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1928 Philadelphia Phillies Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1927 / 1929)
43-109, Finished 8th in National League
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Scored 660 runs, Allowed 957 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 51-101
Manager: Burt Shotton (43-109)
Ballpark: Baker Bowl (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 182,168 (8th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 107, Pitching - 110;   one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 109

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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 Walt Lerian 25 96 292 239 28 65 16 2 2 26 0 41 29 .272 .385 .381 .766 95 91 3 9
2 1B Don Hurst* 22 107 475 396 73 113 23 4 19 64 3 68 40 .285 .391 .508 .899 127 201 1 10
3 2B Fresco Thompson 26 152 700 634 99 182 34 11 3 50 19 42 27 .287 .332 .390 .722 83 247 1 23
4 SS Heinie Sand 30 141 509 426 38 90 26 1 0 38 1 60 47 .211 .310 .277 .587 50 118 1 22
5 3B Pinky Whitney 23 151 636 585 73 176 35 4 10 103 3 36 30 .301 .342 .426 .768 94 249 1 14
6 OF Denny Sothern 24 141 618 579 82 165 27 5 5 38 17 34 53 .285 .327 .375 .702 78 217 2 3
7 OF Freddy Leach* 30 145 637 588 83 179 36 11 13 96 4 30 30 .304 .342 .469 .812 104 276 4 15
8 OF Cy Williams* 40 99 303 238 31 61 9 0 12 37 0 54 34 .256 .400 .445 .845 115 106 3 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
9 OF Chuck Klein* 23 64 275 253 41 91 14 4 11 34 0 14 22 .360 .396 .577 .973 144 146 1 7
10 C Spud Davis 23 67 180 163 16 46 2 0 3 18 0 15 11 .282 .343 .350 .692 76 57 0 2
11 C Johnny Schulte* 31 65 131 113 14 28 2 2 4 17 0 15 12 .248 .336 .407 .743 88 46 0 3
12 OF Bill Deitrick 26 52 120 100 13 20 6 0 0 7 1 17 10 .200 .322 .260 .582 50 26 1 2
13 SS Bernie Friberg 28 52 113 94 11 19 3 0 1 7 0 12 16 .202 .292 .266 .558 43 25 0 7
14 OF Russ Wrightstone* 35 33 110 91 7 19 5 1 1 11 0 14 5 .209 .321 .319 .639 63 29 1 4
15 OF Art Jahn 32 36 100 94 8 21 4 0 0 11 0 4 11 .223 .270 .266 .536 37 25 2 0
16 C Jimmie Wilson 27 21 81 70 11 21 4 1 0 13 3 9 8 .300 .380 .386 .765 95 27 0 2
17 1B Bill Kelly 29 23 80 71 6 12 1 1 0 5 0 7 20 .169 .244 .211 .455 17 15 0 2
18 OF Al Nixon 42 25 71 64 7 15 2 0 0 7 1 6 4 .234 .300 .266 .566 45 17 0 1
19 OF Harvey MacDonald* 30 13 18 16 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 .250 .333 .250 .583 50 4 0 0
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
20 P Ray Benge 26 42 69 58 1 12 1 0 0 2 0 4 6 .207 .258 .224 .482 24 13 0 7
21 P Jimmy Ring 33 35 61 60 5 11 1 0 0 7 0 0 21 .183 .183 .200 .383 -3 12 0 1
22 P Les Sweetland 26 41 56 47 1 9 0 0 0 2 0 8 7 .191 .309 .191 .501 30 9 0 1
23 P Claude Willoughby 29 35 45 40 1 6 1 0 0 2 0 4 11 .150 .227 .175 .402 4 7 0 1
24 P Alex Ferguson 31 34 43 39 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 11 .026 .073 .026 .099 -74 1 0 2
25 P Augie Walsh 23 39 40 39 6 10 2 0 1 2 0 0 8 .256 .256 .385 .641 61 15 0 1
