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1928 American League

1928 > Class Major League > League History
Overall: 617 games, 8 teams, approx. 154 games in season
Attendance: 339,497 (550/game)
Other Years: 1927 / 1929
League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1927 / 1929

League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1927 / 1929

League Standings

Regular Season

154 games
Tm W L W-L% GB
New York Yankees 101 53 .656 --
Philadelphia Athletics 98 55 .641 2.5
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 43.5

League Batting

Tm Aff BatAge R/G G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
New York Yankees NYY 28.0 5.81 154 6070 5337 894 1578 269 79 133 817 51 52 562 544 .296 .365 .450 .816 2404 25 146
Philadelphia Athletics PHA 29.6 5.42 153 5990 5226 829 1540 323 75 89 760 59 55 533 442 .295 .363 .436 .800 2280 31 200
St. Louis Browns SLB 28.5 5.01 154 6007 5217 772 1431 276 76 63 707 78 43 548 479 .274 .346 .393 .739 2048 28 214
Detroit Tigers DET 28.1 4.83 154 5949 5292 744 1476 265 97 62 686 113 79 469 438 .279 .340 .401 .741 2121 25 163
Washington Senators WSH 28.6 4.63 155 6009 5320 718 1510 277 93 40 681 108 63 481 390 .284 .346 .393 .740 2093 28 180
Cleveland Indians CLE 27.3 4.35 155 5984 5386 674 1535 299 61 34 619 50 52 377 426 .285 .335 .382 .717 2058 30 191
Chicago White Sox CHW 27.4 4.23 155 5907 5207 656 1405 231 77 24 592 144 88 469 488 .270 .334 .358 .691 1862 31 200
Boston Red Sox BOS 28.2 3.82 154 5754 5132 589 1356 260 62 38 544 97 68 395 512 .264 .319 .361 .681 1854 21 206
League Totals 28.2 4.76 1234 47670 42117 5876 11831 2200 620 483 5406 700 500 3834 3719 .281 .344 .397 .741 16720 219 1500

League Pitching

Tm Aff PitchAge R/G W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
Philadelphia Athletics PHA 31.9 4.02 98 55 .641 3.36 153 153 72 81 15 16 1367.2 1349 615 511 66 424 607 22 0 19 5791 1.296 8.9 0.4 2.8 4.0 1.43
New York Yankees NYY 28.8 4.45 101 53 .656 3.74 154 154 72 82 13 21 1375.1 1466 685 571 59 452 487 18 1 19 5934 1.395 9.6 0.4 3.0 3.2 1.08
Washington Senators WSH 28.4 4.55 75 79 .487 3.88 155 155 78 77 15 10 1384.0 1420 705 596 40 466 462 31 2 17 5906 1.363 9.2 0.3 3.0 3.0 0.99
Chicago White Sox CHW 29.3 4.68 72 82 .468 3.98 155 155 67 88 6 11 1378.0 1518 725 610 66 501 418 32 2 17 6002 1.465 9.9 0.4 3.3 2.7 0.83
St. Louis Browns SLB 27.1 4.82 82 72 .532 4.17 154 154 74 80 6 15 1374.1 1487 742 637 93 454 456 16 1 11 5941 1.412 9.7 0.6 3.0 3.0 1.00
Boston Red Sox BOS 24.6 5.00 57 96 .373 4.39 154 154 84 70 5 9 1352.0 1492 770 660 49 452 407 40 3 11 5883 1.438 9.9 0.3 3.0 2.7 0.90
Detroit Tigers DET 27.3 5.22 68 86 .442 4.32 154 154 89 65 5 16 1372.0 1481 804 658 58 567 451 36 1 19 6084 1.493 9.7 0.4 3.7 3.0 0.80
Cleveland Indians CLE 26.7 5.35 62 92 .403 4.47 155 155 84 71 4 15 1378.0 1615 830 684 52 511 416 43 3 25 6095 1.543 10.5 0.3 3.3 2.7 0.81
League Totals 28.0 4.76 615 615 .500 4.04 1234 1234 620 614 69 113 10981.1 11828 5876 4927 483 3827 3704 238 13 138 47636 1.426 9.7 0.4 3.1 3.0 0.97

League Fielding

Tm Aff G CG PO A E DP Fld% PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Attendance Managers
Washington Senators WSH 155 4142 1940 178 146 .972 13 72 62 46% Bucky Harris
Boston Red Sox BOS 154 4047 1946 178 139 .971 7 110 77 41% Bill Carrigan
Chicago White Sox CHW 155 4121 1849 186 149 .970 10 59 60 50% Lena Blackburne
Philadelphia Athletics PHA 153 4101 1732 181 124 .970 10 83 45 35% Connie Mack
St. Louis Browns SLB 154 4121 1770 189 146 .969 8 98 51 34% 339,497 Dan Howley
New York Yankees NYY 154 4127 1740 194 136 .968 9 102 64 39% Miller Huggins
Cleveland Indians CLE 155 4124 2055 221 187 .965 16 90 72 44% Roger Peckinpaugh
Detroit Tigers DET 154 4108 1861 218 140 .965 12 86 71 45% George Moriarty
League Totals 1234 32891 14893 1545 1167 .969 85 700 502 42% 339,497