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1928 AMERICAN LEAGUE
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League Standings     Minor League Standings
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Team W L WPct GB
Washington 91 63 .591 --
Detroit 88 66 .571 3
Philadelphia (A) 86 68 .558 5
St. Louis (A) 79 75 .513 12
New York (A) 77 77 .500 14
Chicago (A) 73 81 .474 18
Cleveland 68 86 .442 23
Boston (A) 54 100 .351 37
   
Post-Season Results
WORLD SERIES (4-1) Washington Senators over Chicago (N) Cubs
League Batting Stats     Help
Team R/G R G AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
PHA 5.8 888 154 5397 1515 297 66 95 578 478 .281 .350 .413 .763
WSH 5.7 877 154 5435 1565 287 75 63 579 406 .288 .357 .403 .760
DET 5.6 866 154 5389 1623 245 78 80 458 463 .301 .356 .420 .776
NYA 5.5 852 154 5470 1541 262 56 64 638 471 .282 .357 .385 .742
BOS 5.3 816 154 5509 1558 298 69 55 489 476 .283 .341 .392 .733
CHA 5.2 807 154 5334 1483 235 56 79 539 471 .278 .344 .388 .732
SLA 5.1 791 154 5327 1450 285 66 70 561 416 .272 .342 .390 .731
CLE 4.8 739 154 5303 1409 303 74 76 480 413 .266 .327 .394 .720
Totals 5.4 6636 1232 43164 12144 2212 540 582 4322 3594 .281 .347 .398 .745
Average   830 154 5396 1518 276 68 73 540 449  
League Pitching Stats     Help
Team R/G R G ERA IP H H/G BB BB/G SO SO/G SV
SLA 4.5 695 154 3.88 1377.3 1495 9.7 429 2.8 482 3.1 12
WSH 4.6 706 154 3.87 1377.3 1414 9.2 376 2.4 575 3.7 15
DET 5.0 774 154 4.42 1371.7 1376 8.9 616 4.0 501 3.3 13
PHA 5.4 825 154 4.75 1374.3 1562 10.1 432 2.8 414 2.7 15
NYA 5.4 834 154 4.80 1370.0 1551 10.1 491 3.2 416 2.7 19
CLE 5.7 873 154 4.72 1366.7 1451 9.4 749 4.9 447 2.9 24
CHA 6.0 917 154 5.20 1360.0 1646 10.7 621 4.0 409 2.7 22
BOS 6.6 1012 154 5.56 1367.7 1649 10.7 608 3.9 350 2.3 11
Totals 5.4 6636 1232 4.65 10965.0 12144 9.9 4322 3.5 3594 2.9 131
Average   830 154   1371 1518   540   449   16
League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team ExpW ExpL Diff AS aAS BAW PAW RAW FAW PRF PHrF Attendance   Manager
BOS 62 92 -8 0 0 0 0 1 2 1.14 1.02 2,083,439   ABC Deaton
CHA 68 86 5 0 0 1 1 0 12 1.01 0.74 1,887,775   Brick Haggerty
CLE 65 89 3 0 0 1 0 3 21 1.00 1.08 1,646,827   Monty Moorehead
DET 85 69 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.93 1.34 1,389,471   Alfred Reed
NYA 79 75 -2 0 0 1 0 1 22 0.93 0.70 2,353,050   Al Bennett
PHA 82 72 4 0 0 5 1 2 6 1.02 1.06 2,381,720   Mac Olsen
SLA 86 68 -7 0 0 0 5 1 13 0.94 1.30 2,183,847   Harvey Brass
WSH 92 62 -1 0 0 0 1 3 6 1.06 0.85 2,414,623   Tom Stahl
League Win Shares     Help
Team Total Offensive Pitching Fielding C 1B 2B 3B SS OF
WSH 273 116.13 106.82 50.02 4.85 3.69 5.78 6.93 8.80 19.97
DET 264 132.56 84.13 47.28 10.59 3.53 3.12 7.77 6.86 15.41
PHA 258 129.82 87.26 40.88 6.85 3.10 4.69 5.17 7.64 13.44
SLA 237 96.77 97.40 42.79 10.69 3.59 4.73 2.78 8.84 12.18
NYA 231 122.24 79.12 29.61 5.14 3.34 4.53 6.16 4.87 5.58
CHA 219 114.76 68.66 35.54 5.28 2.67 5.85 8.42 7.40 5.95
CLE 204 90.15 70.01 43.81 7.86 0.72 6.90 7.27 7.64 13.42
BOS 162 84.90 49.36 27.70 6.58 2.86 3.81 1.92 4.21 8.34
League Award Winners
BATTER OF THE YEAR: Bob Wallop PHA .297, 34 HR, 136 RBI
PITCHER OF THE YEAR: Dick Biggerstaff WSH 26-9, 2.67, 330.7 IP, 118 K
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Flea Whitmore BOS .289, 3 HR, 46 RBI
World Series MVP Award: Robert Price WSH .474, 1 HR, 8 RBI
 
