates	152	85	67	0	.559	9.0	837 (5.51)	704 (4.63)	0.309	0.361	0.421	3.95	0.967
5	Cincinnati Reds	153	78	74	1	.510	16.0	648 (4.24)	686 (4.48)	0.280	0.329	0.368	3.94	0.974
6	Brooklyn Robins	155	77	76	2	.497	17.5	665 (4.29)	640 (4.13)	0.266	0.336	0.374	3.25	0.965
7	Boston Braves	153	50	103	0	.327	44.5	631 (4.12)	878 (5.74)	0.275	0.332	0.367	4.83	0.969
8	Philadelphia Phillies	152	43	109	0	.283	51.0	660 (4.34)	957 (6.30)	0.267	0.331	0.382	5.56	0.971

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Del Bissonette	Brooklyn Robins	155
At Bats	Lloyd Waner	Pittsburgh Pirates	659
Runs Scored	Paul Waner	Pittsburgh Pirates	142
Hits	Freddie Lindstrom	New York Giants	231
Doubles	Paul Waner	Pittsburgh Pirates	50
Triples	Jim Bottomley	St. Louis Cardinals	20
Home Runs	Jim Bottomley Hack Wilson	St. Louis Cardinals Chicago Cubs	31
Total Bases	Jim Bottomley	St. Louis Cardinals	362
Runs Batted In	Jim Bottomley	St. Louis Cardinals	136
Stolen Bases	Kiki Cuyler	Chicago Cubs	37
Walks	Rogers Hornsby	Boston Braves	107
Hit by Pitch	Taylor Douthit	St. Louis Cardinals	10
Strikeouts	Hack Wilson	Chicago Cubs	94
Sacrifice Hits	Pie Traynor	Pittsburgh Pirates	42
Batting Average	Rogers Hornsby	Boston Braves	0.387
On-Base Percentage	Rogers Hornsby	Boston Braves	0.498
Slugging Percentage	Rogers Hornsby	Boston Braves	0.632
On-Base plus Slugging	Rogers Hornsby	Boston Braves	1.130
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Rogers Hornsby	Boston Braves	200

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Larry Benton Burleigh Grimes	New York Giants Pittsburgh Pirates	25
Losses	Ed Brandt	Boston Braves	21
Win-Loss Percentage	Larry Benton	New York Giants	0.735
Appearances	Burleigh Grimes	Pittsburgh Pirates	48
Games Started	Burleigh Grimes Eppa Rixey	Pittsburgh Pirates Cincinnati Reds	37
Complete Games	Larry Benton Burleigh Grimes	New York Giants Pittsburgh Pirates	28
Shutouts	Sheriff Blake Burleigh Grimes Red Lucas Doug McWeeny Dazzy Vance	Chicago Cubs Pittsburgh Pirates Cincinnati Reds Brooklyn Robins Brooklyn Robins	4
Games Finished	Bob McGraw	Philadelphia Phillies	20
Saves	Hal Haid Bill Sherdel	St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis Cardinals	5
Innings Pitched	Burleigh Grimes	Pittsburgh Pirates	330.2
Batters Faced	Burleigh Grimes	Pittsburgh Pirates	1377
Hits Allowed	Eppa Rixey	Cincinnati Reds	317
Home Runs Allowed	Joe Genewich	Boston Braves/New York Giants	24
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Doug McWeeny	Brooklyn Robins	114
Hit Batsmen	Les Sweetland	Philadelphia Phillies	15
Strikeouts	Dazzy Vance	Brooklyn Robins	200
Wild Pitches	Pat Malone	Chicago Cubs	10
Balks	14 players tied		1
Runs Allowed	Burleigh Grimes	Pittsburgh Pirates	146
Earned Runs Allowed	Ed Brandt	Boston Braves	127
Earned Run Average	Dazzy Vance	Brooklyn Robins	2.09
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Dazzy Vance	Brooklyn Robins	1.063

In the World Series, the National League champion St. Louis Cardinals were defeated by the American League's New York Yankees, 4 games to 0.

The winner of the league's League Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Jim Bottomley, a first baseman with the St. Louis Cardinals. In the award's voting, he had 76 out of a possible 80 points.