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1928 New York Yankees season

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1928 New York Yankees
World Series Champions
American League Champions
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkYankee Stadium
CityNew York City, New York
OwnersJacob Ruppert
General managersEd Barrow
ManagersMiller Huggins
← 1927 Seasons 1929 →

The 1928 New York Yankees 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

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Season standings

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American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 101 53 .656 52‍–‍25 49‍–‍28
Philadelphia Athletics 98 55 .641 52‍–‍25 46‍–‍30
St. Louis Browns 82 72 .532 19 43‍–‍34 39‍–‍38
Washington Senators 75 79 .487 26 37‍–‍43 38‍–‍36
Chicago White Sox 72 82 .468 29 37‍–‍40 35‍–‍42
Detroit Tigers 68 86 .442 33 36‍–‍41 32‍–‍45
Cleveland Indians 62 92 .403 39 28‍–‍49 34‍–‍43
Boston Red Sox 57 96 .373 43½ 26‍–‍47 31‍–‍49

Record vs. opponents

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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


Roster

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1928 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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

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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

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Starting pitchers

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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
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 pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
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 pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
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 Series

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Game Date Visitor Score Home Score Record

(NYY-STL)

Attendance
1 October 4 St. Louis Cardinals 1 New York Yankees 4 1–0 61,425
2 October 5 St. Louis Cardinals 3 New York Yankees 9 2–0 60,714
3 October 7 New York Yankees 7 St. Louis Cardinals 3 3–0 39,602
4 October 9 New York Yankees 7 St. Louis Cardinals 3 4–0 37,331
New York Yankees win 4–0

References

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