GOLD GLOVE AWARD Winners
 
P Hezekiah Sunday NYA .980, 25 PO, 75 A, 2 E
C Bill Lumbergh DET .981, 397 PO, 61 A, 9 E
47.5% (47-99) Runners Thrown Out
1B Thomas Griffin NYA .992, 1616 PO, 140 A, 15 E
2B Holcomb Tangrin CHA .978, 273 PO, 493 A, 17 E
3B Benedict Goddard CLE .965, 76 PO, 341 A, 15 E
SS Howard Zuckernick CLE .969, 237 PO, 541 A, 25 E
LF Arnold Colfax WSH .977, 337 PO, 6 A, 8 E
CF Daniel Houlihan DET .963, 435 PO, 13 A, 17 E
RF Hal Stagg SLA .965, 315 PO, 17 A, 12 E
League Batting Leaderboards     Help
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.
Batting Average
BarbutoDET.369
HoulihanDET.349
GannonNYA.344
SchlitzerDET.344
SullivanPHA.336
 On-Base Pct
HarrisonBOS.434
ArkhamWSH.425
SchlitzerDET.417
BarbutoDET.411
SweetwaterPHA.400*
 Slugging Pct
WallopPHA.613
HarrisonBOS.576
RailsbackCHA.513
KilbanePHA.509
LumberghDET.507
 OPS
WallopPHA1.011
HarrisonBOS1.010
SchlitzerDET.907
KilbanePHA.897
RailsbackCHA.887
OPS+
HarrisonBOS170
WallopPHA169
SchlitzerDET143
KilbanePHA140
RailsbackCHA137
 Secondary Average
LassiterPHA0.477
WallopPHA0.475
HarrisonBOS0.445
BairdWSH0.363
LumberghDET0.343
 XR
WallopPHA120.1
HarrisonBOS118.9
LassiterPHA99.8
GannonNYA98.7
SchlitzerDET97.0
 Games
HollywoodCHA149
LassiterPHA149
SkjoldebrandBOS149
ChanningCLE148
DavidsonCHA148
At-Bats
GannonNYA630
ColfaxWSH607
SummersCHA601
BrubakerBOS599
BarbutoDET588
 Runs
WallopPHA127
LassiterPHA126
GannonNYA122
HarrisonBOS115
HoulihanDET104
 Hits
BarbutoDET217
GannonNYA217
HoulihanDET198
BrubakerBOS193
SummersCHA185
 Walks
LassiterPHA118
BairdWSH114
ZygourasNYA98
HarrisonBOS97
WallopPHA93
Hit By Pitch
LassiterPHA16
DeatonBOS11
DieselCHA10
GoddardCLE9
BergquistSLA8
 Times on Base
HarrisonBOS271
BarbutoDET261
BairdWSH260
GannonNYA257
WallopPHA257
 Total Bases
WallopPHA334
BrubakerBOS303
HarrisonBOS302
ChanningCLE284
GannonNYA284
 Singles
BarbutoDET188
GannonNYA171
HoulihanDET165
SullivanPHA164
SkjoldebrandBOS146
Doubles
HarrisonBOS52
GoddardCLE47
ChanningCLE46
WallopPHA44
JachimowiczWSH43
 Triples
BrubakerBOS21
GogolakSLA18
SwaggerCLE17
ChanningCLE13
O'ReillyNYA13
 Homeruns
WallopPHA34
LassiterPHA26
LumberghDET26
HarrisonBOS21
RailsbackCHA20
 Extra Base Hits
WallopPHA91
HarrisonBOS80
ChanningCLE75
BrubakerBOS71
RailsbackCHA68
RBIs
WallopPHA136
RailsbackCHA117
LumberghDET110
BrubakerBOS107
DeucalionWSH106
 Stolen Bases
BarbutoDET67
AxelrodDET61
HoulihanDET53
HarrisonBOS39
SchlitzerDET38
 Caught Stealing
BarbutoDET39
SchlitzerDET29
AxelrodDET23
GogolakSLA21
ChanningCLE20
 Stolen Base Percentage
WhitmoreBOS87
HoulihanDET82
ColfaxWSH81
SummersCHA77
AxelrodDET73
Strikeouts
O'ReillyNYA71
WallopPHA67
LumberghDET64
BrubakerBOS62
