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1928 Washington Senators

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1927 / 1929

75-79, Finished 4th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bucky Harris (75-79)
Scored 718 runs, Allowed 705 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-76

Ballparks: Griffith Stadium · 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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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 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* 34 153 648 542 78 166 31 10 3 93 16 4 80 19 .306 .396 .417 .813 115 226 1 23
3 2B Bucky Harris 31 99 394 358 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* 27 135 528 456 80 173 36 10 17 102 16 3 48 19 .379 .442 .614 1.056 176 280 3 20
7 OF Sam West* 23 125 404 378 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* 24 114 484 417 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 60 226 210 30 54 7 3 0 22 3 0 5 10 .257 .274 .319 .593 56 67 0 7
12 C Bennie Tate* 26 57 136 122 10 30 6 0 0 15 0 4 10 4 .246 .303 .295 .598 58 36 0 3
13 C Eddie Kenna 30 41 135 118 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 Sad Sam Jones 35 37 95 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 90 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 51 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 23 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 28.7 155 6018 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 4 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 Bump Hadley 23 12 13 .480 3.54 33 31 0 16 3 0 231.2 236 105 91 4 100 80 8 0 0 1010 113 1.450 9.2 0.2 3.9 3.1 0.80
2 SP Sad Sam Jones 35 17 7 .708 2.84 30 27 2 19 4 0 224.2 209 89 71 5 78 63 3 0 5 928 141 1.277 8.4 0.2 3.1 2.5 0.81
3 SP Garland Braxton* 28 13 11 .542 2.51 38 24 10 15 2 6 218.1 177 78 61 7 44 94 5 0 2 875 159 1.012 7.3 0.3 1.8 3.9 2.14
4 SP Milt Gaston 32 6 12 .333 5.51 28 22 4 8 3 0 148.2 179 102 91 3 53 45 0 0 3 664 73 1.561 10.8 0.2 3.2 2.7 0.85
5 SP Tom Zachary* 32 6 9 .400 5.44 20 14 2 5 1 0 102.2 130 72 62 5 40 19 1 1 2 460 74 1.656 11.4 0.4 3.5 1.7 0.48
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
6 RP Firpo Marberry 29 13 13 .500 3.85 48 11 26 7 1 3 161.1 160 79 69 4 42 76 3 0 0 668 104 1.252 8.9 0.2 2.3 4.2 1.81
7 RP Lloyd Brown* 23 4 4 .500 4.04 27 10 14 2 0 1 107.0 112 62 48 7 40 38 2 0 3 466 99 1.421 9.4 0.6 3.4 3.2 0.95
8 RP Bobby Burke* 21 2 4 .333 3.90 26 7 11 2 1 0 85.1 87 44 37 1 18 27 2 1 0 349 103 1.230 9.2 0.1 1.9 2.8 1.50
9 RP Hod Lisenbee 29 2 6 .250 6.08 16 9 4 3 0 0 77.0 102 58 52 4 32 13 5 0 1 365 66 1.740 11.9 0.5 3.7 1.5 0.41
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
10 Clay Van Alstyne 28 0 0 5.48 4 0 3 0 0 0 21.1 26 14 13 0 13 5 1 0 1 98 74 1.828 11.0 0.0 5.5 2.1 0.38
11 Jim Weaver 24 0 0 1.50 3 0 2 0 0 0 6.0 2 2 1 0 6 2 1 0 0 23 284 1.333 3.0 0.0 9.0 3.0 0.33
Team Totals 28.4 75 79 .487 3.88 155 155 78 77 15 10 1384.0 1420 705 596 40 466 462 31 2 17 5906 103 1.363 9.2 0.3 3.0 3.0 0.99
Rank in 8 AL teams 4 5 3 5 1 7 1 2 3 3 1 5 3
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% lgCS% PO Pos Summary
Pelham Ballenger 34 3 1 1 9 1 8 0 1 1.000 3.00 3B
Red Barnes 24 104 102 100 277 255 16 6 2 .978 2.61 OF
Ossie Bluege 27 144 144 136 500 150 330 20 34 .960 3.31 3B-2B
Al Bool 30 2 2 2 10 8 2 0 0 1.000 5.00 0 0 1 100% 41% C
Harley Boss 19 5 2 1 33 32 0 1 2 .970 6.40 1B
Garland Braxton 28 38 24 15 62 9 50 3 2 .952 1.55 P
Lloyd Brown 23 27 10 2 46 10 36 0 2 1.000 1.70 P
Bobby Burke 21 26 7 2 25 5 19 1 1 .960 0.92 P
Joe Cronin 21 63 62 62 339 133 190 16 42 .953 5.13 SS
Ed Crowley 21 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 3B
Babe Ganzel 27 7 5 3 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 1.57 OF
Milt Gaston 32 28 22 8 50 9 38 3 1 .940 1.68 P
Grant Gillis 27 24 23 21 95 40 47 8 6 .916 3.63 SS-2B-3B
Goose Goslin 27 125 124 81 291 266 14 11 4 .962 2.24 OF
Bump Hadley 23 33 31 16 62 8 52 2 2 .968 1.82 P
Bucky Harris 31 97 91 88 598 254 326 18 61 .970 5.92 2B-3B-OF
Jackie Hayes 21 58 52 49 321 134 177 10 36 .969 5.36 2B-SS-3B
Sad Sam Jones 35 30 27 19 65 16 49 0 5 1.000 2.17 P
Joe Judge 34 149 147 143 1510 1412 92 6 118 .996 10.09 1B
Eddie Kenna 30 33 32 30 138 104 26 8 3 .942 3.94 5 14 13 48% 41% C
Hod Lisenbee 29 16 9 3 18 2 15 1 0 .944 1.06 P
Firpo Marberry 29 48 11 7 36 8 27 1 2 .972 0.73 P
Bobby Reeves 24 94 92 88 531 224 261 46 39 .913 5.00 SS-2B-3B-OF
Sam Rice 38 147 147 141 258 240 11 7 5 .973 1.71 OF
Muddy Ruel 32 102 99 93 497 416 75 6 6 .988 4.77 7 45 33 42% 41% C-1B
George Sisler 35 9 8 6 53 53 0 0 3 1.000 5.30 OF-1B
Dick Spalding 34 11 3 3 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.82 OF
Bennie Tate 26 30 24 22 134 111 21 2 1 .985 4.40 1 14 10 42% 41% C
Clay Van Alstyne 28 4 0 0 9 0 9 0 1 1.000 2.25 P
Jim Weaver 24 3 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 .667 0.67 P
Sam West 23 115 80 76 224 210 13 1 0 .996 1.92 OF
Tom Zachary 32 20 14 5 34 1 32 1 2 .971 1.65 P
Team Totals 28.4 155 1395 1223 6249 4130 1939 180 381 .971 3.78 13 73 57 44% 41%
Rank in 8 AL teams 7 3 1
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos Summary
Pelham Ballenger 34 3 9 -2 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 0.0 .475 .500 -0.2 0.1 -1 $ /5
Red Barnes* 24 114 484 17 1 0 2 -3 17 1.7 15 32 3.2 .515 .510 2.9 -0.1 30 $ *O87/9
Ossie Bluege 27 146 588 3 2 0 11 4 20 2.0 19 39 3.9 .514 .512 2.7 1.6 28 $ *5/4
Al Bool 30 2 8 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .432 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ Purchased /2
Harley Boss* 19 12 15 -0 0 0 -1 -0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .488 .499 0.0 -0.1 0 $ /3
Garland Braxton# 28 38 83 -13 0 0 0 9 -4 -0.4 3 -2 -0.4 .489 .497 -0.4 0.0 -2 $ Traded 1
Lloyd Brown* 23 27 35 -3 0 0 0 4 0 0.1 1 2 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.0 2 $ 1
Bobby Burke* 21 26 23 -1 0 0 0 2 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .504 .501 0.1 0.0 2 $ Rule 5 Draft 1
Joe Cronin 21 63 259 -11 1 0 2 4 -4 -0.4 8 4 0.4 .494 .498 0.2 0.6 2 $ Purchased 6
Ed Crowley 21 2 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .485 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /5
Babe Ganzel 27 10 28 -6 0 0 0 -0 -6 -0.6 1 -5 -0.5 .440 .496 -0.5 -0.0 -5 $ /O879
Milt Gaston 32 28 53 -9 0 0 0 6 -3 -0.3 2 -1 -0.3 .489 .498 -0.3 0.0 -1 $ Traded 1
Grant Gillis 27 24 96 -4 -0 0 -1 1 -4 -0.4 3 -1 -0.1 .485 .498 0.0 0.0 0 $ 6/45
Goose Goslin* 27 135 528 52 3 0 8 -6 56 5.5 17 73 7.2 .541 .534 6.3 0.2 65 $ Purchased *7O/9
Bump Hadley 23 33 90 -7 0 0 0 10 3 0.3 3 6 0.3 .509 .502 0.3 0.0 6 $ 1
Bucky Harris 31 99 394 -31 1 0 3 3 -24 -2.5 12 -12 -1.2 .475 .485 -1.5 0.6 -15 $ Traded 4/5O9
Jackie Hayes 21 60 226 -14 1 0 2 2 -8 -0.9 7 -1 -0.1 .486 .495 -0.4 0.4 -3 $ 46/5
Sad Sam Jones 35 37 95 -2 0 0 0 10 8 0.8 3 11 0.8 .522 .505 0.8 0.0 11 $ Traded 1
Joe Judge* 34 153 648 16 2 0 3 -7 14 1.5 21 35 3.5 .509 .509 3.1 -0.4 32 $ *3
Eddie Kenna 30 41 135 1 -2 0 -2 1 -2 -0.2 4 2 0.2 .496 .499 0.4 -0.1 5 $ 2
Hod Lisenbee 29 16 26 -3 0 0 0 3 -0 -0.0 1 0 0.0 .498 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
Firpo Marberry 29 48 51 -9 0 0 0 5 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.4 .492 .498 -0.4 0.0 -2 $ 1
Hugh McMullen# 26 1 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .470 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ Rule 5 Draft
Bobby Reeves 24 102 392 0 -2 0 -10 5 -7 -0.7 12 6 0.6 .493 .496 1.5 -0.4 16 $ 64/5O9
Sam Rice* 38 148 681 15 3 0 -3 -7 8 0.8 22 30 3.0 .506 .505 3.2 -1.0 33 $ Purchased *O9/7
Muddy Ruel 32 108 404 -10 -1 0 1 3 -7 -0.7 13 5 0.5 .493 .495 0.4 0.4 4 $ Traded 2/3
George Sisler* 35 20 51 -4 -0 0 0 -0 -5 -0.5 2 -4 -0.4 .474 .497 -0.4 -0.1 -3 $ Purchased /37O
Dick Spalding* 34 16 25 -1 -1 0 -1 -0 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.2 .481 .498 -0.1 -0.1 -1 $ O/79
Bennie Tate* 26 57 136 -7 -2 0 0 1 -8 -0.8 4 -3 -0.3 .487 .495 -0.3 0.1 -3 $ 2
Clay Van Alstyne 28 4 9 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 2 0.1 .534 .501 0.1 0.0 2 $ Purchased /1
Jim Weaver 24 3 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .493 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ Purchased /1
Sam West* 23 125 404 1 -1 0 -4 -4 -8 -0.8 13 5 0.5 .494 .495 0.9 -0.8 9 $ *O87/9
Tom Zachary* 32 20 39 -2 0 0 0 4 2 0.2 1 4 0.2 .511 .501 0.2 0.0 4 $ Traded 1
Team Total 28.7 1721 6018 -36 5 0 11 52 32 3.0 191 223 20.5 .502 .501 18.6 1.2 212 $
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired
Garland Braxton* 28 216.2 38 24 78 3.24 4.85 0.07 0.00 99.5 4.76 36 3.8 1.0 -0.1 5.6 61 .600 .524 $ Traded
Lloyd Brown* 23 107.0 27 10 62 5.21 4.92 0.07 0.00 99.2 4.82 -5 -0.5 1.0 -0.0 0.4 7 .481 .497 $
Bobby Burke* 21 85.1 26 7 44 4.64 4.58 0.07 0.00 98.3 4.44 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.0 0.5 8 .491 .499 $ Rule 5 Draft
Milt Gaston 32 148.2 28 22 102 6.17 4.72 0.08 0.00 98.6 4.58 -27 -2.5 1.0 -0.1 -1.2 -10 .411 .485 $ Traded
Bump Hadley 23 231.1 33 31 105 4.09 4.88 0.07 0.00 99.3 4.77 17 1.7 1.0 -0.1 3.6 44 .553 .511 $
Sad Sam Jones 35 224.2 30 27 89 3.57 4.91 0.07 0.00 99.8 4.83 31 3.3 1.0 -0.1 5.1 57 .609 .520 $ Traded
Hod Lisenbee 29 77.0 16 9 58 6.78 4.83 0.08 0.00 98.3 4.67 -18 -1.7 1.0 -0.0 -1.0 -9 .396 .490 $
Firpo Marberry 29 161.0 48 11 79 4.42 4.80 0.07 0.00 98.7 4.67 4 0.4 1.0 -0.1 1.8 23 .508 .502 $
Clay Van Alstyne 28 21.1 4 0 14 5.91 5.21 0.08 0.00 95.3 4.89 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .441 .499 $ Purchased
Jim Weaver 24 6.0 3 0 2 3.00 5.43 0.05 0.00 91.0 4.90 1 0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.2 2 .543 .501 $ Purchased
Tom Zachary* 32 102.1 20 14 72 6.33 4.74 0.08 0.00 100.6 4.69 -19 -1.8 1.0 -0.0 -0.9 -7 .412 .489 $ Traded
Team Total 28.4 1381.1 273 155 705 4.59 4.83 0.07 0.00 99.2 4.72 14 2.5 1.0 -0.6 14.0 174 .509 .501 $
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired

1927 / 1929 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics