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1928 New York Yankees

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1927 / 1929

101-53, Finished 1st in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Miller Huggins (101-53)
Scored 894 runs, Allowed 685 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 95-59

Ballparks: Yankee Stadium I · Attendance: 1,072,132 (1st of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 94 · one-year: Batting - 93, Pitching - 90

Postseason:  Won World Series (4-0) over St. Louis Cardinals

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1927 / 1929 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Benny Bengough 29 R R 5' 7" 168 Jul 27, 1898 6 58 50 58 58 0 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
George Burns 35 R R 6' 1" 180 Jan 31, 1893 15 4 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 $
Archie Campbell 24 R R 6' 0" 180 Oct 20, 1903 1st 13 1 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $
Pat Collins 31 R R 5' 11" 178 Sep 13, 1896 9 70 45 70 70 0 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $
Earle Combs HOF 29 L R 6' 0" 185 May 14, 1899 5 149 149 149 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 149 0 0 4.8 $
Stan Coveleski HOF 38 R R 5' 11" 166 Jul 13, 1889 14 12 8 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1 $
Bill Dickey HOF 21 L R 6' 1" 185 Jun 6, 1907 1st 10 0 10 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -0.1 $
Joe Dugan 31 R R 5' 11" 160 May 12, 1897 12 94 85 94 92 0 0 0 1 91 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.1 $
Leo Durocher HOF 22 R R 5' 10" 160 Jul 27, 1905 2 102 71 102 95 0 0 0 66 0 29 0 0 0 0 4 3 0.6 $
Cedric Durst 31 L L 5' 11" 160 Aug 23, 1896 5 74 20 74 35 0 0 3 0 0 0 13 6 14 33 37 2 -0.5 $
Mike Gazella 32 R R 5' 7" 165 Oct 13, 1895 4 32 12 32 21 0 0 0 4 16 3 0 0 0 0 6 5 0.0 $
Lou Gehrig HOF 25 L L 6' 0" 200 Jun 19, 1903 6 154 154 154 154 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.1 $25,000
Johnny Grabowski 28 R R 5' 10" 185 Jan 7, 1900 5 75 59 75 75 0 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Fred Heimach 27 L L 6' 0" 175 Jan 27, 1901 8 18 9 18 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.8 $
Waite Hoyt HOF 28 R R 6' 0" 180 Sep 9, 1899 11 42 31 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.4 $20,000
Hank Johnson 22 R R 5' 11" 175 May 21, 1906 3 31 22 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $
Mark Koenig 23 B R 6' 0" 180 Jul 19, 1904 4 132 125 132 125 0 0 0 0 0 125 0 0 0 0 7 0 2.1 $
Tony Lazzeri HOF 24 R R 5' 11" 170 Dec 6, 1903 3 116 110 116 110 0 0 0 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 4.7 $
Bob Meusel 31 R R 6' 3" 190 Jul 19, 1896 9 131 131 131 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 86 0 45 131 0 0 2.1 $13,000
Wilcy Moore 31 R R 6' 0" 195 May 20, 1897 2 35 2 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2 $
Ben Paschal 32 R R 5' 11" 185 Oct 13, 1895 7 65 8 65 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 1 8 24 41 0 0.2 $
Herb Pennock HOF 34 B L 6' 0" 160 Feb 10, 1894 16 28 24 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 $17,500
George Pipgras 28 R R 6' 1" 185 Dec 20, 1899 4 46 38 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.7 $
Gene Robertson 28 L R 5' 7" 152 Dec 25, 1899 7 83 59 83 72 0 0 0 2 71 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 -0.4 $
Babe Ruth HOF 33 L L 6' 2" 215 Feb 6, 1895 15 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 0 99 154 0 0 11.0 $70,000
Rosy Ryan 30 L R 6' 0" 185 Mar 15, 1898 9 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $
Al Shealy 28 R R 5' 11" 175 May 24, 1900 1st 23 12 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Urban Shocker 37 R R 5' 10" 170 Sep 22, 1890 13 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Myles Thomas 30 R R 5' 9" 170 Oct 22, 1897 3 13 1 13 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 $
Tom Zachary 32 L L 6' 1" 187 May 7, 1896 11 7 6 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

1927 / 1929 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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