1928 American League (AL) Statistics and Awards

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1928 American League Previous Year / Next Year

Expanded Standings

Team W L WL% GB NewYorkY NYY 101 53 .656 -- Phildlpa PHA 98 55 .641 2.5 St.Louis SLB 82 72 .532 19.0 Washngtn WSH 75 79 .487 26.0 ChicagoW CHW 72 82 .468 29.0 Detroit DET 68 86 .442 33.0 Clvlnd CLE 62 92 .403 39.0 BostonRS BOS 57 96 .373 43.5

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1928 AL | NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: AL | NL - Expanded Leaderboards: AL | ML | NL -
Players: Batting - Pitching - Fielding -
Other: New Debuts - Final Year - Born this year - Died this year - Transactions - Amateur Draft - League Splits

League Batting Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    G    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS  OPS+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 NYY  5.81   894  154  5337  1578  269  79  133  562   544  .296  .363  .450   51   51 125  5.19  6.42
 PHA  5.42   829  153  5226  1540  323  75   89  533   442  .295  .360  .436   59   48 113  5.58  5.25
 SLB  5.01   772  154  5217  1431  276  76   63  548   479  .274  .343  .393   76   43  97  5.17  4.86
 DET  4.83   744  154  5292  1476  265  97   62  469   438  .279  .338  .401  113   77 100  4.96  4.70
 WSH  4.63   718  155  5320  1510  277  93   40  481   390  .284  .343  .393  110   59 101  4.54  4.73
 CLE  4.35   674  155  5386  1535  299  61   34  377   426  .285  .332  .382   50   52  92  4.75  3.95
 CHW  4.23   656  155  5207  1405  231  77   24  469   488  .270  .330  .358  139   82  88  4.05  4.42
 BOS  3.82   589  154  5132  1356  260  62   38  389   512  .264  .316  .361   99   64  85  3.82  3.83
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 Tot  4.76  5876 1234 42117 11831 2200 620  483 3828  3719  .281  .344  .397  697  476

League Pitching Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA    G   ERA    IP    H    H/G    BB  BB/G  HR    SO   CG  cgSHO tmSHO  SV ERA+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 PHA  4.02   615  153  3.36  1367  1349   8.8   424  2.8   66   607   81    15     0  16 119  3.83  4.21
 NYY  4.45   685  154  3.74  1375  1466   9.5   452  2.9   59   487   82    13     0  21 101  3.91  4.99
 WSH  4.55   705  155  3.88  1384  1420   9.2   466  3.0   40   462   77    15     0  10 103  4.73  4.36
 CHW  4.68   725  155  3.98  1378  1518   9.8   501  3.2   66   418   88     6     0  11 101  4.73  4.62
 SLB  4.82   742  154  4.17  1374  1487   9.7   454  2.9   93   456   80     6     0  15 101  5.05  4.58
 DET  5.22   804  154  4.32  1372  1481   9.6   567  3.7   58   451   65     5     0  16  95  5.19  5.25
 BOS  5.00   770  154  4.39  1352  1492   9.7   452  2.9   49   407   70     5     0   9  92  4.91  5.09
 CLE  5.35   830  155  4.47  1378  1615  10.4   511  3.3   52   416   71     4     0  15  93  5.75  4.96
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOT  4.76  5876 1234  4.04 10980 11828   9.7  3827  3.1  483  3704  614          69 113

League Miscellaneous Stats Glossary

 Tm    E   DP  Fldg% DefEff Attendance  Att/G    pW-pL  hmW-L rdW-L BPF PPF AgeB AgeP HOF  AS aAS Managers 
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------
 NYY  199  136  .967   .695  1,072,132  13,924   95-59  52-25 49-28  97  93 28.1 28.8   9   0   6 Huggins
 PHA  183  124  .970   .702    689,756   8,958   97-56  52-25 46-30 103  99 29.6 31.9   7   0  11 Mack
 SLB  184  146  .970   .698    339,497   4,409   80-74  43-34 39-38 103 104 28.2 27.1   1   0   2 Howley
 WSH  180  146  .971   .698    378,501   4,731   78-76  37-43 38-36  99  99 28.5 28.4   5   0   5 Harris
 CHW  184  149  .970   .694    494,152   6,335   70-84  37-40 35-42  99 100 27.4 29.3   3   0   1 Schalk and Blackburne
 DET  212  140  .965   .689    474,323   6,160   72-82  36-41 32-45 101 102 28.1 27.3   2   0   1 Moriarty
 CLE  221  187  .965   .669    375,907   4,882   63-91  28-49 34-43 101 103 27.2 26.7   1   0   3 Peckinpaugh
 BOS  172  139  .972   .689    396,920   5,364   58-95  26-47 31-49  96 100 28.2 24.7   1   0   3 Carrigan
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------

League Awards
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Batting stats are BA/OBP/SLG.
Pitching stats are W-L ERA.

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results

Most Valuable Player Mickey Cochrane
PHA .293/.395/.464

League Leaderboards Expanded Leaderboard (MLB Leaders) - Glossary
Click on the Player for career stats and accomplishments.

Batting Average

Goslin-WSH .379

Manush-SLB .378

Gehrig-NYY .374

Simmons-PHA .351

Lazzeri-NYY .332

On-base %

Gehrig-NYY .467

Ruth-NYY .463

Goslin-WSH .442

Bishop-PHA .435

Foxx-PHA .416

Slugging %

Ruth-NYY .709

Gehrig-NYY .648

Goslin-WSH .614

Manush-SLB .575

Simmons-PHA .558

OPS

Ruth-NYY 1.172

Gehrig-NYY 1.115

Goslin-WSH 1.056

Manush-SLB .989

Foxx-PHA .964

Games

Kamm-CHW 155

Sewell-CLE 155

Blue-SLB 154

Gehrig-NYY 154

Gehringer-DET 154

Lind-CLE 154

Manush-SLB 154

Ruth-NYY 154

At Bats

Lind-CLE 650

Manush-SLB 638

Combs-NYY 626

Rice-WSH 616

Gehringer-DET 603

Plate Appearances (approx.)

