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1928 Washington Senators Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1927 / 1929)
75-79, Finished 4th in American League
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Scored 718 runs, Allowed 705 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-76
Manager: Bucky Harris (75-79)
Ballpark: Griffith Stadium I (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 378,501 (7th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 99, Pitching - 99;   one-year: Batting - 102, 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 Muddy Ruel 32 108 404 350 31 90 18 2 0 55 12 10 44 14 .257 .342 .320 .662 75 112 1 9
2 1B Joe Judge* 34 153 646 542 78 166 31 10 3 93 16 4 80 19 .306 .396 .417 .813 115 226 1 23
3 2B Bucky Harris 31 99 397 358 34 73 11 5 0 28 5 2 27 26 .204 .264 .263 .526 39 94 2 10
4 SS Bobby Reeves 24 102 392 353 44 107 16 8 3 42 4 8 24 47 .303 .351 .419 .770 102 148 2 13
5 3B Ossie Bluege 27 146 588 518 78 154 33 7 2 75 18 6 46 27 .297 .364 .400 .763 101 207 8 16
6 OF Goose Goslin* 27 135 527 456 80 173 36 10 17 102 16 3 48 19 .379 .442 .614 1.056 176 280 3 20
7 OF Sam West* 23 125 405 378 59 114 30 7 3 40 5 6 20 23 .302 .338 .442 .780 104 167 1 6
8 OF Sam Rice* 38 148 681 616 95 202 32 15 2 55 16 3 49 15 .328 .379 .438 .818 115 270 2 14
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 Red Barnes* 23 114 485 417 82 127 22 15 6 51 7 3 55 38 .305 .391 .472 .863 127 197 4 9
10 SS Joe Cronin 21 63 259 227 23 55 10 4 0 25 4 0 22 27 .242 .309 .322 .631 67 73 0 10
11 MI Jackie Hayes 21 60 222 210 30 54 7 3 0 22 3 0 5 10 .257 .274 .319 .593 56 67 0 7
12 C Bennie Tate* 26 57 135 122 10 30 6 0 0 15 0 4 10 4 .246 .303 .295 .598 58 36 0 3
13 C Eddie Kenna 30 41 134 118 14 35 4 2 1 20 1 5 14 8 .297 .376 .390 .766 102 46 1 1
14 SS Grant Gillis 27 24 96 87 13 22 5 1 0 10 0 1 4 5 .253 .309 .333 .642 69 29 3 2
15 UT George Sisler* 35 20 51 49 1 12 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 .245 .260 .265 .525 39 13 0 1
16 OF Babe Ganzel 27 10 28 26 2 2 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 4 .077 .111 .115 .226 -40 3 0 1
17 OF Dick Spalding* 34 16 25 23 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 .348 .348 .348 .696 84 8 0 2
18 1B Harley Boss* 19 12 15 12 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 .250 .400 .250 .650 75 3 0 0
19 3B Pelham Ballenger 34 3 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .111 .111 .111 .222 -41 1 0 0
20 C Al Bool 30 2 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286 -24 1 0 1
21 3B Ed Crowley 21 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
22 Hugh McMullen# 26 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 BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
23 P Sam Jones 35 37 94 79 13 20 5 1 2 11 0 0 6 9 .253 .306 .418 .724 89 33 0 9
24 P Bump Hadley 23 33 91 81 12 17 3 1 0 7 1 0 7 13 .210 .273 .272 .544 44 22 0 3
25 P Garland Braxton# 28 38 83 72 4 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 21 .125 .192 .125 .317 -15 9 1 5
26 P Milt Gaston 32 28 53 49 1 7 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 8 .143 .143 .184 .327 -14 9 0 4
27 P Firpo Marberry 29 48 50 46 1 5 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 4 .109 .128 .130 .258 -32 6 1 3
28 P Tom Zachary* 32 20 39 33 1 10 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 7 .303 .324 .303 .627 66 10 0 5
29 P Lloyd Brown* 23 27 35 31 4 5 1 1 0 2 0 0 4 10 .161 .257 .258 .515 36 8 0 0
30 P Hod Lisenbee 29 16 26 23 0 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 .174 .208 .261 .469 23 6 0 2
31 P Bobby Burke* 21 26 22 20 3 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 5 .250 .286 .350 .636 67 7 0 1
32 P Clay Van Alstyne 28 4 9 8 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 .250 .333 .625 .958 148 5 0 0
33 P Jim Weaver 24 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.6 155 6012 5323 718 1513 277 93 40 680 108 58 479 385 .284 .347 .394 .740 95 2096 30 180
Rank in 8 AL teams 3 5 4 3 2 5 3 4 4 8 4 3 4 4 4
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
Pelham Ballenger 34 9 8 0 0.0 107 .125 .111 .287 .111 .352 .111 .408 .222 .761 -41 .000 -1.9 -0.2 .125 .000 .000 /5
*Red Barnes 23 485 302 76 6.7 107 .324 .305 .287 .391 .352 .472 .408 .863 .760 127 .654 16.7 1.6 .887 .309 .168 6.5 *O
Ossie Bluege 27 588 386 75 5.2 107 .311 .297 .287 .364 .352 .400 .408 .763 .761 101 .541 2.2 0.2 .738 .214 .102 3.6 *5/4
Al Bool 30 8 7 0 0.0 107 .143 .143 .287 .143 .352 .143 .408 .286 .760 -24 .000 -1.3 -0.1 .167 .000 .000 /2
*Harley Boss 19 15 9 1 3.0 107 .273 .250 .287 .400 .352 .250 .408 .650 .760 75 .298 -0.2 -0.0 .667 .250 .000 /3
#Garland Braxton 28 83 68 2 0.8 107 .176 .125 .287 .192 .352 .125 .408 .317 .760 -15 .036 -12.2 -1.2 .238 .069 .000 1
*Lloyd Brown 23 35 26 2 2.0 107 .238 .161 .287 .257 .352 .258 .408 .515 .760 36 .177 -3.0 -0.3 .462 .226 .097 1
*Bobby Burke 21 22 16 2 3.3 107 .333 .250 .287 .286 .352 .350 .408 .636 .760 67 .345 -1.2 -0.1 .533 .150 .100 1
Joe Cronin 21 259 182 23 3.4 107 .275 .242 .287 .309 .352 .322 .408 .631 .760 67 .349 -11.2 -1.1 .576 .194 .079 .0 6
Ed Crowley 21 1 1 0 0.0 107 .000 .000 .287 .000 .352 .000 .408 .000 .760 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000 /5
Babe Ganzel 27 28 25 0 0.0 107 .091 .077 .287 .111 .352 .115 .408 .226 .760 -40 .000 -5.4 -0.5 .167 .077 .038 /O
Milt Gaston 32 53 46 1 0.6 107 .171 .143 .287 .143 .352 .184 .408 .327 .761 -14 .021 -8.2 -0.8 .214 .041 .041 1
Grant Gillis 27 96 68 8 3.1 107 .268 .253 .287 .309 .352 .333 .408 .642 .760 69 .320 -3.9 -0.4 .530 .115 .080 6/45
*Goose Goslin 27 527 306 125 10.9 107 .371 .379 .287 .442 .352 .614 .408 1.056 .760 176 .821 50.6 4.8 1.203 .368 .235 16.5 *O
