1928 Brooklyn Robins season: Difference between revisions

1928 Brooklyn Robins
1928 Brooklyn Robins
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Ballpark	Ebbets Field
City	Brooklyn, New York
Owners	Stephen McKeever
Managers	Wilbert Robinson
Television	none
Radio	none
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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

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National League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	95	59	.617	—	42‍–‍35	53‍–‍24
New York Giants	93	61	.604	2	51‍–‍26	42‍–‍35
Chicago Cubs	91	63	.591	4	52‍–‍25	39‍–‍38
Pittsburgh Pirates	85	67	.559	9	47‍–‍30	38‍–‍37
Cincinnati Reds	78	74	.513	16	44‍–‍33	34‍–‍41
Brooklyn Robins	77	76	.503	17½	41‍–‍35	36‍–‍41
Boston Braves	50	103	.327	44½	25‍–‍51	25‍–‍52
Philadelphia Phillies	43	109	.283	51	26‍–‍49	17‍–‍60

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

1928 Brooklyn Robins

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Wilbert Robinson

Coaches

Otto Miller

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
C	Hank DeBerry	82	258	19	65	.252	0	23	3
1B	Del Bissonette	155	587	90	188	.320	25	106	5
2B	Jake Flowers	103	339	51	93	.274	2	44	10
3B	Harvey Hendrick	126	425	83	135	.318	11	59	16
SS	Dave Bancroft
OF	Babe Herman
OF	Rube Bressler
OF	Max 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
Harry Riconda
Ty Tyson
Jigger Statz
Wally Gilbert	39	153	26	31	.203	0	3	2
Butch Henline
Johnny Gooch
Joe Harris	55	89	8	21	.236	1	8	0
Jay Partridge
Charlie Hargreaves	20	61	3	12	.197	0	5	1
Howard Freigau
Overton Tremper
Max West	7	21	4	6	.286	0	1	0
Al 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
Dazzy Vance	38	32	24	280.1	22	10	2.09	72	200
Doug McWeeny
Jesse 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
Jumbo Elliott
Watty Clark	40	19	10	194.2	12	9	2.68	50	85
Bill Doak	28	12	4	99.1	3	8	3.26	35	12
Ray 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
Rube Ehrhardt	28	54	1	3	2	4.67	27	12
Lou Koupal

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Del Bissonette

#4 in NL in home runs (25)

Watty Clark

#4 in NL in ERA (2.68)

Dazzy Vance

MLB leader in ERA (2.09)
MLB leader in strikeouts (200)
#3 in NL in wins (22)

Notes

References

External links

Preceded by 1927	Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers seasons 1928	Succeeded by 1929

[1] Johnny Butler page at Baseball Reference

[2] Charlie Hargreaves page at Baseball Reference

[3] Howard Freigau page at Baseball Reference

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