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1928 Philadelphia Phillies

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1927 / 1929

43-109, Finished 8th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Burt Shotton (43-109)
Scored 660 runs, Allowed 957 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 51-101

Ballparks: Baker Bowl · Attendance: 182,168 (8th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 106, Pitching - 110 · one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 109


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1927 / 1929 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Game Results

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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 25 1 41 29 .272 .385 .381 .766 96 91 3 9
2 1B Don Hurst* 22 107 475 396 73 113 23 4 19 64 3 68 40 .285 .391 .508 .899 128 201 1 10
3 2B Fresco Thompson 26 152 700 634 99 182 34 11 3 50 19 42 27 .287 .332 .390 .722 84 247 1 23
4 SS Heinie Sand 30 141 509 426 38 90 26 1 0 38 1 60 47 .211 .310 .277 .587 51 118 1 22
5 3B Pinky Whitney 23 151 636 585 73 176 35 4 10 103 3 36 30 .301 .342 .426 .768 95 249 1 14
6 OF Denny Sothern 24 141 618 579 82 165 27 5 5 38 17 34 53 .285 .327 .375 .702 79 217 2 3
7 OF Freddy Leach* 30 145 637 588 83 179 36 11 13 96 4 30 30 .304 .342 .469 .812 105 276 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 .973 145 146 1 7
10 C Spud Davis 23 67 180 163 16 46 2 0 3 18 0 15 11 .282 .343 .350 .692 77 57 0 2
11 C Johnny Schulte* 31 65 131 113 14 28 2 2 4 17 0 15 12 .248 .336 .407 .743 89 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 64 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 96 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 51 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 -2 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 62 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 -74 1 0 4
30 P June Greene* 29 11 10 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 .500 .667 .500 1.167 202 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 28 1 0 0
35 P Marty Walker* 29 1 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 85 606 53 503 510 .267 .333 .382 .716 82 2002 21 159
Rank in 8 NL teams 6 6 7 3 7 4 8 1 4 2 7 7 5 5 5 8 1
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
* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Ray Benge 26 8 18 .308 4.55 40 28 12 12 1 1 201.2 219 117 102 15 88 68 5 0 0 896 97 1.522 9.8 0.7 3.9 3.0 0.77
2 SP Jimmy Ring 33 4 17 .190 6.44 35 25 3 4 0 1 176.0 220 135 126 14 103 70 2 1 5 817 68 1.835 11.3 0.7 5.3 3.6 0.68
3 SP Alex Ferguson 31 5 10 .333 5.88 34 19 10 5 1 2 134.2 168 91 88 14 52 51 6 0 1 615 75 1.634 11.2 0.9 3.5 3.4 0.98
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
4 RP Les Sweetland* 26 3 15 .167 6.58 37 18 10 5 0 2 135.1 163 111 99 15 97 23 15 0 5 664 67 1.921 10.8 1.0 6.5 1.5 0.24
5 RP Claude Willoughby 29 6 5 .545 5.30 35 13 8 5 1 1 130.2 180 92 77 6 83 26 3 0 1 633 83 2.013 12.4 0.4 5.7 1.8 0.31
6 RP Augie Walsh 23 4 9 .308 6.18 38 11 17 2 0 2 122.1 160 92 84 13 40 38 5 0 1 560 71 1.635 11.8 1.0 2.9 2.8 0.95
7 RP Bob McGraw 33 7 8 .467 5.18 39 3 20 0 0 1 120.0 148 86 69 7 56 28 2 0 3 556 85 1.700 11.1 0.5 4.2 2.1 0.50
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
8 Russ Miller 28 0 12 .000 5.42 33 12 13 1 0 1 108.0 137 79 65 14 34 19 0 0 1 485 81 1.583 11.4 1.2 2.8 1.6 0.56
9 Hub Pruett* 27 2 4 .333 4.54 13 9 2 4 0 0 71.1 78 49 36 2 49 35 3 0 1 333 97 1.780 9.8 0.3 6.2 4.4 0.71