Bump Hadley 23 91 67 6 2.4 107 .250 .210 .287 .273 .352 .272 .408 .544 .760 44 .222 -6.7 -0.7 .469 .160 .062 .0 1
Bucky Harris 31 397 297 25 2.2 107 .220 .204 .287 .264 .352 .263 .408 .526 .761 39 .204 -32.5 -3.2 .439 .142 .059 .0 4/5O
Jackie Hayes 21 222 163 19 3.1 107 .270 .257 .287 .274 .352 .319 .408 .593 .760 56 .316 -14.2 -1.4 .481 .100 .062 .0 46/5
Sam Jones 35 94 68 10 3.9 107 .265 .253 .287 .306 .352 .418 .408 .724 .761 89 .415 -1.5 -0.2 .661 .241 .165 .0 1
*Joe Judge 34 646 403 91 6.0 107 .313 .306 .287 .396 .352 .417 .408 .813 .760 115 .608 15.1 1.4 .839 .280 .111 5.1 *3
Eddie Kenna 30 134 89 16 4.8 107 .312 .297 .287 .376 .352 .390 .408 .766 .761 102 .506 0.7 0.1 .648 .178 .093 1.0 2
Hod Lisenbee 29 26 21 1 1.3 107 .286 .174 .287 .208 .352 .261 .408 .469 .761 23 .082 -2.6 -0.2 .368 .130 .087 1
Firpo Marberry 29 50 44 1 0.6 107 .119 .109 .287 .128 .352 .130 .408 .258 .760 -32 .023 -8.9 -0.9 .171 .022 .022 1
#Hugh McMullen 26 1 1 0 0.0 107 .000 .287 .000 .352 .000 .408 .000 .760 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
Bobby Reeves 24 392 267 49 4.9 107 .343 .303 .287 .351 .352 .419 .408 .770 .761 102 .515 0.3 0.0 .669 .173 .116 3.4 64/5O
*Sam Rice 38 681 431 104 6.4 107 .334 .328 .287 .379 .352 .438 .408 .818 .760 115 .637 13.2 1.3 .801 .211 .110 3.6 *O
Muddy Ruel 32 404 279 37 3.5 107 .268 .257 .287 .342 .352 .320 .408 .662 .760 75 .370 -10.9 -1.1 .589 .194 .063 .0 2/3
*George Sisler 35 51 39 3 2.0 107 .255 .245 .287 .260 .352 .265 .408 .525 .761 39 .177 -4.5 -0.4 .342 .020 .020 /3O
*Dick Spalding 34 25 19 2 2.8 107 .421 .348 .287 .348 .352 .348 .408 .696 .761 84 .278 -0.6 -0.1 .353 -0.087 .000 O
*Bennie Tate 26 135 99 10 2.7 107 .254 .246 .287 .303 .352 .295 .408 .598 .760 58 .263 -7.2 -0.7 .438 .098 .049 2
Clay Van Alstyne 28 9 6 2 8.9 107 .250 .250 .287 .333 .352 .625 .408 .958 .761 148 .760 0.4 0.0 1.000 .500 .375 .0 /1
Jim Weaver 24 1 1 0 0.0 107 .000 .287 .000 .352 .000 .408 .000 .760 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000 /1
*Sam West 23 405 276 55 5.3 107 .315 .302 .287 .338 .352 .442 .408 .780 .761 104 .553 1.4 0.1 .693 .190 .140 3.8 *O
*Tom Zachary 32 39 28 3 2.9 107 .385 .303 .287 .324 .352 .303 .408 .627 .761 66 .284 -1.7 -0.2 .478 .030 .000 1
League Average 4.8 108 .298 .280 .288 .343 .353 .395 .410 .739 .763 94 .506 .679 .211 .115
Team Total 6012 4048 749 4.9 107 .301 .284 .287 .347 .352 .394 .408 .740 .760 95 .519 -40.1 -4.2 .686 .209 .110 58.4
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
Pelham Ballenger 34 3 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3 3
*Red Barnes 23 120 492 433 80 128 22 15 6 50 7 55 40 .296 .380 .457 .837 75 114 114
Ossie Bluege 27 154 595 540 77 157 34 7 2 74 18 47 28 .291 .356 .391 .747 74 146 146
Al Bool 30 2 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