Lind-CLE 713

Combs-NYY 709

Manush-SLB 697

Gehringer-DET 691

Ruth-NYY 684

Runs

Ruth-NYY 163

Gehrig-NYY 139

Combs-NYY 118

Blue-SLB 116

Gehringer-DET 108

Hits

Manush-SLB 241

Gehrig-NYY 210

Rice-WSH 202

Combs-NYY 194

Gehringer-DET 193

Total Bases

Ruth-NYY 380

Manush-SLB 367

Gehrig-NYY 364

Combs-NYY 290

Heilmann-DET 283

Doubles

Gehrig-NYY 47

Manush-SLB 47

Meusel-NYY 45

Schulte-SLB 44

Lind-CLE 42

Triples

Combs-NYY 21

Manush-SLB 20

Gehringer-DET 16

Barnes-WSH 15

Rice-WSH 15

Tavener-DET 15

Home Runs

Ruth-NYY 54

Gehrig-NYY 27

Goslin-WSH 17

Hauser-PHA 16

Simmons-PHA 15

RBI

Gehrig-NYY 142

Ruth-NYY 142

Meusel-NYY 113

Manush-SLB 108

Heilmann-DET 107

Simmons-PHA 107

Bases on Balls

Ruth-NYY 137

Blue-SLB 105

Bishop-PHA 97

Gehrig-NYY 95

Judge-WSH 80

Strikeouts

Ruth-NYY 87

Kress-SLB 70

Gehrig-NYY 69

Schulte-SLB 60

Meusel-NYY 56

Stolen Bases

Myer-BOS 30

Mostil-CHW 23

Rice-DET 20

Bluege-WSH 18

Cissell-CHW 18

Singles

Manush-SLB 161

Rice-WSH 153

Lind-CLE 144

Sewell-CLE 144

Gehringer-DET 142

Adjusted OPS+

Ruth-NYY 208

Gehrig-NYY 194

Goslin-WSH 176

Manush-SLB 154

Foxx-PHA 148

Runs Created

Ruth-NYY 173

Gehrig-NYY 164

Manush-SLB 153

Goslin-WSH 125

Combs-NYY 111

Heilmann-DET 111

Adjusted Batting Runs

Ruth-NYY 89

Gehrig-NYY 81

Goslin-WSH 51

Manush-SLB 48

Foxx-PHA 29

Batting Wins

Ruth-NYY 8.4

Gehrig-NYY 7.6

Goslin-WSH 4.8

Manush-SLB 4.6

Foxx-PHA 2.8

Simmons-PHA 2.8

Extra-Base Hits

Ruth-NYY 91

Gehrig-NYY 87

Manush-SLB 80

Goslin-WSH 63

Heilmann-DET 62

Times on Base

Ruth-NYY 313

Gehrig-NYY 309

Manush-SLB 280

Combs-NYY 273

Gehringer-DET 268

Offensive Win%

Ruth-NYY .851

Gehrig-NYY .836

Goslin-WSH .821

Manush-SLB .787

Simmons-PHA .742

Hit By Pitch

Bluege-WSH 8

McNeely-SLB 8

Miller-PHA 8

Sewell-CLE 7

Burns-TOT 6

Gehringer-DET 6

Metzler-CHW 6

Summa-CLE 6

Sac. Hits

Todt-BOS 31

Clancy-CHW 29

Kamm-CHW 28

Lind-CLE 27

Kress-SLB 26

Myer-BOS 26

Caught Stealing

Mostil-CHW 21

Myer-BOS 16

McManus-DET 13

Rice-DET 13

Jamieson-CLE 12

Power/Speed Number

Goslin-WSH 16.5

Manush-SLB 14.7

Blue-SLB 12.9

Lazzeri-NYY 12.0

Heilmann-DET 9.3

At Bats per Strikeout

Sewell-CLE 65.3

Manush-SLB 45.6

Rice-WSH 41.1

Boley-PHA 38.6

Summa-CLE 33.6

At Bats per Home Run

Ruth-NYY 9.9

Gehrig-NYY 20.8

Goslin-WSH 26.8

Foxx-PHA 30.8

Simmons-PHA 30.9

Outs

Lind-CLE 491

Combs-NYY 444

Todt-BOS 439

Kress-SLB 437

Gehringer-DET 432

ERA

Braxton-WSH 2.51

Pennock-NYY 2.56

Grove-PHA 2.58

Jones-WSH 2.84

Quinn-PHA 2.90

Wins

Grove-PHA 24

Pipgras-NYY 24

Hoyt-NYY 23

Crowder-SLB 21

Gray-SLB 20

Won-Loss %

Crowder-SLB .808

Hoyt-NYY .767

Grove-PHA .750

Pennock-NYY .739

Rommel-PHA .722

BB + H per IP (WHIP)

Braxton-WSH 1.012

Grove-PHA 1.116

Rommel-PHA 1.169

Pennock-NYY 1.209

Hoyt-NYY 1.242

Hits Allowed/9IP

Braxton-WSH 7.30

Grove-PHA 7.84

Earnshaw-PHA 8.13

Jones-WSH 8.37

Johnson-NYY 8.50

Bases on Balls/9IP

Rommel-PHA 1.35

Quinn-PHA 1.45

Pennock-NYY 1.71

Braxton-WSH 1.81

Russell-BOS 1.83

Strikeouts/9IP

Earnshaw-PHA 6.65

Grove-PHA 6.29

Johnson-NYY 4.97

Walberg-PHA 4.28

Whitehill-DET 4.26

Games

Marberry-WSH 48

Morris-BOS 47

Pipgras-NYY 46

Rommel-PHA 43

Hoyt-NYY 42

Hudlin-CLE 42

Ruffing-BOS 42

Saves

Hoyt-NYY 8

Hudlin-CLE 7

Braxton-WSH 6

Lyons-CHW 6

Morris-BOS 5

Vangilder-DET 5

Innings

Pipgras-NYY 300.7

Ruffing-BOS 289.3

Thomas-CHW 283.0

Hoyt-NYY 273.0

Gray-SLB 262.7

Strikeouts

Grove-PHA 183

Pipgras-NYY 139

Thomas-CHW 129

Ruffing-BOS 118

Earnshaw-PHA 117

Games Started

Pipgras-NYY 38

Ruffing-BOS 34

Thomas-CHW 32

Crowder-SLB 31

Gray-SLB 31

Grove-PHA 31

Hadley-WSH 31

Hoyt-NYY 31

Ogden-SLB 31

Shaute-CLE 31

Comp. Games

Ruffing-BOS 25

Grove-PHA 24

Thomas-CHW 24

Pipgras-NYY 22

Gray-SLB 21

Lyons-CHW 21

Shaute-CLE 21

Shutouts

Pennock-NYY 5

Grove-PHA 4

Jones-WSH 4

Pipgras-NYY 4

Quinn-PHA 4

Home Runs Allow.

Blaeholder-SLB 23

Ogden-SLB 23

Walberg-PHA 19

Hoyt-NYY 16

Johnson-NYY 16

Stoner-DET 16

Bases On Balls Allow.

Johnson-NYY 104

Pipgras-NYY 103

Earnshaw-PHA 100

Hadley-WSH 100

Ruffing-BOS 96

Hits Allowed

Pipgras-NYY 314

Ruffing-BOS 303

Shaute-CLE 295

Hoyt-NYY 279

Thomas-CHW 277

SO to Walk

Grove-PHA 2.86

Braxton-WSH 2.14

Marberry-WSH 1.81

Walberg-PHA 1.75

Thomas-CHW 1.70

Losses

Ruffing-BOS 25

Shaute-CLE 17

Uhle-CLE 17

Adkins-CHW 16

Ogden-SLB 16

Thomas-CHW 16

Whitehill-DET 16

Earned Runs Allow.

Ruffing-BOS 125

Shaute-CLE 114

Pipgras-NYY 113

Ogden-SLB 112

Lyons-CHW 106

Wild Pitches

Earnshaw-PHA 7

Shaute-CLE 7

Grant-CLE 5

Jones-WSH 5

Pipgras-NYY 5

Walsh-CHW 5

Hit Batsmen

Johnson-NYY 12

Bayne-CLE 10

Ruffing-BOS 10

Hadley-WSH 8

Uhle-CLE 8

Batters Faced

Pipgras-NYY 1352

Ruffing-BOS 1273

Thomas-CHW 1223

Hoyt-NYY 1153

Gray-SLB 1133

Games Finished

Marberry-WSH 26

Bayne-CLE 21

Smith-DET 21

Vangilder-DET 21

Simmons-BOS 19

Adjusted ERA+

Braxton-WSH 159

Grove-PHA 155

Pennock-NYY 147

Jones-WSH 141

Quinn-PHA 138

Oldest Player

Quinn-PHA 1883-07-01 (44)

Cobb-PHA 1886-12-18 (41)

Collins-PHA 1887-05-02 (41)

Speaker-PHA 1888-04-04 (40)

Faber-CHW 1888-09-06 (39)

Youngest Player

Harder-CLE 1909-10-15 (18)

Asbjornson-BOS 1909-06-19 (19)

Simmons-BOS 1908-11-29 (19)

Boss-WSH 1908-11-19 (19)

Sumner-BOS 1908-09-28 (19)

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