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1928 Boston Red Sox Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1927 / 1929)
57-96, Finished 8th in American League
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Scored 589 runs, Allowed 770 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 58-95
Manager: Bill Carrigan (57-96)
Ballpark: Fenway Park I (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 396,920 (5th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 96, Pitching - 100;   one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 101

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Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Fred Hofmann 34 78 213 199 14 45 8 1 0 16 0 1 11 25 .226 .270 .276 .547 46 55 1 2
2 1B Phil Todt* 26 144 599 539 61 136 31 8 12 73 6 5 26 47 .252 .290 .406 .697 84 219 3 31
3 2B Bill Regan 29 138 555 511 53 135 30 6 7 75 9 6 21 40 .264 .296 .387 .683 81 198 2 21
4 SS Wally Gerber 36 104 344 300 21 64 6 1 0 28 6 1 32 31 .213 .289 .240 .529 43 72 0 12
5 3B Buddy Myer* 24 147 619 536 78 168 26 6 1 44 30 16 53 28 .313 .379 .390 .769 106 209 4 26
6 OF Ken Williams* 38 133 515 462 59 140 25 1 8 67 4 9 37 15 .303 .356 .413 .769 105 191 1 15
7 OF Doug Taitt* 25 143 537 482 51 144 28 14 3 61 13 6 36 32 .299 .350 .434 .784 108 209 2 17
8 OF Ira Flagstead 34 140 587 510 84 148 41 4 1 39 12 9 60 23 .290 .366 .392 .758 103 200 1 16
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 UT Jack Rothrock# 23 117 384 344 52 92 9 4 3 22 12 6 33 40 .267 .333 .343 .676 81 118 1 6
10 MI Billy Rogell# 23 102 339 296 33 69 10 4 0 29 2 6 22 47 .233 .295 .294 .589 58 87 4 17
11 C Charlie Berry 25 80 202 177 18 46 7 3 1 19 1 1 21 19 .260 .342 .350 .692 85 62 1 3
12 C Johnnie Heving 32 82 174 158 11 41 7 2 0 11 1 1 11 10 .259 .308 .329 .637 70 52 0 5
13 OF George Loepp 26 15 59 51 6 9 3 1 0 3 0 0 5 12 .176 .250 .275 .525 40 14 0 3
14 UT Red Rollings* 24 50 57 48 7 11 3 1 0 9 0 0 6 8 .229 .315 .333 .648 73 16 0 3
15 OF Carl Sumner* 19 16 34 29 6 8 1 1 0 3 0 0 5 6 .276 .382 .379 .762 104 11 0 0
16 OF Denny Williams* 31 16 19 18 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .222 .263 .222 .485 31 4 0 0
17 OF Arlie Tarbert 23 6 19 17 1 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 .176 .222 .235 .458 22 4 0 1
18 C Casper Asbjornson 19 6 17 16 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .188 .235 .250 .485 30 4 0 0
19 SS Freddie Moncewicz 24 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
20 Paul Hinson 24 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 P Red Ruffing 23 60 131 121 12 38 13 1 2 19 0 0 3 12 .314 .331 .488 .818 116 59 0 7
22 P Ed Morris 28 47 96 91 8 14 1 2 0 9 0 0 3 30 .154 .181 .209 .390 4 19 0 2
23 P Danny MacFayden 23 35 71 63 5 9 2 1 0 4 0 0 7 32 .143 .229 .206 .435 17 13 0 1
24 P Jack Russell 22 35 70 62 5 13 3 1 0 5 0 0 1 14 .210 .222 .290 .513 36 18 0 7
25 P Slim Harriss 31 27 41 36 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 .139 .139 .139 .278 -26 5 0 5
26 P Merle Settlemire* 25 33 20 17 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 .176 .176 .235 .412 9 4 0 3
27 P Pat Simmons 19 31 16 15 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .133 .188 .133 .321 -13 2 0 0
28 P Herb Bradley 25 15 15 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .154 .154 .154 .308 -18 2 0 2
29 P Marty Griffin 26 12 13 13 0 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .308 .308 .462 .769 103 6 0 0
30 P Hal Wiltse* 24 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
31 P Cliff Garrison 21 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
