1928 NATIONAL LEAGUE
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League Standings     Minor League Standings
Click Division Name for Divisional History Chart
Team W L WPct GB
Chicago (N) 90 64 .584 --
Cincinnati 89 65 .578 1
Pittsburgh 84 70 .545 6
New York (N) 84 70 .545 6
Brooklyn 80 74 .519 10
Boston (N) 68 86 .442 22
Philadelphia (N) 62 92 .403 28
St. Louis (N) 57 97 .370 33
   
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
CIN 6.0 926 154 5406 1583 269 93 72 632 309 .293 .367 .417 .784
NY1 5.5 852 154 5466 1586 265 65 82 495 520 .290 .349 .407 .757
CHN 5.2 807 154 5337 1490 277 57 75 481 447 .279 .339 .395 .733
BSN 5.2 805 154 5470 1564 255 58 76 410 435 .286 .336 .395 .731
BRO 5.0 767 154 5429 1529 261 52 67 461 499 .282 .338 .386 .724
PHI 4.8 737 154 5372 1484 246 62 51 406 456 .276 .327 .374 .701
PIT 4.4 680 154 5282 1474 242 63 38 398 429 .279 .330 .370 .700
SLN 4.3 657 154 5315 1378 269 41 50 445 508 .259 .316 .354 .670
Totals 5.1 6231 1232 43077 12088 2084 491 511 3728 3603 .281 .338 .387 .725
Average   779 154 5385 1511 260 61 64 466 450  
League Pitching Stats     Help
Team R/G R G ERA IP H H/G BB BB/G SO SO/G SV
PIT 4.4 681 154 3.99 1372.0 1391 9.0 534 3.5 493 3.2 16
CHN 4.6 715 154 4.12 1371.0 1509 9.8 298 1.9 466 3.0 14
BRO 4.7 728 154 4.18 1381.3 1505 9.8 463 3.0 504 3.3 18
CIN 4.7 731 154 4.10 1368.3 1487 9.7 411 2.7 530 3.4 22
NY1 4.9 760 154 4.19 1372.0 1566 10.2 393 2.6 393 2.6 18
SLN 5.4 838 154 4.62 1364.0 1472 9.6 569 3.7 369 2.4 22
BSN 5.5 840 154 4.83 1354.0 1530 9.9 582 3.8 464 3.0 14
PHI 6.3 968 154 5.60 1350.7 1635 10.6 519 3.4 394 2.6 16
Totals 5.1 6261 1232 4.45 10933.3 12095 9.8 3769 3.1 3613 2.9 140
Average   783 154   1367 1512   471   452   18
League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team ExpW ExpL Diff AS aAS BAW PAW RAW FAW PRF PHrF Attendance   Manager
BRO 81 73 -1 0 0 1 0 1 13 1.05 0.84 1,883,035   Karl Grosz
BSN 74 80 -6 0 0 4 0 1 5 0.96 0.84 2,037,515   Miles Parsons
CHN 85 69 5 0 0 3 3 1 20 0.93 0.86 2,407,002   Gentleman Jack Shaver
CIN 93 61 -4 0 0 1 3 4 10 0.97 0.73 1,537,993   Pops Timber
NY1 85 69 -1 0 0 3 3 2 27 0.99 1.38 2,283,046   Darby Hoffman
PHI 58 96 4 0 0 0 0 1 5 1.09 1.29 1,384,003   Melvin Suggs
PIT 77 77 7 0 0 1 3 4 5 0.95 0.91 1,912,422   Fred Fulk
SLN 60 94 -3 0 0 0 0 2 13 1.05 1.09 1,946,594   Terry Berry
League Win Shares     Help
Team Total Offensive Pitching Fielding C 1B 2B 3B SS OF
CHN 270 130.41 97.71 41.85 9.61 5.77 7.32 6.32 7.13 5.71
CIN 267 144.34 86.27 36.37 3.41 3.02 4.88 4.90 7.62 12.54
PIT 252 92.39 105.18 54.41 11.04 2.47 8.51 3.51 9.45 19.44
NY1 252 128.05 87.60 36.32 8.36 1.63 4.29 7.12 7.42 7.51
BRO 240 98.33 91.79 49.84 9.61 2.73 6.69 6.96 7.51 16.36
BSN 204 114.01 59.38 30.57 8.20 1.23 3.05 3.54 5.38 9.18
PHI 186 103.06 50.51 32.40 6.99 1.39 4.10 6.69 5.52 7.72
SLN 171 65.92 67.60 37.45 3.80 2.14 3.42 6.88 6.84 14.39
League Award Winners
BATTER OF THE YEAR: Michael Bones CIN .348, 7 HR, 109 RBI
PITCHER OF THE YEAR: Paul Drumheller PIT 25-11, 2.71, 342.3 IP, 154 K
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Hank Lawless PHI .304, 8 HR, 99 RBI
 
