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1928 Major League Team Statistics

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World Series Champion: New York Yankees

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Negro League teams are presented with both league-only and overall records against top Black clubs. Player stats include league games, interleague games (against major Negro League competition), and games against select top-level independent Black clubs. Player stats do not include the extensive amount of exhibitions and barnstorming games Negro League teams often played. Negro League data is not complete. Research is still ongoing and we’ll continue to publish updates as more information becomes available. Negro Leagues Data: Frequently Asked Questions

Major League Detailed Standings

Explanation of Simple Rating System (SRS)

Major League Detailed Standings
Rk	Tm	W	L	Ties	W-L%	R	RA	Rdiff	SOS	SRS	pythWL	Luck	Home	Road	ExInn	1Run	vRHP	vLHP	≥.500	<.500
1	St. Louis Stars	61	25	0	.709	6.9	4.8	2.1					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
2	New York Yankees	101	53	0	.656	5.8	4.4	1.4	-0.2	1.2	95-59	6	52-25	49-28	5-4	19-14	70-41	31-12	28-16	73-37
3	St. Louis Cardinals	95	59	0	.617	5.2	4.1	1.1	-0.1	1.0	94-60	1	42-35	53-24	11-6	29-23	68-41	27-18	57-53	38-6
4	Atlantic City Bacharach Giants	2	5	0	.286	5.9	5.5	0.3					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
5	Baltimore Black Sox	5	2	0	.714	5.6	5.5	0.2					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
6	Philadelphia Athletics	98	55	0	.641	5.4	4.0	1.4	-0.2	1.2	97-56	1	52-25	46-30	8-0	30-13	78-42	20-13	22-22	76-33
7	Kansas City Monarchs	48	28	0	.632	5.1	3.9	1.2					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
8	New York Giants	93	61	1	.604	5.2	4.2	1.0	-0.1	0.9	92-62	1	51-26	42-35	8-9	32-22	59-40	34-21	60-50	33-11
9	New York Lincoln Giants	5	2	0	.714	6.4	5.9	0.5					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
10	Chicago American Giants	52	32	0	.619	4.8	3.6	1.1					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
11	Detroit Stars	53	36	0	.596	6.0	5.5	0.5					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
12	Chicago Cubs	91	63	0	.591	4.6	4.0	0.6	-0.1	0.6	87-67	4	52-25	39-38	8-5	27-19	64-51	27-12	61-49	30-14
13	St. Louis Browns	82	72	0	.532	5.0	4.8	0.2	0.0	0.2	80-74	2	43-34	39-38	10-2	18-20	61-55	21-17	16-28	66-44
14	Pittsburgh Pirates	85	67	0	.559	5.5	4.6	0.9	-0.1	0.8	88-64	-3	47-30	38-37	8-6	25-24	58-46	27-21	51-58	34-9
15	Washington Nationals	75	79	1	.487	4.6	4.5	0.1	0.0	0.1	78-76	-3	37-43	38-36	3-12	19-25	58-61	17-18	28-38	47-41
16	Philadelphia Tigers	2	3	0	.400	4.3	9.6	-5.4					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
17	Cincinnati Reds	78	74	1	.513	4.2	4.5	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	72-80	6	44-33	34-41	10-7	34-18	61-61	17-13	53-57	25-17
18	Chicago White Sox	72	82	1	.468	4.2	4.7	-0.4	0.1	-0.4	70-84	2	37-40	35-42	5-6	26-18	55-59	17-23	25-41	47-41
19	Birmingham Black Barons	45	54	0	.455	3.9	4.9	-1.0					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
20	Cuban Stars East	2	4	0	.333	5.6	6.3	-0.7					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
21	Brooklyn Robins	77	76	2	.503	4.3	4.1	0.2	0.0	0.1	79-74	-2	41-35	36-41	6-11	24-34	47-49	30-27	47-62	30-14
22	Detroit Tigers	68	86	0	.442	4.8	5.2	-0.4	0.1	-0.3	72-82	-4	36-41	32-45	6-8	20-24	52-69	16-17	24-42	44-44
23	Memphis Red Sox	33	51	0	.393	4.5	4.9	-0.5					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
24	Cleveland Indians	62	92	1	.403	4.3	5.4	-1.0	0.1	-0.9	63-91	-1	28-49	34-43	6-8	23-27	50-71	12-21	19-47	43-45
25	Boston Braves	50	103	0	.327	4.1	5.7	-1.6	0.2	-1.4	54-99	-4	25-51	25-52	9-8	14-26	42-84	8-19	37-94	13-9
26	Cuban Stars West	13	41	0	.241	3.6	5.9	-2.3					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
27	Boston Red Sox	57	96	1	.373	3.8	5.0	-1.2	0.1	-1.0	58-95	-1	26-47	31-49	3-6	18-32	46-64	11-32	18-47	39-49
28	Philadelphia Phillies	43	109	0	.283	4.3	6.3	-2.0	0.2	-1.7	51-101	-8	26-49	17-60	3-11	16-35	29-80	14-29	34-96	9-13
29	Cleveland Tigers	20	59	0	.253	4.5	6.7	-2.3					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
	Average	54	54	0	.500	4.9	5.1				54-54		22-20	20-22	3-3	12-12	30-31	11-10	20-27	22-14

In this table, Negro League team records are for league games only. Runs scored and allowed are for all games against top Black clubs for which a box score has been discovered.

Postseason

Team Standard Batting

Team Standard Batting Table
Tm	#Bat	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	LOB
Atlantic City Bacharach Giants	26	29.4	5.87	55	2099	1916	323	569	71	26	21	264	44		170		.297	.358	.394	.752	94	755		13
Birmingham Black Barons	32	26.7	3.91	88	3024	2872	344	749	102	47	20	293	65		127		.261	.298	.350	.648	76	1005		25
Baltimore Black Sox	24	29.7	5.63	60	2235	2021	338	580	114	25	42	287	66		199		.287	.355	.430	.786	101	870		15
Boston Red Sox	35	28.2	3.82	154	5767	5135	589	1356	259	62	38	544	97	67	397	514	.264	.319	.361	.680	81	1853		20	205		10	1054
Brooklyn Robins	30	31.0	4.29	155	5999	5243	665	1393	229	70	66	621	81	66	557	510	.266	.340	.374	.714	88	1960		32	160		30	1143
Boston Braves	42	29.7	4.12	153	5904	5228	631	1439	241	41	52	577	60	63	447	377	.275	.335	.367	.702	89	1918		27	191		17	1106
Chicago American Giants	26	30.3	4.76	76	2756	2564	362	708	86	28	6	320	78		160		.276	.327	.339	.665	82	868		32
Chicago Cubs	28	28.7	4.64	154	6013	5260	714	1460	251	64	92	665	83	52	508	517	.278	.345	.402	.747	95	2115		31	210		28	1187
Chicago White Sox	34	27.4	4.24	155	5916	5209	657	1404	231	76	24	592	144	84	463	485	.270	.333	.357	.690	83	1859		31	201		23	1110
Cincinnati Reds	29	29.9	4.24	153	5818	5184	648	1449	229	67	32	588	83	74	386	330	.280	.333	.368	.701	84	1908		26	212		10	1057
Cleveland Indians	43	27.3	4.37	155	5998	5391	677	1538	298	62	34	619	50	52	376	410	.285	.336	.382	.719	88	2062		36	190		19	1150
Cuban Stars East	16	28.6	5.57	30	1134	1058	167	300	50	8	16	138	16		66		.284	.332	.391	.723	86	414		10
Cuban Stars West	14	26.1	3.60	47	1701	1555	169	358	51	13	2	139	17		128		.230	.296	.284	.580	59	441		18
Cleveland Tigers	41	26.3	4.48	62	2237	2096	278	606	95	36	17	253	36		113		.289	.334	.393	.727	98	824		28
Detroit Tigers	27	28.1	4.83	154	5955	5289	744	1475	268	97	62	686	113	72	468	433	.279	.340	.401	.742	92	2123		23	163		11	1077
Detroit Stars	17	29.5	6.01	81	3040	2777	487	796	126	38	60	438	50		238		.287	.348	.424	.773	110	1178		25
Kansas City Monarchs	19	26.6	5.07	76	2781	2542	385	703	106	33	16	320	125		204		.277	.339	.363	.702	92	923		35
Memphis Red Sox	24	22.5	4.49	77	2761	2499	346	664	89	35	14	308	44		230		.266	.335	.346	.682	86	865		32
New York Lincoln Giants	25	31.2	6.42	36	1307	1185	231	349	67	11	30	194	36		113		.295	.360	.446	.806	106	528		9
New York Giants	38	25.8	5.21	155	6107	5459	807	1600	276	59	118	758	62	68	444	376	.293	.349	.430	.779	103	2348		27	173		34	1161
New York Yankees	30	28.0	5.81	154	6077	5337	894	1576	267	79	133	826	51	52	562	553	.295	.365	.450	.815	115	2400		23	147		25	1119
Philadelphia Athletics	29	29.6	5.41	153	6014	5241	828	1541	326	75	89	760	59	53	532	435	.294	.363	.436	.799	106	2284		37	196		12	1133
Philadelphia Phillies	35	27.3	4.34	152	5922	5234	660	1396	257	47	85	606	53	54	503	510	.267	.333	.382	.716	82	2002		21	159		24	1129
Pittsburgh Pirates	35	27.4	5.51	152	6045	5371	837	1659	246	100	52	768	64	52	435	352	.309	.364	.421	.785	101	2261		29	202		15	1165
Philadelphia Tigers	17	30.8	4.25	8	298	274	34	80	11	3	2	30	4		22		.292	.349	.376	.725	87	103		2
St. Louis Browns	31	28.6	5.03	154	6017	5219	774	1432	276	76	63	707	78	43	543	474	.274	.346	.393	.739	91	2049		29	211		16	1134
St. Louis Stars	22	27.0	6.92	79	3024	2812	547	893	157	57	101	497	53		187		.318	.365	.522	.887	140	1467		25
St. Louis Cardinals	31	28.8	5.24	154	6149	5357	807	1505	292	70	113	749	82	52	568	438	.281	.353	.425	.778	100	2276		32	187		19	1147
Washington Nationals	33	28.6	4.63	155	6024	5323	718	1513	277	93	40	680	108	58	479	385	.284	.347	.394	.740	95	2096		30	180		15	1162
League Average	17	28.4	3.60	112	3301	2913	402	818	146	39	38	371	44	33	264	245	.281	.344	.397	.741	93	1156		16	103		11	622
	505	28.4	3.60	3237	95725	84480	11650	23736	4223	1138	1093	10746	1268	962	7668	7099	.281	.344	.397	.741	93	33514		454	2987		308	18034
Tm	#Bat	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	LOB