32 P Steve Slayton 26 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
33 P John Wilson 25 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
34 P John Shea* 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 P Frank Bennett 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.3 154 5757 5135 589 1356 259 62 38 544 97 67 397 514 .264 .319 .361 .680 81 1853 0 20 205 0 0
Rank in 8 AL teams 8 8 8 7 7 6 4 3 7 2 8 8 7 8 8
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
Casper Asbjornson 19 17 13 1 2.0 105 .200 .188 .284 .235 .348 .250 .403 .485 .751 30 .177 -1.6 -0.2 .385 .125 .063 /2
Frank Bennett 23 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
Charlie Berry 25 202 135 21 4.2 105 .287 .260 .284 .342 .348 .350 .403 .692 .751 85 .440 -3.3 -0.3 .636 .209 .090 1.0 2
Herb Bradley 25 15 13 0 0.0 105 .200 .154 .284 .154 .348 .154 .403 .308 .751 -18 .000 -2.2 -0.2 .182 .000 .000 1
Ira Flagstead 34 587 387 72 5.0 105 .302 .290 .284 .366 .348 .392 .403 .758 .751 103 .522 5.0 0.5 .712 .225 .102 1.8 *O
Cliff Garrison 21 3 3 0 0.0 105 .000 .000 .284 .000 .348 .000 .403 .000 .751 -100 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
Wally Gerber 36 344 249 22 2.4 105 .238 .213 .284 .289 .348 .240 .403 .529 .751 43 .218 -24.1 -2.4 .460 .150 .027 .0 *6
Marty Griffin 26 13 9 2 5.9 105 .400 .308 .284 .308 .348 .462 .403 .769 .751 103 .601 0.1 0.0 .667 .154 .154 1
Slim Harriss 31 41 36 1 0.7 105 .250 .139 .284 .139 .348 .139 .403 .278 .751 -26 .032 -6.6 -0.6 .161 .000 .000 1
Johnnie Heving 32 174 123 16 3.5 105 .277 .259 .284 .308 .348 .329 .403 .637 .751 70 .361 -6.8 -0.7 .534 .139 .070 .0 2
Paul Hinson 24 0 0 0.0 0.0
Fred Hofmann 34 213 157 14 2.4 105 .259 .226 .284 .270 .348 .276 .403 .547 .751 46 .221 -15.5 -1.5 .426 .101 .050 2
George Loepp 26 59 45 4 2.4 105 .231 .176 .284 .250 .348 .275 .403 .525 .751 40 .220 -4.5 -0.4 .452 .196 .098 O
Danny MacFayden 23 71 55 3 1.5 105 .290 .143 .284 .229 .348 .206 .403 .435 .751 17 .104 -7.6 -0.8 .370 .175 .063 1/O
Freddie Moncewicz 24 1 1 0 0.0 105 .000 .284 .000 .348 .000 .403 .000 .751 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000 /6
Ed Morris 28 96 79 3 1.0 105 .230 .154 .284 .181 .348 .209 .403 .390 .751 4 .056 -13.1 -1.3 .286 .088 .055 1
*Buddy Myer 24 619 410 78 5.1 105 .329 .313 .284 .379 .348 .390 .403 .769 .751 106 .532 6.9 0.7 .729 .201 .076 1.9 *5
Bill Regan 29 555 403 57 3.8 105 .276 .264 .284 .296 .348 .387 .403 .683 .751 81 .398 -15.4 -1.5 .586 .170 .123 7.9 *4/O
#Billy Rogell 23 339 250 24 2.6 105 .277 .233 .284 .295 .348 .294 .403 .589 .751 58 .245 -18.0 -1.8 .468 .122 .061 .0 64/O5
*Red Rollings 24 57 40 5 3.3 105 .275 .229 .284 .315 .348 .333 .403 .648 .751 73 .345 -1.7 -0.2 .595 .229 .104 /34O5
#Jack Rothrock 23 384 264 39 3.9 105 .296 .267 .284 .333 .348 .343 .403 .676 .751 81 .416 -9.2 -0.9 .612 .189 .076 4.8 O536/421
Red Ruffing 23 131 90 20 5.9 105 .336 .314 .284 .331 .348 .488 .403 .818 .751 116 .601 2.5 0.2 .747 .198 .174 .0 1
Jack Russell 22 70 56 4 1.9 105 .271 .210 .284 .222 .348 .290 .403 .513 .751 36 .159 -5.9 -0.6 .388 .097 .081 1
*Merle Settlemire 25 20 17 1 1.6 105 .300 .176 .284 .176 .348 .235 .403 .412 .751 9 .117 -2.2 -0.2 .286 .059 .059 1
*John Shea 23 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
Pat Simmons 19 16 13 0 0.0 105 .250 .133 .284 .188 .348 .133 .403 .321 .751 -13 .000 -2.5 -0.2 .231 .067 .000 1
Steve Slayton 26 2 2 0 0.0 105 .000 .000 .284 .000 .348 .000 .403 .000 .751 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
*Carl Sumner 19 34 21 4 5.1 105 .348 .276 .284 .382 .348 .379 .403 .762 .751 104 .532 0.3 0.0 .762 .276 .103 O