LassiterPHA58
 Base on Ball per Strikeout
LangNYA5.5
TangrinCHA3.1
PriceWSH2.9
HarrisonBOS2.6
ArkhamWSH2.4
 At Bats per Strikeout
LangNYA37.2
GogolakSLA34.2
PriceWSH25.3
KilbanePHA24.2
GannonNYA23.3
 Offensive Win Shares
WallopPHA24.6
HarrisonBOS22.6
GannonNYA19.9
HoulihanDET19.1
SchlitzerDET18.9
League Pitching Leaderboards     Help
ERA
BiggerstaffWSH2.67
JohnsonDET2.94
HerringPHA3.06
ManteeSLA3.12
PeachWSH3.13
 ERA+
BiggerstaffWSH 174
JohnsonDET 158
HerringPHA 152
ManteeSLA 149
PeachWSH 149
Wins
HerringPHA 28
BiggerstaffWSH 26
JenningsWSH 24
RenfroPHA 23
SchultzDET 23
Losses
SiskoSLA 21
HaskellNYA 20
LeachBOS 20
BarnabyNYA 19
PanzerCLE 18
Winning Pct
BiggerstaffWSH.743
HerringPHA.718
JohnsonDET.700
RenfroPHA.697
JenningsWSH.632
 Saves
DunleavyNYA 15
AhearnCHA 14
PapadapoulasWSH 11
PolitzPHA 10
YoungerCLE 10
Games Pitched
PapadapoulasWSH 73
DunleavyNYA 58
GravelPHA 51
CunninghamCLE 50
RustCHA 48
Games Started
HerringPHA 42
ManteeSLA 42
SchultzDET 42
BiggerstaffWSH 41
CutlerDET 41
Complete Games
HerringPHA 31
JenningsWSH 30
ManteeSLA 29
CutlerDET 26
MaxwellSLA 26
Shutouts
ManteeSLA 6
HerringPHA 4
HuxleyWSH 4
MaxwellSLA 4
SchultzDET 4
Innings Pitched
ManteeSLA357.7
HerringPHA350.3
JenningsWSH346.0
SchultzDET342.3
CutlerDET335.3
 Hits Allowed
ManteeSLA 394
SiskoSLA 358
TempkinCHA 358
BarnabyNYA 352
SundayNYA 352
Homeruns Allowed
JenningsWSH 35
WigginsDET 30
AbbruzzesePHA 24
MaxwellSLA 22
GrimshawBOS 20
Strikeouts
JenningsWSH 261
SchultzDET 200
MaxwellSLA 136
HerringPHA 132
TempkinCHA 130
Walks Allowed
HaskellNYA 179
SchultzDET 174
WattleyCLE 168
PanzerCLE 142
CutlerDET 136
Walks per 9IP
BarnabyNYA1.3
RondthalerSLA1.3
JohnsonDET1.4
SundayNYA1.4
BiggerstaffWSH1.4
Hits per 9IP
SchultzDET7.7
JenningsWSH7.9
WattleyCLE8.4
HerringPHA8.4
BiggerstaffWSH8.5
 Strikeouts per 9IP
JenningsWSH6.8
SchultzDET5.3
CoolidgeCHA4.2
MaxwellSLA4.1
HaskellNYA3.8
 Strikeout to Walk Ratio
BarnabyNYA 2.6
BiggerstaffWSH 2.3
AbbruzzesePHA 2
JenningsWSH 2
JohnsonDET 2
WHiP
BiggerstaffWSH1.10
JohnsonDET1.11
PeachWSH1.19
HerringPHA1.19
JenningsWSH1.25
OAVG
SchultzDET.231
JenningsWSH.232
JohnsonDET.245
PeachWSH.246
HerringPHA.248
 OOBP
JohnsonDET.273
BiggerstaffWSH.279
HerringPHA.294
JenningsWSH.303
PeachWSH.304
 OSLG
PeachWSH.307
SchultzDET.324
BiggerstaffWSH.328
RenfroPHA.347
JohnsonDET.348
 OOPS
BiggerstaffWSH.607
PeachWSH.611
JohnsonDET.621
HerringPHA.643
SchultzDET.649
DICE
BarnabyNYA 3
SundayNYA 3.13
BiggerstaffWSH 3.17
HerringPHA 3.18
PeachWSH 3.33
BABIP
JohnsonDET 0.251
WattleyCLE 0.262
JenningsWSH 0.265
SchultzDET 0.265
BiggerstaffWSH 0.27
Win Shares
HerringPHA 36.8
BiggerstaffWSH 35.4
ManteeSLA 30.9
RenfroPHA 30.4
JenningsWSH 27
 
