1928 New York Yankees

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1928 New York Yankees
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901)
1928 Uniform
Image:Al 1922 newyork 01.gif
Location
Yankee Stadium (Since 1923) New York City, New York (Since 1903)
1928 Information
Owner(s)	Jacob Ruppert
Manager(s)	Miller Huggins
Local television	none
Local radio	none
Baseball-Reference	1928 New York Yankees

Contents 1 1928 New York Yankees / Franchise: New York Yankees / BR Team Page 2 Season standings 3 Player stats 3.1 Batting 3.1.1 Other batters 3.2 Starting pitchers 3.3 Other pitchers 3.4 Relief pitchers 4 World Series 5 External links

[edit] 1928 New York Yankees / Franchise: New York Yankees / BR Team Page

The New York Yankees' 1928 season was their 26th season. The team finished with a record of 101-53, winning their sixth pennant, finishing 2.5 games ahead of the Philadelphia Athletics. New York was managed by Miller Huggins. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they swept the St. Louis Cardinals. Pitcher Urban Shocker died in September due to tuberculosis.

[edit] Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	101	53	.656	--
Philadelphia Athletics	98	55	.641	2½
St. Louis Browns	82	72	.532	19
Washington Senators	75	79	.487	26
Chicago White Sox	72	82	.468	29
Detroit Tigers	68	86	.442	33
Cleveland Indians	62	92	.403	39
Boston Red Sox	57	96	.373	43½

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

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
Earle Combs	149	626	194	.310	7	56
Joe Dugan	94	312	86	.276	6	34
Lou Gehrig	154	562	210	.374	27	142
Johnny Grabowski	75	202	48	.238	1	21
Mark Koenig	132	533	170	.319	4	63
Tony Lazzeri	116	404	134	.332	10	82
Bob Meusel	131	518	154	.297	11	113
Babe Ruth	154	536	173	.323	54	142

[edit] Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Benny Bengough	58	161	43	.267	0	9
George Burns	4	4	2	.500	0	0
Pat Collins	70	136	30	.221	6	14
Bill Dickey	10	15	3	.200	0	2
Leo Durocher	102	296	80	.270	0	31
Cedric Durst	74	135	34	.252	2	10
Mike Gazella	32	56	13	.232	0	2
Ben Paschal	65	79	25	.316	1	15
Gene Robertson	83	251	73	.291	1	36

[edit] 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
Waite Hoyt	42	273	23	7	3.36	67
Hank Johnson	31	299	14	9	4.30	110
Herb Pennock	28	211	17	6	2.56	53
George Pipgras	46	300.7	24	13	3.38	139
Al Shealy	23	96	8	6	5.06	39

[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Stan Coveleski	12	58	5	1	5.74	5
Fred Heimach	13	68	2	3	3.31	25
Rosy Ryan	3	6	0	0	16.50	5
Urban Shocker	1	2	0	0	0.00	0
Tom Zachary	7	45.7	3	3	3.94	7

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Archie Campbell	13	0	1	2	5.25	9
Wilcy Moore	35	4	4	2	4.18	18
Myles Thomas	12	1	0	0	3.41	10

[edit] World Series

Main article: 1928 World Series

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Cardinals – 1, Yankees – 4	October 4	Yankee Stadium	61,425
2	Cardinals – 3, Yankees – 9	October 5	Yankee Stadium	60,714
3	Yankees – 7, Cardinals – 3	October 7	Sportsman's Park	39,602
4	Yankees – 7, Cardinals – 3	October 9	Sportsman's Park	37,331

[edit] External links

• 1928 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

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