*Doug Taitt 25 537 361 73 5.4 105 .315 .299 .284 .350 .348 .434 .403 .784 .751 108 .559 4.8 0.5 .738 .224 .135 4.9 *O/1
Arlie Tarbert 23 19 15 1 1.8 105 .188 .176 .284 .222 .348 .235 .403 .458 .751 22 .143 -1.9 -0.2 .429 .176 .059 .0 /O
*Phil Todt 26 599 439 62 3.8 105 .258 .252 .284 .290 .348 .406 .403 .697 .751 84 .397 -14.5 -1.4 .610 .204 .154 8.0 *3
*Denny Williams 31 19 14 1 1.9 105 .235 .222 .284 .263 .348 .222 .403 .485 .751 31 .159 -1.8 -0.2 .357 .056 .000 /O
*Ken Williams 38 515 346 65 5.0 105 .301 .303 .284 .356 .348 .413 .403 .769 .751 105 .525 3.9 0.4 .677 .180 .110 5.3 *O
John Wilson 25 1 1 0 0.0 105 .000 .284 .000 .348 .000 .403 .000 .751 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000 /1
*Hal Wiltse 24 4 4 0 0.0 105 .000 .000 .284 .000 .348 .000 .403 .000 .751 -100 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
League Average 4.8 108 .298 .280 .288 .343 .353 .395 .410 .739 .763 94 .506 .679 .211 .115
Team Total 5757 4051 593 3.9 105 .288 .264 .284 .319 .348 .361 .403 .680 .751 81 .412 -138.1 -13.6 .598 .180 .097 54.6
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
Casper Asbjornson 19 6 18 17 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 .176 .222 .235 .458 1 6 6
Charlie Berry 25 84 207 185 18 47 7 3 1 19 1 21 20 .254 .333 .341 .674 21 80 80
Herb Bradley 25 16 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 15 15
Ira Flagstead 34 147 596 533 86 152 42 4 1 40 12 62 24 .285 .361 .385 .745 74 140 140
Cliff Garrison 21 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6 6
Wally Gerber 36 116 370 335 23 73 7 1 0 29 6 35 36 .218 .292 .245 .537 24 110 110
Marty Griffin 26 13 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 12 12
Slim Harriss 31 28 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 27 27
Johnnie Heving 32 86 176 165 11 42 7 2 0 11 1 11 11 .255 .301 .321 .622 16 82 82
Fred Hofmann 34 82 220 208 14 46 8 1 0 16 0 11 26 .221 .264 .269 .533 15 78 78
George Loepp 26 16 58 53 5 9 3 1 0 3 0 5 13 .170 .241 .264 .506 3 15 15
Danny MacFayden 23 37 75 67 5 10 2 1 0 4 0 8 34 .149 .240 .209 .449 3 35 35
Freddie Moncewicz 24 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3 3
Ed Morris 28 49 98 95 7 14 1 2 0 8 0 3 32 .147 .173 .200 .373 3 47 47
*Buddy Myer 24 155 619 560 79 173 27 6 1 45 31 55 29 .309 .375 .384 .759 80 147 147
Bill Regan 29 145 557 534 54 138 31 6 7 76 9 21 42 .258 .289 .378 .667 58 138 138
#Billy Rogell 23 107 334 308 34 69 10 4 0 30 2 22 49 .224 .284 .282 .567 24 102 102
*Red Rollings 24 53 58 51 7 12 3 1 0 9 0 7 8 .235 .328 .333 .661 5 50 50
#Jack Rothrock 23 123 395 360 53 95 9 4 3 22 12 34 42 .264 .329 .336 .665 40 117 117
Red Ruffing 23 63 129 126 12 39 13 1 2 19 0 3 13 .310 .326 .476 .802 20 60 60
Jack Russell 22 37 67 66 5 14 3 1 0 5 0 1 15 .212 .224 .288 .512 4 35 35
*Merle Settlemire 25 35 18 18 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 33 33
Pat Simmons 19 33 17 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .000 .059 .000 .059 0 31 31
Steve Slayton 26 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3 3
*Carl Sumner 19 17 35 30 6 8 1 1 0 3 0 5 6 .267 .371 .367 .738 4 16 16
*Doug Taitt 25 150 543 504 52 148 29 14 3 62 13 37 34 .294 .344 .425 .769 74 143 143
Arlie Tarbert 23 6 19 18 1 3 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 .167 .211 .222 .433 1 6 6
*Phil Todt 26 151 593 563 62 139 32 8 12 75 6 27 49 .247 .285 .396 .681 63 144 144
*Denny Williams 31 17 20 19 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 .211 .250 .211 .461 1 16 16
*Ken Williams 38 140 518 480 60 141 25 1 8 68 4 37 16 .294 .346 .400 .746 66 133 133
