1928 New York Yankees | ||||
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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 | |||
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The 1928 New York Yankees season was their 26th season. The team finished with a record of 101β53, "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 dueββto complications from pneumonia.
Regular seasonβ»
- The 1928 Yankees set a major league record by having nine players on the "team who would eventually be," electedββto the Hall of Fame: Earle Combs, Lou Gehrig, Tony Lazzeri, Babe Ruth, Bill Dickey, Leo Durocher, Waite Hoyt, Herb Pennock, and Stan Coveleski. Manager Miller Huggins, team president Ed Barrow and owner Colonel Jacob Ruppert were also inducted.
Season standingsβ»
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 101 | 53 | .656 | β | 52β25 | 49β28 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 98 | 55 | .641 | 2Β½ | 52β25 | 46β30 |
St. Louis Browns | 82 | 72 | .532 | 19 | 43β34 | 39β38 |
Washington Senators | 75 | 79 | .487 | 26 | 37β43 | 38β36 |
Chicago White Sox | 72 | 82 | .468 | 29 | 37β40 | 35β42 |
Detroit Tigers | 68 | 86 | .442 | 33 | 36β41 | 32β45 |
Cleveland Indians | 62 | 92 | .403 | 39 | 28β49 | 34β43 |
Boston Red Sox | 57 | 96 | .373 | 43Β½ | 26β47 | 31β49 |
Record vs. opponentsβ»
Sources: β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | β | 10β12 | 9β13 | 7β15 | 6β16 | 3β18 | 9β13 | 13β9β1 | |||||
Chicago | 12β10 | β | 12β10β1 | 13β9 | 9β13 | 6β16 | 10β12 | 10β12 | |||||
Cleveland | 13β9 | 10β12β1 | β | 10β12 | 6β16 | 6β16 | 7β15 | 10β12 | |||||
Detroit | 15β7 | 9β13 | 12β10 | β | 7β15 | 8β14 | 9β13 | 8β14 | |||||
New York | 16β6 | 13β9 | 16β6 | 15β7 | β | 16β6 | 12β10 | 13β9 | |||||
Philadelphia | 18β3 | 16β6 | 16β6 | 14β8 | 6β16 | β | 16β6 | 12β10 | |||||
St. Louis | 13β9 | 12β10 | 15β7 | 13β9 | 10β12 | 6β16 | β | 13β9 | |||||
Washington | 9β13β1 | 12β10 | 12β10 | 14β8 | 9β13 | 10β12 | 9β13 | β |
Rosterβ»
1928 New York Yankees | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders | Manager
Coaches |
Player statsβ»
Battingβ»
Starters by positionβ»
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 | 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 |
Other battersβ»
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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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 |
Pitchingβ»
Starting pitchersβ»
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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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 |
Other pitchersβ»
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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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 |
Relief pitchersβ»
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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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 |
1928 World Seriesβ»
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 | 1β0 | 61,425 | |
2 | October 5 | St. Louis Cardinals | 3 | New York Yankees | 9 | 2β0 | 60,714 | |
3 | October 7 | New York Yankees | 7 | St. Louis Cardinals | 3 | 3β0 | 39,602 | |
4 | October 9 | New York Yankees | 7 | St. Louis Cardinals | 3 | 4β0 | 37,331 | |
New York Yankees win 4β0 |