26 P Bob McGraw 33 39 39 36 1 4 2 0 0 4 0 0 16 .111 .111 .167 .278 -30 6 0 3
27 P Russ Miller 28 36 29 27 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .148 .179 .148 .327 -16 4 0 1
28 P Hub Pruett* 27 13 27 24 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .208 .240 .208 .448 15 5 0 2
29 P John Milligan 24 13 24 20 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .050 .050 .050 .100 -75 1 0 4
30 P June Greene* 29 11 10 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 .500 .667 .500 1.167 201 3 0 1
31 P Earl Caldwell 23 5 10 9 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 .111 .111 .222 .333 -17 2 0 1
32 P Ed Baecht 21 9 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 -27 1 0 0
33 P Ed Lennon 30 5 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
34 P Clarence Mitchell* 37 5 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 27 1 0 0
35 P Marty Walker* 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.2 152 5917 5234 660 1396 257 47 85 607 52 0 503 510 .267 .333 .382 .716 82 2002 0 21 159 0 0
Rank in 8 NL teams 6 6 7 3 7 4 8 4 2 7 7 5 5 5
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
Ed Baecht 21 7 6 0 0.0 115 .167 .143 .299 .143 .365 .143 .425 .286 .789 -27 .000 -1.4 -0.1 .167 .000 .000 /1
Ray Benge 26 69 53 3 1.5 115 .231 .207 .299 .258 .364 .224 .425 .482 .789 24 .108 -6.9 -0.7 .370 .086 .017 1
Earl Caldwell 23 10 9 0 0.0 115 .125 .111 .299 .111 .364 .222 .425 .333 .789 -17 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .250 .111 .111 /1
Spud Davis 23 180 119 20 4.5 115 .289 .282 .299 .343 .364 .350 .425 .692 .789 76 .471 -6.0 -0.6 .615 .160 .067 .0 2
Bill Deitrick 26 120 82 8 2.6 115 .222 .200 .299 .322 .364 .260 .425 .582 .789 50 .247 -7.1 -0.7 .563 .240 .060 .0 O/6
Alex Ferguson 31 43 40 0 0.0 115 .036 .026 .299 .073 .364 .026 .425 .099 .789 -74 .000 -10.5 -1.0 .079 .051 .000 1
Bernie Friberg 28 113 82 7 2.3 115 .234 .202 .299 .292 .364 .266 .425 .558 .789 43 .205 -8.2 -0.8 .493 .191 .064 .0 6/54O3
*June Greene 29 10 4 2 13.5 115 .600 .500 .299 .667 .364 .500 .425 1.167 .789 201 .867 1.4 0.1 2.000 .500 .000 /1
*Don Hurst 22 475 293 78 7.2 115 .279 .285 .299 .391 .364 .508 .425 .899 .789 127 .673 16.7 1.6 .965 .402 .222 5.2 *3
Art Jahn 32 100 73 6 2.2 115 .253 .223 .299 .270 .364 .266 .425 .536 .789 37 .193 -9.1 -0.9 .425 .085 .043 O
Bill Kelly 29 80 61 4 1.8 115 .235 .169 .299 .244 .364 .211 .425 .455 .789 17 .137 -9.2 -0.9 .373 .141 .042 3
*Chuck Klein 23 275 169 57 9.1 115 .364 .360 .299 .396 .364 .577 .425 .973 .789 144 .760 15.2 1.4 .994 .273 .217 .0 O
*Freddy Leach 30 637 424 93 5.9 115 .305 .304 .299 .342 .364 .469 .425 .812 .789 104 .591 0.8 0.1 .768 .223 .165 6.1 *O3
Ed Lennon 30 4 4 0 0.0 115 .000 .000 .298 .000 .364 .000 .425 .000 .789 -100 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
Walt Lerian 25 292 183 34 5.0 115 .303 .272 .299 .385 .365 .381 .425 .766 .789 95 .516 0.2 0.0 .776 .280 .109 .0 2
*Harvey MacDonald 30 18 12 1 2.2 115 .308 .250 .299 .333 .364 .250 .425 .583 .789 50 .197 -1.2 -0.1 .500 .125 .000 /O
