1928 Boston Red Sox season

1928 Boston Red Sox
1928 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1901);
Location
	Fenway Park (since 1912); Boston, Massachusetts (since 1901);
Results
Record	57–96 (.373)
League place	8th (43+1⁄2 GB)
Other information
Owners	J. A. Robert Quinn
Managers	Bill Carrigan
Local radio	WNAC ; (Fred Hoey)
Stats	ESPN.com; BB-reference
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The 1928 Boston Red Sox season was the 28th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished last in the eight-team American League (AL) with a record of 57 wins and 96 losses, 43+1⁄2 games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the 1928 World Series.

Regular season

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

1928 American League record Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	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	—

April 25, 1928: Hal Wiltse was traded by the Red Sox to the St. Louis Browns for Wally Gerber.[1]

1928 Boston Red Sox

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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	Fred Hofmann	78	199	45	.226	0	16
1B	Phil Todt	144	539	136	.252	12	73
2B	Bill Regan	138	511	135	.264	7	75
SS	Wally Gerber	104	300	64	.213	0	28
3B	Buddy Myer	147	536	168	.313	1	44
OF	Ken Williams	133	462	140	.303	8	67
OF	Doug Taitt	143	482	144	.299	3	61
OF	Ira Flagstead	140	510	148	.290	1	39

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
Jack Rothrock	117	344	92	.267	3	22
Billy Rogell	102	296	69	.233	0	29
Charlie Berry	80	177	46	.260	1	19
Johnnie Heving	82	158	41	.259	0	11
George Loepp	15	51	9	.176	0	3
Red Rollings	50	48	11	.229	0	9
Carl Sumner	16	29	8	.276	0	3
Denny Williams	16	18	4	.222	0	1
Arlie Tarbert	6	17	3	.176	0	2
Casper Asbjornson	6	16	3	.188	0	1
Freddie Moncewicz	3	1	0	.000	0	0
Paul Hinson	3	0	0	----	0	0

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Red Ruffing	42	289.1	10	25	3.89	118
Ed Morris	47	257.2	19	15	3.53	104
Jack Russell	32	201.1	11	14	3.84	27
Danny MacFayden	33	195.0	9	15	4.75	61
Hal Wiltse	2	12.0	0	2	9.00	5

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Slim Harriss	27	128.1	8	11	4.63	37
Merle Settlemire	30	82.1	0	6	5.47	12
Herb Bradley	15	47.1	0	3	7.23	14
Marty Griffin	11	37.2	0	3	5.02	9

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	L	SV	ERA	SO
Pat Simmons	31	2	1	4.04	16
Cliff Garrison	6	0	0	7.88	0
Steve Slayton	3	0	0	3.86	2
John Wilson	2	0	0	9.00	1
Jack Rothrock	1	0	0	0.00	0
Frank Bennett	1	0	0	0.00	0
John Shea	1	0	0	18.00	0
Doug Taitt	1	0	0	27.00	1

Level	Team	League	Manager
B	Salem Witches	New England League	Stuffy McInnis

Source:[2]

Wally Gerber page at Baseball Reference
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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1928 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1928 World Series