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 the 58th season of the franchise. 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 9559 0.617 — 42–35 53–24
New York Giants 9361 0.604 2 51–26 42–35
Chicago Cubs 9163 0.591 4 52–25 39–38
Pittsburgh Pirates 8567 0.559 9 47–30 38–37
Cincinnati Reds 7874 0.513 16 44–33 34–41
Brooklyn Robins 7776 0.503 17½ 41–35 36–41
Boston Braves 50103 0.327 44½ 25–51 25–52
Philadelphia Phillies 43109 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 —7–155–1710–126–1613–95–164–18
Brooklyn 15–7—10–1210–12–19–13–115–79–129–13
Chicago 17–512–10—13–914–813–911–1111–11
Cincinnati 12–1012–10–19–13—8–1413–712–1012–10
New York 16–613–9–18–1414–8—17–511–1114–8
Philadelphia 9–137–159–137–135–17—4–182–20
Pittsburgh 16–512–911–1110–1211–1118–4—7–15
St. Louis 18–413–911–1110–128–1420–215–7—

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
1BGeorge Sisler118491167.340468
2BRogers Hornsby140486188.3872194
OFJack Smith9625471.280132

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
Heinie Mueller4215134.225019
Jimmy Cooney18517.13703
Earl Williams320.00000

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
Bob Smith38244.113173.8759
Ed Brandt38225.19215.0784

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
Ben Cantwell2290335.1018
Virgil Barnes1660.1275.827
Emilio Palmero36.2015.400

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
Bill Clarkson190206.758
Bunny Hearn71006.308
Ray Boggs40005.400
George Sisler10000.000

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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