1928_New_York_Yankees_season

1928 New York Yankees
1928 New York Yankees
World Series Champions; American League Champions
League	American League
Ballpark	Yankee Stadium
City	New York City, New York
Owners	Jacob Ruppert
General managers	Ed Barrow
Managers	Miller Huggins

1928 New York Yankees season

Major League Baseball team season

The 1928 New York Yankees season was their 26th season. The team finished with a record of 101–53, winning their sixth pennant, finishing 2.5 games ahead of the Philadelphia Athletics. New York was managed by Miller Huggins. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they swept the St. Louis Cardinals. Pitcher Urban Shocker died in September due to complications from pneumonia.

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v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	101	53	0.656	—	52–25	49–28
Philadelphia Athletics	98	55	0.641	2½	52–25	46–30
St. Louis Browns	82	72	0.532	19	43–34	39–38
Washington Senators	75	79	0.487	26	37–43	38–36
Chicago White Sox	72	82	0.468	29	37–40	35–42
Detroit Tigers	68	86	0.442	33	36–41	32–45
Cleveland Indians	62	92	0.403	39	28–49	34–43
Boston Red Sox	57	96	0.373	43½	26–47	31–49

1928 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	10–12	9–13	7–15	6–16	3–18	9–13	13–9–1
Chicago	12–10	—	12–10–1	13–9	9–13	6–16	10–12	10–12
Cleveland	13–9	10–12–1	—	10–12	6–16	6–16	7–15	10–12
Detroit	15–7	9–13	12–10	—	7–15	8–14	9–13	8–14
New York	16–6	13–9	16–6	15–7	—	16–6	12–10	13–9
Philadelphia	18–3	16–6	16–6	14–8	6–16	—	16–6	12–10
St. Louis	13–9	12–10	15–7	13–9	10–12	6–16	—	13–9
Washington	9–13–1	12–10	12–10	14–8	9–13	10–12	9–13	—

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Johnny Grabowski	75	202	48	.238	1	21
1B	Lou Gehrig	154	562	210	.374	27	142
2B	Tony Lazzeri	116	404	134	.332	10	82
3B	Joe Dugan	94	312	86	.276	6	34
SS	Mark Koenig	132	533	170	.319	4	63
OF	Babe Ruth	154	536	173	.323	54	142
OF	Earle Combs	149	626	194	.310	7	56
OF	Bob Meusel	131	518	154	.297	11	113

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Leo Durocher	102	296	80	.270	0	31
Gene Robertson	83	251	73	.291	1	36
Benny Bengough	58	161	43	.267	0	9
Pat Collins	70	136	30	.221	6	14
Cedric Durst	74	135	34	.252	2	10
Ben Paschal	65	79	25	.316	1	15
Mike Gazella	32	56	13	.232	0	2
Bill Dickey	10	15	3	.200	0	2
George Burns	4	4	2	.500	0	0

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
George Pipgras	46	300.2	24	13	3.38	139
Hank Johnson	31	299.0	14	9	4.30	110
Waite Hoyt	42	273.0	23	7	3.36	67
Herb Pennock	28	211.0	17	6	2.56	53
Tom Zachary	7	45.2	3	3	3.94	7

1928 New York Yankees season

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Al Shealy	23	96.0	8	6	5.06	39
Fred Heimach	13	68.0	2	3	3.31	25
Stan Coveleski	12	58.0	5	1	5.74	5

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Wilcy Moore	35	4	4	2	4.18	18
Archie Campbell	13	0	1	2	5.25	9
Myles Thomas	12	1	0	0	3.41	10
Rosy Ryan	3	0	0	0	16.50	5
Urban Shocker	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Score	Record (NYY-STL)	Attendance
1	October 4	St. Louis Cardinals	1	New York Yankees	4	1–0	61,425
2	October 5	St. Louis Cardinals	3	New York Yankees	9	2–0	60,714
3	October 7	New York Yankees	7	St. Louis Cardinals	3	3–0	39,602
4	October 9	New York Yankees	7	St. Louis Cardinals	3	4–0	37,331
New York Yankees win 4–0