League All-Stars
 
No All-Stars selected
 
League Top Salaries
Rank    Name Team Salary  
1.    Bob Wallop PHA $ 9,960,000  
2.    Gene Lassiter PHA $ 9,940,000  
3.    Roy Harrison BOS $ 9,830,000  
4.    Brewster Jennings WSH $ 9,020,000  
5.    Ed Schultz DET $ 8,260,000  
6.    Bill Lumbergh DET $ 8,040,000  
7.    Gerry Railsback CHA $ 7,880,000  
8.    Carl Swagger CLE $ 7,870,000  
9.    J.P. Herring PHA $ 7,790,000  
10.    Bowler Channing CLE $ 5,850,000  
11.    Charles Loberger CHA $ 5,770,000  
12.    Spider Barnaby NYA $ 5,740,000  
13.    Benjamin Sisko SLA $ 5,600,000  
14.    Dolph Schlitzer DET $ 5,430,000  
15.    Anton Gogolak SLA $ 4,980,000  
16.    Merv Hollywood CHA $ 4,810,000  
17.    Daniel Houlihan DET $ 4,771,429  
18.    John Baird WSH $ 4,460,000  
19.    Hector Pulaski CLE $ 4,370,000  
20.    Dominic Abbruzzese PHA $ 4,270,000  
  Smitty Smith CHA $ 4,270,000  
  Joe Jachimowicz WSH $ 4,270,000  
23.    Joe Whitehead CLE $ 4,130,000  
  Hal Stagg SLA $ 4,130,000  
25.    Jerome Haskell NYA $ 3,770,000  
 
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