1928 Philadelphia Phillies season

1928 Philadelphia Phillies
LeagueNational League
BallparkBaker Bowl
CityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
OwnersWilliam F. Baker
ManagersBurt Shotton

The 1928 Philadelphia Phillies season was a Franchise's 45th season in Major League Baseball. The Phillies finished eighth in the National League with a record of 43 wins and 109 losses.

Regular season

Season standings

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

Record vs. opponents

1928 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BSN BRO 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 —

Roster

1928 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders 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
C Walt Lerian 96 239 65 .272 2 25
1B Don Hurst 107 396 113 .285 19 64
2B Fresco Thompson 152 634 182 .287 3 50
SS Heinie Sand 141 426 90 .211 0 38
3B Pinky Whitney 151 585 176 .301 10 103
OF Denny Sothern 141 579 165 .285 5 38
OF Freddy Leach 145 588 179 .304 13 96
OF Chuck Klein 64 253 91 .360 11 34

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
Cy Williams 99 238 61 .256 12 37
Spud Davis 67 163 46 .282 3 18
Johnny Schulte 65 113 28 .248 4 17
Bill Deitrick 52 100 20 .200 0 7
Bernie Friberg 52 94 19 .202 1 7
Art Jahn 36 94 21 .223 0 11
Russ Wrightstone 33 91 19 .209 1 11
Bill Kelly 23 71 12 .169 0 5
Jimmie Wilson 21 70 21 .300 0 13
Al Nixon 25 64 15 .234 0 7
Harvey MacDonald 13 16 4 .250 0 2

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
Ray Benge 40 201.2 8 18 4.55 68
Jimmy Ring 35 176.0 4 17 6.44 70
Hub Pruett 13 71.1 2 4 4.54 35
Earl Caldwell 5 34.2 1 4 5.71 6
Marty Walker 1 0.0 0 1 inf 0

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
Les Sweetland 37 135.1 3 15 6.58 23
Alex Ferguson 34 134.2 5 10 5.88 51
Claude Willoughby 35 130.2 6 5 5.30 26
Augie Walsh 38 122.1 4 9 6.18 38
Russ Miller 33 108.0 0 12 5.42 19
John Milligan 13 68.0 2 5 4.37 22

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
Bob McGraw 39 7 8 1 5.18 28
Ed Baecht 9 1 1 0 6.00 10
Ed Lennon 5 0 0 0 8.76 6
Clarence Mitchell 3 0 0 0 9.53 0
June Greene 1 0 0 0 9.00 0


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