John Wilson 25 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
*Hal Wiltse 24 29 27 27 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 28 28
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Casper Asbjornson 19 1 17 6 17 16 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .188 .235 .250 .485 30 4 0 0
Frank Bennett 23 2 3 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
Charlie Berry 25 2 216 90 216 191 19 49 8 3 1 22 1 1 21 21 .257 .333 .346 .679 81 66 1 3
Herb Bradley 25 2 22 21 22 20 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .250 .500 33 5 0 2
Ira Flagstead 34 11 4467 1116 4467 3858 601 1131 250 45 38 411 67 55 437 271 .293 .373 .411 .784 106 1585 53 119
Cliff Garrison 21 1 3 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Wally Gerber 36 14 5711 1461 5711 5008 552 1294 169 45 7 471 42 47 457 345 .258 .324 .314 .639 67 1574 33 213
Marty Griffin 26 1 13 12 13 13 0 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .308 .308 .462 .769 103 6 0 0
Slim Harriss 31 9 612 349 612 565 21 82 4 0 1 29 0 0 8 172 .145 .160 .158 .318 -18 89 2 37
Johnnie Heving 32 4 429 173 429 387 40 92 19 3 0 28 1 2 33 24 .238 .298 .302 .600 57 117 0 9
Paul Hinson 24 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fred Hofmann 34 9 1108 378 1108 1000 98 247 49 11 7 93 6 3 77 120 .247 .308 .339 .647 69 339 11 20
George Loepp 26 1 59 15 59 51 6 9 3 1 0 3 0 0 5 12 .176 .250 .275 .525 40 14 0 3
Danny MacFayden 23 3 131 75 131 112 8 23 3 2 1 10 1 1 12 47 .205 .288 .295 .583 54 33 1 6
Freddie Moncewicz 24 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Ed Morris 28 2 100 52 100 95 8 15 1 2 0 10 0 0 3 32 .158 .184 .211 .394 5 20 0 2
*Buddy Myer 24 4 1727 431 1727 1498 211 448 67 23 4 160 52 33 154 66 .299 .367 .383 .750 98 573 8 67
Bill Regan 29 3 1508 375 1508 1382 136 369 88 19 13 175 25 19 70 128 .267 .306 .386 .693 82 534 8 48
#Billy Rogell 23 3 763 242 763 672 80 157 29 11 2 74 5 10 57 92 .234 .297 .318 .616 61 214 4 30
*Red Rollings 24 2 264 132 264 232 26 60 7 2 0 18 3 1 18 18 .259 .323 .306 .629 66 71 4 10
#Jack Rothrock 23 4 928 271 928 844 122 227 37 15 4 67 17 11 63 94 .269 .322 .363 .685 80 306 3 18
Red Ruffing 23 5 338 171 338 313 31 80 21 5 3 39 0 1 6 53 .256 .274 .383 .658 71 120 2 17
Jack Russell 22 3 143 106 143 131 10 23 3 3 0 9 0 0 3 36 .176 .194 .244 .438 15 32 0 9
*Merle Settlemire 25 1 20 33 20 17 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 .176 .176 .235 .412 9 4 0 3
*John Shea 23 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pat Simmons 19 1 16 31 16 15 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .133 .188 .133 .321 -13 2 0 0
Steve Slayton 26 1 2 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
*Carl Sumner 19 1 34 16 34 29 6 8 1 1 0 3 0 0 5 6 .276 .382 .379 .762 104 11 0 0
*Doug Taitt 25 1 537 143 537 482 51 144 28 14 3 61 13 6 36 32 .299 .350 .434 .784 108 209 2 17
Arlie Tarbert 23 2 97 39 97 86 6 16 2 0 0 7 1 0 4 13 .186 .247 .209 .457 21 18 3 4
*Phil Todt 26 5 2549 631 2549 2301 251 589 109 41 37 283 18 12 144 146 .256 .306 .387 .693 80 891 21 83
*Denny Williams 31 4 361 120 361 328 46 85 4 3 0 18 5 10 28 19 .259 .319 .290 .609 57 95 1 4
*Ken Williams 38 13 5455 1323 5455 4723 839 1504 271 75 193 892 153 101 551 280 .318 .393 .530 .923 137 2504 28 153
John Wilson 25 2 10 7 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .100 .100 .100 .200 -47 1 0 0
*Hal Wiltse 24 3 174 101 174 162 10 26 4 0 0 6 3 0 4 30 .160 .186 .185 .371 -3 30 1 7
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

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