Bob McGraw 33 39 35 1 0.8 115 .200 .111 .299 .111 .364 .167 .425 .278 .789 -30 .034 -7.2 -0.7 .188 .056 .056 1
Russ Miller 28 29 24 1 1.1 115 .182 .148 .299 .179 .364 .148 .425 .327 .789 -16 .064 -4.8 -0.5 .217 .037 .000 1
John Milligan 24 24 23 0 0.0 115 .059 .050 .299 .050 .364 .050 .425 .100 .789 -75 .000 -5.4 -0.5 .053 .000 .000 1
*Clarence Mitchell 37 4 3 0 0.0 115 .250 .250 .298 .250 .364 .250 .425 .500 .789 27 .000 -0.4 -0.0 .333 .000 .000 /1
Al Nixon 42 71 50 5 2.7 115 .250 .234 .299 .300 .364 .266 .425 .566 .789 45 .255 -5.3 -0.5 .490 .141 .031 .0 O
*Hub Pruett 27 27 21 1 1.3 115 .263 .208 .299 .240 .364 .208 .425 .448 .789 15 .081 -3.2 -0.3 .316 .042 .000 1
Jimmy Ring 33 61 50 2 1.1 115 .282 .183 .299 .183 .364 .200 .425 .383 .789 -3 .061 -9.5 -0.9 .245 .017 .017 1
Heinie Sand 30 509 358 36 2.7 115 .237 .211 .299 .310 .364 .277 .425 .587 .789 50 .258 -30.9 -3.0 .536 .209 .066 .0 *6
*Johnny Schulte 31 131 88 15 4.6 115 .247 .248 .299 .336 .364 .407 .425 .743 .789 88 .477 -2.6 -0.2 .718 .292 .159 .0 2
Denny Sothern 24 618 417 70 4.5 115 .307 .285 .299 .327 .365 .375 .425 .702 .789 78 .470 -20.6 -2.0 .652 .178 .090 7.7 *O
Les Sweetland 26 56 39 3 2.1 115 .225 .191 .299 .309 .365 .191 .425 .501 .789 30 .175 -4.8 -0.5 .447 .170 .000 1
Fresco Thompson 26 700 475 82 4.6 115 .296 .287 .299 .332 .364 .390 .425 .722 .789 83 .483 -18.2 -1.8 .684 .199 .103 5.2 *4
*Marty Walker 29 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
Augie Walsh 23 40 30 4 3.6 115 .300 .256 .299 .256 .365 .385 .425 .641 .789 61 .368 -2.5 -0.2 .517 .128 .128 .0 1
Pinky Whitney 23 636 423 85 5.4 115 .305 .301 .299 .342 .364 .426 .425 .768 .789 94 .552 -6.7 -0.6 .707 .191 .125 4.6 *5
*Cy Williams 40 303 185 42 6.1 115 .255 .256 .299 .400 .365 .445 .425 .845 .789 115 .606 7.1 0.7 .921 .416 .189 .0 O
Claude Willoughby 29 45 35 2 1.5 115 .207 .150 .299 .227 .364 .175 .425 .402 .789 4 .110 -5.9 -0.6 .324 .125 .025 1
Jimmie Wilson 27 81 51 10 5.3 115 .339 .300 .299 .380 .365 .386 .425 .765 .789 95 .541 -0.3 -0.0 .796 .257 .086 .0 2
*Russ Wrightstone 35 110 76 9 3.2 115 .212 .209 .299 .321 .364 .319 .425 .639 .789 63 .319 -5.0 -0.5 .611 .264 .110 .0 O/3
League Average 4.9 110 .293 .279 .291 .343 .356 .393 .414 .736 .770 91 .509 .698 .219 .114
Team Total 5917 3997 681 4.6 115 .283 .267 .299 .333 .364 .382 .425 .716 .789 82 .477 -154.0 -15.1 .672 .222 .116 64.5
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
Ed Baecht 21 9 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 9 9
Ray Benge 26 44 64 60 1 12 1 0 0 2 0 4 6 .200 .250 .217 .467 3 42 42
Earl Caldwell 23 5 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5 5
Spud Davis 23 73 187 172 15 45 2 0 3 17 0 15 12 .262 .321 .326 .646 18 69 69
Bill Deitrick 26 55 120 103 12 19 6 0 0 6 1 16 11 .184 .300 .243 .543 7 52 52
Alex Ferguson 31 36 43 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 .000 .047 .000 .047 0 34 34
Bernie Friberg 28 55 108 97 9 18 3 0 1 6 0 11 17 .186 .269 .247 .516 6 52 52