GOLD GLOVE AWARD Winners
 
P Curtis Spicoli SLN 1.000, 24 PO, 67 A, 0 E
C Jereboam Taylor BRO .978, 447 PO, 76 A, 12 E
35.6% (53-149) Runners Thrown Out
1B Jim Dane CHN .991, 1728 PO, 115 A, 16 E
2B Henry Wing CHN .989, 278 PO, 582 A, 10 E
3B Carlyle Jameson NY1 .950, 71 PO, 308 A, 20 E
SS Frank Albanese NY1 .978, 188 PO, 514 A, 16 E
LF Howie Goldberg PHI .964, 336 PO, 8 A, 13 E
CF Lyle Liverman PHI .971, 391 PO, 6 A, 12 E
RF Guy Fontana BSN .986, 338 PO, 14 A, 5 E
League Batting Leaderboards     Help
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.
Batting Average
GillespieBSN.371
MurphyCHN.369
BonesCIN.348
RollinsBSN.332
OrangethorpeBSN.329
On-Base Pct
MurphyCHN.452
RoepeCIN.436
GillespieBSN.412
AraizaCHN.404
BonesCIN.404
Slugging Pct
LivermanPHI.495
RollinsBSN.482
BonesCIN.472
GillespieBSN.472
BoruCIN.472
OPS
MurphyCHN.910
LivermanPHI.887
GillespieBSN.884
BonesCIN.876
RollinsBSN.866
OPS+
MurphyCHN152
LivermanPHI144
GillespieBSN142
BonesCIN141
CorbettSLN140
Secondary Average
DrachenNY10.363
RoepeCIN0.348
DaneCHN0.323
LivermanPHI0.319
RavitchBSN0.318
XR
MurphyCHN108.9
RoepeCIN105.4
LivermanPHI103.6
BonesCIN102.4
GreatrexCIN98.0
Games
BurlingameNY1153
DaneCHN151
RoepeCIN150
BoruCIN149
GreatrexCIN149
At-Bats
GreatrexCIN608
BonesCIN597
CaribouNY1586
SammonsPIT585
RollinsBSN573
Runs
RoepeCIN136
GreatrexCIN125
GuthriePHI111
LivermanPHI106
OrangethorpeBSN104
Hits
BonesCIN208
MurphyCHN205
GreatrexCIN199
CaribouNY1191
RollinsBSN190
Walks
RoepeCIN136
DrachenNY1111
GuthriePHI95
MurphyCHN80
SpurlockPIT76
Hit By Pitch
SpiveyCHN13
CawdorBSN11
BoruCIN10
JamesonNY110
RollinsBSN10
Times on Base
RoepeCIN298
MurphyCHN290
BonesCIN266
GreatrexCIN264
GuthriePHI253
Total Bases
BonesCIN282
LivermanPHI276
RollinsBSN276
GreatrexCIN267
FontanaBSN266
Singles
MurphyCHN171
GreatrexCIN158
BonesCIN154
CaribouNY1151
SammonsPIT140
Doubles
LivermanPHI50
BonesCIN41
SlovackCHN41
WoosterCIN40
BurlingameNY139
Triples
BoruCIN22
LawlessPHI17
DupreePIT15
SpurlockPIT15
RoepeCIN14
Homeruns
FontanaBSN28
DaneCHN27
AlbaneseNY115
TaylorBRO15
WoosterCIN15
Extra Base Hits
LivermanPHI68
BoruCIN61
DaneCHN60
WoosterCIN58
GoldbergPHI55
RBIs
WoosterCIN131
DaneCHN113
BonesCIN109
FontanaBSN107
RollinsBSN104
Stolen Bases
O'ToolePHI70
SwaySLN45
SammonsPIT39
KellermannSLN36
OrangethorpeBSN33
Caught Stealing
KellermannSLN28
O'ToolePHI27
BrunckhorstPIT24
CawdorBSN22
SammonsPIT20
Stolen Base Percentage
GuthriePHI89
OrangethorpeBSN82
WingCHN82
MoorePHI81
SpiveyCHN81
Strikeouts
AlbaneseNY172
GoldbergPHI62
FontanaBSN56
DealNY150
WingCHN50
Base on Ball per Strikeout
RoepeCIN11.3
GreatrexCIN3.8
BoruCIN3.4
MillerSLN3.2
BonesCIN3.1
At Bats per Strikeout
RoepeCIN45
GreatrexCIN38
GodfreyCIN36.1
XaverianBRO33.2
BonesCIN31.4
Offensive Win Shares
MurphyCHN28.5
BonesCIN21.1
LivermanPHI21
RoepeCIN20.6
BurlingameNY119.5
League Pitching Leaderboards     Help
ERA
DrumhellerPIT2.71
NashBSN2.91
SlocumCIN3.17
LejeuneSLN3.19
BirdsongCHN3.20
ERA+
DrumhellerPIT 164
NashBSN 153
SlocumCIN 140
BirdsongCHN 139
LejeuneSLN 139
Wins
DrumhellerPIT 25
BirdsongCHN 24
PaladinBRO 24
SlocumCIN 23
SlydellCHN 23
Losses
DunnSLN 21
MacklinPHI 21
SpicoliSLN 20
CopleyNY1 19
McGurkPIT 17
Winning Pct
WuehrleNY1.724
SlydellCHN.697
DrumhellerPIT.694
BirdsongCHN.649
PaladinBRO.649
Saves
PackmanSLN 17
MulligrewPIT 14
AlvinBRO 13
HurlbuttNY1 13
PilchardCHN 11
Games Pitched
HurlbuttNY1 58
WickerSLN 53
BaldwinSLN 51
SkinnerPHI 50
AlvinBRO 47
Games Started
BirdsongCHN 41
DrumhellerPIT 41
SlocumCIN 41
BestNY1 40
FlaggBRO 40
Complete Games
SlocumCIN 32
BirdsongCHN 28
BlakePIT 28
DrumhellerPIT 28
PaladinBRO 26
Shutouts
DrumhellerPIT 6
BirdsongCHN 4
CalhounNY1 4
GladstonePHI 4
BestNY1 3
Innings Pitched
SlocumCIN352.3
BirdsongCHN349.0
DrumhellerPIT342.3
PaladinBRO336.3
GladstonePHI326.3
Hits Allowed
SlocumCIN 380
PaladinBRO 375
GladstonePHI 371
SykesBSN 362
CopleyNY1 354
Homeruns Allowed
GladstonePHI 34
SpicoliSLN 22
VoightBRO 20
HugginsCHN 19
BrazilSLN 16
Strikeouts
DrumhellerPIT 154
BirdsongCHN 138
BlakePIT 135
MobleyCIN 130
PursleyCIN 127
Walks Allowed
DunnSLN 160
DraegishBSN 153
PursleyCIN 137
McGurkPIT 134
AllenPIT 127
Walks per 9IP
BestNY11.2
SlydellCHN1.3
SlocumCIN1.4
DrumhellerPIT1.4
HugginsCHN1.5
Hits per 9IP
O'Malley 8.2
DrumhellerPIT8.2
PursleyCIN8.2
AllenPIT8.8
DunnSLN8.8
Strikeouts per 9IP
NashBSN4.3
MobleyCIN4.2
PursleyCIN4.2
DrumhellerPIT4.0
BlakePIT3.8
Strikeout to Walk Ratio
DrumhellerPIT 2.9
NashBSN 2.8
SlydellCHN 2.8
BestNY1 2.2
SlocumCIN 2.2
WHiP
DrumhellerPIT1.06
NashBSN1.15
SlydellCHN1.15
BirdsongCHN1.18
SlocumCIN1.23
OAVG
DrumhellerPIT.240
PursleyCIN.245
O'Malley .249
NashBSN.251
DunnSLN.256
OOBP
DrumhellerPIT.270
NashBSN.282
SlydellCHN.288
BirdsongCHN.301
BestNY1.302
OSLG
DrumhellerPIT.309
PursleyCIN.322
BirdsongCHN.326
BlakePIT.331
SlydellCHN.332
OOPS
DrumhellerPIT.579
SlydellCHN.620
BirdsongCHN.627
BlakePIT.652
LejeuneSLN.653
DICE
DrumhellerPIT 2.63
SlocumCIN 2.89
BestNY1 2.94
BirdsongCHN 3.11
NashBSN 3.17
BABIP
BrazilSLN 0.266
DrumhellerPIT 0.271
O'Malley  0.272
AllenPIT 0.275
PursleyCIN 0.275
Win Shares
DrumhellerPIT 39.6
BirdsongCHN 32.8
SlocumCIN 30.3
BlakePIT 30.1
PaladinBRO 28.9
 
