1928 New York Yankees

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	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