1928_St._Louis_Cardinals_season
1928 St. Louis Cardinals season
Major League Baseball team season
The 1928 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 47th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 37th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 95–59 during the season and finished first in the National League. In the World Series, they were swept by the New York Yankees.
1928 St. Louis Cardinals | ||||
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National League Champions | ||||
League | National League | |||
Ballpark | Sportsman's Park | |||
City | St. Louis, Missouri | |||
Record | 95–59 (.617) | |||
League place | 1st | |||
Owners | Sam Breadon | |||
General managers | Branch Rickey | |||
Managers | Bill McKechnie | |||
Radio | KMOX (Garnett Marks) KWK (Thomas Patrick) WIL (William Elsworth) | |||
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- December 14, 1927: Frank Gibson was purchased by the Cardinals from the Boston Braves.[1]
First baseman Jim Bottomley won the MVP Award this year, batting .325, with 31 home runs and 136 RBIs.
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
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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 | Jimmie Wilson | 120 | 411 | 106 | .258 | 2 | 50 |
1B | Jim Bottomley | 149 | 576 | 187 | .325 | 31 | 136 |
2B | Frankie Frisch | 141 | 547 | 164 | .300 | 10 | 86 |
SS | Rabbit Maranville | 112 | 366 | 88 | .240 | 1 | 34 |
3B | Wattie Holm | 102 | 386 | 107 | .277 | 3 | 47 |
OF | George Harper | 99 | 272 | 83 | .305 | 17 | 58 |
OF | Chick Hafey | 138 | 520 | 175 | .337 | 27 | 111 |
OF | Taylor Douthit | 154 | 648 | 191 | .295 | 3 | 43 |
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 High | 111 | 368 | 105 | .285 | 6 | 37 |
Wally Roettger | 68 | 261 | 89 | .341 | 6 | 44 |
Tommy Thevenow | 69 | 171 | 35 | .205 | 0 | 13 |
Ray Blades | 51 | 85 | 20 | .235 | 1 | 19 |
Ernie Orsatti | 27 | 69 | 21 | .304 | 3 | 15 |
Earl Smith | 24 | 58 | 13 | .224 | 0 | 7 |
Bob O'Farrell | 16 | 52 | 11 | .212 | 0 | 4 |
Gus Mancuso | 40 | 38 | 7 | .184 | 0 | 3 |
Specs Toporcer | 8 | 14 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pepper Martin | 39 | 13 | 4 | .308 | 0 | 0 |
Howie Williamson | 10 | 9 | 2 | .222 | 0 | 0 |
Spud Davis | 2 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
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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Bill Sherdel | 38 | 248.2 | 21 | 10 | 2.86 | 72 |
Pete Alexander | 34 | 243.2 | 16 | 9 | 3.36 | 59 |
Jesse Haines | 33 | 240.1 | 20 | 8 | 3.18 | 77 |
Flint Rhem | 28 | 169.2 | 11 | 8 | 4.14 | 47 |
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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Clarence Mitchell | 19 | 150.0 | 8 | 9 | 3.30 | 31 |
Syl Johnson | 34 | 120.0 | 8 | 4 | 3.90 | 66 |
Fred Frankhouse | 21 | 84.0 | 3 | 2 | 3.96 | 29 |
Art Reinhart | 23 | 75.1 | 4 | 6 | 2.87 | 12 |
Tony Kaufmann | 4 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 9.64 | 2 |
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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Hal Haid | 27 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2.30 | 21 |
Carlisle Littlejohn | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3.66 | 6 |
Game | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | Score | Record
(NYY-STL) |
Attendance | |
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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 |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Rochester, Houston[2]
- Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
- 1928 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference
- 1928 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
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