League All-Stars
 
No All-Stars selected
 
League Top Salaries
Rank    Name Team Salary  
1.    Dean Wooster CIN $ 8,690,000  
2.    John Rollins BSN $ 7,340,000  
3.    Bronco Lebeouf CHN $ 7,080,000  
4.    Jim Dane CHN $ 6,920,000  
5.    Henry Wing CHN $ 6,840,000  
6.    Liam Spurlock PIT $ 6,770,000  
7.    Michael Bones CIN $ 6,730,000  
8.    Jack Birdsong CHN $ 6,720,000  
  Monty Slocum CIN $ 6,720,000  
10.    Eckard Burlingame NY1 $ 6,560,000  
11.    Louis Jones CIN $ 6,470,000  
12.    Randall Flagg BRO $ 5,980,000  
13.    Joey Cola NY1 $ 5,800,000  
14.    Frank Albanese NY1 $ 5,760,000  
15.    Gil Greatrex CIN $ 5,360,000  
16.    Sayer Calhoun NY1 $ 5,310,000  
17.    Ryan Cawdor BSN $ 5,240,000  
18.    Paul Drumheller PIT $ 5,214,286  
19.    Guy Fontana BSN $ 5,164,286  
20.    Peter Pursley CIN $ 5,120,000  
21.    Brian Boru CIN $ 5,040,000  
22.    Andy Roepe CIN $ 5,010,000  
  Bernie Slovack CHN $ 5,010,000  
24.    Bartholomew Martin NY1 $ 4,850,000  
  Archie Godfrey CIN $ 4,850,000