1928 New York Giants
LeagueNational League
BallparkPolo Grounds
CityNew York City
OwnersCharles Stoneham
ManagersJohn McGraw
← 1927 Seasons 1929 →

The 1928 New York Giants season was the franchise's 46th season. The team finished in second place in the National League with a 93–61 record, 2 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 95 59 0.617 — 42–35 53–24
New York Giants 93 61 0.604 2 51–26 42–35
Chicago Cubs 91 63 0.591 4 52–25 39–38
Pittsburgh Pirates 85 67 0.559 9 47–30 38–37
Cincinnati Reds 78 74 0.513 16 44–33 34–41
Brooklyn Robins 77 76 0.503 17½ 41–35 36–41
Boston Braves 50 103 0.327 44½ 25–51 25–52
Philadelphia Phillies 43 109 0.283 51 26–49 17–60

Record vs. opponents

1928 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston — 7–15 5–17 10–12 6–16 13–9 5–16 4–18
Brooklyn 15–7 — 10–12 10–12–1 9–13–1 15–7 9–12 9–13
Chicago 17–5 12–10 — 13–9 14–8 13–9 11–11 11–11
Cincinnati 12–10 12–10–1 9–13 — 8–14 13–7 12–10 12–10
New York 16–6 13–9–1 8–14 14–8 — 17–5 11–11 14–8
Philadelphia 9–13 7–15 9–13 7–13 5–17 — 4–18 2–20
Pittsburgh 16–5 12–9 11–11 10–12 11–11 18–4 — 7–15
St. Louis 18–4 13–9 11–11 10–12 8–14 20–2 15–7 —


Roster

1928 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Shanty Hogan 131 411 137 .333 10 71
1B Bill Terry 149 568 185 .326 17 101
2B Andy Cohen 129 504 138 .274 9 59
SS Travis Jackson 150 537 145 .270 14 77
3B Freddie Lindstrom 153 646 231 .358 14 107
OF Mel Ott 124 435 140 .322 18 77
OF Jimmy Welsh 124 476 146 .307 9 54
OF Lefty O'Doul 114 354 113 .319 8 46

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Andy Reese 109 406 125 .308 6 44
Les Mann 82 193 51 .264 2 25
Edd Roush 46 163 41 .252 2 13
Bob O'Farrell 75 133 26 .195 2 20
George Harper 19 57 13 .228 2 7
Art Jahn 10 29 8 .276 1 7
Jack Cummings 33 27 9 .333 2 9
Russ Wrightstone 30 25 4 .160 1 5
Pat Veltman 1 3 1 .333 0 0
Al Spohrer 2 2 0 .000 0 0
Ray Foley 2 1 0 .000 0 0
Chick Fullis 11 1 0 .000 0 0
Bill Haeffner 2 1 0 .000 0 0
Joe Price 1 1 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Larry Benton 42 310.1 25 9 2.73 90
Freddie Fitzsimmons 40 261.1 20 9 3.68 67
Joe Genewich 26 158.1 11 4 3.18 37
Carl Hubbell 20 124.0 10 6 2.83 37
Vic Aldridge 22 119.1 4 7 4.83 33
Virgil Barnes 10 55.1 3 3 5.04 11
Leo Mangum 1 3.0 0 0 15.00 1

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jim Faulkner 38 117.1 9 8 3.53 32
Bill Walker 22 76.1 3 6 4.72 39
Dutch Henry 17 64.0 3 6 3.80 23
Jack Scott 16 50.1 4 1 3.58 17

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Tiny Chaplin 12 0 2 0 4.50 5
Ben Cantwell 7 1 0 1 4.42 0
Bill Clarkson 4 0 0 0 7.94 3
Chet Nichols 3 0 0 0 23.63 1
Garland Buckeye 1 0 0 0 14.73 3

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AA Buffalo Bisons International League Bill Clymer
A Bridgeport Bears Eastern League William Whitman and Bob Emmerich

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Notes

  1. ^ Shanty Hogan page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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