1928_New_York_Giants_(MLB)_season
1928 New York Giants (MLB) season
Major League Baseball team season
The 1928 New York Giants season was the franchise's 46th season. The team finished in second place in the National League with a 93–61 record, 2 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals.
1928 New York Giants | ||||
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League | National League | |||
Ballpark | Polo Grounds | |||
City | New York City | |||
Owners | Charles Stoneham | |||
Managers | John McGraw | |||
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- January 10, 1928: Rogers Hornsby was traded by the Giants to the Boston Braves for Shanty Hogan and Jimmy Welsh.[1]
Season standings
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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St. Louis Cardinals | 95 | 59 | 0.617 | — | 42–35 | 53–24 |
New York Giants | 93 | 61 | 0.604 | 2 | 51–26 | 42–35 |
Chicago Cubs | 91 | 63 | 0.591 | 4 | 52–25 | 39–38 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 85 | 67 | 0.559 | 9 | 47–30 | 38–37 |
Cincinnati Reds | 78 | 74 | 0.513 | 16 | 44–33 | 34–41 |
Brooklyn Robins | 77 | 76 | 0.503 | 17½ | 41–35 | 36–41 |
Boston Braves | 50 | 103 | 0.327 | 44½ | 25–51 | 25–52 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 43 | 109 | 0.283 | 51 | 26–49 | 17–60 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | BR | 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 New York Giants | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders
Other batters |
Manager
Coaches |
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 |
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C | Shanty Hogan | 131 | 411 | 137 | .333 | 10 | 71 |
1B | Bill Terry | 149 | 568 | 185 | .326 | 17 | 101 |
2B | Andy Cohen | 129 | 504 | 138 | .274 | 9 | 59 |
SS | Travis Jackson | 150 | 537 | 145 | .270 | 14 | 77 |
3B | Freddie Lindstrom | 153 | 646 | 231 | .358 | 14 | 107 |
OF | Mel Ott | 124 | 435 | 140 | .322 | 18 | 77 |
OF | Jimmy Welsh | 124 | 476 | 146 | .307 | 9 | 54 |
OF | Lefty O'Doul | 114 | 354 | 113 | .319 | 8 | 46 |
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 |
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Andy Reese | 109 | 406 | 125 | .308 | 6 | 44 |
Les Mann | 82 | 193 | 51 | .264 | 2 | 25 |
Edd Roush | 46 | 163 | 41 | .252 | 2 | 13 |
Bob O'Farrell | 75 | 133 | 26 | .195 | 2 | 20 |
George Harper | 19 | 57 | 13 | .228 | 2 | 7 |
Art Jahn | 10 | 29 | 8 | .276 | 1 | 7 |
Jack Cummings | 33 | 27 | 9 | .333 | 2 | 9 |
Russ Wrightstone | 30 | 25 | 4 | .160 | 1 | 5 |
Pat Veltman | 1 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
Al Spohrer | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Ray Foley | 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Chick Fullis | 11 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Haeffner | 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Price | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
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Larry Benton | 42 | 310.1 | 25 | 9 | 2.73 | 90 |
Freddie Fitzsimmons | 40 | 261.1 | 20 | 9 | 3.68 | 67 |
Joe Genewich | 26 | 158.1 | 11 | 4 | 3.18 | 37 |
Carl Hubbell | 20 | 124.0 | 10 | 6 | 2.83 | 37 |
Vic Aldridge | 22 | 119.1 | 4 | 7 | 4.83 | 33 |
Virgil Barnes | 10 | 55.1 | 3 | 3 | 5.04 | 11 |
Leo Mangum | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 15.00 | 1 |
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 |
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Jim Faulkner | 38 | 117.1 | 9 | 8 | 3.53 | 32 |
Bill Walker | 22 | 76.1 | 3 | 6 | 4.72 | 39 |
Dutch Henry | 17 | 64.0 | 3 | 6 | 3.80 | 23 |
Jack Scott | 16 | 50.1 | 4 | 1 | 3.58 | 17 |
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 |
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Tiny Chaplin | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.50 | 5 |
Ben Cantwell | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.42 | 0 |
Bill Clarkson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.94 | 3 |
Chet Nichols | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.63 | 1 |
Garland Buckeye | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.73 | 3 |
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AA | Buffalo Bisons | International League | Bill Clymer |
A | Bridgeport Bears | Eastern League | William Whitman and Bob Emmerich |
- Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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