*June Greene 29 12 9 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 .500 .667 .500 1.167 2 11 11
*Don Hurst 22 113 475 408 68 110 22 4 18 59 3 66 42 .270 .373 .475 .848 73 107 107
Art Jahn 32 48 136 128 14 29 5 0 1 17 0 6 17 .227 .272 .289 .561 9 46 46
Bill Kelly 29 24 79 73 5 11 1 1 0 4 0 6 21 .151 .215 .192 .407 3 23 23
*Chuck Klein 23 67 273 258 38 88 14 4 11 31 0 14 23 .341 .377 .554 .932 53 64 64
*Freddy Leach 30 153 637 604 77 174 35 11 13 89 4 29 32 .288 .325 .447 .772 86 145 145
Ed Lennon 30 5 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5 5
Walt Lerian 25 101 289 246 26 63 16 2 2 24 0 40 31 .256 .367 .362 .729 32 96 96
*Harvey MacDonald 30 14 19 17 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 .235 .316 .235 .551 1 13 13
Bob McGraw 33 41 38 38 2 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 17 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 39 39
Russ Miller 28 38 30 29 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .172 .200 .172 .372 1 36 36
John Milligan 24 14 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 13 13
*Clarence Mitchell 37 25 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 24 24
Al Nixon 42 26 72 66 6 14 2 0 0 6 1 6 4 .212 .278 .242 .520 4 25 25
*Hub Pruett 27 14 26 25 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .200 .231 .200 .431 1 13 13
Jimmy Ring 33 37 63 63 5 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 22 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 35 35
Heinie Sand 30 148 501 441 35 88 25 1 0 35 1 59 49 .200 .295 .261 .556 34 141 141
*Johnny Schulte 31 68 132 117 13 28 2 2 4 16 0 15 13 .239 .326 .393 .719 15 65 65
Denny Sothern 24 148 632 597 76 161 26 5 5 35 17 33 56 .270 .310 .355 .665 65 141 141
Les Sweetland 26 43 55 48 1 8 0 0 0 2 0 7 7 .167 .273 .167 .439 2 41 41
Fresco Thompson 26 160 694 652 92 177 33 11 3 46 18 41 28 .271 .316 .370 .685 76 152 152
Augie Walsh 23 41 41 41 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 3 39 39
Pinky Whitney 23 159 638 602 68 172 34 4 10 96 3 35 32 .286 .326 .405 .731 79 151 151
*Cy Williams 40 104 302 246 29 60 9 0 12 34 0 53 36 .244 .384 .427 .811 39 99 99
Claude Willoughby 29 37 44 41 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 12 .122 .182 .146 .328 1 35 35
Jimmie Wilson 27 148 553 498 53 126 30 3 2 60 12 54 34 .253 .327 .337 .665 55 141 141
*Russ Wrightstone 35 66 139 121 10 23 5 1 2 15 0 17 7 .190 .295 .298 .592 11 63 63
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
Ed Baecht 21 3 23 38 23 23 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .130 .130 .130 .261 -32 3 0 0
Ray Benge 26 3 77 52 77 66 3 15 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 7 .227 .271 .258 .529 35 17 0 7
Earl Caldwell 23 1 10 5 10 9 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 .111 .111 .222 .333 -17 2 0 1
Spud Davis 23 1 187 69 187 168 17 47 2 0 3 19 0 16 11 .280 .342 .345 .688 75 58 0 3
Bill Deitrick 26 2 126 57 126 106 14 21 6 0 0 7 1 17 10 .198 .315 .255 .569 47 27 1 2
