1928 New York Yankees season

1928 New York Yankees
1928 New York Yankees
1928 World Series Champions; 1928 American League Champions
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1901);
Location
	Yankee Stadium (since 1923); New York City, New York (since 1903);
Other information
Owner(s)	Jacob Ruppert
General manager(s)	Ed Barrow
Manager(s)	Miller Huggins
Local television	none
Local radio	none
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The New York Yankees' 1928 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.

Regular season[]

The 1928 Yankees set a major league record by having nine players on the team who would eventually be elected to 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 and team president Ed Barrow were also inducted.

Season standings[]

v t 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

Record vs. opponents[]

1928 American League Records v t Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	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	—

Roster[]

1928 New York Yankees

Roster

Pitchers

Archie Campbell
Stan Coveleski
Fred Heimach
Waite Hoyt
Hank Johnson
Wilcy Moore
Herb Pennock
George Pipgras
Rosy Ryan
Al Shealy
Urban Shocker
Myles Thomas
Tom Zachary

Catchers

Benny Bengough
Pat Collins
Bill Dickey
Johnny Grabowski

Infielders

George Burns
Joe Dugan
Leo Durocher
Mike Gazella
Lou Gehrig
Mark Koenig
Tony Lazzeri
Gene Robertson

Outfielders

Earle Combs
Cedric Durst
Bob Meusel
Ben Paschal
Babe Ruth

Manager

Miller Huggins

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	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 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
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

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
George Pipgras	46	300.2	24	13	3.38	139
Waite Hoyt	42	273	23	7	3.36	67
Herb Pennock	28	211	17	6	2.56	53
Hank Johnson	31	299	14	9	4.30	110
Tom Zachary	7	45.2	3	3	3.94	7

Other pitchers[]