Franchise Encyclopedia: 1928 / 1930
79-73, Finished 4th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Dan Howley (79-73)
Scored 733 runs, Allowed 713 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-74
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV (ballparks.com) · Attendance: 280,697 (8th of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 104 · one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 100
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| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | Wally Schang# | 39 | 94 | 334 | 249 | 43 | 59 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 1 | 4 | 74 | 22 | .237 | .424 | .378 | .802 | 105 | 94 | 7 | 4 | |||
| 2 | 1B | Lu Blue# | 32 | 151 | 712 | 573 | 111 | 168 | 40 | 10 | 6 | 61 | 12 | 6 | 126 | 32 | .293 | .422 | .429 | .852 | 116 | 246 | 2 | 11 | |||
| 3 | 2B | Ski Melillo | 29 | 141 | 544 | 494 | 57 | 146 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 67 | 11 | 6 | 29 | 30 | .296 | .337 | .401 | .738 | 86 | 198 | 2 | 19 | |||
| 4 | SS | Red Kress | 22 | 147 | 627 | 557 | 82 | 170 | 38 | 4 | 9 | 107 | 5 | 8 | 52 | 54 | .305 | .366 | .436 | .802 | 102 | 243 | 1 | 17 | |||
| 5 | 3B | Frank O'Rourke | 34 | 154 | 659 | 585 | 81 | 147 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 62 | 14 | 7 | 41 | 28 | .251 | .306 | .332 | .637 | 61 | 194 | 5 | 28 | |||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 6 | Heinie Manush* | 27 | 142 | 635 | 574 | 85 | 204 | 45 | 10 | 6 | 81 | 9 | 8 | 43 | 24 | .355 | .401 | .500 | .901 | 127 | 287 | 1 | 17 | ||||
| 7 | Beauty McGowan* | 27 | 125 | 524 | 441 | 62 | 112 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 51 | 5 | 2 | 61 | 34 | .254 | .346 | .354 | .700 | 78 | 156 | 1 | 21 | ||||
| 8 | Fred Schulte | 28 | 121 | 520 | 446 | 63 | 137 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 71 | 8 | 3 | 59 | 44 | .307 | .389 | .404 | .793 | 101 | 180 | 1 | 14 | ||||
| 9 | Earl McNeely | 31 | 69 | 254 | 230 | 27 | 56 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 13 | .243 | .272 | .300 | .572 | 45 | 69 | 2 | 15 | ||||
| 10 | C | Rick Ferrell | 23 | 64 | 181 | 144 | 21 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 10 | .229 | .373 | .285 | .658 | 69 | 41 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 11 | Red Badgro* | 26 | 54 | 168 | 148 | 27 | 42 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 15 | .284 | .342 | .385 | .727 | 84 | 57 | 2 | 7 | ||||
| 12 | C | Clyde Manion | 32 | 35 | 128 | 111 | 16 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | .243 | .333 | .261 | .595 | 53 | 29 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 13 | 2B | Otis Brannan* | 30 | 23 | 58 | 51 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .294 | .345 | .373 | .718 | 82 | 19 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 14 | IF | Ed Roetz | 23 | 16 | 51 | 45 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .244 | .306 | .378 | .684 | 72 | 17 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 15 | IF | Len Dondero | 25 | 19 | 35 | 31 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .194 | .194 | .290 | .484 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 4 | |||
| 16 | Tom Jenkins* | 31 | 21 | 26 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .182 | .308 | .273 | .580 | 48 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 17 | 3B | Jimmy Austin# | 49 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 18 | P | Dolly Gray | 31 | 43 | 118 | 103 | 8 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 18 | .184 | .229 | .243 | .472 | 20 | 25 | 0 | 9 | |||
| 19 | P | Alvin Crowder* | 30 | 40 | 99 | 96 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .188 | .204 | .229 | .433 | 10 | 22 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 20 | P | George Blaeholder | 25 | 42 | 82 | 74 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 | .122 | .188 | .176 | .363 | -8 | 13 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 21 | P | Rip Collins | 33 | 26 | 66 | 62 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .274 | .308 | .419 | .727 | 82 | 26 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 22 | P | Lefty Stewart | 28 | 23 | 58 | 51 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .118 | .135 | .176 | .311 | -22 | 9 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 23 | P | Jack Ogden | 31 | 34 | 50 | 45 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .244 | .292 | .267 | .558 | 42 | 12 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 24 | P | Chad Kimsey* | 22 | 29 | 32 | 30 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .267 | .290 | .533 | .824 | 104 | 16 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 25 | P | Dick Coffman | 22 | 27 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 26 | P | Fred Stiely* | 28 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .667 | 1.000 | 1.667 | 316 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 27 | P | Ed Strelecki | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 28 | P | Oscar Estrada* | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 29 | P | Herb Cobb | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 30 | P | Paul Hopkins | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 29.1 | 154 | 5974 | 5175 | 733 | 1427 | 278 | 64 | 46 | 672 | 70 | 47 | 584 | 423 | .276 | .352 | .381 | .733 | 86 | 1971 | 0 | 25 | 190 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 7 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SP | Dolly Gray | 31 | 18 | 15 | .545 | 3.72 | 43 | 37 | 2 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 305.0 | 336 | 142 | 126 | 18 | 96 | 109 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1310 | 119 | 1.416 | 9.9 | 0.5 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 1.14 | |
| 2 | SP | Alvin Crowder | 30 | 17 | 15 | .531 | 3.92 | 40 | 34 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 266.2 | 272 | 133 | 116 | 22 | 93 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1128 | 113 | 1.369 | 9.2 | 0.7 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 0.85 | |
| 3 | SP | George Blaeholder | 25 | 14 | 15 | .483 | 4.18 | 42 | 24 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 222.0 | 237 | 113 | 103 | 18 | 61 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 954 | 106 | 1.342 | 9.6 | 0.7 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 1.18 | |
| 4 | SP | Rip Collins | 33 | 11 | 6 | .647 | 4.00 | 26 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 155.1 | 162 | 79 | 69 | 16 | 73 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 692 | 110 | 1.513 | 9.4 | 0.9 | 4.2 | 2.7 | 0.64 | |
| 5 | SP | Lefty Stewart* | 28 | 9 | 6 | .600 | 3.25 | 23 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 149.2 | 137 | 67 | 54 | 11 | 49 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 627 | 136 | 1.243 | 8.2 | 0.7 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 0.96 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 6 | RP | Jack Ogden | 31 | 4 | 8 | .333 | 4.93 | 34 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 131.1 | 154 | 83 | 72 | 8 | 44 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 572 | 89 | 1.508 | 10.6 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 0.73 | |
| 7 | RP | Chad Kimsey | 22 | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5.04 | 24 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 64.1 | 83 | 42 | 36 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 268 | 88 | 1.585 | 11.6 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 0.68 | |
| 8 | RP | Dick Coffman | 22 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.98 | 27 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 52.2 | 61 | 40 | 35 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 236 | 74 | 1.424 | 10.4 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 0.79 | |
| 9 | RP | Ed Strelecki | 24 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.91 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 90 | 1.636 | 9.8 | 0.8 | 4.9 | 1.6 | 0.33 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 10 | Fred Stiely* | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 1.556 | 11.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 0.67 | |||
| 11 | Paul Hopkins | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 4.5 | 0.50 | ||||
| 12 | Oscar Estrada* | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2.000 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | ||||
| 13 | Herb Cobb | 24 | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 4.000 | 27.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | |||
| Team Totals | 28.9 | 79 | 73 | .520 | 4.08 | 154 | 154 | 71 | 83 | 15 | 10 | 1371.0 | 1469 | 713 | 621 | 100 | 462 | 415 | 16 | 6 | 15 | 5899 | 108 | 1.408 | 9.6 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 0.90 | |||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 3567 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Austin | 49 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.00 | 3B | ||||||||||||||||
| George Blaeholder | 25 | 42 | 90 | 15 | 74 | 1 | 4 | .989 | 2.12 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Lu Blue | 32 | 151 | 1589 | 1491 | 88 | 10 | 127 | .994 | 10.46 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Otis Brannan | 30 | 19 | 80 | 31 | 47 | 2 | 6 | .975 | 4.11 | 2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Herb Cobb | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | P | |||||||||||||||||
| Dick Coffman | 22 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.56 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Rip Collins | 33 | 26 | 41 | 7 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.58 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Alvin Crowder | 30 | 40 | 57 | 6 | 50 | 1 | 1 | .982 | 1.40 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Len Dondero | 25 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .900 | 1.20 | 3B-2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Oscar Estrada | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Rick Ferrell | 23 | 45 | 182 | 140 | 35 | 7 | 3 | .962 | 3.89 | 2 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Dolly Gray | 31 | 43 | 73 | 9 | 61 | 3 | 4 | .959 | 1.63 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Paul Hopkins | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | P | |||||||||||||||||
| Chad Kimsey | 22 | 24 | 33 | 7 | 25 | 1 | 2 | .970 | 1.33 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Red Kress | 22 | 146 | 796 | 312 | 441 | 43 | 94 | .946 | 5.16 | SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Clyde Manion | 32 | 34 | 167 | 141 | 22 | 4 | 2 | .976 | 4.79 | 0 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Ski Melillo | 29 | 141 | 885 | 342 | 519 | 24 | 98 | .973 | 6.11 | 2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Frank O'Rourke | 34 | 156 | 464 | 184 | 255 | 25 | 32 | .946 | 2.81 | 3B-2B-SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Jack Ogden | 31 | 34 | 36 | 6 | 28 | 2 | 4 | .944 | 1.00 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Ed Roetz | 23 | 16 | 96 | 64 | 25 | 7 | 11 | .927 | 5.56 | SS-1B-2B-3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Wally Schang | 39 | 85 | 328 | 268 | 56 | 4 | 6 | .988 | 3.81 | 5 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Lefty Stewart | 28 | 23 | 40 | 8 | 30 | 2 | 1 | .950 | 1.65 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Fred Stiely | 28 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.00 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Ed Strelecki | 24 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.57 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 28.9 | 154 | 6130 | 4111 | 1863 | 156 | 409 | .975 | 3.84 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 7 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary |