1928 Boston Braves season

1928 Boston Braves
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record 50–103 (.327)
League place 7th
Other information
Owner(s) Emil Fuchs
Manager(s) Jack Slattery, Rogers Hornsby
Local radio WNAC
(Fred Hoey)
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The 1928 Boston Braves season was a season in American baseball. The team finished seventh in the National League with a record of 50–103, 44½ games behind the St. Louis Cardinals.

In the offseason, Rogers Hornsby was traded to the Braves. It was the second trade in as many seasons for Hornsby, who had been traded to the New York Giants during the previous offseason. Hornsby managed to be the league's most productive hitter. He won his seventh batting title in 1928 with a .387 average, and led the league in on-base percentage (.498, a figure that only Hornsby himself topped among National Leaguers in the 20th century), slugging percentage (.632), and walks (107).

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 Records

Sources:

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 —

Notable transactions

Roster

1928 Boston Braves
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 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
1B Sisler, GeorgeGeorge Sisler 118 491 167 .340 4 68
2B Hornsby, RogersRogers Hornsby 140 486 188 .387 21 94
OF Smith, JackJack Smith 96 254 71 .280 1 32

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
Mueller, HeinieHeinie Mueller 42 151 34 .225 0 19
Cooney, JimmyJimmy Cooney 18 51 7 .137 0 3
Williams, EarlEarl Williams 3 2 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
Smith, BobBob Smith 38 244.1 13 17 3.87 59
Brandt, EdEd Brandt 38 225.1 9 21 5.07 84

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
Cantwell, BenBen Cantwell 22 90 3 3 5.10 18
Barnes, VirgilVirgil Barnes 16 60.1 2 7 5.82 7
Palmero, EmilioEmilio Palmero 3 6.2 0 1 5.40 0

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
Clarkson, BillBill Clarkson 19 0 2 0 6.75 8
Hearn, BunnyBunny Hearn 7 1 0 0 6.30 8
Boggs, RayRay Boggs 4 0 0 0 5.40 0
Sisler, GeorgeGeorge Sisler 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
A Providence Grays Eastern League King Bader

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Notes

  1. ↑ Frank Gibson page at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Rogers Hornsby page at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Emilio Palmero page at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References


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