10 John Milligan* 24 2 5 .286 4.37 13 7 2 3 0 0 68.0 69 39 33 2 32 22 1 0 2 293 101 1.485 9.1 0.3 4.2 2.9 0.69
11 Earl Caldwell 23 1 4 .200 5.71 5 5 0 1 1 0 34.2 46 23 22 5 17 6 0 1 0 154 78 1.817 11.9 1.3 4.4 1.6 0.35
12 Ed Baecht 21 1 1 .500 6.00 9 1 6 0 0 0 24.0 37 16 16 1 9 10 0 0 0 110 74 1.917 13.9 0.4 3.4 3.8 1.11
13 Ed Lennon 30 0 0 8.76 5 0 4 0 0 0 12.1 19 14 12 0 10 6 0 0 1 65 52 2.351 13.9 0.0 7.3 4.4 0.60
14 Clarence Mitchell* 37 0 0 9.53 3 0 1 0 0 0 5.2 13 6 6 0 2 0 0 0 1 28 49 2.647 20.6 0.0 3.2 0.0 0.00
15 June Greene 29 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 57 2.500 22.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
16 Marty Walker* 29 0 1 .000 inf 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 4 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 6 8 0.00
Team Totals 28.1 43 109 .283 5.61 152 152 109 42 4 11 1346.2 1664 956 839 108 675 402 42 2 22 6224 79 1.737 11.1 0.7 4.5 2.7 0.60
Rank in 8 NL teams 8 1 8 8 6 5 8 8 8 8 8 8 4
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Ed Baecht 21 9 1 0 8 0 8 0 0 1.000 0.89 P
Ray Benge 26 40 28 12 44 4 39 1 3 .977 1.08 P
Earl Caldwell 23 5 5 1 10 0 10 0 0 1.000 2.00 P
Spud Davis 23 49 42 35 199 149 46 4 7 .980 3.98 5 27 24 47% C
Bill Deitrick 26 29 20 17 71 50 19 2 2 .972 2.38 OF-SS
Alex Ferguson 31 34 19 5 44 9 35 0 0 1.000 1.29 P
Bernie Friberg 28 41 27 18 152 62 79 11 20 .928 3.20 SS-3B-2B-OF-1B
June Greene 29 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 P
Don Hurst 22 104 104 103 1044 964 68 12 92 .989 9.92 1B
Art Jahn 32 29 22 17 45 43 1 1 1 .978 1.52 OF
Bill Kelly 29 23 23 19 232 216 14 2 19 .991 10.00 1B
Chuck Klein 23 63 63 61 138 128 7 3 0 .978 2.14 OF
Freddy Leach 30 145 145 137 582 545 29 8 33 .986 3.96 OF-1B
Ed Lennon 30 5 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 0.20 P
Walt Lerian 25 76 68 58 307 239 61 7 12 .977 4.05 1 46 32 41% C
Harvey MacDonald 30 2 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 OF
Bob McGraw 33 39 3 0 33 2 29 2 1 .939 0.79 P
Russ Miller 28 33 12 1 34 6 27 1 0 .971 1.00 P
John Milligan 24 13 7 3 26 4 20 2 0 .923 1.85 P
Clarence Mitchell 37 3 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Al Nixon 42 20 17 13 41 40 1 0 0 1.000 2.05 OF
Hub Pruett 27 13 9 4 24 5 16 3 1 .875 1.62 P
Jimmy Ring 33 35 25 4 50 6 44 0 0 1.000 1.43 P
Heinie Sand 30 137 128 113 736 290 410 36 94 .951 5.11 SS
Johnny Schulte 31 33 23 15 98 70 23 5 4 .949 2.74 1 17 12 41% C
Denny Sothern 24 136 129 127 391 358 19 14 7 .964 2.77 OF
Les Sweetland 26 37 18 5 56 8 44 4 3 .929 1.41 P
Fresco Thompson 26 152 152 149 950 409 509 32 109 .966 6.04 2B
Marty Walker 29 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Augie Walsh 23 38 11 2 22 2 20 0 2 1.000 0.58 P
Pinky Whitney 23 149 148 147 486 171 293 22 27 .955 3.11 3B
Cy Williams 40 69 60 55 127 118 9 0 0 1.000 1.84 OF
Claude Willoughby 29 35 13 5 36 9 25 2 6 .944 0.97 P
Jimmie Wilson 27 20 19 18 97 75 21 1 4 .990 4.80 0 5 11 69% C
Russ Wrightstone 35 26 25 19 57 49 3 5 1 .912 1.73 OF-1B
Team Totals 27.5 152 1368 1164 6150 4034 1935 181 448 .971 3.62 7 95 79 45%
Rank in 8 NL teams 4 4 5
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Ed Baecht 21 7 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Ray Benge 26 69 -6 -1 0 0 0 5 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft 1
Earl Caldwell 23 10 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Spud Davis 23 180 -5 -1 0 0 0 2 5 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Traded 2
