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1928 New York Yankees
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Owner(s) Jacob Ruppert
Manager(s) Miller Huggins
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Baseball-Reference 1928 New York Yankees

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[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.

The 1928 Yankees, were, like the 1927 Yankees, utterly dominant, staying in first place almost the entire season. They played close to .800 ball in April and then played over .800 in May. In July and August they slipped to a bit over .550 ball but by then it didn't matter. The Yanks beat every team in the league, but oddly, struggled a bit only with the 1928 Browns, who they beat only by 12-10.

The team had the highest BA/OBP/SLG in the league as well as the second-highest team ERA.

Babe Ruth, at age 33, had 54 home runs, twice the total of anyone else on the team. Lou Gehrig had 27. Ruth and Gehrig tied with 142 RBI. Ruth had the most walks with 137 while Gehrig had 95. Ruth scored 163 runs while Gehrig had 139 and Earle Combs had 118. Gehrig led the team in doubles while Bob Meusel was close behind. Combs led the team in triples. Tony Lazzeri had 15 steals to lead the team. Gehrig's .374 batting average was by far the highest on the team.

The pitchers were led by George Pipgras with 24 victories and Waite Hoyt with 23. Hoyt also had 8 saves. Herb Pennock went 17-6 while Hank Johnson was 14-9.

It was to be the last World Series for manager Miller Huggins, who went to six in the 1920's. His last season as manager would be 1929, when the Yanks finished second. He died in September 1929.

[edit] Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB
New York Yankees 101 53 .656 --
Philadelphia Athletics 98 55 .641
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 Combs149626194.310756
Joe Dugan9431286.276634
Lou Gehrig154562210.37427142
Johnny Grabowski7520248.238121
Mark Koenig132533170.319463
Tony Lazzeri116404134.3321082
Bob Meusel131518154.29711113
Babe Ruth154536173.32354142

[edit] Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Benny Bengough5816143.26709
George Burns442.50000
Pat Collins7013630.221614
Bill Dickey10153.20002
Leo Durocher10229680.270031
Cedric Durst7413534.252210
Mike Gazella325613.23202
Ben Paschal657925.316115
Gene Robertson8325173.291136

[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
GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1 Cardinals – 1, Yankees – 4 October 4Yankee Stadium 61,425
2 Cardinals – 3, Yankees – 9 October 5Yankee Stadium 60,714
3 Yankees – 7, Cardinals – 3 October 7Sportsman's Park 39,602
4 Yankees – 7, Cardinals – 3 October 9Sportsman's Park 37,331

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