The 1928 Washington Senators won 75 games, lost 79, and finished in fourth place in the American League. They were managed by Bucky Harris and played home games at Griffith Stadium.
1928 Washington Senators | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Griffith Stadium | |
City | Washington, D.C. | |
Owners | Clark Griffith and William Richardson | |
Managers | Bucky Harris | |
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Offseason edit
- February 1, 1928: Tris Speaker was released by the Senators.[1]
Regular season edit
Season standings edit
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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 edit
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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 edit
1928 Washington Senators roster | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders
Other batters |
Manager |
Player stats edit
Batting edit
Starters by position edit
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 |
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C | Muddy Ruel | 108 | 350 | 90 | .257 | 0 | 55 |
1B | Joe Judge | 153 | 542 | 166 | .306 | 3 | 93 |
2B | Bucky Harris | 99 | 358 | 73 | .204 | 0 | 28 |
SS | Bobby Reeves | 102 | 353 | 107 | .303 | 3 | 42 |
3B | Ossie Bluege | 146 | 518 | 154 | .297 | 2 | 75 |
OF | Goose Goslin | 135 | 456 | 173 | .379 | 17 | 102 |
OF | Red Barnes | 114 | 417 | 127 | .305 | 6 | 51 |
OF | Sam Rice | 148 | 616 | 202 | .328 | 2 | 55 |
Other batters edit
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 |
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Sam West | 125 | 378 | 114 | .302 | 3 | 40 |
Joe Cronin | 63 | 227 | 55 | .242 | 0 | 25 |
Jackie Hayes | 60 | 210 | 54 | .257 | 0 | 22 |
Bennie Tate | 57 | 122 | 30 | .246 | 0 | 15 |
Eddie Kenna | 41 | 118 | 35 | .297 | 1 | 20 |
Grant Gillis | 24 | 87 | 22 | .253 | 0 | 10 |
George Sisler | 20 | 49 | 12 | .245 | 0 | 2 |
Babe Ganzel | 10 | 26 | 2 | .077 | 0 | 4 |
Dick Spalding | 16 | 23 | 8 | .348 | 0 | 0 |
Harley Boss | 12 | 12 | 3 | .250 | 0 | 2 |
Pelham Ballenger | 3 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 0 |
Al Bool | 2 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 1 |
Ed Crowley | 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Hugh McMullen | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching edit
Starting pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Bump Hadley | 33 | 231.2 | 12 | 13 | 3.54 | 80 |
Sam Jones | 30 | 224.2 | 17 | 7 | 2.84 | 63 |
Milt Gaston | 28 | 148.2 | 6 | 12 | 5.51 | 45 |
Tom Zachary | 20 | 102.2 | 6 | 9 | 5.44 | 19 |
Other pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Garland Braxton | 38 | 218.1 | 13 | 11 | 2.51 | 94 |
Firpo Marberry | 48 | 161.1 | 13 | 13 | 3.85 | 76 |
Lloyd Brown | 27 | 107.0 | 4 | 4 | 4.04 | 38 |
Bobby Burke | 26 | 85.1 | 2 | 4 | 3.90 | 27 |
Hod Lisenbee | 16 | 77.0 | 2 | 6 | 6.08 | 13 |
Relief pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Clay Van Alstyne | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.48 | 5 |
Jim Weaver | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | 2 |