1928 Brooklyn Robins season
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Owner(s) | Stephen McKeever |
Manager(s) | Wilbert Robinson |
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The 1928 Brooklyn Robins finished in 6th place, despite pitcher Dazzy Vance leading the league in strikeouts for a seventh straight season as well as posting a career best 2.09 ERA.
Offseason
- December 12, 1928: Johnny Butler was purchased from the Robins by the Chicago Cubs.[1]
Regular season
Season standings
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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
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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
- June 8, 1928: Charlie Hargreaves was traded by the Robins to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Joe Harris and Johnny Gooch.[2]
- June 23, 1928: Howard Freigau was purchased from the Robins by the Boston Braves.[3]
Roster
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Player stats
Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases
Pos | Player | G | AB | R | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
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C | DeBerry, HankHank DeBerry | 82 | 258 | 19 | 65 | .252 | 0 | 23 | 3 |
1B | Bissonette, DelDel Bissonette | 155 | 587 | 90 | 188 | .320 | 25 | 106 | 5 |
2B | Flowers, JakeJake Flowers | 103 | 339 | 51 | 93 | .274 | 2 | 44 | 10 |
3B | Hendrick, HarveyHarvey Hendrick | 126 | 425 | 83 | 135 | .318 | 11 | 59 | 16 |
SS | Bancroft, DaveDave Bancroft | ||||||||
OF | Herman, BabeBabe Herman | ||||||||
OF | Bressler, RubeRube Bressler | ||||||||
OF | Carey, MaxMax Carey |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases
Player | G | AB | R | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
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Riconda, HarryHarry Riconda | ||||||||
Tyson, TyTy Tyson | ||||||||
Statz, JiggerJigger Statz | ||||||||
Gilbert, WallyWally Gilbert | 39 | 153 | 26 | 31 | .203 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Henline, ButchButch Henline | ||||||||
Gooch, JohnnyJohnny Gooch | ||||||||
Harris, JoeJoe Harris | 55 | 89 | 8 | 21 | .236 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
Partridge, JayJay Partridge | ||||||||
Hargreaves, CharlieCharlie Hargreaves | 20 | 61 | 3 | 12 | .197 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
Freigau, HowardHoward Freigau | ||||||||
Tremper, OvertonOverton Tremper | ||||||||
West, MaxMax West | 7 | 21 | 4 | 6 | .286 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Lopez, AlAl Lopez |
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games
Player | G | GS | CG | IP | W | L | ERA | BB | SO |
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Vance, DazzyDazzy Vance | 38 | 32 | 24 | 280.1 | 22 | 10 | 2.09 | 72 | 200 |
McWeeny, DougDoug McWeeny | |||||||||
Petty, JesseJesse Petty |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games
Player | G | GS | CG | IP | W | L | ERA | BB | SO |
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Elliott, JumboJumbo Elliott | |||||||||
Clark, WattyWatty Clark | 40 | 19 | 10 | 194.2 | 12 | 9 | 2.68 | 50 | 85 |
Doak, BillBill Doak | 28 | 12 | 4 | 99.1 | 3 | 8 | 3.26 | 35 | 12 |
Moss, RayRay Moss |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | BB | SO |
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Ehrhardt, RubeRube Ehrhardt | 28 | 54 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4.67 | 27 | 12 |
Koupal, LouLou Koupal |
Awards and honors
League top five finishers
- #4 in NL in home runs (25)
- #4 in NL in ERA (2.68)
- MLB leader in ERA (2.09)
- MLB leader in strikeouts (200)
- #3 in NL in wins (22)