1928 Boston Red Sox season

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1928 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) J.A. Robert Quinn
Manager(s) Bill Carrigan
Local radio WNAC
(Fred Hoey)
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The 1928 Boston Red Sox season was the 28th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished last in the eight-team American League (AL) with a record of 57 wins and 96 losses.

Regular season[edit]

Season standings[edit]

American League W L Pct. GB
New York Yankees 101 53 .656 --
Philadelphia Athletics 98 55 .641
St. Louis Browns 82 72 .532 19
Washington Senators 75 79 .487 26
Chicago White Sox 72 82 .468 29
Detroit Tigers 68 86 .442 33
Cleveland Indians 62 92 .403 39
Boston Red Sox 57 96 .373 43½

Record vs. opponents[edit]

1928 American League Records

Sources:

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL 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


Opening Day lineup[edit]

All Star Buddy Myer
Jack Rothrock SS
Phil Todt 1B
Ira Flagstead CF
Ken Williams LF
Buddy Myer 3B
Bill Regan 2B
Doug Taitt RF
Fred Hofmann C
Danny MacFayden P

Notable transactions[edit]

Roster[edit]

1928 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats[edit]

Batting[edit]

Starters by position[edit]

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 Hofmann, FredFred Hofmann 78 199 45 .226 0 16
1B Todt, PhilPhil Todt 144 539 136 .252 12 73
2B Regan, BillBill Regan 138 511 135 .264 7 75
OF Williams, KenKen Williams 133 462 140 .303 8 67
OF Taitt, DougDoug Taitt 143 482 144 .299 3 61
OF Flagstead, IraIra Flagstead 140 510 148 .290 1 39

Other batters[edit]

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
Rothrock, JackJack Rothrock 117 344 92 .267 3 22

Pitching[edit]

Starting pitchers[edit]

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Other pitchers[edit]

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bradley, HerbHerb Bradley 15 47.1 0 3 7.23 14

Relief pitchers[edit]

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Wilson, JohnJohn Wilson 2 0 0 0 9.00 1
Rothrock, JackJack Rothrock 1 0 0 0 0.00 0
Bennett, FrankFrank Bennett 1 0 0 0 0.00 0
Taitt, DougDoug Taitt 1 0 0 0 27.00 1

Farm system[edit]

Level Team League Manager
B Salem Witches New England League Stuffy McInnis

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Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Wally Gerber page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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