1928 Chicago Cubs season

The 1928 Chicago Cubs season was the 57th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 53rd in the National League and the 13th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished third in the National League with a record of 91–63. Future hall of famer Gabby Hartnett hit .302, with 14 home runs in 388 at-bats. He led the league with 103 assists.[1]

1928 Chicago Cubs
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)William Wrigley Jr.
Manager(s)Joe McCarthy
Local radioWCFL
(John O'Hara)
WGN
(Bob Elson, Quin Ryan)
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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—

Roster
1928 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

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
CGabby Hartnett120388117.3021457
1BCharlie Grimm147547161.294562
2BFreddie Maguire140574160.279141
SSWoody English116475142.299234
3BClyde Beck131483124.257352
OFRiggs Stephenson137512166.324890
OFKiki Cuyler133499142.2851779
OFHack Wilson145520163.31331120

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
Johnny Butler6217447.270016
Mike González4915843.272121
Cliff Heathcote6713739.285318
Earl Webb6214035.250323
Norm McMillan4912327.220112
Joe Kelly325211.21217
Johnny Moore440.00000
Ray Jacobs220.00000
Elmer Yoter100---00

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
Sheriff Blake34240.217112.4778
Charlie Root4023714183.57122
Art Nehf31176.21372.6540

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
Pat Malone42250.218132.84155
Guy Bush42204.11563.8361
Percy Jones391541064.0341
Hal Carlson2056.1325.9111

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
Ed Holley130003.7710
Lefty Weinert101005.298
Johnny Welch300015.752
Ben Tincup20007.003

Farm system
Level Team League Manager
AA Reading Keystones International League Harry Hinchman
AA Los Angeles Angels Pacific Coast League Marty Krug

References
  1. McNeil, William (2004), Gabby Hartnett: the life and times of the Cubs' greatest catcher, McFarland, p. 124, ISBN 0-7864-1850-8
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