1928 Cleveland Indians season

The 1928 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished seventh in the American League with a record of 62–92, 39 games behind the New York Yankees.

1928 Cleveland Indians
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkLeague Park
CityCleveland, Ohio
OwnersAlva Bradley
General managersBilly Evans
ManagersRoger Peckinpaugh
RadioWTAM
(Tom Manning)
← 1927 Seasons 1929 →

Regular season edit

Season standings edit

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 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


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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
C Luke Sewell 122 411 111 .270 3 52
1B Lew Fonseca 75 263 86 .327 3 36
2B Carl Lind 154 650 191 .294 1 54
SS Joe Sewell 155 588 190 .323 4 70
3B Johnny Hodapp 116 449 145 .323 2 73
OF Homer Summa 134 504 143 .284 3 57
OF Sam Langford 110 427 118 .276 4 50
OF Charlie Jamieson 112 433 133 .307 1 37

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
Ed Morgan 76 265 83 .313 4 54
George Burns 82 209 52 .249 5 30
Luther Harvel 40 136 30 .221 0 12
Glenn Myatt 58 125 36 .288 1 15
George Gerken 38 115 26 .226 0 9
Red Dorman 25 77 28 .364 0 11
Chick Autry 22 60 18 .300 1 9
Ed Montague 32 51 12 .235 0 3
Ollie Tucker 14 47 6 .128 1 2
Bruce Caldwell 18 27 6 .222 0 3
Jonah Goldman 7 21 5 .238 0 2
Al Van Camp 5 17 4 .235 0 2
Cecil Bolton 4 13 2 .154 0 0
Johnny Burnett 3 10 5 .500 0 1
Aaron Ward 6 9 1 .111 0 0
Art Reinholz 2 3 1 .333 0 0
Johnny Gill 2 2 0 .000 0 0
Frank Wilson 2 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
Joe Shaute 36 253.2 13 17 4.04 81
Willis Hudlin 42 220.1 14 14 4.04 62
George Uhle 31 214.1 12 17 4.07 74
Jake Miller 25 158.0 8 9 4.44 37
George Grant 28 155.1 10 8 5.04 39
Wes Ferrell 2 16.0 0 2 2.25 4
Jim Moore 1 9.0 0 1 2.00 1

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
Johnny Miljus 11 50.2 1 4 2.66 19
Dutch Levsen 11 41.1 0 3 5.44 7
Garland Buckeye 9 35.0 1 5 6.69 6
Willie Underhill 11 28.0 1 2 4.50 16
Clint Brown 2 11.0 0 1 4.91 2
Les Barnhart 2 9.0 0 1 7.00 1

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
Bill Bayne 37 2 5 3 5.13 39
Mel Harder 23 0 2 1 6.61 15
Jumbo Brown 5 0 1 0 6.75 12
Hap Collard 1 0 0 0 2.25 1

Farm system edit

Level Team League Manager
B Terre Haute Tots Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Raymond Haley
D Frederick Hustlers Blue Ridge League Joe Neptune and Henry Sherry

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Notes edit

  1. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References edit