Alex Ferguson 31 9 447 249 447 392 13 41 4 0 0 22 0 1 15 148 .105 .140 .115 .255 -33 45 1 39
Bernie Friberg 28 9 3272 885 3272 2835 353 778 109 26 26 325 48 60 317 360 .274 .350 .359 .709 86 1017 14 106
*June Greene 29 1 10 11 10 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 .500 .667 .500 1.167 201 3 0 1
*Don Hurst 22 1 475 107 475 396 73 113 23 4 19 64 3 68 40 .285 .391 .508 .899 127 201 1 10
Art Jahn 32 2 375 104 375 349 45 97 15 8 1 55 2 2 17 36 .278 .317 .375 .692 75 131 3 6
Bill Kelly 29 2 93 32 93 84 6 15 2 1 0 5 0 0 7 22 .179 .242 .226 .468 20 19 0 2
*Chuck Klein 23 1 275 64 275 253 41 91 14 4 11 34 0 14 22 .360 .396 .577 .973 144 146 1 7
*Freddy Leach 30 6 2178 539 2178 2040 283 636 116 27 44 301 14 4 77 131 .312 .341 .460 .801 106 938 13 48
Ed Lennon 30 1 4 5 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Walt Lerian 25 1 292 96 292 239 28 65 16 2 2 26 0 41 29 .272 .385 .381 .766 95 91 3 9
*Harvey MacDonald 30 1 18 13 18 16 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 .250 .333 .250 .583 50 4 0 0
Bob McGraw 33 8 175 127 175 154 10 20 3 3 1 14 1 0 5 66 .130 .163 .208 .370 -2 32 0 1 15 0 0
Russ Miller 28 2 35 38 35 30 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .167 .194 .167 .360 -7 5 0 4
John Milligan 24 1 24 13 24 20 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .050 .050 .050 .100 -75 1 0 4
*Clarence Mitchell 37 14 1179 564 1179 1089 113 275 35 9 6 119 8 1 64 76 .253 .296 .318 .614 66 346 4 22
Al Nixon 42 9 1447 422 1447 1345 180 372 60 13 7 118 19 12 66 77 .277 .314 .356 .670 78 479 7 29
*Hub Pruett 27 5 185 148 185 156 7 29 4 1 0 9 0 1 14 35 .186 .253 .224 .477 26 35 0 15
Jimmy Ring 33 12 877 391 877 817 59 120 23 1 4 57 2 1 17 288 .147 .167 .192 .359 -5 157 3 40
Heinie Sand 30 6 3529 848 3529 3033 457 781 145 32 18 251 21 8 382 340 .258 .343 .344 .688 77 1044 15 99
*Johnny Schulte 31 3 346 136 346 272 50 73 10 4 13 50 1 0 66 31 .268 .413 .478 .891 131 130 1 7
Denny Sothern 24 2 677 155 677 632 87 178 28 5 8 48 17 38 63 .282 .325 .380 .705 79 240 3 4
Les Sweetland 26 2 100 66 100 85 4 21 2 0 0 8 0 13 18 .247 .347 .271 .618 64 23 0 2
Fresco Thompson 26 4 1402 321 1402 1276 182 377 68 26 4 129 41 1 82 64 .295 .339 .399 .738 93 509 3 41
*Marty Walker 29 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Augie Walsh 23 2 44 40 44 43 7 11 2 0 1 3 0 0 8 .256 .256 .372 .628 59 16 0 1
Pinky Whitney 23 1 636 151 636 585 73 176 35 4 10 103 3 36 30 .301 .342 .426 .768 94 249 1 14
*Cy Williams 40 17 7610 1915 7610 6698 1012 1954 302 74 246 982 115 82 664 709 .292 .363 .469 .832 125 3142 86 162
Claude Willoughby 29 4 140 120 140 126 6 19 2 0 0 6 0 0 9 34 .151 .207 .167 .374 -2 21 0 5
Jimmie Wilson 27 6 2299 647 2299 2070 247 588 99 13 18 258 42 9 166 121 .284 .339 .371 .710 83 767 7 56
*Russ Wrightstone 35 9 3283 929 3283 2992 427 889 152 34 60 425 35 20 215 152 .297 .349 .431 .780 101 1289 22 54
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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