Bill Deitrick 26 120 -7 0 0 0 0 0 4 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ O7/698
Alex Ferguson 31 43 -10 0 0 0 0 3 1 -6 -0.6 -6 -0.6 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Bernie Friberg 28 113 -8 0 0 0 -3 2 3 -6 -0.6 -3 -0.3 -0.3 $ Waivers 6/54O378
June Greene* 29 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /1
Don Hurst* 22 475 15 -1 0 0 -5 -5 13 17 1.7 22 2.2 -0.5 $ Traded *3
Art Jahn 32 100 -8 0 0 0 -3 -1 3 -9 -0.9 -6 -0.6 -0.3 $ Traded O9/7
Bill Kelly 29 80 -9 0 0 0 -1 -1 2 -9 -0.9 -8 -0.8 -0.1 $ Purchased 3
Chuck Klein* 23 275 14 -1 0 0 0 -3 8 18 1.8 18 1.8 0.0 $ Traded O9/8
Freddy Leach* 30 637 1 0 0 0 1 -6 18 14 1.4 13 1.3 0.1 $ *O738/9
Ed Lennon 30 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Walt Lerian 25 292 -1 -2 0 0 2 2 9 10 1.0 8 0.8 0.2 $ Traded 2
Harvey MacDonald* 30 18 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ /O9
Bob McGraw 33 39 -7 0 0 0 0 3 1 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Russ Miller 28 29 -4 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
John Milligan 24 24 -5 0 0 0 0 2 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
Clarence Mitchell* 37 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded /1
Al Nixon 42 71 -5 0 0 0 0 -1 2 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ O79
Hub Pruett* 27 27 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft 1
Jimmy Ring 33 61 -9 0 0 0 0 5 2 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Traded 1
Heinie Sand 30 509 -30 -2 0 0 -9 9 15 -17 -1.8 -8 -0.8 -1.0 $ *6
Johnny Schulte* 31 131 -2 0 0 0 0 1 4 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ Traded 2
Denny Sothern 24 618 -19 2 0 0 -5 -4 17 -9 -0.9 -4 -0.4 -0.5 $ *O8/79
Les Sweetland 26 56 -4 -1 0 0 0 4 2 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
Fresco Thompson 26 700 -16 4 0 0 -14 5 18 -3 -0.3 11 1.1 -1.4 $ Traded *4
Augie Walsh 23 40 -2 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ 1
Pinky Whitney 23 636 -6 -1 0 0 -7 5 18 9 0.9 16 1.6 -0.7 $ Rule 5 Draft *5
Cy Williams* 40 303 6 -3 0 0 -4 -3 9 5 0.5 9 0.9 -0.4 $ Traded O978
Claude Willoughby 29 45 -6 0 0 0 0 3 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
Jimmie Wilson 27 81 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 0.4 3 0.3 0.1 $ 2
Russ Wrightstone* 35 110 -5 -1 0 0 -3 -1 3 -7 -0.7 -4 -0.4 -0.3 $ O9/73
Team Total 27.2 5917 -145 -8 0 0 -50 36 167 0 -0.3 50 5.0 -5.3 $
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Ed Baecht 21 24.0 1 16 14 -1 1.0 -2 0.0 $
Ray Benge 26 201.2 28 117 120 -5 1.0 3 1.6 $ Rule 5 Draft
Earl Caldwell 23 34.2 5 23 21 -1 1.0 -2 0.0 $
Alex Ferguson 31 134.2 19 86 80 -3 1.0 -6 0.3 $ Purchased
June Greene 29 2.0 0 2 1 0 1.0 -1 -0.1 $
Ed Lennon 30 12.1 0 14 7 0 1.0 -7 -0.6 $
Bob McGraw 33 120.0 3 86 78 -3 1.0 -8 0.1 $ Purchased
Russ Miller 28 108.0 12 79 64 -3 1.0 -15 -0.7 $
John Milligan* 24 68.0 7 39 40 -2 1.0 1 0.6 $
Clarence Mitchell* 37 5.2 0 6 3 0 1.0 -3 -0.2 $ Traded
Hub Pruett* 27 71.1 9 49 42 -2 1.0 -7 -0.2 $ Rule 5 Draft
Jimmy Ring 33 176.0 25 132 103 -4 1.0 -29 -1.6 $ Traded
Les Sweetland* 26 135.1 18 111 80 -4 1.0 -31 -2.0 $
Marty Walker* 29 0.0 1 4 0 0 1.0 -4 -0.4 $
Augie Walsh 23 122.1 11 92 73 -3 1.0 -19 -1.0 $
Claude Willoughby 29 130.2 13 92 77 -3 1.0 -15 -0.5 $
Team Total 28.1 1346.2 152 948 803 -34 1.0 -145 -4.7 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1927 / 1929 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics