1928 St. Louis Browns
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkSportsman's Park
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record82–72 (.532)
League place3rd
OwnersPhil Ball
ManagersDan Howley
RadioKMOX
WIL (AM)
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← 1927 Seasons 1929 →

The 1928 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 3rd in the American League with a record of 82 wins and 72 losses.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 101 53 0.656 — 52–25 49–28
Philadelphia Athletics 98 55 0.641 2½ 52–25 46–30
St. Louis Browns 82 72 0.532 19 43–34 39–38
Washington Senators 75 79 0.487 26 37–43 38–36
Chicago White Sox 72 82 0.468 29 37–40 35–42
Detroit Tigers 68 86 0.442 33 36–41 32–45
Cleveland Indians 62 92 0.403 39 28–49 34–43
Boston Red Sox 57 96 0.373 43½ 26–47 31–49

Record vs. opponents

1928 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston — 10–12 9–13 7–15 6–16 3–18 9–13 13–9–1
Chicago 12–10 — 12–10–1 13–9 9–13 6–16 10–12 10–12
Cleveland 13–9 10–12–1 — 10–12 6–16 6–16 7–15 10–12
Detroit 15–7 9–13 12–10 — 7–15 8–14 9–13 8–14
New York 16–6 13–9 16–6 15–7 — 16–6 12–10 13–9
Philadelphia 18–3 16–6 16–6 14–8 6–16 — 16–6 12–10
St. Louis 13–9 12–10 15–7 13–9 10–12 6–16 — 13–9
Washington 9–13–1 12–10 12–10 14–8 9–13 10–12 9–13 —


Notable transactions

Roster

1928 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

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 Wally Schang 91 245 70 .286 3 39
1B Lu Blue 154 549 154 .281 14 80
2B Otis Brannan 135 483 118 .244 10 66
SS Red Kress 150 560 153 .273 3 81
3B Frank O'Rourke 99 391 103 .263 1 62
OF Fred Schulte 146 556 159 .286 7 85
OF Heinie Manush 154 638 241 .378 13 108
OF Earl McNeely 127 496 117 .236 0 44

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
Clyde Manion 76 243 55 .226 2 31
Beauty McGowan 47 168 61 .363 2 18
Larry Bettencourt 67 159 45 .283 4 24
Ski Melillo 51 132 25 .189 0 9
Guy Sturdy 54 45 10 .222 1 8
Steve O'Neill 10 24 7 .292 0 6
Billy Mullen 15 18 7 .389 0 2
Wally Gerber 6 18 5 .278 0 0
Ollie Sax 16 17 3 .176 0 0
Fred Bennett 7 8 2 .250 0 0
Ike Danning 2 6 3 .500 0 1
Frank Wilson 6 5 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
Sam Gray 35 262.2 20 12 3.19 102
General Crowder 41 244.0 21 5 3.69 99
Jack Ogden 38 242.2 15 16 4.15 67
George Blaeholder 38 214.1 10 15 4.37 87

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
Lefty Stewart 29 142.2 7 9 4.67 25
Dick Coffman 29 85.2 4 5 6.09 25
Hal Wiltse 26 72.0 2 5 5.25 23
Boom-Boom Beck 16 49.0 2 3 4.41 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
Ed Strelecki 22 0 2 1 4.29 8
Ernie Nevers 6 1 0 0 3.00 1
Jim Wright 2 0 0 0 13.50 2

Notes

  1. ^ Harry Rice page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Wally Gerber page at Baseball Reference

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