*Harley Boss 19 13 15 12 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 .250 .400 .250 .650 1 12 12
#Garland Braxton 28 40 84 77 5 11 0 0 0 3 0 6 22 .143 .214 .143 .357 2 38 38
*Lloyd Brown 23 28 36 32 4 5 1 1 0 2 0 4 11 .156 .250 .250 .500 2 27 27
*Bobby Burke 21 27 22 21 3 5 0 1 0 2 0 1 5 .238 .273 .333 .606 2 26 26
Joe Cronin 21 66 261 238 23 57 10 4 0 25 4 23 28 .239 .307 .315 .622 23 63 63
Ed Crowley 21 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
Babe Ganzel 27 11 28 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .036 .000 .036 0 10 10
Milt Gaston 32 29 52 52 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 28 28
Grant Gillis 27 25 96 89 12 21 5 1 0 9 0 4 5 .236 .292 .315 .606 7 24 24
*Goose Goslin 27 142 526 474 79 176 37 10 17 100 16 49 20 .371 .433 .599 1.033 123 135 135
Bump Hadley 23 35 92 85 12 18 3 1 0 7 1 7 14 .212 .272 .271 .542 6 33 33
Bucky Harris 31 104 403 374 33 74 11 5 0 28 5 27 27 .198 .256 .254 .510 24 99 99
Jackie Hayes 21 63 225 220 30 56 7 3 0 22 3 5 11 .255 .271 .314 .585 19 60 60
Sam Jones 35 39 88 82 12 20 5 1 2 10 0 6 9 .244 .295 .402 .698 9 37 37
*Joe Judge 34 161 649 566 77 170 32 10 3 92 16 82 20 .300 .390 .408 .798 90 153 153
Eddie Kenna 30 43 136 121 14 34 4 2 1 20 1 14 8 .281 .360 .372 .732 16 41 41
Hod Lisenbee 29 17 25 24 0 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 9 .167 .200 .250 .450 1 16 16
Firpo Marberry 29 50 49 48 2 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 4 .000 .020 .000 .020 1 48 48
#Hugh McMullen 26 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
Bobby Reeves 24 107 390 364 43 105 16 8 3 41 4 24 49 .288 .336 .401 .737 48 102 102
*Sam Rice 38 156 694 642 93 206 33 15 2 54 16 50 16 .321 .372 .428 .800 102 148 148
Muddy Ruel 32 114 409 364 31 90 18 2 0 54 12 44 15 .247 .330 .308 .638 37 108 108
*George Sisler 35 145 601 567 74 187 28 4 4 72 11 32 18 .330 .368 .414 .782 86 138 138
*Dick Spalding 34 17 24 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 16 16
*Bennie Tate 26 60 134 125 10 28 6 0 0 14 0 9 4 .224 .276 .272 .548 9 57 57
Clay Van Alstyne 28 4 9 8 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 .250 .333 .625 .958 2 4 4
Jim Weaver 24 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3 3
*Sam West 23 131 412 391 58 113 30 7 3 39 5 20 24 .289 .325 .425 .750 54 125 125
*Tom Zachary 32 28 52 51 2 13 0 0 1 8 0 1 13 .255 .269 .314 .583 4 27 27
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
Pelham Ballenger 34 1 9 3 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .111 .111 .111 .222 -41 1 0 0
*Red Barnes 23 2 497 117 497 428 87 131 23 15 6 51 7 3 56 41 .306 .391 .472 .863 127 202 4 9
Ossie Bluege 27 7 3354 821 3354 2872 407 792 131 40 14 378 74 43 326 272 .276 .357 .364 .721 89 1045 39 117
Al Bool 30 1 8 2 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286 -24 1 0 1
*Harley Boss 19 1 15 12 15 12 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 .250 .400 .250 .650 75 3 0 0
#Garland Braxton 28 6 181 178 181 160 6 27 1 0 0 7 0 0 9 45 .169 .218 .175 .393 4 28 1 11
*Lloyd Brown 23 2 59 44 59 54 5 7 1 1 0 3 0 0 4 15 .130 .190 .185 .375 -2 10 0 1
*Bobby Burke 21 2 49 62 49 44 6 8 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 6 .182 .200 .227 .427 12 10 0 4
Joe Cronin 21 3 375 113 375 332 34 82 13 6 0 39 4 0 30 45 .247 .309 .322 .632 67 107 0 13
Ed Crowley 21 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Babe Ganzel 27 2 86 23 86 74 9 23 5 2 1 17 0 0 8 7 .311 .378 .473 .851 121 35 0 4
Milt Gaston 32 5 355 168 355 330 31 72 18 2 5 42 2 0 5 58 .218 .232 .330 .562 42 109 1 19
Grant Gillis 27 2 134 34 134 123 21 30 8 2 0 12 0 1 6 5 .244 .295 .341 .637 67 42 3 2
*Goose Goslin 27 8 4293 999 4293 3793 635 1277 212 103 90 730 98 45 353 248 .337 .399 .518 .917 139 1965 37 110
Bump Hadley 23 3 165 64 165 151 20 36 6 1 0 17 1 0 9 24 .238 .281 .291 .573 50 44 0 0 5 0 0
Bucky Harris 31 10 5533 1252 5533 4717 718 1295 223 64 9 506 166 91 469 307 .275 .353 .355 .707 86 1673 99 248
Jackie Hayes 21 2 253 70 253 239 32 61 7 3 0 24 3 0 6 12 .255 .273 .310 .583 53 74 0 8
Sam Jones 35 15 1013 496 1013 860 89 173 34 4 6 66 4 1 80 239 .201 .282 .271 .553 48 233 17 56
*Joe Judge 34 14 7338 1698 7338 6313 932 1880 338 135 52 812 182 77 765 374 .298 .378 .419 .797 116 2644 46 214
Eddie Kenna 30 1 134 41 134 118 14 35 4 2 1 20 1 5 14 8 .297 .376 .390 .766 102 46 1 1
Hod Lisenbee 29 2 122 55 122 106 4 15 3 1 0 6 0 0 5 34 .142 .188 .189 .376 -2 20 1 10
Firpo Marberry 29 6 238 284 238 213 17 31 2 1 0 13 1 0 4 36 .146 .176 .164 .341 -11 35 4 17
#Hugh McMullen 26 3 113 63 113 107 6 19 3 0 0 6 1 0 2 22 .178 .193 .206 .398 7 22 0 4
Bobby Reeves 24 3 868 234 868 782 85 215 27 14 4 88 8 10 51 109 .275 .323 .361 .683 79 282 4 31
*Sam Rice 38 14 7645 1711 7645 6939 1068 2237 364 142 29 822 304 115 501 219 .322 .372 .428 .800 114 2972 44 161
Muddy Ruel 32 13 4382 1177 4382 3739 426 1059 165 21 4 446 59 55 488 196 .283 .370 .342 .712 88 1278 26 129
*George Sisler 35 13 7857 1785 7857 7207 1163 2474 370 149 97 1029 362 127 416 295 .343 .383 .476 .859 130 3433 42 192
*Dick Spalding 34 2 519 131 519 465 69 139 16 3 0 25 5 2 38 44 .299 .352 .346 .698 90 161 0 16
*Bennie Tate 26 5 514 214 514 465 41 135 21 3 2 66 0 7 36 13 .290 .343 .361 .704 84 168 1 12
Clay Van Alstyne 28 2 9 6 9 8 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 .250 .333 .625 .958 148 5 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Weaver 24 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
*Sam West 23 2 480 163 480 445 68 130 34 8 3 46 6 6 28 31 .292 .335 .425 .760 99 189 1 6
*Tom Zachary 32 11 778 336 778 708 49 172 16 10 4 75 0 1 37 173 .243 .282 .311 .592 55 220 1 32
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

1927 / 1929 Batting Statistics